Reply to pc keyboard as midi controller

So I was wondering has anybody tried taking a regular computer USB/PS2 keyboard and turning it into a MIDI controller? Maybe modding a row of keys into pads being creative on a cheap keyboard doesn't sound like much risk

I believe you can use this software called MiniHost to link the keys to a VST
http://www.tobybear.de/p_minihost.html

So you in theory you could use NI Battery to sample stuff or play notes. I don't know if you could add knobs for filters/Fx but that would be sweet..



Any ideas, or insights to share on this topic?