Z & X shortcuts do not work at all..

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filtersweep
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Z & X shortcuts do not work at all..

Post by filtersweep » Sun May 26, 2019 9:46 pm

anyone else had this problem?
it's gold for me, i need to get those working if poss... otherwise working in ableton is going to be a bit more tedious than usual
thx
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jestermgee
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Re: Z & X shortcuts do not work at all..

Post by jestermgee » Sun May 26, 2019 10:57 pm

Do not work in what context? What are you doing and what are you expecting they will do? Are you in arrangement and you want them to zoom? Keyboard MIDI mode and you want them to play a note? Used with modifiers and you want them to do something else?

Also, PC/Mac?

filtersweep
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Re: Z & X shortcuts do not work at all..

Post by filtersweep » Mon May 27, 2019 6:36 pm

i found the answer minutes after i posted.
there is a little 'keyboard' icon on the top right-hand corner of the screen to enable using the computer keyboard...

jestermgee
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Re: Z & X shortcuts do not work at all..

Post by jestermgee » Mon May 27, 2019 11:50 pm

filtersweep wrote:
Mon May 27, 2019 6:36 pm
i found the answer minutes after i posted.
there is a little 'keyboard' icon on the top right-hand corner of the screen to enable using the computer keyboard...
That's why mentioning what you were trying to do is important as most people wouldn't have considered you were trying to play MIDI

filtersweep
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Re: Z & X shortcuts do not work at all..

Post by filtersweep » Tue May 28, 2019 7:55 pm

jestermgee wrote:
Mon May 27, 2019 11:50 pm
filtersweep wrote:
Mon May 27, 2019 6:36 pm
i found the answer minutes after i posted.
there is a little 'keyboard' icon on the top right-hand corner of the screen to enable using the computer keyboard...
That's why mentioning what you were trying to do is important as most people wouldn't have considered you were trying to play MIDI
i wasn't trying to play midi. i was trying to use theshortcuts to zoom..

aviatrix
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Re: Z & X shortcuts do not work at all..

Post by aviatrix » Wed May 29, 2019 7:20 am

filtersweep wrote:
Mon May 27, 2019 6:36 pm
i found the answer minutes after i posted.
there is a little 'keyboard' icon on the top right-hand corner of the screen to enable using the computer keyboard...
Yup! You can toggle the keyboard mode on and off by pressing “M” btw - super handy.

jestermgee
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Re: Z & X shortcuts do not work at all..

Post by jestermgee » Wed May 29, 2019 7:39 am

filtersweep wrote:
Tue May 28, 2019 7:55 pm
jestermgee wrote:
Mon May 27, 2019 11:50 pm
filtersweep wrote:
Mon May 27, 2019 6:36 pm
i found the answer minutes after i posted.
there is a little 'keyboard' icon on the top right-hand corner of the screen to enable using the computer keyboard...
That's why mentioning what you were trying to do is important as most people wouldn't have considered you were trying to play MIDI
i wasn't trying to play midi. i was trying to use theshortcuts to zoom..
Well, see there you go. Gets confusing when one doesn't know what the other is on about. Main thing is you have it sorted!

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