Using two computer keyboards
Using two computer keyboards
I'm using two cheapy compact USB computer keyboards for programming audio, video, and lighting in Live.
I found an electronic labelmaker for £10 that makes tidy sticky labels to stick on all of the keys. I leave Caps Lock on on one of the keyboards, so there are lots of key mapping buttons available for Live. And if you touch type, use key mappings that make sense to you (R for record, B for bongo loop, M for manic lighting/video scene, etc) and they're then easier to remember. Since 5 key mapping supports the number keys, numeric keypad, and alt keys, there are more mappings than you know what to do with!
Use this in conjunction with the IAC driver, and one keystroke can launch a clip that can launch multiple clips/scenes/follow actions. Also, you can leave the basic clips with no quantization, and let the 'master' keystroke do the quantization for you. Your basic clips can then be used with any quantization value just by changing the quantization of the 'master' key.
I found an electronic labelmaker for £10 that makes tidy sticky labels to stick on all of the keys. I leave Caps Lock on on one of the keyboards, so there are lots of key mapping buttons available for Live. And if you touch type, use key mappings that make sense to you (R for record, B for bongo loop, M for manic lighting/video scene, etc) and they're then easier to remember. Since 5 key mapping supports the number keys, numeric keypad, and alt keys, there are more mappings than you know what to do with!
Use this in conjunction with the IAC driver, and one keystroke can launch a clip that can launch multiple clips/scenes/follow actions. Also, you can leave the basic clips with no quantization, and let the 'master' keystroke do the quantization for you. Your basic clips can then be used with any quantization value just by changing the quantization of the 'master' key.
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This thing:
Cheap & works great. Loads of fonts, styles, etc. Now appearing all over my keyboards, Ozonic, 01V, and drum controller!
http://www.shopuk.co.uk/cgi-bin/cp-app. ... ME:17:17-1
Cheap & works great. Loads of fonts, styles, etc. Now appearing all over my keyboards, Ozonic, 01V, and drum controller!
http://www.shopuk.co.uk/cgi-bin/cp-app. ... ME:17:17-1
On WinXP, I have a small USB num pad that I use in conjunction with Plogue Bidule HID extractor.
Use the HID extractor to map notes to the keys, then the MIDI note filter to filter out those keys you don't want to have playing notes.
Route the MIDI output to the MIDI out 'yoke' device you are using.
In Live, set that 'yoke' device only as a remote. That way, the notes do not go to the tracks. You can then use the notes to control Live. Live does not 'see' the HID from the numpad. So I have about a dozen quick commands. The reason I do this is because I prefer to map MIDI to my Novation on the fly.
also, from the dept. of redundancy dept, bome's midi translator http://www.bome.com can convert MIDI to keystroke. Haven't tried this yet, but Plogue to convert to MIDI notes, and then bome to xlate those MIDI notes to ctrl combination keystrokes.
Use the HID extractor to map notes to the keys, then the MIDI note filter to filter out those keys you don't want to have playing notes.
Route the MIDI output to the MIDI out 'yoke' device you are using.
In Live, set that 'yoke' device only as a remote. That way, the notes do not go to the tracks. You can then use the notes to control Live. Live does not 'see' the HID from the numpad. So I have about a dozen quick commands. The reason I do this is because I prefer to map MIDI to my Novation on the fly.
also, from the dept. of redundancy dept, bome's midi translator http://www.bome.com can convert MIDI to keystroke. Haven't tried this yet, but Plogue to convert to MIDI notes, and then bome to xlate those MIDI notes to ctrl combination keystrokes.
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