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I am running Live 8 on an iMac (OS 10.6). I have the Apple Wireless QWERTY keyboard, a cheap generic wired USB QWERTY keyboard, and a Targus wired USB numeric keypad. I'd like to use all of the buttons on those keyboards independently to map to various Live triggers.

Right now, if I assign lower-case "q" to a clip, it will be triggered if I press "q" on either QWERTY keyboard. I would like to distinguish the "q" on Keyboard 1 from the "q" on Keyboard 2.

By using Caps Lock, I can get a "q" on Keyboard 1 and a "Q" on Keyboard 2, but then what if I add a third QWERTY keyboard?

There are utilities like GamePad Companion that make some of these kinds of distinctions, but I don't know if GamePad Companion works with regular ol' QWERTY keyboards. And if I didn't need such a utility, so much the better?

Has anyone else tried to construct a Live button matrix from standard cheapo USB QWERTY keyboards?

Thanks!

no, all "q" press on any of the keyboards will do the same thing, as the computer wont differentiate between keyboards, which can be useful in some circumstances (like a keyboard in the studio and one in the control room to control the transport wherever you are)