[RWP] Possible keyboard for power users

[Chris Belle]

I don't think windows differentiates between two keyboards plugged in in 
windows unless the second keyboard has other keys that aren't standard.
that are different than the other keyboard.


I mean different controler keyboards use different ports, but I think the 
keyboard input is a shared resource.

It's not like splitting monitors or other input devices with multiple 
channels.

But I could be wrong.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Indigo" <33indigo at charter.net>
To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
Sent: Friday, June 07, 2013 1:16 PM
Subject: Re: [RWP] Possible keyboard for power users


> I've been giving this some thought, and wonder if, when I finish assigning 
> all the possible shortcuts on the normal qwerty keyboard, including using 
> the windows key as a modifier, maybe one could run a second USB keyboard 
> set up with shortcuts made with ctrl, shift, alt, windows, plus all the 
> extended ascii set, I think another 127 characters; you know; smiley 
> faces; clock; accents from European languages; etcetera?
> I realize programmers use those extended ascii symbols, so wonder if using 
> them as shortcuts might somehow screw with the code within Reaper
> I don't know how they work these days, but many users of older Cubase 
> would set up a second keyboard just for shortcuts.
> One company even supplied labels to stick on keys, to keep track of the 
> purpose of shortcuts
> I especially like that these neat little Logitech USB keyboards, like the 
> one I'm typing on right now, only cost $10 online.
> It doesn't have a USB bus, but it has volume control keys; also a mute key 
> that shuts speech off, causing a panic when one accidently presses it. 
> smile.
> I think, with alt, ctrl, windows and shift, that would provide over 400 
> new shortcuts.
> I seem to remember that Reaper can use the left and right ctrl keys as 
> separate modifiers; maybe also separate left and right shift keys.
> How many shortcuts can we remember?
> Indi
>
>
> On 6/7/2013 1:44 PM, Monkey Pusher wrote:
>> Since reaper seems to be able to take shorcut keys from anything that
>> can send a  *pulse* to the computer via USB a gamimg  keyboard like
>> this may be a good idea for some of  the power users out there. Anyone
>> Brave enough to take a chance? lol
>>
>> http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=109&cp_id=10828&cs_id=1082808&p_id=9181&seq=1&format=2&cl=res&utm_source=130607_dadsgrads&utm_medium=email&utm_content=9181&utm_campaign=dadsgrads_q2_2013
>>
>> THey have others as well some with out the backlit and may be cheaper.
>> I need to verify these keyboards can work with a mac before trying it
>> myself but you windows guys shouldn't have a problem as these gaming
>> keyboards are usually windows compatible out of the box.
>>
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