[RWP] Possible keyboard for power users

Sun Jun 9 17:48:59 EDT 2013

What i was getting at also is that windows sees all keyboard  plugged in as one by default. Say you have to press  ALT+F to issue a command or as a keyboard shortcut for an action. YOu could say press the alt key and one keyboard and the f lee on another keyboard and windows will take that and execute the action. On the mac however nothing would  happen since the ALT key and f key weren't pressed on the same keyboard. 
On Jun 8, 2013, at 9:44 AM, Indigo <33indigo at charter.net> wrote:

> Oh I see what you mean, with a USB qwerty keyboard assigned as a reaper joystick device.
> You could do that, but you'd have to rewrite the default.txt script that assigns what the buttons do on the device that's plugged in, and I don't think it's currently written to assign 101 or more buttons.
> I wouldn't bring in another keyboard through the joystick assignment feature, just plug the second keyboard into a USB port.
> I've never had any problem in windows with 2 keyboards plugged in.
> I've had 2 USB keyboards, 1 USB and 1 PS2, any combination.
> 
> I'll give the experiment a try, with 1 USB keyboard set to the standard
> ascii set and another set to the extended ascii set.
> I don't think windows cares, you can run up to 128 USB devices
> simultaneously; and windows tries to scan each of them.
> I never experimented to learn what happens if you; say; hit an F on both keyboards simultaneously.
> I'll bet you get FF, because the scanning of each keyboard is very fast, and you're not likely to actually hit the F on both keyboards at the same exact instant.
> If you did press the keys exactly simultaneously, I'll bet you'd only get a single F.
> Windows probably would accept only 1 of the same input from 2 sources.
> Indi
> 
> On 6/7/2013 7:09 PM, TheOreoMonster wrote:
>> Windows didn't when i last used it, but the app in question could of
>> supported that feature. The Mac however does tend to see two
>> keyboards as different keyboards, though don't know if it would work
>> in the sense of having extra shortcut keys On Jun 7, 2013, at 6:59
>> PM, "Chris Belle" <cb1963 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> 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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