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01-10-2019, 09:34 AM
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e-Ink Keyboard with Icons on Keys
https://www.dpreview.com/news/526748...and-other-apps
I thought this would be interesting to use with reaper, what do you think?
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01-10-2019, 09:53 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: Black Forest
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Pretty cool stuff, reminds me of the Optimus Popularis from Art Lebedev. Looks affordable, too.
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01-10-2019, 09:58 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2017
Location: Heidelberg, Germany
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Several such projects was announced during the last decade...
There is one big problem with all of them: the price.
And there is another big problem with e-ink based keyboards: there are almost useless for program like REAPER. Let me explain:
* unlike alphabet, REAPER actions are hard to show as a small character. So you can not put more then 2 descriptions on one key space, for some actions even 2 will be too much.
* by technology, e-ink is black/while and has significant update time
As the result, you can not display real action which is going to be performed with all possible key combinations (Shift+, Ctrl+, Ctrl+Shift+, etc.). For dynamic update when the modifier is pressed the display is too slow, for static picture it is too small. Also dynamic update will need special software (REAPER extension).
And in case you want just one REAPER (or other program) specific labels, you can produce them for ~$10 and glue on ~$10 keyboard.
PS. You can even use a dedicated keyboard with REAPER, with custom key assignments and in parallel with your normal one. Like a 102 keys MIDI controller.
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01-10-2019, 11:57 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by azslow3
* unlike alphabet, REAPER actions are hard to show as a small character. So you can not put more then 2 descriptions on one key space, for some actions even 2 will be too much.
* by technology, e-ink is black/while and has significant update time
As the result, you can not display real action which is going to be performed with all possible key combinations (Shift+, Ctrl+, Ctrl+Shift+, etc.). For dynamic update when the modifier is pressed the display is too slow, for static picture it is too small. Also dynamic update will need special software (REAPER extension).
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Interesting, thank you!
Quote:
Originally Posted by azslow3
And in case you want just one REAPER (or other program) specific labels, you can produce them for ~$10 and glue on ~$10 keyboard.
PS. You can even use a dedicated keyboard with REAPER, with custom key assignments and in parallel with your normal one. Like a 102 keys MIDI controller.
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Really, i can run 2 keyboards at the same time and each can have different key assignments? I didn't know that, thanks!
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01-10-2019, 12:09 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GameAudioRvlzzr
Really, i can run 2 keyboards at the same time and each can have different key assignments? I didn't know that, thanks!
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That is not a standard feature: https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=206012
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