LX-Dave Posted April 14, 2014 Author Share Posted April 14, 2014 Does anyone else have a copy of the programming software (I have a win98 machine ready and willing to run it) PM Sent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterT Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Update 4: Spoke to a loveley lady called Pam Clarke at Devlin (who basically took over Alphameric) and she has supplied me, via email, a copy of the software to program to keyboard so all I've got to do now is get it how I want it (and I'm about to start version 2!) Will post pictures when it's done and grateful and heartfelt thanks to all who've helped Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterT Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 As promised pics of the finished keyboard... As it was once I rearranged the keys http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v178/PeterJTyler/POS%20Keyboard/DB1D93B1-2E83-4A69-A7F5-4774EAE4E850.jpg The finished and labeled keyboard http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v178/PeterJTyler/POS%20Keyboard/676BD1FC-FDFE-47B7-879B-D6F4841C4E1A.jpg Some closeup action... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v178/PeterJTyler/POS%20Keyboard/7D26A61F-E4F9-4268-84BE-EDFD37E6F3B4.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v178/PeterJTyler/POS%20Keyboard/135D7FBE-2B6A-4052-A688-3B06554971A6.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v178/PeterJTyler/POS%20Keyboard/8036D726-C99C-4ED1-B975-FE2286C6F1D9.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v178/PeterJTyler/POS%20Keyboard/86C3F245-4646-4D1E-BEF7-44805F3FFB23.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimoteusR Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 Here is a custom keyboard I made for a local theater. This is a very cheap way to get some hardware buttons. I made some macros in MagicQ for the keys I needed, then painted them on a normal keyboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.elsbury Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 Yes.. I see what you did there... I dont know if I would call it a custom keyboard though? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimoteusR Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 1398885982[/url]' post='498811']Yes.. I see what you did there... I dont know if I would call it a custom keyboard though? :)Maybe I should call it "modded keyboard" instead of custom..My point is that it is a very cheap way. Costs practically nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morristech Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 On the theme of custom keyboards, I made an Arcade-style interface a few years back which outputs key commands and could be handy for this kind of thing. Originally I made it for use with Ableton, but I haven't given it much action. Maybe it's one for the workshop or another thread if there's interest? It wasn't expensive to make and it's been reliable so far! . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.elsbury Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 I'm always interested. .. what keyboard interface did you use? Just hack up a keyboard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morristech Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 I it would be possible to do it that way, maybe cheaper, but I used an X-Arcade interface designed for use with arcade-style switches. Makes the wiring much more of a case of plugging them in than soldering every connection and you can have a few different programmable layers. Here's one of the inside of it... I think some arcade style joysticks would make a cool addition! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LX-Dee Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 I'm just starting to learn my way around MagicQ and just bought a 8x16 (128 key) POS keyboard as I'm already finding it hard to do anything with just mouse and normal keyboard. Just trying to sus out a good layout, this is what I have so far... MagicQ Keyboard Layout I'm really not sure what keys I need and what I can just do away with. I'd rather not have it too cluttered with keys I'm almost never going to use when programming. I figure I'll leave a chunk of space on the left for flash/cue/macro buttons. Anyone with a lot more experience using MagicQ than me want to chip in? I'm almost tempted to just do away with trying to having alphabetic on there and just run a compact keyboard along with it. would make things nicer.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alistermorton Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 There's a lot to be said for keeping the alpha-numeric entry side separate from the control side in my opinion, so a compact qwerty keyboard separate from the main programming keyboard makes sense to me. I've not used magicQ (just downloaded it to learn) but the last two desks I've used (Strand 300, ETC Ion) have had a separate qwerty keyboard tucked out of the way when it's not needed so you can concentrate on the dedicated keys for programming/editing/operating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shez Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 There's probably something to be said for broadly emulating the layout of buttons on a real Chamsys desk and/or the software - familiarity with their relative positions will help find your way around it quicker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleeting Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 As I've come late to the party. Have a look at the Countour Shuttle Pro usb puck thing. They do the style sheet for you to custom the top buttons, depending on how many you need. I have used one of these for years running SCS software on the pc without any problems.. Contour Shuttle Pro Regards Ian.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LX-Dee Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Spent a few more hours working on my layout, removed the alphanumerics and took some cues from PeterT's keyboard. Think I'm fairly happy with it now. Will probably optimize more as I use it and add some macro keys to fill in any blank keys. MagicQ Layout Ver 2 Edit: ughhh I can't stop playing maybe this is better... MagicQ Layout Ver 2.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savage1 Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 for those interested in custom interface Ultimarc also make some classic keyboard emulators plus some other bits and pieces that may prove useful. http://www.ultimarc.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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