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Reaper related => Discussions => Topic started by: azslow3 on July 05, 2018, 07:29:31 PM

Title: AZ: Not ... (a mouse or a keyboard as a dedicated REAPER controller)
Post by: azslow3 on July 05, 2018, 07:29:31 PM
Functionality
As a class of devices, mouse/keyboard is cheap, small and can work without cable for long time. The only other class of devices which can compete in that positions are IR/RF remotes. But they normally do not have encoders (scroll wheel on mouse) and have way less buttons then a keyboard.

With this tiny REAPER Control Surface plug-in, (almost) any mouse or keyboard can work as a dedicated REAPER controller. It will not perform its usual duty, so it will not "click" nor move cursor on the screen. And you can not type text with it. In other words it will not interfere with other mouse/keyboard you want continue to use.

In the current version (mouse):

In the current version (keyboard):

Windows (32/64bit) only

Known limitations/bugs
* not well tested with all devices. The latest version can work with not boot compatible mouse and compound devices.


Changelog
Title: Re: AZ: Not a Mouse (a mouse as a dedicated REAPER controller)
Post by: azslow3 on July 05, 2018, 08:02:00 PM
Installation
AZ: Not a ...
The procedure is standard for REAPER extension.
Declaring your mouse/keyboard as "not a mouse"/"not a keyboard"
Note: that is not a "hack", the device will just use another standard Microsoft driver.
The following procedure is for Windows 7-10.
WARNING: Do NOT randomly click in this application! You will not break your computer doing that and you can easily revert the change, but the result can be confusing...
Title: Re: AZ: Not a Mouse (a mouse as a dedicated REAPER controller)
Post by: azslow3 on July 05, 2018, 08:15:45 PM
Configuration for Mouse

Configuration for Keyboard

Using JS scripts it is easy to translate incoming MIDI messages into something else. F.e. convert keyboard keys into Program Changes on CCs. So there is no plans to duplicate such mapping in this extension.


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Title: Re: AZ: Not a Mouse (a mouse as a dedicated REAPER controller)
Post by: azslow3 on July 05, 2018, 08:52:39 PM
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