New MAC Keyboard, Numbered Triggering Layout

    lewis lepton
    Jul 07 2008 | 11:28 am
    Hello Everyone In Max Land,
    I have nearly finished going through the Max Tutorials again, also noticing about using the keyboard a lot to trigger video, samples, etc.
    Anyhow, i had a good idea. Max does give you an example of what keys you press, it then gives you the number in which that key means using [key] and [int]. It displays the number of the said key is in the number box, which is good.
    But i felt lost later, especially when wanting to use the keys and forgetting the number to what key is which. When wanting to build a small trigger patch.
    Anyhow, i have made a little picture (gif format). With each of the keys, with there number in the key box. Its a nice little guide, and has come in handy already. Such as Q=113, W=149, etc.
    So i have put it up here for you all to have as well. Keep in mind this is for the new MAC keyboards, so i dont know if it is different to the old ones. If it is different, i will do another one for the old model later.
    Anyhow, hope this comes in handy for anybody. It has already for me. I printed it out and kept it with a Max/MSP guide that i am building up
    [img]index.php?t=getfile&id=1787&private=0[/img]
    • DF
      Jul 07 2008 | 12:08 pm
      heres a handy little utility I use for remembering key codes: so simple it hurts, but:
    • Stefan Tiedje
      Jul 07 2008 | 5:12 pm
      Tim Harris schrieb: > so simple it hurts, but:
      Oh yes, it doesn't do anything... Maybe something is missing? Did you copy compress only the presentation objects?
      Stefan
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    • DF
      Jul 07 2008 | 5:43 pm
      ah yes mus have done, apologies. All it is is a little window using the [key] object and number boxes, just handy to have in the corner of the screen if you're needing some key information. DF
    • Peter Castine
      Jul 08 2008 | 9:34 am
      You can simply open up key.maxhelp to see what key produces which values. Since you presumably already have a key object in your patch, all it takes is an option-click.
      Another trick is to open up a Terminal window and type 'man ascii' at the command prompt.
      Note that ASCII codes encode the *character set*. This is independent of keyboard layout.
    • seejayjames
      Jul 10 2008 | 2:27 am
      that's nice, and definitely helps for ascii numbering... however, if you send the [key] output through sprintf %c, it turns the codes back into the corresponding letters. Then use "route a b c d e f 1 2 3 Q W E R T Y" etc. Much more human-readable and remember-able than ascii...
      This won't work with space, Tab, or other non-printing characters. you need the ascii/select for those, just use a separate branch from [key]. Also you might stay away from using semicolons as triggers, they're kind of special to max :)
      --CJ
    • ongo73
      Jul 11 2008 | 10:22 am
      thanks Lewis !
      printing it out right now !
      take care