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I have a good old Ableton Launchpad mk1 (These go apparently for as low as $25 on ebay/Reverb). This gives me 8x8 + 16 buttons that I monitor via a Java app that I wrote. It works but I'd love to have a UI app for controlling it and assigning actions, similar to https://www.midi-mixer.com but for macOS - I'm too lazy to write a UI on top of my Java hack. Any recommendations for something that can consume generic MIDI…
I wonder if the Touch Bar was actually a poorly executed good idea. I've always used a full external keyboard (with numeric pad) but I'd love to have the F16-F19" keys graphically mapping to something depending on the context. For example, in VS code, I currently have F13 for start debugging and resume. F14 for stepping over, and F15 for stepping into. I would wish to have a physical F key with a configurable charact…
I also have the top row filled with world clocks.
It works on any device including my iPads, and although I'm only using it for keypresses, there are plenty of modules for doing MIDI and other HID shenanigans that I haven't investigated yet.
For someone who kinda wants this stuff but doesn't feel great about spending 200 bucks for 15 buttons and all the garbage that goes with... an idea I had last week seeing this article is to buy a USB 10-key numpad from a pawn shop, and use something like kmonad[0] to map key presses from that device to specific actions. Reuse some existing tech, and you can just tape over buttons. It's not exactly the same product fo…
I used a RP2040 macropad from Adafruit [0] to play with this- I use mine as numpad on occasion, but can also use it for Zoom controls, media volume/next/speed/etc, or Photoshop actions. [0]: https://www.adafruit.com/product/5128
I also have a mute the microphone button, and a simple "NVIDIA capture the last 2 minutes of my screen" button..
Works perfectly for what I wanted, a temp/fan monitor with a couple extra buttons.
Having the ability to mute/unmute in meetings via a hardware button is awesome.
Shameless self-promotion, but I used a Stream Deck to make "Princess Buttons" for my kids: https://dantonio.info/projects/the-buttons/ Allows me to not be the DJ/arbiter of music for my toddlers, yet still provides them with control over the music (Sonos) and helps them learn to negotiate & take turns between themselves. The Stream Deck has, thus far, held up to quite a lot of abuse. I've added some lighting control…
Shameless self-promotion, but I used a Stream Deck to make "Princess Buttons" for my kids: https://dantonio.info/projects/the-buttons/ Allows me to not be the DJ/arbiter of music for my toddlers, yet still provides them with control over the music (Sonos) and helps them learn to negotiate & take turns between themselves. The Stream Deck has, thus far, held up to quite a lot of abuse. I've added some lighting control…
My experience with Stream Deck has not been so smooth, but it is more due to Windows as an OS on corporate environment rather than the hardware. I got Stream Deck primarily to show status and control Teams online meetings on Windows. Unfortunately, on Windows, Teams does not have global hotkeys for mute/unmute mic, audio on/off, video on/off etc. The keys are local to the online meeting window only. It also does not…
> Unfortunately, on Windows, Teams does not have global hotkeys for mute/unmute mic, audio on/off, video on/off etc If I'm understanding your need correctly, you can do this with Microsoft Powertoys: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/video-con...