1 Jul
2014
1 Jul
'14
8:27 p.m.
On 1 July 2014 at 9:21, Len Ovens <len(a)ovenwerks.net> wrote:
I seem to have gotten an itch to make some control
surfaces for
my home recording system.
[snip]
Anyway, is there an easy way to grab a keyboard device before
the system does? This looks to be /dev/input/event7. There is
a utility called actkbd that reads this. And I guess it can
run a script for any one key or just output to stdout the key
press. Anyone have a better idea?
My surface requirements might differ from yours. When I want a
surface it's usually because click-hold-drag on a mouse for hours
at a time is hard on my hand. But, I also want a surface because
I want to run more than one slider at a time. When running live
sound I usually have >4 sliders under my fingers at all times.
That use pattern follows me to a control surface at times.
Will an Android device allow multiple slider control? I haven't
seen that gesture supported.
That said, TouchDAW sounds like it could be convenient for
transport control when recording myself from across the room.
All the best...
--
Kevin