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Midi to Keystroke "Hot Key" Win Mac (Conductor for Mac) #430438 09/20/17 10:00 AM Post your own Tips and Tricks here
Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 7,954 P Pipeline OP Veteran
OP Pipeline Veteran P Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 7,954	If you can't get Conductor to do what you want or no Conductor on Mac. For Mac you can try midiStroke http://charlie-roberts.com/midiStroke/ to send midi notes from your midi keyboard to Keystroke. You can use it with Quicksilver https://qsapp.com/about.php to work like Conductor in the Win version. So you can use the (Control+F) Play > Play Special > Play from Bar #... For Win you can try MIDI Hotkey Portable http://www.softpedia.com/get/PORTABLE-SOFTWARE/Multimedia/Audio/MIDI-Hotkey-Portable.shtml Right click > Properties > Compatibility > XP > Run as Admin you can set it to the high C or low C to send the spacebar keystroke. Set other keys to any other keystroke or hotkeys. Converts signals from midi devices (e.g. epiano) to keystrokes MIDI Hotkey Portable is a handy and reliable utility designed to enable you to control your computer using a midi device like a piano. Not only can you configure the notes you can also configure the sustain pedal, play, stop, record buttons. There are many ways to use MIDI Hotkey Portable: You can use this software to make recording easier (e.g. control cubase, samplitude, using your electric piano). But also you are able to launch programs like firefox or even control the mouse.

Re: Midi to Keystroke "Hot Key" Win Mac (Conductor for Mac) Pipeline #430783 09/22/17 04:38 PM Post your own Tips and Tricks here
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RnAM Veteran Joined: May 2014 Posts: 4,067 The Netherlands	Thank you Pipeline! This is very cool. Won't even have to use Auto Hotkey to program the hotkeys! Well, if you have a 61 key MIDI keyboard you will have more than enough hotkeys ;-) Rob We are Rob Meulman and Anne-Marie Bovenkamp from The Netherlands. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1gsdNLE7_Gy8qavoOplQow/videos http://rnam.net/

Re: Midi to Keystroke "Hot Key" Win Mac (Conductor for Mac) Pipeline #431053 09/24/17 03:12 PM Post your own Tips and Tricks here
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Icelander Veteran Joined: Nov 2012 Posts: 4,786 Iceland	And once again you impress with what we over here would call your "thinking in solutions" (literal translation) mentality Just because you can, doesn't mean you should! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BBox 2022 Audiophile, Mac Pro Intel, OSX 10.6.8, 800x600 (TV VGA)

Re: Midi to Keystroke "Hot Key" Win Mac (Conductor for Mac) Pipeline #700216 01/22/22 04:49 PM Post your own Tips and Tricks here
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Wysocki Enthusiast W Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 22	Sorry about reviving an old thread, but Conductor is still misbehaving with midi. Alas, Midi Hotkey is even more quirky than the Conductor! No decent instructions, crashes with error message about indexes, and very confusing interface. Could not get it to do anything! Must be made in China. Back to AutoHotkey!

Re: Midi to Keystroke "Hot Key" Win Mac (Conductor for Mac) Pipeline #782150 11/12/23 05:49 PM Post your own Tips and Tricks here
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musocity Veteran M Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 3,110	also: https://hautetechnique.com/midi/midishortcut/

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