Thanks so much. I'll look there. Since I just got this smaller X-
keys keyboard, and it shipped with what I thought was a current
software CD, I had assumed it was up to date.
I'll report in as things progress.
Thanks again.
Chuck
On Aug 7, 2005, at 12:01 PM, ThomaStudios wrote:
Chuck,
I got an email last week from PI Engineering concerning the long-
standing conflict with MacroWorks for xKeys and Tiger. The
recommended NOT using MacroWorks since there was a conflict with OS
X 10.4, and they were working with Apple to resolve it. The email
said as much that it was resolved and the software fix was on their
website.
I didn't know if you were up on this so I thought I'd mention it
since it does relate directly to the problem you've been having and
a possible solution to get xKeys working again.
J.D. Thomas
ThomaStudios
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J.D. Thomas
ThomaStudios
West Linn OR
www.thomastudios.com
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On Aug 7, 2005, at 10:15 AM, Chuck Israels wrote:
Hi all,
Good news/bad news.
First: the problem is eliminated when I start the system without
the Macromanager software that controls the X-keys keyboard. All
Finale tools behave as they should. Whew! All the preference
file questions, installation issues etc. turned out to be dead
ends because it was an entirely different kind of problem, and
none of you could have known (Hiro was on the right track when he
suggested turning off Quickeys). I should have been looking more
closely at the last thing that I changed before the problem
appeared. I was seduced into ignoring that because the device
itself was working properly, and it had taken me several hours of
setting it up through a new piece of software that wasn't exactly
transparent in its behavior to get it going. I like using the
keyboard. It has 20 programable keys that I have set up mainly to
select tools - no menu scrolling, and no mousing on a pallet, just
a single push button, and you change to the tool you need. It's
so quick that it even renders the selection tool a little redundant.
Lesson learned: I had an emotional commitment to not looking at
something that had taken so much effort to set up, and that I like
having in the system.
Bad news: I can't use it unless (or until) the software conflict
is resolved.
Many of you have been wonderfully patient and attentive as I
worked through this yesterday. It may seem maudlin, but the
feeling of community and cooperation the comes through on this
list is palpable and holds special importance to me because we
live so far from most of the community of musicians with whom I
share similar relationships. Thanks beyond words.
Chuck
Chuck Israels
230 North Garden Terrace
Bellingham, WA 98225-5836
phone (360) 671-3402
fax (360) 676-6055
www.chuckisraels.com
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