Wew. Something shifted just then. Maybe everything is going to be ok after all.
Just chiming in late as someone who has burned a ton of time and effort on remapping for DAW use on both platforms since Apple did away with embedded numpads. The conclusion I've come to is that it wasn't entirely wasted time, because occasionally I've been caught short and won brownie points for being able to open PT, perform a few edits or revisions and have those back to people faster than they expected. That said, it's always been a more pleasant experience working on a full sized keyboard in PT, and if the ability to do without one vanished, I'd be more annoyed about the effort it took to find solutions than losing the functionality itself. Plus, a few less pieces of software and/or drivers to keep updated. Plus, if you're working from almost any tutorial aside from "this is how to use Pro Tools if you don't have a full sized keyboard", they're going to be talking in terms of a full sized keyboard, so you may as well play along on a full sized keyboard. The learning curve is steep enough already without adding an extra level of interpretation. So yeah, get a full sized keyboard. Probably an Apple one. :) Scott On 12/10/15, Slau Halatyn <slauhala...@gmail.com> wrote: > Mark this date down because it's probably one of the few times I'll > whole-heartedly agree with Chuck: just go buy the Apple keyboard. It's fifty > dollars. Invest in your productivity and minimize variables and workarounds. > Plug it in and it just works exactly as it should. > > On Dec 9, 2015, at 6:33 PM, Chris Gilland <clgillan...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> You are aware, are you not, that key mapping isn't completely necessary to >> use the numpad on a smaller keyboard. Most of the numpad keys can be >> pressed simply by holding down the fn key in combination with certain >> letters. For example, If I remember this correctly, fn+J is your 1 key, k >> is your 2 key, and l is your 3 key. U would be 4, i is 5, o is 6, so on >> so forth. I might be remembering this slightly wrong, but I know it was >> definitely something to that effect. >> >> Chris. >> >>> On Dec 9, 2015, at 3:24 PM, Poppa Bear <heavens4r...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> There is a remapping utility that was mentioned here a few years back >>> that you may be able to find in the archives. It allowed the smaller >>> keyboard to be used as the full size converting some of the keyboard into >>> the num pad. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On >>> Behalf Of Andy B >>> Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2015 12:31 PM >>> To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Re: Full Apple keyboard >>> >>> Do you have a list of key remapping this and that need to be done? >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Dec 9, 2015, at 2:40 PM, Vaughn Brown <jazzdress...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Or, you can remap your computer's keyboard so the function key plus L >>>> is three, function plus K is two etc. I do this and it works just >>>> fine. >>>> Vaughn >>>> >>>>> On 12/9/15, Poppa Bear <heavens4r...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> I just use an old wireless PC keyboard. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On >>>>> Behalf >>>>> Of Andy B. >>>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2015 11:17 PM >>>>> To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com >>>>> Subject: Full Apple keyboard >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I have to look hard at my budget. It is sort of getting stretched >>>>> before >>>>> everything on the list is accounted for. Is a full sized Apple >>>>> keyboard >>>>> required to completely use PT, or is it something you can get by >>>>> without >>>>> until a later date? >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups >>>>> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an >>>>> email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups >>>>> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an >>>>> email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Vaughn Brown >>>> Berklee College of Music Graduate, Bachelor in Music, Drummer, educator >>>> 504-202-8492 >>>> http://www.vaughnbrown.net >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. 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