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AZERTY pc keyboard

Archive · 2005 12 old posts

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gerald ·

First of all, thanks for your great software!

but what about an AZERTY version? for those who don't have a MIDI keyboard? 🙁 (it's always the same problem in synthetizers softwares with MIDI keyboard emulation 😉 ) thanks!!+

Nu Audio Science ·

What the hell is AZERTY ? I really haven't heard of that ?

If it means playing the pc keyboard so that it plays the synth you can do that ? I'm sure it must mean something else though so i better go and Google it 😉

rl ·

I have a QWERTZ keyboard layout (y and z swapped). Little drawback is that the 'y' key and the 'z' key trigger wrong midi notes when using the pc-keyboard.

Sk ·

If you only mean PC keyboard support, it's already there. In MIDIIn there is always the option for PC Keyb, you only have to choose it (this will deactivate all the shortcuts). I've a fully standard QWERTY, and I have no problem. If the events aretriggered depending on the pressed letter, though, it might be annoying for AZERTY or QWERTZ...

@ NAS: The keyboards in PCs or typewriter machines are described using the first six letters on the upper row from the extreme left to right. Most spread keyboards (QWERTY) are:

QWERTYUIOP ASDFGHJKL ZXCVBNM

But some have some letters in different positions.

Nu Audio Science ·

Eeeeeeeeerm yes i know that, I had never heard of an AZERTY though.

tormodulator ·

Nu Audio Science wrote: Eeeeeeeeerm yes i know that, I had never heard of an AZERTY though.

AZERTY is french. They have a couple of keys swapped (which the name implies nicely), but the most annoying thing in the world of computers (almost) is that the number keys are 'inverted' so you have to press SHIFT to get numbers! 😲 Imagine writing a quick service report on a French computer (I type fast, without looking at the result until I'm done) and find all your numbers look like this: %¤"& &(()¤#"! "#¤%// !#¤%%/& !¤%&/(... :x

But it's a legitimate request, I suppose the French want to make synths too 🙂

gerald ·

tormodulator wrote: Nu Audio Science wrote: Eeeeeeeeerm yes i know that, I had never heard of an AZERTY though.

AZERTY is french. They have a couple of keys swapped (which the name implies nicely), but the most annoying thing in the world of computers (almost) is that the number keys are 'inverted' so you have to press SHIFT to get numbers! 😲 Imagine writing a quick service report on a French computer (I type fast, without looking at the result until I'm done) and find all your numbers look like this: %¤"& &(()¤#"! "#¤%// !#¤%%/& !¤%&/(... :x

But it's a legitimate request, I suppose the French want to make synths too 🙂

exactly!! so what's the problem with french people?? 😠 😉 😉 http://hautrive.free.fr/noirs/azerty.png are we the only ones to have AZERTY keyboards?

tormodulator ·

gerald wrote: exactly!! so what's the problem with french people?? 😠 😉 😉 http://hautrive.free.fr/noirs/azerty.png are we the only ones to have AZERTY keyboards?

As far as I know, yes you are.

Otherwise there's nothing wrong with the French. 🙂

malc ·

I must admit, I'd never heard of AZERTY either. But now we know, there's no reason why we can't cater for this and QWERTZ 🙂.

Any other types we should look at?

gerald ·

Yeah!! thank you!! (and there's nothing wrong with French lol except the fact that apparently we are the only ones who use this type of keyboard; I apologize for this) I must admit that personally I didn't know QWERTZ and perhaps there are other types of keyboard 😕

stefan ·

dvorak 🙂

Sk ·

Actually, many typewriters I saw have an AZERTY layout. And I'm talking of Italian typewriters, Olivetti.

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