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Bome MIDI Translator: User's Manual 9 Actions

9.2 Keystrokes

9.2.1 Incoming Keystroke

If you want to trigger a translator by pressing (or releasing) keys on your

computer keyboard, use Keystroke as Incoming Action.

Keystroke-based incoming

translator actions can be defined

in different ways.

The Text incoming keystroke

type lets you define a text (or

just a letter) to be typed for use

as a trigger. For example, if you

enter the text “1”, the user

needs to press the 1 key to

trigger the action. However, on

French keyboards, there is no

key for “1”, you need to press

SHIFT+& key to type a “1”. Thus, French users will need

to press SHIFT+& to invoke the same action. As a rule of

thumb, the Text incoming keystroke action is triggered

when the text, as seen in the text field, is produced by

the keyboard, no matter how.

The Physical Keys keystroke type lets you match the

incoming action by physical keys. They are defined by

key position. So entering a “1” key here will always

trigger on pressing the key which produces the “1”.

Consequently, when a French user opens the same

project file, the action will be triggered by pressing the

“&” key because the key has the same location as the

“1” key on an English keyboard.

The Down and Up types let you trigger the action on

only pressing down or releasing the specified key. Only

one single physical key is possible here. It is often used

to capture the Down/Up state of modifier keys such as

SHIFT, CONTROL, etc.

For the Text and Physical Keys types, you can specify arbitrary sequences

and key combinations to serve as a trigger. Parenthesis are used to mark

simultaneous presses of keys. This can be conveniently used to trigger on

keyboard shortcuts. For example, “Shift(Ctrl(A))” will only trigger if you

press A with the Control and Shift keys together. Similarly, you can also