i want a computer keyboard with no limitations on simultaneous keydowns because the vaguely diagonal shape of a computer keyboard means you can use it as an isomorphic midi keyboard
My own keyboard programmed with QMK (an Idobo75) seems to be able to handle more keys at once than I can actually press and test without me having to really mess with anything to get it to do it. (I'm using the default QMK setup except I toss in a bit of code that changes backlight color depending on layer as a simple indicator of which layer it's on -- mostly for when I'm using QWERTY to remember to go back to Dvorak.)
@CIMB4 @mcc there's a huge community around building kit keyboards where you buy the main pcb, switches, etc separately. These most often use a firmware called QMK, but ZMK is similar and allows using Bluetooth. You can use zmk on any keyboard that uses a separate microcontroller by replacing it with a Bluetooth capable microcontroller board. There are a bunch of websites that sell keyboard kits of this type in various configurations.
@danielleigh @CIMB4 @mcc Oops, I missed that somehow. And I don't mean to step on ZMK. It seems superior in every way except compatibility seemed to be relatively low last I looked (which was admittedly a while ago!) Any device that can do both would usually be better off with ZMK anyway.
I personally wouldn't buy an expensive custom keyboard if it couldn't work with one of those two.
@mcc @danielleigh @CIMB4 QMK and ZMK are basically keyboard-specific alternate firmwares for a number of common chipsets that these keyboards use. They're open and programmable, so basically any device that can be flashed to one can do more or less anything reasonable you can think to make it do.
Heck, you can probably put Doom on a keyboard open enough to work with them. 😁
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•Nazo
•@danielleigh @CIMB4 @mcc Doesn't QMK also have NKRO?
My own keyboard programmed with QMK (an Idobo75) seems to be able to handle more keys at once than I can actually press and test without me having to really mess with anything to get it to do it. (I'm using the default QMK setup except I toss in a bit of code that changes backlight color depending on layer as a simple indicator of which layer it's on -- mostly for when I'm using QWERTY to remember to go back to Dvorak.)
Daniel Leigh
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•Daniel Leigh
•mcc
•Nazo
•@danielleigh @CIMB4 @mcc Oops, I missed that somehow. And I don't mean to step on ZMK. It seems superior in every way except compatibility seemed to be relatively low last I looked (which was admittedly a while ago!) Any device that can do both would usually be better off with ZMK anyway.
I personally wouldn't buy an expensive custom keyboard if it couldn't work with one of those two.
Daniel Leigh
•Nazo
•@mcc @danielleigh @CIMB4 QMK and ZMK are basically keyboard-specific alternate firmwares for a number of common chipsets that these keyboards use. They're open and programmable, so basically any device that can be flashed to one can do more or less anything reasonable you can think to make it do.
Heck, you can probably put Doom on a keyboard open enough to work with them. 😁
silverwizard
Alexandre Oliva
•it reminded me of the classic generated pictures of salmon in the river
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@Alexandre Oliva ah, but Creative indeed made it! It's called a Prodikeys and it's super cool
Yes, the soundblaster people