[PD] Key-repeat makes keyboard-pianokeys impossible?
Hans-Christoph Steiner
hans at eds.org
Mon Jul 17 18:00:35 CEST 2006
This is a known bug on all platforms, it has to do with the
implementation of the [key] object. It would be nice to have it
fixed to provide a proper key-down and key-up message instead of that
pulsing. Any volunteers?
.hc
On Jul 16, 2006, at 11:54 PM, Luke Iannini (pd) wrote:
> Hi all,
> I am being ushered to sleep so I have little time to explain this in
> detail, but hopefully that just means you'll all be spared tedious
> detail that would obfuscate the issue : ).
>
> I'm trying to build a simple computer-key piano such as the one in
> Apple's GarageBand using the [key] object, and I'd like to be able to
> hold the keys down rather than have single shot. Key helpfully
> provides 0/1 notifiers for keydown and keyup - but OS X's built-in
> key-repeat makes it infinitely retrigger the keypress when held. The
> GarageBand keyboard does not do this, so I was hoping someone might
> have some ideas on getting around this so I don't have to pull out my
> (rather unportable) midi-controller when I'm patching on the road.
>
> Thanks!
>
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