Hey,
I got an old POS keyboard and turned it into a dedicated composer. Instead of changing keybindings I change buttons ;).
Hope you enjoy!
Kind regards,
Heer O.
6604 
What does WTF do?
I havenāt really decided yet. It has been there since the beginning, it will probably launch Civ3 in the end.
Specific for Renoise is the Numpad; you can use it as an instrument selector and as a full hexadecimal pad for editing columns, thanks to the YinYang button. That layer also contains a full keyboard with keys in logical places, so you can still type stuff like this ;).
maybe you can make a YouTube video showing us how it works. I think youtubes like that are delightful and inspiring to watch.
Love it! Totaly awesome hack if you ask me. :lol:
WTF-button: Delete everything and start a new song. 
Delete everything and start a new song.
And the WTF is because undo will be disabled 
Very cool indeed!
Itās a bit hard to tell from the photo, but it looks like there might be some mechanical key switches on there? Maybe theyāre standard Cherry MX switches or something similar?
The lofi stickers and sharpie look is quite endearing, for sure, but have you also considered getting some nice custom key caps printed?
Places like WASD keyboards offer quite a nice range of options, although theyāre perhaps a bit on the expensive side. Perhaps someone here knows a cheaper alternative.
Great stuff anyway. Iād also love to see a video of this thing in action, as A220 suggested 
Those are indeed Cherry keys, so you know what will be the last stage of completionā¦Already looking forward, but it has to be near perfect first. Though it does have a nice punk attitudeā¦ Maybe all black as a tribute to Disaster Area;)ā¦
Yeah that buttonā¦Iāll try to remember to post what itāll do or will have done. Does FT2 run as a rewire slave? Whatever your opinion about my project, if you ever come across one of these things, GET IT and start playing with it. Just plugged in a forgotten nanokontrol and I got my own pocket studio.
On video, right now we are trying something with reggae. I am using Renoise in the composing process, since we are filming everything I can probably get some geeky side footage ;).
Here is one of our other Renoise-driven projects:
This is my home setup, made out of lost&found stuff:
i3 4GB W7
RNS 2.8.2
Copperlan (everywhere I go)
Behringer 1204 Xenyx mixer
nanoKONTROL 2
Oxygen M25
PIII 850 Mhz 128MB XP32 SP1 as āMIDIā server and keyboard programmer
Copperlan (and that is one of the reasons why)
to this are connected:
Casio VZ-1
Roland U20
Casio CTK750 (someone put it out front, cut off the speakers&keyboard, and presto, 19 inch module 
)
At first when I read your post I thought you meant POS as in āPiece of ā¦ā, so I was like āWhat in the world kind of keyboard is that?ā, but then I realized you probably meant Point of Sale. This is really fascinating to me, although I canāt really grasp the reasoning behind your notes layout. Like where are the sharps?
But hey, if it works for you thatās what matters.
Very cool.
Haha didnāt think of that ;). It is shockingly old but the quality is outstanding. It is indeed intended to be used as a cashregister.
Note layout is two octaves in 4 rows of 6 keys, like an ergonomic chromatic typewriter. The final markings will probably indicate numbers rather than notes, as an inbuilt musical theory reference guide ;).
Even if you destroyed your precious cherry keyboard, it is nice work.
So I assume the sharps are just on the unmarked keys between letters?
Exactly. Itās like 2 guitar strings, tuned E, A# giving 1 octave reach on 2 strings with 6 frets. Ignore the letters, replace them with interval numbers and the pattern emerges ;). No need to remember scales anymore.
Iām afraid I donāt understand. Maybe if I actually played on it I would get it. Anyway still really cool
I love this idea. it would be great one day to see a Renoise ācontrollerā along these lines, like a renoise push or maschine :lol:
a few of these POS keyboards have touchpads which would be cool to implement some how.
Finished!
Interesting, but can you press 10 keys at once and have them all sound? But, then I suppose there is no need as you have all the keyboardsā¦I guess the layout is something like linnstrument, but with keys. Interesting setup.
Copperlan looks cool.
Finished!
wellā¦can we see it?
Iām thinking to get something like this, but itās a bit expensive:
Final version of Renoise controller on the left. Custom keys will be printed eventually ;). Mixer is now keyboard controlled instead of previous setup with NanoKontrol.
The note input is more like using a drum machine.
Some version of this still wants to be built (MIDIbox based), maybe some day.
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