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  • keyboard set up

    Posted by Maria Dumey-wibbenmeyer on August 28, 2009 at 10:15 pm

    Some of my keys on the keyboard aren’t compatible to the avid system. When I do one thing on my keyboard the system does something else. I know there is a way to go into avid to make the keyboard and the program do the same thing. How do I go about doing that?

    Bob Bascelli replied 16 years, 8 months ago 4 Members · 7 Replies
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  • Jon Zanone

    August 29, 2009 at 3:38 am

    What system are you on?

    “Jamming our heads full of figures and angles
    And telling us stuff that we already know”

    Willie The Wandering Gypsy & Me
    Billy Joe Shaver

  • Maria Dumey-wibbenmeyer

    August 29, 2009 at 9:44 pm

    Media Composer 3.X

  • Jon Zanone

    August 30, 2009 at 1:10 am

    Sorry, I wasn’t clear – Mac or PC?

    Jon

    “Jamming our heads full of figures and angles
    And telling us stuff that we already know”

    Willie The Wandering Gypsy & Me
    Billy Joe Shaver

  • Maria Dumey-wibbenmeyer

    August 30, 2009 at 2:36 am

    I have a PC

  • Jon Zanone

    August 30, 2009 at 2:16 pm

    On a PC, F1 will always be reserved for help. You can’t change that. Otherwise, you should disable any macros in the control panel under ‘keyboard’.

    Check your keyboard settings in the Avid, and map whatever settings you need.

    Jon

    Be curious, not judgmental.
    Walt Whitman

  • Kenton Vannatten

    September 6, 2009 at 2:59 pm

    When you say: “When I do one thing on my keyboard the system does something else.”

    What exactly do you mean? Sounds to me as if you just need to double-check you keyboard mappings.

    Kenton VanNatten
    Avid Editor (for hire)

  • Bob Bascelli

    September 11, 2009 at 3:35 pm

    I had similar problems I solved by spending less than $100 on a Bella. It’s terrific as all the keys are marked with Avid function icons and there’s a useful jog/shuttle wheel built in.

    Keep ’em flying.

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