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Tangent Wave and Kinesis Freestyle
I know there’s been some discussion on this board for combining the Tangent Wave with Xkeys, but I stumbled upon something that has been working amazingly and I figured I would share.
I’m freelancing with a post house that has the wave main panel, knobs panel and button panel but not the transport/trackball panel. I have a kinesis freestyle at home for writing on a treadmill desk, and I figured I would bring it in and see how the combo works with the mac.
https://www.kinesis-ergo.com/shop/freestyle2-for-mac/
The combination has been super great. Makes it much easier to switch into “typing” functions like naming new versions, searching the media pool, etc. In combination with the shortcuts, I find myself having a mostly seamless interaction with the software. I still need there to be a way to ripple outside of the full $30k panels, but pretty much everything else I regularly do I’m able to do.
I haven’t used xkeys personally, but this seems like a pretty good alternative.
CharlesHaineColorist.com
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Interesting. With a large tablet, Euphonics color panel and control panel, and a Keyboard, desktop real estate is at a premium. Splitting up the keyboard onto opposite sides of the panel might work for me.
I notice in the developers website a small wire connecting the two sides, but you don’t seem to be having an issue with distance between the halves. Can you explain that wire?
Glenn
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I had the same worry with the wire: it’s I think 20 inches, and I was worried that it wouldn’t be wide enough to fit all three panels in between, but it fits with just a hair of room to spare around the wave combo.
The Euphonics is 20″ wide, right? I wonder if it would work as well, though then the control panel would be outside the keyboard space.
Also, I think I remember the Euphonics as being a bit higher off the ground: Kinesis makes supports (purchased separately from the keyboard) to keep the keyboard higher that clip to the bottom of the board, I have them and they work well at their “medium” setting with the Elements, maybe using them at their “high” setting will work well with the Euphonics.
Charles
CharlesHaineColorist.com
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Even if i put the control panel above, closer to the monitor, and this closer to me with the panel in between, it might be a nice little space saver. Every little bit helps.
Might have to put this idea into the “folder” between my ears.
Thanks
Glenn
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