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Feature Request: Generate .kbm keymapping from isomorphic keymapping #171

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kamkamkamkamkamkamkamkam opened this issue Jan 14, 2023 · 3 comments

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@kamkamkamkamkamkamkamkam

It would be absolutely wonderful to have an option to allow the configured "Isomorphic key mapping" to generate the .kbm keymapping on export. I use the isomorphic key mapping to generate Janko/Bosanquet-Wilson/Harmonic Table layots so experimenting with larger EDOs on my typing keyboards is far more easy and fun. It would be a god send to be able to generate .kbm files with this for use in DAWs.

@frostburn
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.kbm is a one-dimensional format while isomorphic layouts are two-dimensional, there is no obvious way to map one to the other. How does your DAW implement isomorphic layouts?

@kamkamkamkamkamkamkamkam
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.kbm allows you to remap any note to any key does it not? How would it be impossible to make isomorphic layouts then? For example in OpenMPT you can already remap the Virtual MIDI notes in any way you please, I've already made layouts for 12edo, 19edo. and 22edo within OpenMPT. For higher EDOs it would be a problem because OpenMPT only lets you assign 3 octaves to any given key...so a .kbm file would be perfect for the chromatic mode OpenMPT has as well as any other DAW with a chromatic keyboard layout. It would also work good for Virtual MIDI keyboards that support .kbm import.

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Sure. You can map any note to any key, but it's not obvious how to do this. What hardware are you using? The normal desktop keyboard for typing? If the keymap in the DAW is customizable there's no standard way to generate a .kbm.

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