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Bome MIDI Translator: User's Manual 9 Actions

The emulated keystrokes are always sent to the currently

active application. When MIDI Translator is the active

application, keystrokes are not sent.

Text

The Text mode (new in version 1.8) allows emulating keystrokes so that

they type the given text (i.e. characters and not keys). This is particularly

useful for entering numbers, special characters, and international letters

which may have different positions or ways to enter on different keyboards.

In the text field, enter the text to be typed to define it for this Outgoing

Action.

When executing a Text string, MIDI Translator figures out the necessary key

strokes for each letter, emulating SHIFT and other modifier keys as

necessary. For example, to emulate typing the square bracket “[”, MIDI

Translator will just emulate typing that key on an English keyboard, while it

will emulate pressing RightAlt+8 on a German keyboard.

Physical Keys

Emulating physical keys is similar to Text, but it will always execute the

same keys (and not characters), no matter which keyboard or language is

selected. Shift and other modifiers are treated as individual keystrokes. So,

for example, when you create an outgoing physical keystroke definition

“Ctrl([)” on an English keyboard, it will produce “Ctrl+[” on your computer,

but “Ctrl+ü” when MIDI Translator is running on a computer with German

keyboard selected.

Key Down / Up

You can emulate pressing just one key down (press) or up (release). This is

useful when you want to keep modifier keys like Shift pressed for

subsequent Outgoing Actions (e.g. combine with Mouse Outgoing Action).

For Keystroke Down, you can optionally define a repeat delay, so that the

key is repeated automatically as long as you don't send the corresponding

Key Up action.

Example: MIDI Note to Keystroke with Repeat

If you want to execute a key event, and have the key repeated as long as

you press a key on your MIDI Keyboard, you will need two translators:

1. The first translator has MIDI as incoming trigger. Use MIDI Capture,