Notice: Depending on the type of your computer keyboard some keys may not work when pressed together. If in any way you cannot afford it, read bellow, how to broaden your workspace. I cannot recommend any, but there are plenty online, even cheap roll-up piano is nice. If you are producing music on daily basis, consider buying proper midi keyboard. In this guide i will show you workaround. LMMS has MIDI keyboard layout that contains 2 octaves, while Cakewalk 1 octave. When i first started using Cakewalk i was used to LMMS MIDI keyboard layout, the built-in Cakewalk keyboard was small and you could not edit keys. I get the very same odd behaviour if I try to use a Dial controller.In this guide i will show you how to use your normal computer keyboard as MIDI keyboard in Cakewalk. But at this speed i also noticed that the speed at which the orbiter repeats sending the keypress signals is faster than what the keyboard does. I noticed that I get the best results if I set the sensitivity to 'low' (5). Furthermore, very often cakewalk's cursor keeps on moving even after i stopped turning the orbiter. In order to see the cursor move i need to add a 'shift' modifier to both the turn left and turn right settings for the orbiter (why is this?).Įven if i now get some movement, it's choppy and imprecise. I set the Orbiter into Keyboard Mode and assign 'e' to the Left Turn and 'o' to the right turn. After these first 2 steps, i am able to rewind and fast forward using the 'e' and 'o' keys on the keyboard, as espected. I created a new binding between the 'e' key and the 'Start/Stop Rewing' action in Cakewalk keyboard shortcuts preferences. I created a new binding between the 'o' key and the 'Start/Stop Fast Forward' action in Cakewalk keyboard shortcuts preferences In order to do this, i am trying the following:

I'm trying to use the orbiter to move the cursor of the 'now time' in cakewalk.

Bandlab keyboard