Screen resolutions for different organs

I have a request to change the screen resolution on organ loading to match the requirements of that organ without user participation. Is this possible? If so how?

Pax,

Thomas

[B. Milan]

Hello Thomas,

You could look at something like X-Keys which can be used to send in combinations of keystrokes to trigger operating system menus. Hauptwerk doesn't have any way to interact with an operating system function for changing screen resolutions.

If you do a search on the forum you should be able to find some posts regarding using X-Keys for accomplishing this if I recall correctly. While it does involve user participation it can be much faster than using the native operating system functions.

We do have console screen resizing enhancements planned for future versions of Hauptwerk which should also help in this area. In Hauptwerk 3 this is not possible however.

Not sure if this utility would serve your purpose: http://www.softarium.com/keyremapper There is also a utility on this site that can be used to change screen resolution via a hotkey combination: http://www.softarium.com/activekeys (useful when changing to certain sample sets).

Rgds,
Ed

The active keys program allows for a win key + another key (I used a and z because they were convenient) to be used to change the 'display mode' which changes screen resolution, color depth and frame rate. That seems to be minimalist enough for a start. Now to find some way to send the two key strokes when loading a new organ......

Pax,

Thomas

As Brett mentioned, you can use X-Keys (I use the matrix board along with pistons) to select and load the sample set and at the same time, it's preferred screen resolution all with one piston (button) push. You, likewise can add delays between each "command" if necessary. There's no limit to the number of computer keystrokes each connected piston/button "operates".

Others such a court reporters use this type system to lesson their number of actual keystrokes, yet the result will print out entire sentences. Call it "keystroke shorthand". You do have to "tell" H/W what to expect in terms of Computer Keystrokes, say in place of MIDI messages, but that's selectable from the pull down menu.

I don't have my H/W manual handy right now, but I know there are several pages devoted to this.

Rgds,
Ed