This project handles events from a Rockband 3 Keytar via the USB interface (not the MIDI one). It generates keyboard press and release events so that the Keytar can control things in other programs such as Scratch.
The following works:
- Keytar keys (C3 to C5) - generate key presses for 'A' to 'Y' (25 keys total). 5 keys can be pressed simultaneously
- Key velocity - only printed to console
- Pitch bend - only printed to console
- UDLR pad - generates arrow up/down/left/right key presses
- 12AB buttons - generates '1', '2', '3', '4' key presses
- '-' and '+' buttons - generates '-' and '+' key presses
Right now, only Windows generates key presses. OSX and Linux were used to test out the Keytar USB interface so they may not be that far off.
Install Mingw-w64 (https://mingw-w64.org/doku.php). I used the version that was installed by Qt (https://www.qt.io/). In a shell window with the paths set for Mingw:
git submodule update --init --recursive
mingw32-make -f Makefile.mingwThe keytar.exe binary is self-contained and can be copied by itself to any
other Windows system.
brew install hidapi
git submodule update --init --recursive
make