#143

This is such a beautiful and inspirational setup.

#144

Thanks, picked the TT/JF combo from a user here and still getting my head around it. Luckily it was an excuse to use one of my extra boards…

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#145

Depends on what size keyboard you want but I can say that the Coolermaster Masterkeys S allows you to route the cord out the back or either side. It’s an 80% keyboard so (as far as I know) bigger than the one that comes with teletype however.

#146

@tenenmatt @chenghiz
Thanks for your hints.
I went for a Vortex Core RGB, although the cable plugs to the back on that one, too – but I love it. Now searching for an aesthetically nice and minimal angled USB cable …

#147

How does setting color and behavior of RGB backlit keyboards work for the Teletype? I have never owned such a keyboard, but I assume the process for most would be to plug it into a computer, set behavior using software, and then the keyboard would be able to store that behavior internally and use the expected color when plugged into the Teletype

#148

Yes some (most, all?) of those keyboards are like their own computers that run their own routines (lights etc). Many run QMK. With the programmable ones, you can define the light behavior or even set it up to run lines of code with one keystroke.

#149

teletype works with my planck (running qmk) - not sure what the issue is here. would be good to get to the bottom of it

#150

Has anyone tried the Keychron K2 with teletype?
The manual says it needs 1A when plugged in via USB for the lights and battery charging. I wonder would the tele handle this?
Otherwise I’d love to have it connected with a bluetooth dongle. Anyone know of a dongle that would appear to tele as a USB HID class keyboard?

#151

This ticked all my boxes (mechanical, wireless, Function keys and tilde key) at a decent price. Now I just have to wait for delivery in October :frowning:

#152

Actually, yes. I have a Keychrone K2 and it works great with Teletype. I love this keyboard (am typing on it now). Also it is really nice that you can sync it with multiple devices. I typically use it wired but I have it synced with both dayjob and music computers.

I didn’t know a bluetooth dongle was even a thing…

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#153

Thanks! I think I’m sold!

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#154

I’ve been really happy with it. This is my 3rd mech keyboard - the first two were Das and Corsair. 75% layout is ace.

#155

Also I got “Cherry MX Rubber O-Ring Switch Dampeners Blue 40A-R - 0.4mm Reduction” for my wife’s benefit…

#156

I’ve looked through here but not sure the answer;

Wife found an old wireless Apple keyboard in a box while moving. Would I be able to assign this to a Bluetooth dongle (first plugged in to my PC) then plug it in to the TT and have that work?

#157

Any updates on the bluetooth dongle > keyboard connection thing? Has anyone a working setup with Teletype?

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#158

Works great with my cheap/nice velocifire.

#159

I don’t know if this is a place to post keyboards that DO NOT work but I wish I had known sooner:
The new keyboardio Atreus keyboard while beautiful and fun to use with my computer does not appear to work with my Teletype. I had been hoping it would work! You can flash alternate firmware on it. Might that be helpful in any way?

Edit: Just to add some info. This mechanical keyboard runs off an Arduino. Info on the firmware, drivers, codebase. I am a little over my head in terms of knowing where to look or how to approach this, but if someone has a suggestion with how to get started as I don’t fully understand how firmware and drivers work, I might be able to test/figure it out.

#160

I just wanted to call attention to the Nemeio keyboard kickstarter as it looks like it would appeal to lines folks (I’m not associated with them, just a backer myself). The great premise is that each key is associated with an e-ink display, so using the dedicated software you can create custom layouts and swap between them (either manually or automatically through context switching). Software seems quite flexible and you can program in a secondary shift button to swap between keys. I can see it being really useful for creating custom layouts for DAWs, Renoise, Orca, etc. It’s HID protocol so should plug into anywhere that’s supported (Teletype and Norns, I would suspect?), but note that the custom layouts will ONLY work with Mac OS and Windows at the moment (they’re “looking into” Linux support after launch). Would’ve been brilliant to use the custom layouts with Teletype/Norns, but alas. It still seems really great for use with a computer.

#161

Hey, did you have any luck with this? What did you end up going for I’m the end?
In the UK too and Trying to pick up something cheap and cheerful.

#162

I know folk have talked about the Vortex Core on this thread before, but I just wanted to post to say how hugely having one has improved my experience of using the teletype with my system. The weird thing is that it really shouldn’t have. For those of you who don’t know it, the core is a very tiny 47 key mechanical keyboard with a beautiful minimalist design and a chunky heavy metal base. The 47 key design means that it has extra “shift” keys to get to things like numbers or cursor keys. This really ought to make programming the teletype with it painful…

… but for some reason I absolutely love what it does to my brain when I’m using the modular. I have it sitting next to my grid and they look perfect together. The core is smaller than the grid, but that leaves room for the grid’s usb cable to run along behind the keyboard. It’s like they were made for each other. The nice haptic feeling you get when interacting with the grid is finally matched by the feeling when typing into teletype. And strangely, having to pause a bit to look at what modifier key to press somehow feels more mindful. (It probably helps that all teletype scripts are short!)

Anyway - I just thought I’d post this little bit of appreciation of the importance of having beautiful interfaces in music making!

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