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Title: Seeking Topre keyboard with volume control
Post by: Renzhe on Wed, 07 May 2014, 13:55:54

Hi. I've been using a Corsair K60 for a while and I like how there's a volume control wheel at the upper right. I recently received a Type Heaven and rather like the feel of it, but I miss the convenience of the volume control, as a lot of the time I am doing something fullscreen and don't want to go to the desktop, or I just don't want to touch the mouse and click on a little icon.

So, are there any Topre switch keyboards with a volume control of some sort? I prefer something like Corsair's implementation in their Cherry switch keyboards.

Alternatively, if anyone can tell me how to hack a volume control keyboard shortcut into Windows, that might also work.

Title: Re: Seeking Topre keyboard with volume control
Post by: Dyslexic on Wed, 07 May 2014, 13:57:22

There are no topre boards with dedicated media keys other than using the HHKB with Mac OS and drivers, as far as I'm aware. You can use autohotkey to create a key combination or assign a button to be "volume up/down", but in terms of a dedicated volume wheel I don't think you're going to find anything. It's the one thing I miss on my FC660C.

Title: Re: Seeking Topre keyboard with volume control
Post by: SpAmRaY on Wed, 07 May 2014, 13:58:57

You could use the mouse wheel up and down?

Or a USB control knob?

Title: Re: Seeking Topre keyboard with volume control
Post by: esoomenona on Wed, 07 May 2014, 14:02:25

http://store.griffintechnology.com/powermate

Title: Re: Seeking Topre keyboard with volume control
Post by: Computer-Lab in Basement on Wed, 07 May 2014, 14:05:05

The NovaTouch will have volume controls on the Fn layer. But in your case, keyboard shortcuts will accomplish the same thing, without the need to buy another board.

Title: Re: Seeking Topre keyboard with volume control
Post by: Renzhe on Thu, 08 May 2014, 03:23:42

Thanks Dyslexic. I didn't know Autohotkey existed. I've got a script with

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^F11::SoundSet -2
^F12::SoundSet +2I kinda wish the changes were shown on screen though. And I ain't buying no $45 USB control knob. I ain't that crazy yet.

Title: Re: Seeking Topre keyboard with volume control
Post by: atlas3686 on Thu, 08 May 2014, 03:36:54

Quote from: Renzhe on Thu, 08 May 2014, 03:23:42

Thanks Dyslexic. I didn't know Autohotkey existed. I've got a script with

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^F11::SoundSet -2
^F12::SoundSet +2I kinda wish the changes were shown on screen though. And I ain't buying no $45 USB control knob. I ain't that crazy yet.

If you run windows 8 volume changes are shown on screen by the OS, otherwise I think there are one or two programs that show volume on screen as its changed. Autohotkey is definitely the way to go.

Title: Re: Seeking Topre keyboard with volume control
Post by: Coreda on Thu, 08 May 2014, 03:51:15

There's a neat app called 7+ Taskbar Tweaker (http://rammichael.com/7-taskbar-tweaker) that optionally adds volume control by scrolling on top of the taskbar (amongst many other great features).

The only volume related hotkey I use is for foobar2000. Usually keep the system volume the same.