Trigger Notes from Computer Keyboard?

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Rick Cornish
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Trigger Notes from Computer Keyboard?

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Hey folks.........
I'm going to lose my only controller for a couple weeks for a manufacturer repair. It'd be nice to find a way to keep working while it's gone—or at least to spend some productive time auditioning all the patches I've collected and haven't gotten to yet. Is there any way (besides manually entering notes into a track) to trigger notes in a VI from the computer keyboard? I did check the manual and—unless Inam not looking for the right terms—I can't find anything related to triggering notes or playing from my computer keyboard.

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Re: Trigger Notes from Computer Keyboard?

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MIDI Keys in the Studio Menu. Shift-CMD-K
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Re: Trigger Notes from Computer Keyboard?

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Awesome! Thanks, Bayswater.
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