[Solved] + and - keys dim screen rather than increment/decrement Prog Change

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2013/11/13 17:17:07 (permalink)

[Solved] + and - keys dim screen rather than increment/decrement Prog Change

Argh.
This is in Win 8.1
Any solution for this? The only way I can do it now is to manually type in the numbers.
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    soundsubs
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    Re: Plus and Minus keys attempt to dim screen rather than increment/decrement Prog Change 2013/12/09 17:53:59 (permalink)
    ..following up so BUMP.
    anyone get this figured out yet?
     
    I NEED it so bad to increment/decrement program changes to scroll through the numbers!

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    Re: Plus and Minus keys attempt to dim screen rather than increment/decrement Prog Change 2013/12/09 22:53:24 (permalink)
     
    Have you programmed some keyboard shortcuts ?  (I don't think this is possible in win8.)
     
    Are you on a laptop ?  (I doubt it with dual xeons)
     
    If you're in Notepad, does this still happen or do you get "-" and "+" ?
     
    What to you mean by "attempt" ?
     
    It's got to be something with Windows, or your hardware, not Sonar.
     

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    Re: Plus and Minus keys attempt to dim screen rather than increment/decrement Prog Change 2013/12/10 12:19:56 (permalink)
    No keyboard shortcuts.
    Desktop, not laptop. In notepad, the minus key on the side keypad types out - and the plus key types +, it does not dim
    Youre right, I need to better describe.
     
    Before, when highlighting the program change number box while in a midi track, plus key would raise the numbers repeatedly and minus would lower them. Now, a popup occurs (windows 8 popup) in the upper left hand corner of the screen with a vertical progress bar and this changes the bar up or down. Note that my screen doesn't dim.

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    Re: Plus and Minus keys attempt to dim screen rather than increment/decrement Prog Change 2013/12/10 12:26:06 (permalink)
    maybe they hadn't testing with 8.1 yet?
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    Re: Plus and Minus keys attempt to dim screen rather than increment/decrement Prog Change 2013/12/12 10:47:04 (permalink)
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    Before, when highlighting the program change number box while in a midi track, plus key would raise the numbers repeatedly and minus would lower them. Now, a popup occurs (windows 8 popup) in the upper left hand corner of the screen with a vertical progress bar and this changes the bar up or down. Note that my screen doesn't dim.




    This is bizarre for a couple of reasons.  First, on my desktops, I can't adjust the screen brightness from the keyboard, it has to be done using the Dell monitors' oncscreen menus, and a brightness-setting bar does not even appear under power management (it does on my laptop).  Are you using some sort of multimedia keyboard with a control program to manage the extra buttons ?
     
    Second, in windows 8 which I don't have, you can apparently get to a brightness-setting dialog box with the keyboard shortcut Winkey+I.  I don't know if once there + and - will change the brightness or not (it's up/down arrow in win7).
     
    Since you say you're getting the brightness-setting popup, I'd look at what you do immediately before this popup appears. 
     
     
     

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    Re: Plus and Minus keys attempt to dim screen rather than increment/decrement Prog Change 2013/12/12 13:41:59 (permalink)
    Thanks for the reply.
    Went thru a couple Microsoft keyboard/mouse settings, and nothing works. I'm not doing anything but using Sonar and clicking in the midi program/bank fields.
     
    I'm starting to think this is a Win8/8.1 issue. Somehow its telling the brightness to start.  

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    Re: Plus and Minus keys attempt to dim screen rather than increment/decrement Prog Change 2013/12/12 13:50:14 (permalink)
    I tested the method you use using the numpad - and + and I had the expected results. 
    I have Win 8.1 Pro.
     
    What keyboard are you using?

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    Re: Plus and Minus keys attempt to dim screen rather than increment/decrement Prog Change 2013/12/12 14:09:14 (permalink)
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    I'm not doing anything but using Sonar and clicking in the midi program/bank fields.

     
    So you're just using Sonar normally, then when you click the program field the brightess box immediately pops up ?  Fascinating.  I'm sorry, but I'm completely out of ideas.
     

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    Re: Plus and Minus keys attempt to dim screen rather than increment/decrement Prog Change 2013/12/12 14:27:13 (permalink)
    What brand of keyboard is this?  The move to Win8 may require additional/updated software for the keyboard (If MS, check the optional OS updates).
     
    Also, if wireless, low battery power can cause screwy behavior.

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    Re: Plus and Minus keys attempt to dim screen rather than increment/decrement Prog Change 2013/12/17 12:19:43 (permalink)
    Yeah this is a Microsoft Wireless Keyboard 1000. Im checking the drivers, software that contain the drivers, and Windows 8.1.
     
    so far, nothing.
     
     
     

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    Re: Plus and Minus keys attempt to dim screen rather than increment/decrement Prog Change 2013/12/17 12:41:17 (permalink)
    If your drivers are current then please run windows update several times and then this:
    http://forum.cakewalk.com/Driver-Boost-m2928792.aspx
     
    Oh and if you plug in a wired keyboard and mouse and it works, you know what it is of course.

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    Re: Plus and Minus keys attempt to dim screen rather than increment/decrement Prog Change 2014/02/24 19:40:11 (permalink)
    Finally solved this one.
    A friend made a bunch of key bindings when I wasn't looking. So I zapped them all and the program changes now increment/decrement.

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