Sonar X2 keyboard

I've discovered that I don't have enough right hands to use X2 efficiently.  I need one for my mouse, one for the pc keyboard and one for my midi keyboard.  Since I seem to need to keep my right hand on my mouse a lot of the time I end up playing the keyboard with my left hand crossed over my right and I get all tangled up...
 
I'm wondering how you guys are set up.  Do you (righthanders) end up using the pc keyboard with your left hand more or less exclusively ?
 
I've just come across what looks to be a neat solution, the Sonar X2 keyboard from logickeyboard :
 
   http://www.logickeyboard.com/shop/cakewalk-sonar-x2-2445p.html  100$ from the Cakewalk store.
 
Any of you use this ?  Is it possible to use this keyboard and the regular keyboard at the same time ?  I could see placing this Sonar keyboard on my desk to the left of me, just for the keyboard shortcuts.  The colour coding would help a lot to find the proper key quickly.   I need my regular pc keyboard in the middle since it's a 5-level multilingual keyboard.
 
I've been thinking that it would be nice to have some sort of X2-specific left-hand device, not necessarily a keyboard, that would make things easier.  I have no idea what it might be though.  This keyboard certainly seems to be a possiblity.
 
 

I am using a new $10 keyboard and the sticker set for the Sonar X series from Amazon for $7 instead of paying $100 for a special keyboard.  It works great.  I also have setups for Sound Forge 10 and Vegas 11

I have 3 monitors and have my main keyboard and mouse facing my main monitor, my third monitor is to my right but has in front of it, my controller keyboard, a wireless keyboard with a built in mouse to it so I can switch easily from left to right without having to "cross streams"

markb06
If you're doing professional work stickers just don't cut it. Invest in your trade and you'll better with your clients too

It's nice you would have over a hundred bucks to burn on a keyboard.  I am using 3 different boards, for Sonar X2, Sound Forge 10 Pro and Vegas Pro 11.  My clients like how they look as they save time as well. 
To each their own.
 

robert_e_bone
I am a keyboard player, who ended up ambidextrous, as I started life left handed.

I have my 2 keyboard controllers on my left, and my computer display on the right, along with my mouse.

For many things, I keep the computer keyboard on my lap.  For tricky parts, I will kick things off with the mouse on my right, and sit up and play 2-handed on the keyboards.

My only real issue is that anytime I have the headphones, the cat keeps biting at the curly cord, and it pulls the headphones off my head in the middle of takes.

I think a bigger MOUSE might give the cat pause.......

Bob Bone

Classic!!! 
I wish I could help out with the OP's real question, but I don't do keys to the level that many of you guys do. I don't really (just because my MIDI parts are simple) need my hands on all three devices at any one point. I generally start the transport either on the MIDI controller or on the PC's keyboard with enough count-in time to spin the chair to the keyboard. Now, I'm wondering if I need to be doing more..

You can also get a basic controller that is programmable and provides access to most used functions, such as the AlphaTrack (although, I'm not sure if this work with X2... haven't tested it) or the Contour ShuttlePRO (has programmable buttons and jog wheel, works nicely).
 
Scott

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