# Request: Keystrokes

**URL:** <https://forum.oscpilot.com/t/request-keystrokes/336>\
**Category:** OSC/PILOT Bugs And Feature Requests\
**Created:** [January 21, 2021, 9:29pm UTC](https://forum.oscpilot.com/t/request-keystrokes/336 "2021-01-21T21:29:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![coupe70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@coupe70](https://forum.oscpilot.com/u/coupe70)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 9:29pm UTC](https://forum.oscpilot.com/t/request-keystrokes/336/1 "2021-01-21T21:29:26Z")

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I know I could do it with some sort of MIDI-to-Keystroke program running in the background, but it would be cool to have the ability to send keystrokes right from OSC/Pilot.

Should cover single keys, combinations like Alt+Strg+E and key sequences like ‘1b9’.

That would make it possible to build hotkey templates for Ableton Live etc., but also for non-audio apps.

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**Author:** ![Dordan1993](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Dordan1993](https://forum.oscpilot.com/u/Dordan1993)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 4:12am UTC](https://forum.oscpilot.com/t/request-keystrokes/336/2 "2021-04-24T04:12:37Z")

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This would be absolutely amazing

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**Author:** ![malcolm](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.oscpilot.com/malcolm/32/19_2.png) [@malcolm](https://forum.oscpilot.com/u/malcolm)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.oscpilot.com/t/request-keystrokes/336/3 "2021-04-24T15:24:47Z")

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Are you asking for a way to setup key-binding so that combinations will send our MIDI messages?

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**Author:** ![donnyluvd2bowl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@donnyluvd2bowl](https://forum.oscpilot.com/u/donnyluvd2bowl)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2021, 10:13pm UTC](https://forum.oscpilot.com/t/request-keystrokes/336/4 "2021-05-02T22:13:20Z")

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well what you COULD do is use one of my favorite programs for MIDI: Bome MIDI Translator

you could setup a virtual MIDI port for macros send the MIDI from OSC Pilot and then use BOME to output pretty much any key action, and if you need something that’s menu-based you could of course use AHK or Keyboard Maestro to script

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**Author:** ![nospamatall](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.oscpilot.com/nospamatall/32/149_2.png) [@nospamatall](https://forum.oscpilot.com/u/nospamatall)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2021, 12:13am UTC](https://forum.oscpilot.com/t/request-keystrokes/336/5 "2021-05-04T00:13:21Z")

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Does AutoHotKey have Midi Input?

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**Author:** ![donnyluvd2bowl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@donnyluvd2bowl](https://forum.oscpilot.com/u/donnyluvd2bowl)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2021, 12:52am UTC](https://forum.oscpilot.com/t/request-keystrokes/336/6 "2021-05-04T00:52:26Z")

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It does not but you bind the midi to the a key trigger via bome and then bind that trigger to your script via AHK