Corsair K90 Macro Keyboard, Arrow Key Failure with CC2019 on Windows 10

Question

I LOVE my Corsair K90 Macro Keyboard. I can program it on the fly to do all sorts of things.

Except in Premiere. For example, if I make a macro that uses the arrow keys and then try to replay the macro in the sequence window to do something as simple as "Go To Next", it interprets the arrow keys as number keys; the equivalent numbers of where the arrows are. Yes it works IF I turn off Num Lock. This ONLY happens in Premiere. Arrow key macros play back as expected in other apps.

Is there a keyboard configuration issue in Premiere or somewhere else in Windows 10 I'm not aware of?

I simply want to automate some muli-key navigation with a Macro, but it depends on the arrow keys.

R Neil Haugen · Answer

The "regular" Arrow Keys are heavily mapped in Pr for so many things ... heavily used things in every workspace/panel. Move a frame or edit point forward/back are just two of the many uses, and I can't imagine changing those to something else. Still, to each their own. One of the most fascinating thing of working with editors and colorists is they all work differently ... no two are alike.

That said ... as those four keys are so heavily mapped in every panel/workspace, I'm surprised they'd work reliably for such use at all.

If you are referring to the arrows on the number-pad, those are assumed to be used for numerical entry (a rather common thing for say setting how many frames to jump among other things) and naturally you would have to use the NumLock key to get access to them for other uses. It's what they're set for in the app.

Have you looked at the keyboard shortcuts for Pr much? Edit/Keyboard shorts or Ctrl/Cmd-k?

Neil

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