TouchKeys

The TouchKeys software runs on Windows XP, Vista, 7 and 8 (32-bit and 64-bit). To get started, in addition to the main TouchKeys application, you will need to install two third-party drivers.

TouchKeys device driver

The following driver from ST Microelectronics is needed to make the TouchKeys USB device appear on your system:

[[http://www.st.com/web/en/catalog/tools/PF257938]]

Virtual MIDI ports

To communicate between the TouchKeys software and your digital audio workstation, virtual (inter-application) MIDI ports are extremely useful. These can be created within the TouchKeys software on Mac and Linux, but virtual port functionality is not natively supported on Windows. Therefore, you should download a third-party driver for inter-appplication MIDI. Here are two suggested options; either one should work:

[[http://www.tobias-erichsen.de/software/loopmidi.html]]
[[http://nerds.de/en/loopbe1.html]]

Once one of these drivers is installed, select its port in the MIDI Output box of the TouchKeys software, and likewise, use this port as the MIDI input in your digital audio workstation.