# Quick mapping question... **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Tags:** mapping, problem\ **Created:** [April 4, 2011, 12:07am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/quick-mapping-question/22171 "2011-04-04T00:07:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NRG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b487fb/32.png) [@NRG](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/NRG)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 12:07am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/quick-mapping-question/22171/1 "2011-04-04T00:07:52Z")
**Quick mapping question…** Long time lurker; first time poster… So I bought one of those usb numeric keypads (this one [http://preview.tinyurl.com/44udfck](http://preview.tinyurl.com/44udfck) ) and Im trying to experiment with the latest midi-fighter mapping. Just wondering if there is a way to convert the mapping for a keyboard input or would I have to convert the keyboard to midi output somehow. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DvlsAdvct](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/dvlsadvct/32/15020_2.png) [@DvlsAdvct](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/DvlsAdvct)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/quick-mapping-question/22171/2 "2011-04-04T14:21:13Z")
It would be easiest to set the keyboard to send MIDI, or to just recreate it in the TSI. Due to NI’s glorious Controller Manager I don’t think you can copy and paste lines. Because that would make sense. ---
**Author:** ![fullenglishpint](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/fullenglishpint/32/12539_2.png) [@fullenglishpint](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/fullenglishpint)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 2:44pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/quick-mapping-question/22171/3 "2011-04-04T14:44:52Z")
Yeh, definitely the easiest way would be to do it would be to use a HID-MIDI translator program. There are so many commands in there, relearning would be a nightmare. And in fact, thinking about it, you can’t select a keyboard as the input port on a midi mapping so relearning would be impossible anyway. ---
**Author:** ![NRG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b487fb/32.png) [@NRG](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/NRG)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2011, 5:20am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/quick-mapping-question/22171/4 "2011-04-05T05:20:24Z")
Alright thanks Did some more searching and found this thread: > **[Keyboard -\> 2 midi fighters (1 deckalized and 1 gratification mappings)](https://forum.djtechtools.com/showthread.php?t=26964)** > > 2 mfs 2 tsi > > Finally got something good to share with you, i created a bome profile that make you keyboard act like 2 midifighters, one is assign to a edited deckalized mapping, with 4 keystroke that focus the mf to the deck you want, and the... Its working out fine so far.