Quickeys no Lion version? Alternatives?

[Felix Rost]

Originally Posted by DetroitT

ikey works well, however depending on your needs....
I now build all my Pro Tools key commands in the Mac OS.
I use iKeys for auto typing (I used to use it for Pro Tools but the OS Keyboard sys. pref. is easy and transportable)-(com.digidesign.ProTools.plist).

Hey Detroit,
can you explain how you transport MacOs key commands?

[jasonthurley]

This is the list of shortcuts:

http://en.wikiaudio.org/Pro_Tools:Ke...shortcuts_list

This is how to make a custom shortcut in OSX:

http://www.jumpingjackrabbit.com/blo...oard-shortcuts

[Cryos]

I've been using QKeys for eons and didn't make the move to lion because of the compatibility claim by the folks of QKeys themselves. Is someone asserting that macros / combination key commands work under Lion?
If that's the case i might move on from SL.

Side note: I use the Mac OS shortcut key commands to program and access all my favorite audiosuite plugins. I find it more efficient and in some cases I've had issues with Qkeys accessing some elements of protools. ( could be user error ) the only drag is if you toss your protools prefs those key commands get tossed, the work around is to save a copy of your prefs.

[amoretam]

Originally Posted by Oliver M

I trashed almost all of my QuicKeys shortcuts a long time ago.
I use AppleScripts that work much better and I am more flexible this way. Yes, it is more work to create those scripts but it pays off in the end as I can use them on every Mac I use, thus being independent.


Oliver

hey oliver, would you be so kind to elaborate a little bit on this, I am interested
in creating my macros but I want to be able to move from mac to mac with no problems...

check this thread: http://duc.avid.com/showthread.php?t=334892

thanks a lot

[drguitar]

It's true that QuickKeys is not technically compatible with Lion and
has some bugs people may run into. (If you look around their website you'll see their lead programmer died but didn't let them know he was sick and they got stuck not knowing that they had a programming issue that wouldn't be completed....I wouldn't be surprised if they never get it going again.)
However, though your mileage may vary, I know someone who relies on it for certain renaming macros and has had zero problems with it on Lion even though it's technically not compatible anymore.
I personally have used Keyboard Maestro. It does work, but just like on Quick Keys, I HIGHLY recommend making sure you put pauses into your scripts and backup everything. I had some nightmare scenarios where I couldn't stop the scripts and the select all and delete commands did horrible awful things......be careful!

[Rich Breen]

Originally Posted by drguitar

It's true that QuickKeys is not technically compatible with Lion and
has some bugs people may run into...., I know someone who relies on it for certain renaming macros and has had zero problems with it on Lion even though it's technically not compatible anymore....

Toolbars are completely broken. Macros which need user input will pull up a dialog box that you'll only see if QK has been pulled to the front recently. Aside from those issues, most QK macros work reasonably well in PT.

Pro Tools is not apple-scriptable AFAIK, though I'd love to be told different.

best,
rich

[meech]

It isn't a complete replacement for Quickeys, but I found a program called Spark that can manage and create shortcuts, etc ....

http://www.shadowlab.org/Software/spark.php

At the very least it creates new keyboard shortcuts for Pro Tools menu commands more reliably than creating shortcuts in System Prefs (never seems to work for me).

[Cryos]

I running quickeys 4.0.7 on mountain lion and Maverick and it's running just fine. Stately have a good section on how to get all that top work

[Oliver M]

Very old thread which I didn't follow. Hopefully the links will help someone.

Originally Posted by Rich Breen

Pro Tools is not apple-scriptable AFAIK, though I'd love to be told different.

AppleScript: Graphic User Interface (GUI) Scripting

Automation AppleScripts for Pro Tools 11 (Mac)