Autohotkey shortcus

[yop22]

Has anyone found a workaround for the lack of free key combinations and the fact that PT hijacks ALT and START keys ?
I've tried using Print Screen as an alternate modifier but it seems to only work randomly...

[albee1952]

Workaround for what?

[yop22]

Sorry, my question wasn't very clear. I've got an external programmable keyboard and I'd like to be able to program shortcuts that aren't available in PT natively (edit window scrolling modes, coalesce volume automation to clip gain, coalesce trim automation and so on). There are plenty of these that I want to program through Autohotkey but there are only a few CTRL and SHIFT combinations that are unused (ALT and START being unusable). So basically, my question is: how do I get 100 programmable keys to trigger AHK scripts ?
I'm afraid my poor english writing doesn't make it much clearer this time :-(

[Shan]

Unfortunately, this has been a known issue for years and was never a problem in older versions of PT. That said, any key can be used as a modifier using AHK. An ampersand may be used between any two keys or mouse buttons to combine them into a custom hotkey. You can define a custom combination of two keys (except joystick buttons) by using " & " between them. In the below example, you would hold down Numpad0 then press the second key to trigger the hotkey:

Numpad0 & Numpad1::MsgBox You pressed Numpad1 while holding down Numpad0.

Hope that helps.

Shane

[joachim]

Originally Posted by yop22

I've got an external programmable keyboard and I'd like to be able to program shortcuts that aren't available in PT natively (edit window scrolling modes, coalesce volume automation to clip gain, coalesce trim automation and so on).

What model is that keyboard ?
Can you use it together with another keyboard (one standard, one just to trigger macros) ?
"German" keyboard layout ?
Mine is and I use :
Edit , Automation , Thin all = Ctrl Shift T
Edit , Automation , Coalesce Volume Automation to Clip Gain = Ctrl Shift Q
Edit , Automation , Coalesce Clip Gain to Volume Automation = Ctrl Shift X
Edit , Automation , Fades, Delete = Shift Delete
Edit , Snap to , Previous = Ctrl Shift Ö
Edit , Snap to , Next = Ctrl Shift Ä
Edit , Trim Clip, To Fill Selection = Shift 1
Edit , Cut Special, All Automation = Shift F1
Edit , Cut Special, Pan Automation = Shift F2
Edit , Cut Special, Plug-In Automation = Shift F3
Edit , Copy Special, All Automation = Shift F5
Edit , Copy Special, Pan Automation = Shift F6
Edit , Copy Special, Plug-In Automation = Shift F7
Edit , Clear Special, All Automation = Shift F9
Edit , Clear Special, Pan Automation = Shift F10
Edit , Clear Special, Plug-In Automation = Shift F11
Clip List = Ctrl Shift <
Options, Edit Window Scrolling, No Scrolling = Shift Arrow Left
Options, Edit Window Scrolling, Continuous = Shift Arrow Right
Options, Edit Window Scrolling, After Playback = Shift Arrow Up
Options, Edit Window Scrolling, Page = Shift Arrow Down
Options, Solo Mode, Latch = Ctrl Shift Arrow Left
Options, Solo Mode, X-OR (Cancels Previous Solo) = Ctrl Shift Arrow Right

[yop22]

I use and Expertkeys EK-128 that I bought on eBay. Yes I use it along my normal Swiss french keyboard and it has 128 programmable keys. Thanks for your list, I didn't think there were so many key combination left...

[joachim]

So with that 2nd keyboard, you do not need actually shortcut combinations, as you can assign, maybe , Key 001 on the EK-128 is " Scrolling - No Scrolling" ?
That would be great.

In case you need some "free" shortcuts (not used by PT), I made a list, to my best knowledge, scanning the Ref Guide and the Shortcuts Guide, but for a German keyboard. It is a PDF derived from an Excel Sheet.
If the PDF is of any use, I could email you the Excel Sheet, to "translate" it to Swiss/French.

[Shan]

X-Keys devices work well with AHK if you want to extend your current keyboard. I set one up for a local user a few years back.

Shane

[yop22]

Originally Posted by joachim

So with that 2nd keyboard, you do not need actually shortcut combinations, as you can assign, maybe , Key 001 on the EK-128 is " Scrolling - No Scrolling" ?
That would be great.

Yes, that's the way it works but you actually need 2 keys, one for "scrolling" and another one for "no scrolling" since they are two separate menu items to program (but 128 keys is plenty). As Shane wrote, x-keys is another one of these keyboards and it has the advantage to work on Macs too (Expertkeys doesn't) but it costs more than twice the ek-128...
Thanks for the list
Jerome

[joachim]

Originally Posted by yop22

Yes, that's the way it works but you actually need 2 keys, one for "scrolling" and another one for "no scrolling" since they are two separate menu items to program

That is, what I meant : Options -> Edit Window Scrolling -> No Scrolling. Sure, 2 keys for "No Scrolling" or "Continuous".
Thank you for this confirmation (parallel keyboards). I hesitated to spent the money to check out the EK-128, but your thread "pushed" me to do it.
Just bought it.