TCE Tool - Modifier Key - Temp. Toggle

[its2loud]

Do you all realize that as of PT 2022.4 you can make a custom keyboard shortcut for the TCE tool? See pic.

[Audiofarm]

Originally Posted by its2loud

Do you all realize that as of PT 2022.4 you can make a custom keyboard shortcut for the TCE tool? See pic.

Yeah but it's not a modifier. You have to get back to normal trim and select the smart tool again when done

[musiclee]

exactly, need modifier, for productivity, repetitive tasks,

having to re engage the smart tool is not practical,

but i will look into it, thx

[smurfyou]

Old feature request but a good one.

My thought on it was we should be able to choose which tool the modifier would switch to in Prefer

It would also be crazy useful to have the Scrub trim tool momentarily. With that and TCE on demand it would save so much hassle. I've never once used Loop Trim but there's probably someone out there who likes it.

I've used a similar Keyboard Maestro macro for years but mine isn't momentary; I didn't have luck with it working well, thanks for sharing.

[musiclee]

i should really try Keyboard Maestro, just for this momentary TCE, just trying to think of which momentary key to assign, hmm, as i cant use cmd, or opt, needs to be on left hand. near corner, as that's where i "park" my hand when editing, and don't wanna move it much. .

ideas?

if it works, that will be worth the $36 for Maestro, lol

[JingleDjango]

Originally Posted by musiclee

i should really try Keyboard Maestro, just for this momentary TCE, just trying to think of which momentary key to assign, hmm, as i cant use cmd, or opt, needs to be on left hand. near corner, as that's where i "park" my hand when editing, and don't wanna move it much. .

ideas?

if it works, that will be worth the $36 for Maestro, lol

Keyboard Maestro such an incredible value for dollar and the community support on the KM Forum is outstanding. For less than the cost of a typical AAX plug-in you can save yourself hours and hours of repetitive strain and faffing about. Unlike Sound Flow there is no subscription fee.

I also have a macro set up, but as a toggle. It switches to TCE trim mode with Smart Tool active. Toggle again and it switches trim to Standard and reactivates Smart Tool. It all happens instantaneously. I can see the allure of a momentary/modifier approach and may try that for myself but I've been happy with the toggle.

[musiclee]

Jingle, can you share your macros, ? pics, ?

i want to mess with it, and need to see what's best, i do want momentary though, press. ad TCE "activates", release and it goes back to standard tool
while ALWAYS staying on smart toold. (all 3 highlighted)

[JingleDjango]

Originally Posted by musiclee

Jingle, can you share your macros, ? pics, ?

i want to mess with it, and need to see what's best, i do want momentary though, press. ad TCE "activates", release and it goes back to standard tool
while ALWAYS staying on smart toold. (all 3 highlighted)

Here ya go:


As noted in the screenshot, this is specific to my custom shortcuts.

I am triggering this macro using a Stream Deck with the 'KM Link' plug-in available for free on Envato Marketplace. I prefer that to Keyboard Maestro's own Stream Deck implementation.

[musiclee]

man, looks complicated, lol

thx for sharing

[JingleDjango]

Originally Posted by musiclee

man, looks complicated, lol

thx for sharing

It's just a series of commands:
IF TCE Trim is off:
• Switch on TCE Trim
• Re-engage Smart Tool
ELSE:
• Switch to standard Trim tool
• Re-engage Smart Tool

The calculation that's happening is just flipping a variable between two states (1 and -1) to remember the state of the tool.



You drag and drop these blocks using a GUI. If you're not sure how something works, click the gear icon and call up the Help docs. My only programming experience before starting with it was a bit of QBASIC in high school.