Hi
I’m trying to create a system, where I can load a specific track preset via my Metagrid Pro set up and Keyboard Maestro. My goal is to avoid using mouse clicks.
This is very difficult in Cubase, because no keys can be used in the Choose Track Preset dialog, like TAB or LEFT/RIGHT. This means that KM must be used to move focus from the search field to the results and much more!
Wouldn’t it be just nice to have a much more user friendly dialog to choose the preset you want or is there already a way to do it much more intuitive?
Correct and it’s a bug obviously, but there may be underlying structure issues for this misbehaviour.
My workaround (for instrument track presets):
Step
Command Category or External Utility
Command Name or External Utility action
Number of times
1
AddTrack
Instrument
2
External Utility
Hit Enter
3
Preset
Track Preset: Open Browser
4
Focus
Fore
6 times (with filters tab off)
5
External Utility
Paste from clipboard or type the track preset exact name
6
External Utility
Hit Enter
7
Focus
Fore
1 time
8
External Utility
Hit Arrow-Down
9
External Utility
Hit Enter
I feel you. I think that it would be great to have either this, or a way to do it using MIDI Remote. In CB15.0.20, the functionality of querying instrument/fx plugins and inserting them in proper slots is added and it’s great. Wish something similar is done for the track/vst presets in the future. It is not easy if we view it as a complete implementation, but should be doable a bit easier by providing just a way to load presets by their unique names/ids, whatever feels best.