Keyboard Shortcuts for "Apply" in each and every Module

Hi,

Post user feature request:

In RX I have all the Render buttons on every module-- at least the ones with shortcuts- committed to keystrokes that I customized. It makes editing a lot quicker, particularly if I’m doing repetitive gain reduction and ambience fill.

Is there a way this can be implemented?

I think so…
Edit> Preferences>Shortcuts tab

then assign the computer keyboard keys to the modules you want to run

I think the “modules: apply” keyboard shortcut is global to the modules

I haven’t tried what you are asking :slight_smile:

In RX, Apply or Render is available as assignable keys on a per module basis. For instance, I use COMMAND+G to call up the Gain module and then SHIFT+G to apply it. If I have multiple modules open, a global command doesn’t really work as intended.

Something that I always recommend (hopefully your a windows user) is Microsoft’s own “PowerToys”.

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Hi Joey,

I’m not. This sort of seems like a reasonable request and it’ll also help people like me migrate from RX to SL11. D

Request noted, but there’s a workaround you can already use now : assign keyboard shortcuts to your modules, and then press them once or twice to put them in focus (once: hide the module if it’s already shown, twice: show it again with focus on its dialog), then use the Apply shortcut (Ctrl+Return on Windows, Cmd+Return on macOS).

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Hi Robin,

Thanks. I’m usually working with multiple modules so just being able to apply them without first focussing each one is a massive timesaver. I will continue to use the workaround for now.

D

@Damian_Kearns here’s what’s coming up with the next patch at the end of the month :slight_smile:

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Wow! Thanks Robin! That’ll speed stuff up. Now, for third party plugins, how might that work? Would you do something similar with the VST3 window? That would be a great workaround when I need to use plugins that aren’t currently part of SL11’s repertoire.

D

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The VST3 Effects module is a module like any other module, so yes that will work the same. You just need to set what VST3 plugins you want to use in the VST3 Effects module beforehand.

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Thanks, I figured as much, this will help out a lot. Much of the time, it’s not necessary to even have the module window open if the settings are how I want them to be. I’m often applying Gain for instance, at a default -7 dB. So I don’t even have to see that module open.

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Hi,

I see this has been implemented but I can’t seem to use SHIFT in conjunction with another key. For instance, I typically call up Ambience Match with F18 and SHIFT+F18 to apply. When I try to program this in, it doesn’t work. Is it possible to address this in a future update?

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Also on this topic, is it possible to add the ‘register’ function as well? Example. F18 for calling up Ambience Match, COMMAND+F18 to register a profile, then SHOFT+F18 to Apply.

HI Robin,

As I mentioned below, what I really want for example with a module like the Ambience Match Module, is the ability to program:

  1. COMMAND+F18 to capture the ambience Profile
  2. F18 to bring up the Ambience Match Window
  3. SHIFT_F18 to render the Ambience to my spectrogram selection.

To be able to do this with all the modules would be a massive timesaver. It would also help promote the use of third party apps and hardware used in conjunction with key commands.

Damian

This is now implemented on my side and will be part of patch 5 (11.0.50).
Also, F12 / SHIFT+F12 seems to work as expected on my side (my keyboard doesn’t go up to F18).

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Thanks. I use the full keyboard with the side number pad because Pro Tooks has these additional keys implemented.

Wow I had missed this.

This is great,
Thank you Robin!

Hi Robin,

The Apply function doesn’t seem to want to map for UnMix Noisy Speech (got the name right this time). I tried straight up F19 and even F5 but nothing. My thought with a module like this one is I don’t even need to see it if it only does one thing and there aren’t any tweaks. The apply function doesn’t want to play nicely though.

D

It works as expected here, with F5 assigned to Apply. Tested on standalone SL on Windows and macOS. Was it on standalone or ARA mode ?

Standalone. I cannot get it to work. I"m just wondering if you have a different keyboard you can try with?