Well it’s quite a hassle for me - I feel the need for opening the SD app window prevents me from customizing my SD more.
So that’s what I’m trying out now:
default profile top-left corner:
the first invokes SD window, the second closes it
all other profiles’ top-left corner:
switches to the default profile
I’m enclosing a 7z file with icons and simple autohotkey scripts if anyone’s interested. (note i’m using ahk version 2) SDicons_akhs.7z (75.4 KB)
Hi, I’have written a guide about how to transfer your SD settings to another PC and streamdeck (home / office setup)
If you’ve created complicated setups with a lot of profile switching, it might be worth a look.
This thread has been around for a while.
I’m still interested in seeing how folks have set up their Stream Deck.
This is my main menu for note entry allowing me to keep left hand on SD and right hand on piano keyboard. The triplet and slur and grace are toggles on/off.
Hi dorico-streamdeckers,
Would one of you know if it’s possible to use a Stream Deck to control another one?
I was thinking of getting a second one to serve as a main menu for my current deck to limite the go in between different levels. So basically, pressing button “x” on deck 1 would call up a linked page on deck 2.
Somebody tried something like that?
(sorry, if that was already talked about, but there are 430 posts in that thread!)
Cheers,
Québ
Not sure if I has been noticed before, in any case, thought I should show it.
I just realised that some of the “multi-action” commands or AHK commands can be bypassed using just keycommands.json and the proper Dorico commands. For example:
Well, I have mixed feelings about posting this, but I’ve officially stopped using the Stream Deck for my regular workflow. It’s been essential to me for the past three years, but I’m realizing that I’m now equally fast without it.
Several things have changed to make that happen… some were new, some were just me learning what’s possible.
Then came the jump bar in 4.0, which totally removed the need for complex key commands involving multiple modifier keys. That means Filter Dynamics doesn’t need to be something random like Ctrl-Alt-Shift-F2, which is impossible to remember and is best suited to a Stream Deck button… now it’s just jfd.
Then Daniel showed how I can map Alt-L/R and Ctrl-Alt-L/R to letter keys in Engrave mode. I’ve settled on W and E for West and East (Alt-left and Alt-right), and Q and R for the “bigger jump” versions of these. Those keys don’t cause any conflicts, since it’s just engrave mode.
Finally, I found a way to make a simple remapping of characters for extending typographical functionality using AHK, which opens up em and en dashes, the copyright symbol, old-style numbers, and small caps.
I don’t have any regrets about the Stream Deck. It served me well for a long time. And Notation Express is a great solution for lots of users. Plus I’ll still use it for things like inputting Czech characters, or other jobs that have really specific needs. But it’s just not something that I’ll need on a regular basis any more.
Ok. Just so you know, I have always filtered dynamics through cmd-f,d, so I don’t think the jump bar can really do a difference there
When you’re a power user and master your keyboard (and now what the jump bar has to offer), you don’t really need a Streamdeck. But it does help go fast when you’re starting.
Well, there were still some other things that were just faster. Small caps, for example. And being able to move the mouse with the right hand, and one button does Alt-arrow keys with the left. Those were the things that kept me tethered to it until now.
That doesn’t work for me and never has. Maybe a Mac thing? Alt works, but it’s tons of arrows and key presses.