Setting up a Stream Deck to accept both Soundflow shortcuts AND established keyboard shortcuts from other programs
I'm considering a streamdeck but I have many shortcuts setup already through other macro programs - is it possible to install soundflow shortcuts and ALSO shortcuts from other programs on the same deck?
For example - "Search Markers" on one button and "X command" from Countour Shuttle on the next button?
Christian Scheuer @chrscheuer2020-04-06 00:12:32.067ZHi Jon.
To make sure I understand your question - the way this would work is that when you press a Stream Deck button, it will run a SoundFlow script, that then potentially runs a command from other software.
This can work - but it depends on that other software.
For example if you have existing Keyboard Maestro macros, you can trigger those from a SoundFlow macro.
The Contour Shuttle AFAIK is a hardware device, so I'm not sure how we can trigger that.
If you have other apps, it might make sense to ask specifically for each one how SoundFlow can integrate with it.Generally speaking, interaction between different macro programs has its pitfalls. I know many who do this as a temporary "migration" period, but the more you can eventually reprogram in Soundflow, the better.
Until then - of course it makes sense to try to integrate. Just be aware that there can be issues if more than one keyboard shortcut program is trying to talk via the keyboard.
For example it wouldn't work to simulate keyboard presses to try to get another macro program triggered. You should trigger those macros directly via their APIs. But anyway this is hard to talk about without some more specifics about those programs.- JJon Lipman @Jon_Lipman
Right so what you're describing is to reprogram my existing shortcuts INTO soundflow - If I have a shortcut setup through OSX>SETTINGS>Keyboard am I able to assign that to the same deck as soundflow?
The question really is - can shortcuts NOT programmed into soundflow AND soundflow commands be setup on the same deck?
Christian Scheuer @chrscheuer2020-04-06 07:54:28.606ZIf I have a shortcut setup through OSX>SETTINGS>Keyboard am I able to assign that to the same deck as soundflow?
The question really is - can shortcuts NOT programmed into soundflow AND soundflow commands be setup on the same deck?You would have to design your decks in the Stream Deck app to do this, and then that would be possible yes.
What you would be saying "no" to is though all the benefits of designing your decks inside the SoundFlow app.- You would lose all the power and flexibility of designing decks in SoundFlow.
- You'd lose the ability to install Decks made by other users (this requires you to use SoundFlow decks).
- The decks you design in the Stream Deck app don't travel with your SoundFlow account, since they're not part of it. So you have to manually copy files back and forth.
The setup you're suggesting would be: Click a Stream Deck button, this triggers the Deck on your Stream Deck app, which then triggers a simulated keyboard stroke, which then clicks on a menu.
In SoundFlow Decks you'd just have a macro that directly clicks on the menu. No keyboard simulation, which inherently will make it take up less things on your keyboard.
I'm not sure I understand why you'd want the Stream Deck to simply simulate clicks on your keyboard that you could just press on your keyboard?So I invite you to think of it in a bit different way.
While what you're asking for should be possible (to bypass SoundFlow on your Stream Decks) I don't believe it will help you much.
Reprogramming some menu shortcuts won't take long vs. the benefits you'd be losing by trying to circumvent all the power that SF has.