Does the SD Launch trigger work with the finder app? The Activate trigger works after the finder launches, but it would be great if my finder SD could launch by itself after I restart my computer. Thank you so much! JC3
Kitch Membery @Kitch2020-10-26 20:08:22.283ZHi @John,
Re our conversation on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/soundflow/permalink/784379645736530/?comment_id=784662375708257&reply_comment_id=784712822369879)
Thanks for posting here. I find it much easier to respond to technical requests here in the forum. :-)
My suggestion would be to use the Macro Action "Show Deck on Stream Deck" and assign an application trigger to it.
Here are the steps to do that;
- Create a new Macro
2.Click the addAction button and select the "Show Deck on Stream Deck" action - Set the "Deck" property to the Deck you want to open at startup.
- Set the "Device" property to the specific Stream Deck you want the deck from step 3 to be displayed.
Like this;
- Assign a trigger to the deck
- Set the Trigger type to "Application"
- Set "When these apps" to "Finder"
8 Set "Event" to "Activate".
Like This;
The deck should then display on that specific deck when you restart your computer.
Let me know if you get stuck or if it does not work for you?
Rock on!
Christian Scheuer @chrscheuer2020-10-26 21:01:44.188ZYou can also use a "Stream Deck Trigger" type for the Deck. The "Stream Deck Trigger" fires as soon as SoundFlow recognizes the Stream Deck as being attached to the system (which also happens on startup).
This is the preferred method for having a "default"-ish Deck start with your system.
John Costello @John_CostelloWow Christian! That is it! That is the exact behavior I am looking for! Looks like I owe Kitch a few beers... Do we have a sub-forum for "default"-ish type things? If so I should have started there. Big love to all my SoundFlow friends! JC3
- In reply toKitch⬆:John Costello @John_Costello
Heya Kitch! On my system this script doesn't activate the finder deck until I click on the finder or switch to it after launch. This also switches back to the finder deck every time the finder is invoked. For my purposes, I only want to see the finder deck when the computer starts up. (Once.) The reason for this is I have many, many decks for pro tools. They are deep... One leads to another that leads to another... If I click or tab into the finder, I've completely lost my place within my Pro Tools decks, and have many button presses to find my way back to where I left StreamDeck. That is why "Launch" interests me so much more than "Activate", For example, I "Launch" Pro Tools and then use the Launch trigger for my Pro Tools start up deck. Stream Deck will never go to that specific Pro Tools start up deck again until I quit and re-launch pro tools. So if I then switch to my other Pro Tools decks like my midi record deck, and then branch off to my quantizing deck, SoundFlow stays on that quantize deck and does not switch to a different deck. I would like to be able to switch applications without losing the currently displayed deck. That is why differentiating between the Activate trigger and the Launch trigger is so important to me.
When I'm using applications like Safari and Mail (Love your Mail SD.) I have no problem letting SoundFlow switch decks for me.
So to sum things up, the Launch Tigger and Activate trigger do not work as expected with the finder for me.
Sorry for such difficulty, I am truly inspired by you and your videos!
JC3
- John Costello @John_Costello
One more quick future idea. Wouldn't it be great if Stream Decks could "Follow" us around as we open and close windows in PT. I think it may already do this but it would be good to hear from someone who has it set up that way. Thank you! JC3
Kitch Membery @Kitch2020-10-27 18:26:53.825ZHi John,
A way to achieve this would be to apply window triggers to macros with the "Show Deck on Stream Deck" action. Let me know if this needs further explanation :-)
A more advanced way would be to do somthing like what @JesperA outlines in the following thread;
https://forum.soundflow.org/-1009/heres-a-way-to-make-stream-decks-change-dynamically-depending-on-the-title-of-a-window#post-10
Jesper Ankarfeldt @JesperA2020-10-27 18:46:14.146ZHey @John_Costello.
So the right/best way to follow windows around today would be with with the Window Trigger system and then adding a title, and this option was added after that post I did.
I'm though a little uncertain (as I'm using Nuendo) which Pro Tools windows have an actual title to read, which creates a problem in terms Window Triggers.
Anyway this is a super power full feature and my stream decks changes constantly based on what / where I'm working in my DAW, which means I don't need to use folders at all.On top of changing windows based on titles I've build a script that changes the Stream Deck based on things I have selected in my main window. Wouldn't know what would be possible in Pro Tools. I've described and shared a script here for that:
https://forum.soundflow.org/-2050/dynamic-way-to-change-stream-deck-depending-on-selections-within-a-specific-window- Kitch Membery @Kitch2020-10-27 18:49:25.970Z
@JesperA I love this! Thanks for chiming in. :-)
- Create a new Macro