Using streamdeck with other applications
Hello everyone.
This maybe a noob question to some of my fellow advanced users out there.
But how do i use my streamdeck with other applications when Pro tools is minimized or hidden and i am in Mac OS.
Do i have to use application triggers for each application that i want ?
like for eg. if i want some keys for Google chrome . how do i save the key commands for new window ?
Looking for help ?
Thanx in advance !!!
- AAndrew Sherman @Andrew_Sherman
The forum is the perfect place to ask questions, we all started somewhere. The way decks work, is that if you only have one deck (default), and it doesn't have an application trigger, it will always show.
You can set up decks with application triggers; I'm actually doing this and once you become more familiar with Soundflow you'll probably find that you do want a different deck for each application. It switches automatically to the chosen deck once you activate that application.
What might be useful for you starting out is to have a default deck with your normal commands, and maybe a separate deck for Pro Tools (with an application trigger for Pro Tools).
The default deck can also be set up so that it appears when pro tools is not running, the way I did this previously is to add multiple applications to the application trigger. So eg when Finder or your browser is activated, it switches to that deck. Use multiple applications in your trigger.
The way I'm running it now is a little different, it has a stream deck trigger so that it loads by default on system startup. Each of my decks has a button that takes me back to the default deck.
- ZZahir Bandukwala @Zahir_Bandukwala
hey @Andrew_Sherman ,
thanx for the prompt reply .
I have figured that i need to make a seperrate deck for each application , and that its best to use the Trigger application macro.
But how do i assign keys within that application , thats where i am getting confused..For eg, this is my deck for Mac os ie my desktop.
Now in this deck suppose i want to use my 1st key to go to my Downloads folder.
the shortcut for which in mac os is (option + apple +L).
where/how do i enable this in SF ??then if i want to use the 2nd key to launch google chrome .
how do i do that ??Its very simpple to do all this using the stream deck application.
I hope my question/doubt comes across clearly ?
Thanx again
- AAndrew Sherman @Andrew_Sherman
Hi Zahir,
I'd recommend that you look at some of the video tutorials about how Soundflow works, and you can also read on the website about some of the documentation/tutorials. It's a very powerful platform that can do just about anything you want it to, but it will take a little time to understand how it works.
The simplest way to build actions similar to what you'd looking to do is to use what Soundflow calls "Macros". The more advanced way of doing it is using Scripts, which can come further down the road.
So if you go to the forum, you can search for something specific, and you will often find examples of how to do something that's similar to what you're looking for.
The examples you mentioned can be done in different ways.
Keyboard shortcut:
- Create new macro (+ New button)
- Add action
- Type "press keys"
- Click on it
- Click on "record"
- Press opt cmd L
- Click Stop
- Go to your deck
- Click on an empty button
- Click "add existing command"
- Find the one you just made
- Now when you press this button it will trigger your command
You can make commands very complex and powerful with multiple steps.
To launch an application:
- Create new macro (+ New button)
- Click add action
- Search for launch Application
- Choose chrome
- ZZahir Bandukwala @Zahir_Bandukwala
hey ,
so i need to basically record the commands that i intend to use.- AAndrew Sherman @Andrew_Sherman
Yes, and you can also use commands that other people have made by using packages and commands that they have published