Hi,
I’m a Pro Tools user with Sound Flow on trial.
Already found solutions to some workflow issues, thanks to this helpful and knowledgeable forum!
I have a couple of questions regarding:
1 - Keyboard Maestro’s Palettes replacement
Is there anything like the Keyboard Maestro’s Palettes in Sound Flow?
In KM a palette opens up in a floating window and holds a selection of macros that you can either click, or trigger by shortcuts, only active in the current palette.
That’s very convenient if you have lots of macros/actions/scripts, since names of the macros and their corresponding shortcut keys are displayed and you can use simple, one key shortcuts, that doesn’t conflict with any other shortcuts outsideof that palette.
It’s also possible to ”nestle” palettes. I use a ”master” Pro Tools palette to open multiple ”sub”-palettes.
If there’s nothing like this in SF I could always continue using KM palettes to trigger SF commands.
2 - Stream Deck vs SF iOS app.
I’ve considered Stream Deck before, but the Keyboard Maestro Palettes workflow made me feel it was redundant.
The integration with SF makes it look a bit more interesting, though.
Also, I use an Avid S3, Avid Dock and Avid Control (iPad).
Found out I can trigger SF commands via Eucon (or rather EuControl Key Commands) from these controllers - pretty neat!
Those controllers take up some physical desktop real estate, so I need some advice on what would be the best option; a Stream Deck XL or another iPad running the SF app.
Any thoughts appreciated,
Håkan
Christian Scheuer @chrscheuer2021-12-12 17:05:28.234Z2021-12-12 20:32:36.544ZHi Håkan,
My personal perspective is that I prefer the physical Stream Decks, for 2 simple reasons: 1) They have physical buttons which makes them easier to hit and memorize, and 2) they're always there and can't do anything else. My iPad and Android tablets tend to end up moving away from my desk because I need them for something else.
We do have a lot of users using iPads, Android tablets or even iPhones with SoundFlow very successfully. I think this comes down to personal preference.
That being said, I would highly recommend getting a Stream Deck :)SoundFlow doesn't have a direct equivalent to KM Palettes. However, you can set still achieve somewhat similar things, you'll need to code a bit, however.
Options that are close to, but aren't directly equivalent to KM Palettes, include:- Make a surface or a deck in SF and show it on your Mac instead of on another device. For all Decks in SF you can set them to "This Machine". This will make the Deck open on your screen so you can click it with your mouse. This gives you a visual panel like KM, but won't have shortcuts.
- Use a popupSearch action (requires you to code). This is a searchable popup window that you can open in a script that will allow the user to search through various items and pick one with arrow keys and hitting enter. Such a search window could for example list the "sub-commands" (those you would have had in your KM Palette). This is probably what comes closest to the experience you're used to, but it takes more manual coding.
- Use the built-in SoundFlow "Search Commands" command (the default shortcut is Ctrl+F12, but you can add any shortcut to it). This allows you to search through all commands in SF and hit enter to execute it.