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If there's a way to do this in the HELP, I can't find it.

What I'd LOVE to do is make some shortcuts for the functions
I use the most.

Instead of going to menu after menu after drop down, etc. . .
over and over . . .

For instance . . .

If I could make a set of shortcut/icons and put them in a
tool bar, that would be an incredible time saver.

Like maybe 4 icons in a shortcut tool bar that . . .

[[A] [B] [C] [D]]

A Insert new track
B Render active midi track to new audio track
C Split stereo audio track to 2 mono tracks
D Edit Audio track

Just an example. Any ideas? TIA, Wayne


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In RealBand there are a number of predefined shortcut keys, but I'm not aware that there are user-defined shortcuts available.

There are after-market programs that can enter a sequence of keys for you to use as shortcuts

This one may be useful


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I think this has been in the wish list MANY times. I know I have put it there. I want to have a shortcut key to the gain change window. Instead of doing ALL that clicking to get to the gain change window, I want to have a hot key. Even with the script based hot key programs, I don't know how I would tell the hot key scripting to click this menu, scroll down, click this menu, then from that menu click here, etc.... I use the gain change a LOT and it gets old having to click that over and over and over. I would also like to do other customizations, like when I delete a track I DON'T want it to tell me that "deleting a track will cause all the other tracks to move up one" yada yada yada. I get it. It's been years. Allow me to turn that warning window (and most others) off. That is as newbie as Windows asking if I want to delete a file. And then if I REALLY want to delete it. And then if I REALLY REALLY want to delete it. Delete it the first time. I went through a very specific set of clicks to get to the delete process. I know what I'm doing. Same applies here.

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A Insert new track
B Render active midi track to new audio track
C Split stereo audio track to 2 mono tracks
D Edit Audio track

You can make an Action Button Toolbar:

create your buttons and enter the hotkeys
www.mjtnet.com/quickbuttons.htm

and use AutoHotKey to create the the actions you need.

http://www.pgmusic.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=361077#Post361077

http://www.pgmusic.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=357561#Post357561

http://www.pgmusic.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=365519#Post365519

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"I use the gain change a LOT and it gets old having to click that over and over and over."

add in AutoHotKeys then you can add to the Actions Buttons Bar www.mjtnet.com/quickbuttons.htm

;Gain Change
~Ctrl & G:: ; HotKey Ctrl+G
Macro9: ; Have a new Macro number for each hotkey !
WinActivate, ahk_class RealBand ; Selects real band
Sleep, 500
Send, !E ; Brings the Edit menu up
Sleep, 100
Send, {S} ; Audio Effects
Sleep, 100
Send, {G 3} ; Down to Gain
Sleep, 100
Send, {Enter 1} ; Hits enter key once
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That works beautifully, Pipeline. Thank you very much for doing the legwork.

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Any non existing HotKeys you will need to make by accessing the Menus and moving across and down the Menus with AutoHotKeys:

!F (ALT+F) File Menu

!E (ALT+E) Edit Menu

!A (ALT+A) Action Menu

!B (ALT+B) Block Menu

!O (ALT+O) Options Menu

!W (ALT+W) Windows Menu


Here's some ready made hotkeys you can add direct to the Actions Buttons :

Function Keys & Hot Keys


F1 Help

F2 Open a new Event List Window

CTRL+T Hide Tool Bar

ALT+F2 Open a new Notation window

SHIFT+F2 Open a new Big Lyrics Window

CTRL+F2 Open a new Audio Edit Window

CTRL+ALT+F2 Open new Lead Sheet Window

CTRL+ALT+P Open a new Piano Roll Window

F3 Open file

F4 Save file

F5 Tempo

CTRL+F5 Preferences

F6 Go to Time

F7 From = Now

SHIFT+F7 Open Next File

SHIFT+CTRL+F7 Open Previous File

CTRL+F7 From = Value

ALT+ F7 Now = From

F8 Thru = Now

CTRL+ F8 Thru = Value

ALT+ F8 Now = Thru

SHIFT+ F8 Open Next File

SHIFT+CTRL+F8 Open Previous File

F9 Panic

F11 Run .DLL or .EXE

Shift+F11 Select .DLL or .EXE

Ctrl+1 Tracks Window

Ctrl+2 Bars Window

Ctrl+3 Chords window

Ctrl+4 Tempo Map

Ctrl+5 Comments

Ctrl+6 SysEx Window

Ctrl+7 Guitar Window

Ctrl+8 Mixer

Ctrl+9 Meter Map


Ctrl+M and Ctrl+U will let you mute/unmute a track in the Mixer and Bars windows.

[ and ] hotkeys change the tempo by 5.

Ctrl – (Ctrl Minus) changes playback speed to half speed

Ctrl = (Ctrl Equal sign) changes playback speed from half speed to full speed

P Play

CTRL+P Play from Start

R Record

Ctrl+ R Record from Start

S Stop

W Rewind

SHIFT+CTRL+F8 Open Previous File

SHIFT+F8 Open Next File

SHIFT+F3 MultiTrack Wav File Player

SHIFT+F3 Load Windows Setup

SHIFT+F4 Save Windows Setup

CTRL+Z Undo

SHIFT+CTRL+Z Redo

CTRL+X Cut

CTRL+C Copy

CTRL+V Paste

CTRL+F3 Inset Audio Wav

SHIFT+CTRL+F3 Export Highlighted Section

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WOW, I just read all the replies. Many thanks! I thought I'd
get an email notification if my post was replied to. I didn't, and never came back to check.

Thanks to all. Wayne


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