I’m glad you are exploring keyboardmaestro and Macros more… They are very helpful indeed.
Respectfully, Steve Baskis. > On Jan 26, 2023, at 23:58, Martin (Punky) Sopart <m...@cakewalker.de> wrote: > > Hello Steve and list! > > So far I've been able to create my first beta macros for Keyboard Maestro. > Using VOCR, Flo Mouse and persistence I found all screen coordinates to > switch presets, ADPaks and activate the preset search field in AD2 standalone. > Further by using Apple's OCR shortcuts inside Keyboard Maestro the scanned > preset name is spoken after switching. > Now I'm bringin all that to AD2 AAX and then the creation of TFX preset > setting files will be possible 😊 > > Thanks for pointing me in that direction and best! / Martin > -----Original Message----- > From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com <ptaccess@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of > Steve Baskis > Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2023 6:16 PM > To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Saving XLN AD2 factory presets as TFX > > Hey, > > Not entirely sure if there is an easier way. From what I remember, I found > the location of where the next and previous buttons are located within the > plug-in window and the standalone application window inside addictive drums. > You could do this with coordinates or image recognition. Once I accomplished > that, I had the ability to create a macro to move the mouse to those > locations, this was possible in both the standalone window and plug-in > window. It was then very easy to advance the preset forward, then scan the > screen and copy the name of the preset, while then executing the command to > save a track preset in ProTools. > > A tip for using VOCR if you don’t already know, is to turn off the reset > mouse pointer location option with: control, command, shift,R. If you enable > this, your mouse pointer will not reset to the top left corner of the screen. > > I think the only sighted assistance I required was, image recognition of next > and previous arrows that exist in the addictive drums plug-in/application. I > applied those images to a keyboardmaestro macro like I mentioned above, and I > was able to use the keyboard shortcut option, left for previous an option > right for next. From there, I automated everything and it was a breeze to > save presets out in a matter of seconds > > I understand that this is not necessarily simple, but to save out hundreds if > not thousands of presets very quickly, this is an optimal solution. > > Flo mouse gives you the ability to find your mouse coordinates and location > on screen, which can be very helpful for inaccessible windows and creating > macros to move your mouse pointer to. I’ve fooled around with using image > recognition with this application/plug-in, because it seem to work really > well, due to the nature of how addictive drums was graphically created. I > then could use the macros in both the standalone and plug-in window, without > having to make new macros, or other Actions. Personally, learning keyboard > maestro, and other things has really allowed me to create more accessibility > for myself when I need it. > > Hope this helps, > Steve Baskis > > > > > > > > > >> On Jan 11, 2023, at 04:41, Martin (Punky) Sopart <m...@cakewalker.de> wrote: >> >> Hello all! >> >> Maybe I'm missing something here. >> Is there an easier and more accessible way to load e. g. the XLN AD2 factory >> presets to save them as TFX in Pro tools? >> At the moment I'm fighting with the preset browser of AD2 AAX by using VOCR. >> >> Thanks and best! / Martin >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ptaccess/008201d925a0%24e11adf10%24a3509d30%24%40cakewalker.de. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ptaccess/C40FB2A8-CCED-430C-83C9-10CEC512C1C7%40gmail.com. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ptaccess/000301d9321c%24d6f93670%2484eba350%24%40cakewalker.de. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ptaccess/03D5C8FE-E602-4417-8BFC-59AF208BB59C%40gmail.com.
