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
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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
> 
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