Universal shortcut assignments

[kimpotter]

Hi

I use several apps (Bitwig, Davinci Resolve, Reaper) with long breaks between each... long enough to forget the differences in shortcuts for each app.

I wonder if there are strategies or recommended templates for customising shortcuts across apps/platforms?

I have some ideas on how to start adjusting things for my needs, but I suspect plenty of smarter people than me have fine-tuned their setup and learned what works best.

Any thoughts?
Cheers - k

[jancivil]

Well, on Mac OS it's this:

eg. hide others.jpg

DaVinci Resolve didn't know 'Hide Others' so I assigned that via the OS. And made it an OS-wide command just in case.

I never found how to assign a key command for Cubase "Windows..." so I did it here.
Most of the usual, incl. Hide Others, every app has, sometimes no. DaVinci Resolve lacks several of them, while knowing from Command-Q for Quit and Command-S for Save.

[Psuper]

Hi

I use several apps (Bitwig, Davinci Resolve, Reaper) with long breaks between each... long enough to forget the differences in shortcuts for each app.

I wonder if there are strategies or recommended templates for customising shortcuts across apps/platforms?

I have some ideas on how to start adjusting things for my needs, but I suspect plenty of smarter people than me have fine-tuned their setup and learned what works best.

Any thoughts?
Cheers - k

I use Autohotkey for a ton of stuff -- just set up the macro per program. So assume every hotkey in Bitwig is the one you want to emulate for Reaper, just make a Reaper.ahk script that has the command reassigns, and run it when you run Reaper. You could also make a master one looking at processes and advanced stuff, but the one per would be best to start with.

It's very simple to learn even if you don't script. For instance, if you want the keypress 1 to be A instead, the syntax is

1::A

https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/misc/Remap.htm

[kimpotter]

Ah, looks fun.... unfortunately I'm on a Mac.

Also, I was meaning more in terms of which shortcuts to choose, and whether there are any conflicts or workflow issues that only become apparent once you've headed down one or other rabbit hole.