Power User Tips...

[Nunz]

Hi Everybody

Coming from the Sonic Solutions world...we have had a long number of years to establish the 'best' way to utilise the feature set of the application. Given that Pyramix is relatively new, I would like to start to compile a list of 'useful shortcuts' that people are using.

I'll start the ball rolling by asking this question (sorry if it is a dumb one, but i can't work it out!)

Is there a way to solo a track with a keyboard shortcut?

I have noticed that in the keyboard shortcut editor, you can assign a key to solo a track BY NUMBER...but not the 'current' selected track? In Sonic, you could simply hold the control key down while hitting the space bar (play) and that would play ONLY the audio on the currently selected channel.

This is great for working on large TV post edl's....i know we can use the mouse to do this, but it would be quicker if we could do this with a keyboard shortcut.

Does anybody have a clever workaround for this?

I guess the other 'track' functions would also be useful...ie MUTE or RECORD READY...and even AUTOMATE? However I thikn that the solo function would be REALLY useful!

thanks and if people would like a 'power user list' created, I am happy to do it, and then upload it somewhere (our ftp site?) and then users can download this as a 'Pyramix Keyboard' set for their own use.

thanks in advance for any suggestions.

cheers

nunz

[benoit]

"Is there a way to solo a track with a keyboard shortcut?"

Not shure if this is exactly what you're looking for:
press "3" in the numeric field - pyramix will play solo whatever is selected ( = "play selection" in the transport field).

Benoit

[Nunz]

Thanks Benoit

Close....i didn't know about that function....so it will paly all selected clips? or the currently 'active' track?

I'm not in from of Pyramix right now, so i can't check for myself.

What I am looking for, is a 'keyboard shortcut' to access the 'solo' button on the currently 'active' track.

Here is a situation where i find this useful....Say for example i have a track full of footsteps...and i wish to 'edit/modify' just one of them.

I navigate to the track with all the footsteps on it, press the solo button..playback and locate the offending footstep.

What i think you are suggesting is i FIRST select ALL of the Footsteps and then press the numeric 3.....etc. This seems to be an extra needless step, when the solo button is right there on the track!

Does this make sense? I will try your suggestion ASAP (though you'll all be asleep when i do!)

thanks again Benoit.

ciao

nunz