List of keyboard shortcuts for X3 Producer

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2013/11/26 18:12:40 (permalink)

List of keyboard shortcuts for X3 Producer

Is there such a thing? I looked in the documentation but can't find anything. I'd like to print a copy so I have it handy while I'm getting used to the program.

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    scook
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    Re: List of keyboard shortcuts for X3 Producer 2013/11/26 18:14:40 (permalink)
    http://www.cakewalk.com/D...mp;Req=Menus1.182.html or from the Main SONAR menu Help > Keyboard Shortcuts. I believe you can print the help pages.
    post edited by scook - 2013/11/26 19:18:03
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    Re: List of keyboard shortcuts for X3 Producer 2013/11/26 19:02:33 (permalink)
    Thanks scook. The link gives me a 'Oops - we couldn't find...............' message but I'll check the help menu when I get home later. I thought I'd looked there though.......................but I could easliy be wrong there..........

     


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    Re: List of keyboard shortcuts for X3 Producer 2013/11/26 19:12:04 (permalink)
    I fixed the link, if you use the search function on the Cakewalk home page for
    X3 help keyboard shortcuts
    The link is in the search results.
    post edited by scook - 2013/11/26 19:19:06
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    Re: List of keyboard shortcuts for X3 Producer 2013/11/26 19:41:10 (permalink)
    If you're devoted to the one DAW these are currently on sale:
     
    http://www.editorskeys.com/products/audio-editing-keyboards/sonar-x3-shortcut-keyboard/
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    Re: List of keyboard shortcuts for X3 Producer 2013/11/26 19:54:15 (permalink)
    I always reorganise the layout of the pages, print them in duplex and landscape and laminate them. Create a flip chart. Quickest way to learn shortcuts. Also the single greatest productivity gain.

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    Re: List of keyboard shortcuts for X3 Producer 2013/11/26 20:25:49 (permalink)
    scook
    I fixed the link, if you use the search function on the Cakewalk home page for
    X3 help keyboard shortcuts
    The link is in the search results.


    Perfect! Thanks again man!
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    I looked at that but I use Reason 7 too so not for me. 
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    I always reorganise the layout of the pages, print them in duplex and landscape and laminate them. Create a flip chart. Quickest way to learn shortcuts. Also the single greatest productivity gain.

    Yup, that the plan. I've been running through the Groove 3 X3 Explained tutorials and have made a few notes but quickly realised those notes ain't really gonna help as much as a proper list.
     
    Cheers all.

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    Re: List of keyboard shortcuts for X3 Producer 2013/11/26 21:47:51 (permalink)
    I'm looking for a very specific keyboard shortcut that hasn't existed in any earlier versions that I know of: a key combo that will let me move forward or back on the timeline by beats.  Seems like a simple thing until you try to find it.  To use my Contour Shuttle pro, I need this as a kb shortcut because that's what the Contour sends - and as it is, it's limited to measures as the smallest granularity.
     
    Thoughts?

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    Re: List of keyboard shortcuts for X3 Producer 2013/11/26 21:55:48 (permalink)
    You can create a finer grain adjustment to now time with CAL and bind the CAL scripts to the keyboard. Here is an example of moving now time backward

    (do
        (int offset 30)
        (if (< Now offset)
            (= Now 0)
               (-= Now offset)
        )
    )
    And the now time forward example
     (do
        (+= Now 30)
    )
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    Re: List of keyboard shortcuts for X3 Producer 2013/11/26 22:10:04 (permalink)
    Soft Enerji
    I'd like to print a copy so I have it handy while I'm getting used to the program.




    While you're at it, disable all the shortcuts you won't be using for now.  You can always reenable them later.  In the meantime, you won't spend hours wondering what happened after you accidentally hit the "o" key.
     

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    Re: List of keyboard shortcuts for X3 Producer 2013/11/27 00:24:40 (permalink)
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    I'd like to print a copy so I have it handy while I'm getting used to the program.




    While you're at it, disable all the shortcuts you won't be using for now.  You can always reenable them later.  In the meantime, you won't spend hours wondering what happened after you accidentally hit the "o" key.
     


    That's a fair point but how do I do that?

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    Re: List of keyboard shortcuts for X3 Producer 2013/11/27 08:11:02 (permalink)
    In Preferences > Customizations > Keyboard Shortcuts assign the existing shortcut to the "Do Nothing: Use to block pre-defined accelerators" function." In order to see the Keyboard Shortcuts option make sure to select the Advanced radio button at the bottom the the Preferences dialog.
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    Re: List of keyboard shortcuts for X3 Producer 2013/11/27 11:58:09 (permalink)
    Hey scook - thanks for the idea, I'll definitely give that a shot.  A few quick questions:
     
    1.  You have a whole block with offset 30, etc in the move back but just the DO section on the move forward.  Would this assume that you actually had to full sections like the first or could it be coded either way?
    2.  What is the 30 representative of?  If I wanted move by quarter notes, for example, would 30 be definitive or is that in milliseconds or something "non-beat" related?

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    Re: List of keyboard shortcuts for X3 Producer 2013/11/27 12:14:21 (permalink)
    I used a variable in the first example because
    1) It shows how to use a variable and
    2) The value is referenced more than once
     
    Now is the cursor position in ticks.
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    Re: List of keyboard shortcuts for X3 Producer 2013/11/27 14:56:51 (permalink)
    So is there a way to specify beats or would it have to be calculated from the ticks based on tempo or resolution or something? (thanks for the info, btw)

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    Re: List of keyboard shortcuts for X3 Producer 2013/11/27 16:07:39 (permalink)
    It may be possible, there is a good help file for the CAL language included with the CAL Editor and much more sophisticated examples included in Cakewalk Content.
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    Re: List of keyboard shortcuts for X3 Producer 2013/11/27 22:05:32 (permalink)
    Ok - great.  So after thinking about "ticks" I realized that it's the same as the PPQ setting.  So since there are 960 Pulses Per Quarter note, I just modified the above with 960 instead of 30 and it does exactly a quarter note.  So this works for what I needed.
     
    Thanks again for the information.

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    Re: List of keyboard shortcuts for X3 Producer 2013/11/27 22:57:30 (permalink)
     
    There's a whole bunch of CAL stuff, including the editor, at its developper's (?) site Collusion Inc.

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