What better way to play a series of keystrokes in Sonar?

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2015/07/16 22:20:02 (permalink)

What better way to play a series of keystrokes in Sonar?

Is there any way to run a macro, a serie of keys inside Sonar?

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    Re: What better way to play a series of keystrokes in Sonar? 2015/07/16 22:23:38 (permalink)
    SONAR does not have a macro tool
    AutoHotkey can act as a macro utility for most any windows app.
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    Re: What better way to play a series of keystrokes in Sonar? 2015/07/17 03:56:52 (permalink)
    In case you want trigger that by some Control Surface...
    You can use my plug-in for that (as an addition to HotKey or alone). That advantage is that plug-in has "more knowledge" about what is going on with Sonar (so it can trigger keys depending on transport, VST, etc). The disadvantages are: you can not trigger by normal keyboard and configuring it is a "rocket science".

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    Re: What better way to play a series of keystrokes in Sonar? 2015/07/17 07:42:47 (permalink)
    I do this with PhaseExpress.
    A very complex software to send keystrokes, time delays, mouseevents and variables and script-programming.
    http://www.phraseexpress.com/index.html
     
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    Re: What better way to play a series of keystrokes in Sonar? 2015/07/17 07:45:58 (permalink)
    There is a sort of scripting tool still within SONAR CAL scripts might be worth a little Google.

    http://www.cakewalk.com/Documentation?product=SONAR%20X2&language=3&help=Programming_CAL.03.html
     
    This one below links to a PDF about using CAL

    http://members.ziggo.nl/t.valkenburgh/Cakewalk%20Application%20Language%20Programming%20Guide.pdf
     

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    Re: What better way to play a series of keystrokes in Sonar? 2015/07/17 09:18:54 (permalink)
    Or you get ac keyboard or mouse that allows macros to be assigned to keys.

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