Is it possible to have a shortcut do two things at once?
I ask this because I use the "euwbah" plugin (I ask this in here instead of plugins because it's an inquiry to do with non-plugin functionality), and I want to be able to, say, enter "C" and retune it to, say, 19edo, all in one click. When I try to do this sort of thing, it tells me that it conflicts with another shortcut.
Is it possible to maybe have a shortcut be multiple things at once? If so, how would I go about implementing that? Thanks!
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No, you can't do that directly, but there is a plugin that lets you combine actions. There are also third party tools like AutoHotKey for WIndows (and presumably similar for other OS's) that can create macros like that. Or, you could simply add new line or two to your favorite plugin that adds the note first.
In reply to No, you can't do that… by Marc Sabatella
What's the name of the plugin that can combine them? And for the last sentence, do you mean to do with programming? - if so, I can't program haha. And would AutoHotKey work with MuseScore somehow?
Thanks!
In reply to What's the name of the… by Bhoenix
The plugin is this one - https://musescore.org/en/project/action-chain-shortcut. But I don't think it can include other shortcuts currently. I could be wrong.
AutoHotKey works with any program - it processing keystrokes before other programs get a hold of them. So you can make pressing one key send a series of them instead, and do so differently for one program than another, etc. But, not sure how simple it is to use for someone who isn't at least somewhat familiar with programming.
In reply to What's the name of the… by Bhoenix
FYI on https://musescore.org/en/node/316166 I have published an extensive collection of AutoHotkey macros for MuseScore. Unfortunately EDO retuning isn't one of them.
Let me ask a more general question: why are you wanting to do this? I'm guessing it's not because you have a single C somewhere in your score that you want to retune, and wish to save a click :-). More likely, you want all C's retuned, or perhaps all notes period? If so, why note simply run the plugin on the whole score rather than one note at a time?
In reply to Let me ask a more general… by Marc Sabatella
I do use it on the whole score. I just want it to be that I can have a note tuned the moment I have input it, especially hopefully hearing playback. I'd find it an easier way to learn and experiment with non-12 edos and save the experiments ig.
In reply to I do use it on the whole… by Bhoenix
> "especially hopefully hearing playback"
That won't happen; after all, the end result of a plugin or a macro sending a combination of keystrokes is still doing every single action one after the other. Meaning that you'll still have the note input first (and the sound that comes with it) and the retuning afterwards.
In reply to > "especially hopefully… by jeetee
I wish there was a way to have it do note input -> retune -> play note. Or have xenharmonic stuff be internal (which I think the "euwbah" plugin gives a pretty good partial model for) 😅.
In reply to I do use it on the whole… by Bhoenix
I wonder if it's possible to have a soundfont tuned that way so you could just use that? Or use an external synth?
But yeah, probably either customizing the plugin or else an AutoHotKey macro would be the way to do this sort of highly specialized thing more directly.