SNAP ON/OFF is there Alternative to CTRL 4?

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MIAR
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SNAP ON/OFF is there Alternative to CTRL 4?

Post by MIAR » Tue Feb 23, 2016 10:34 am

Guys,

I use this function so often. I find its position and 2 key stoke is a pain. SONAR has a much simpler (and definable) key. Just simply "N". Is there an alternative to SNAP ON/OFF on Ableton?

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Re: SNAP ON/OFF is there Alternative to CTRL 4?

Post by siliconarc » Tue Feb 23, 2016 11:21 am

holding command (mac) or ctrl (pc) while dragging will un-snap that clip from the grid, but there's no alternative way to disable the grid itself - only cmd/ctrl-4 will do it.

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Re: SNAP ON/OFF is there Alternative to CTRL 4?

Post by MIAR » Wed Feb 24, 2016 3:03 pm

Dang. ok thanks mate

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Re: SNAP ON/OFF is there Alternative to CTRL 4?

Post by peeddrroo » Thu Feb 25, 2016 9:14 pm

If you're on a mac, you can try BetterTouchTool that will let you assign any key to perform any key combination.
That way you can keep the same keyboard shortcuts between applications.
I'm sure there's a Windows app for that too.

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Re: SNAP ON/OFF is there Alternative to CTRL 4?

Post by Coupe70 » Fri Feb 26, 2016 10:07 am

If you use TouchOSC anyway, it can generate keystrokes via TouchOSC Bridge.

ClyphX can't generate keystrokes itself, but it can send MIDI to a virtual MIDI cable.
You can then use free Bome MIDI Translator Classic to generate Ctrl+4.

Both needs a bit of preparation, but is then usable in every set.
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Re: This shortcut in windows works but not on mac!!

Post by zcboorman » Fri Dec 03, 2021 7:18 am

The Control shortcut actually disables the grid in windows allowing you to make selections off grid. I don't know why it's different on Mac where CMD only disables the grid after something is being dragged. It makes it hard to use when you want to make a selection off grid. Every other daw it seems has single key grid disable shortcuts and it even works in ableton on windows. Please fix this!!! I just switched to Mac and it drives me nuts as well.

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