User Assignable Key Commands

[Orbit-50]

I really wish Ableton would fix that nasty bug. The one where you can't assign your own key commands. I've been using Cubase 4 and wanted to use Live also but I want both to work with the same key commands that I'm comfortable with. I've actually given up on using Live because of this. I'm not about to force myself to use canned key commands that I don't feel comfortable with. I really wanted to update but I feel this the end of Live for me. It's a damn shame. I wish Live 8 would have included this feature, and I really don't see them ever implimenting this basic feature.


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[snakedogman]

even though I wouldn't call it a "bug", it is very annoying that they haven't implemented this (combined with the fact that the hardwired keycommands are needlessly complicated and un-ergonomical).
But I've spent some time using autohotkeys the last couple of days and that's already made my work in Live a whole lot more enjoyable. Afaik it is windows only though...

[esky]

http://forum.ableton.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=124375

and +1 !

[Orbit-50]

even though I wouldn't call it a "bug", it is very annoying that they haven't implemented this (combined with the fact that the hardwired keycommands are needlessly complicated and un-ergonomical).
But I've spent some time using autohotkeys the last couple of days and that's already made my work in Live a whole lot more enjoyable. Afaik it is windows only though...

I was joking about the "bug" thing. I just want to assign 1 key command. That's it! It sucks that I can't even do that. I could probably deal with the other hardwired key commands without going nuts, but I just need at least this one customized key command. Even if there was some sort of text file that was user editable I'd be happy with that. Doesn't autohotkeys rob you of some keyboard functionality?


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[Orbit-50]

http://forum.ableton.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=124375 and +1 !

Yup. snakedogman answered my question in the other thread.

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[snakedogman]

well it does mean that as long as the script is active, you cannot use the keys you used to remap when you're for instance trying to enter a name for a clip. There is a decent way around that though and that is to assign another key command (one that is not used by Live in any way) to temporarily suspend the script. Since you probably won't be typing in names as much as you are using the actual shortcuts this seems like a decent trade off.

[Orbit-50]

Thanks snakedogman for your replies.


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