Audacity Forum

I see. QT or GTK+ would be much more mainstream, and perhaps a larger programmer base. I've looked a bit into mod-pipe-script. It seems like using the "MenuCommand" might be the way to go. However, some of the commands such as "play/stop" implemented on the space button is is not listed on a menu (j...

But AutoHotKey is Windows only. Well the request is for global shortcuts. I think such a feature can benefit many people who are using the program, especially since it is possible to implement it from a cross-platform point of view, just like VLC. How the global shortcuts are used can be platform i...

As a side note, the out of focus command implementation of VLC is very nicely done. Perhaps such key binding for global variables can be implemented for Audacity in the future? This will allow keyboard bindings to send commands to Audacity without having the program selected. See: http://wiki.videol...

Currently looking at the AutoHotKey program to send commands when Audacity is not in focus. It seems like Audacity ignores all keys or commands sent to it if the focus is not on the program. Is this an intentional behavior or is this due to wxWidgets? I have not yet looked at the source code yet, ho...

I've done projects on Windows mostly and some Linux, I unfortunately do not own a MAC machine. My priority would be to have this work on a Windows machine, though if it works on Linux, that would be a plus. I can definitely look into creating a plugin that can bind HID buttons to Audacity functions....

I'd like to contribute anyway I can. My background is in embedded hardware and software design and I have designed several USB devices. My website is at http: // www.engscope.com, with some of the projects that I've created. I discovered audacity while trying to improve my guitar playing. The goal i...

Can this be a feature that can be added in the future or something that can be done through a plugin? I don't mind write one if this functionality is possible.

Thanks,
-J

Hi, just found out about audacity and I love the program. I'd like to use a USB HID Joystick or Gamepad to control Audacity. For example, I'd like to program buttons for "play", "record" and "play loop", perhaps the direction pad for increasing or decreasing the selection for the current track. I kn...