Ad Hoc Sound Item Shortcuts

Overview

You can create Shortcuts to Play a specific Sound Item and assign it to a physical button on your remote controller. For example, Ctrl+1 could be assigned to play a specific Sound Item (ex. an applause sound, or a buzzer noise, etc.). All you need to know is what keystroke signal the remote button sends. If you don't know your remote's keystroke signals, use our Key Mapper Tool to quickly discover them.

Ad Hoc Sound Item Shortcuts Editor

Figure 1. Ad Hoc Shortcuts Editor

When you click Edit Playlist -- Manage Ad Hoc Sound Item Shortcuts you will see the list of Ad Hoc Sound Item Shortcuts in the Playlist (if any). You can Add, Remove or Edit Shortcuts in the list.

Select any Shortcut in the list, then click the Edit button to open the Ad Hoc Sound Item Shortcuts Editor (Figure 1). Click the Pick Sound Item button to set the Sound Item that will be Played by this Shortcut. Click the Edit Shortcut button to assign the keystroke signals that will fire this Play action (Figure 2). See the Help section on the Shortcut Key Editor for details and reserved keys.

Ad Hoc Shortcuts are stored inside the Playlist. So if you want to use the same Ad Hoc sound with two Playlists, you need to recreate it in both Playlists. This is a design trade-off to meet the condition where you may want the shortcut in one Playlist, but not in another.

This menu item will show a list of Ad Hoc Shortcuts for the current Playlist.

Figure 2. Shortcut Key Editor