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#71

General Chatter / Hotkeys!!!

Last post by paper_mint - July 28, 2025, 21:47:49

Just wanted to express how awesome the openmpt hotkeying system is, I don't know any other DAW/tracker that beats how many actions openmpt has and how remappable they are. I guess Reaper is similar, but I feel like when I tried to start using reaper I had to touch my mouse a fair amount, but I feel as if I can almost completely use openmpt without picking up my mouse. I guess its partially due to DAWs being inherently more complicated, but it feels more like the developers just don't really care to add the features cause most people don't use them. This is really awesome cause I want to get more compositional practice in and until now I've been struggling with wrist pain, but changing to nearly full keyboard for almost all of my computer use means I can virtually practice however much I want without getting carpal tunnel lol. On top of that it basic window repositioning stuff actually works with OS hotkeys because it isn't some weird custom proprietary window. And it works out of the box with wine which means I can use it on linux which also has hotkeys!!! I'm so in love with this tracker...

#72

Help and Questions / Re: Impulse Tracker to SPC cli...

Last post by RG (aka AUDIOMONSTER) - July 28, 2025, 13:39:52

Hi there, sorry for the delay, here is an example with simple notes suite without any effect, except for volume...

https://wetransfer.com/downloads/5596767621c124d1ce378db74ec46c1320250728133841/5accb0388a193034f2af61e66dfe8d2420250728133841/d4e2ab?t_exp=1753969121&t_lsid=3cc3fa23-4d37-4cba-9393-0e5669fb4579&t_network=email&t_rid=Z29vZ2xlLW9hdXRoMnwxMDI5Mzc1NDY2MzAwMDU3OTcwMzQ%3D&t_s=download_link&t_ts=1753709921&utm_campaign=TRN_TDL_01&utm_source=sendgrid&utm_medium=email&trk=TRN_TDL_01

Several pattern tries in the IT file...

Still volume ramping issues after conversion with SMCONV.EXE.

It's a real shame, again, as all other effects are perfectly working.

#73

Help and Questions / Re: Is there a way to make mus...

Last post by 4stacks66 - July 26, 2025, 00:20:08

Thanks!

#74

Help and Questions / Re: Is there Toggle Loop hotke...

Last post by paper_mint - July 25, 2025, 19:24:02

Oh sweet, thanks!

#75

Help and Questions / Re: Is there Toggle Loop hotke...

Last post by Saga Musix - July 25, 2025, 06:56:54

There is no such shortcut but it sounds like a good idea to add. I will look into it.

#76

Help and Questions / Re: Is there a way to make mus...

Last post by Saga Musix - July 25, 2025, 06:56:35

You mean without a MIDI keyboard? Yes, trackers are heavily focussed on using your regular computer keyboard for note input as the default method. You can follow the tutorial in our manual to learn how it works.

#77

Help and Questions / Is there a way to make music w...

Last post by 4stacks66 - July 25, 2025, 05:20:58

I don't have a keyboard and I want to make songs on Openmpt.

#78

Help and Questions / Is there Toggle Loop hotkey in...

Last post by paper_mint - July 24, 2025, 17:24:27

Hello, I'm new to OpenMPT,I was trying to find a keyboard only way to set a sample as looping/sustain looping. It seems like the current quickest way is to ctrl+shft+tab to the upper menu, then tab to loop and use directional arrows, but thats a lot of tabs, might as well mouse at that point. I looked through the Keyboard Actions manual page, and the keyboard section in the setup but couldn't find anything. It's not too much of a hassle given you only really have to do it when setting up the samples at the beginning of a project, so I wouldn't call it a huge priority, I can definitely work around it. Thanks!

#79

Free Music Downloads / Slipping away [mp3]

Last post by n0cturn - July 22, 2025, 01:44:59

Just a quick tune courtesy of paint fumes, and probably my last (don't cheer, that's rude) until at least 3 other people have posted something, cos I feel like I'm spamming the thread. (come back Exhale)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oMnmv7KDbH0TzycgEzqC1bdVFon9dPMg/view?usp=sharing

#80

Development Corner / Re: OpenMpt accessibility disc...

Last post by Saga Musix - July 20, 2025, 15:19:12

but I'm afraid that the keyboard issue still persists, as the information given in the keyboard creator isn't focusing when in list controls

You are right, but upon closer inspection, list views behave the same way no matter where they are used in OpenMPT. This appears to be a quirk of the list view control. Since OpenMPT is built entirely on top of standard GUI controls provided by Windows, there isn't much we can do there, and you will probably find the same issue in any other software using the same list component.

It looks as if even though the install update keyboard command *Alt+I* is given to install the update, nothing actually happeneds when pushing the command.

Alt+I is the default keyboard shortcut for switching to the instrument library. User shortcuts take precedence over accelerator keys. If you want to be sure that custom keyboard shortcuts are never in conflict with accelerator keys, you would have to find all shortcuts assigned to any of Alt+A...Alt+Z and unassign them or assign them to a different key combination.