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Editing shortcuts

1.Select a command in the Available commands box.

Choose Global from the Context drop-down list to display all commands in the Available commands box, or choose a different command to filter the list.

You can type a word in the Show only commands containing box to filter the list of commands to display only commands that contain the word you typed.

2.Click the Press new shortcut keys box and press the key combination you want to assign to the selected command.

3.Click the Assign button to assign the key combination in the Press new shortcut keys box to the command selected in the Available commands box.

Importing a keyboard map

Click the Import button and browse to a Vegas Keyboard Map File (.ini) file to load an existing keyboard map.

Exporting a keyboard map

Click the Export button and specify a file name and location to save your current keyboard shortcuts to a file that you can use as a backup or to share your keyboard shortcuts with other Vegas users.

Resetting the default keyboard map

Click the Default All button to restore the default configuration.

External Control & Automation tab

This tab is available only in the full version of Vegas software.

Use the External Control & Automation tab to set up and customize control surfaces. To display this tab, choose Preferences from the Options menu, then click the External Control & Automation tab.

Preference

Description

Smooth and thin automation

When recording automation, Vegas software creates as many envelope points or keyframes as possible to

data after recording

represent your control movements.

 

Select this check box if you want to reduce the number of envelope points/keyframes after recording is finished.

 

For more information, see Recording automation settings on page 167.

 

 

Set controls to default values

Select this check box if you want controls to return to their default values when set the track's automation

when automation is turned off

recording mode to Automation Off. Automated effect parameters do not have default settings and will retain

 

their last-set values when you turn automation off.

 

When the check box is cleared, controls will retain their last-set values when you turn automation off.

Available devices

Choose a device from the drop-down list and click Add to choose the control surfaces that will be available to

 

Vegas software. Adding a device loads its default profile.

 

 

Active control devices

Lists the control devices that you’ve added. Double-click a device name to customize its behavior.

Default all

Restores all control surface preferences to the default settings.

 

 

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