Controling Proxima with a keyboard

Did you know that it's possible to control Proxima by other means than your mouse or trackpad? While those are extremely useful to draw and adjust parameters at your desk, having to scroll for a tiny effect switch while performing live is not the most fun. That's why you can make your life easier with external controls, such as a keyboard.

TABLE DES MATIÈRES

• Default keyboard shortcuts
• Custom shortcuts
  • Enabling keyboard learning
  • Adding assignments
  • Editing assignments
  • Deleting assignments
  • Saving assignments
  • Assignment settings

Default keyboard shortcuts

To make your workflow smoother and reduce the number of clicks, some keyboard shortcuts are already implemented in the software. The updated list of key combinations for your version is accessible directly from Controls → Keyboard Shortcuts List... or with the shortcut [CTRL/Cmd + /].

Custom shortcuts

In addition to these default shortcuts, you can also set your own keyboard commands for Proxima. To do so, you have to make the elements in the app interface "learn" which key they should react to.

Enabling keyboard learning

To assign keys, enable the keyboard learning interface: Controls → Edit MIDI Assignments or via the Keyboard tab in Controls Settings (Controls → Settings... or in the toolbar). Then click the "Keyboard Learning mode" button.

You'll then see a colored overlay on many interface elements in Proxima.

Adding assignments

You can set a custom key for every button or slider that has an overlay. Click on a button or slider with an overlay (circled in yellow), then hit the desired key. This will associate the key and interface element, and it will appear in the list in the Controls window.

Note
You can assign the same key to multiple commands. For example, one key can toggle several effects at once.

Unlike the default shortcuts, custom assignments must be single keys (no combinations). Special keys such as CTRL/Cmd, Tab, Enter, etc. are blocked.

Once done, toggle edition mode off with the same button/menu or with [Esc]. Pressing your custom key will trigger the assigned command(s).

Note
If you press [CTRL/Cmd], [Alt] or [Shift] at the same time, the custom shortcut will not trigger to avoid conflicts with default shortcuts.
For instance, if you use [CTRL/Cmd + Z] and [Z] is also assigned to Seq 1 / Play, the combination will only trigger the default "Undo" command associated with [CTRL/Cmd + Z].

Editing assignments

To change an assignment, toggle Learning mode on again, click the control and hit a new key.

Deleting assignments

You can delete assignments in three ways:

• When Learning mode is ON, select an overlay and hit [Delete/Backspace].
• Right-click an assignment in the Controls window table and choose "Delete assignment".
  
• Click "Delete all assignments" above the table in the Controls window.
   

Saving assignments

Your keyboard assignments are saved directly in your .pxm project file.

Assignment settings

Each assignment has its own settings, visible in the Controls window table.

For keyboard assignments, you can edit:

• Toggle behavior:
  • Checked: press & release sets slider to max, press again sets it to min, and so on.
  • Unchecked: press sets slider to max, release sets it to min.
• Range: available for sliders/spinboxes. By setting Min and Max, you can override the element’s range. Example: setting range 1–15 for Border Thickness means the fader will only vary between 1 and 15.