audio output switching macros

[haswellgamer]

Hey fellas, I'm looking for a hardware solution to my issue here. Something like a Razer Orbweaver. I need to find a way to switch my audio outputs so that I dont have to keep going back into the windows sound panel and doing it that way. Is there anything that exists such as this?

[minibois]

You could use AutoHotKey to do such a thing with your already existing keyboard:

https://www.autohotkey.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=31650

 

Just change the key binds to whatever you would like:

^1::SetSound(1)
^2::SetSound(2)
^3::SetSound(3)

That for example would be Ctrl 1, Ctrl 2 and Ctrl 3.

^ = Ctrl, the number behind it is just a number and the double colon (:) is saying 'if that is typed :: do this.

List of key names if you want a different button to call this:

https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/KeyList.htm

 

You could use a device like the Orbweaver for this, or a full secondary keyboard:

But I would probably just bind those shortscuts to Ctrl+Numpad 1/2/3/etc.

[flashiling]

27 minutes ago, minibois said:

That for example would be Ctrl 1, Ctrl 2 and Ctrl 3.

yea playing games like wow would make that very dangerous 

[minibois]

3 minutes ago, flashiling said:

yea playing games like wow would make that very dangerous 

I have no idea what buttons WoW uses, but I already suggested the more 'obscure' key combination of Ctrl+Numpad1.

Personally I don't play multiplayer games on my PC, so I have no issue with running my AHK-scripts at all time, but I guess some games are stupid and will ban people? I dunno.

[flashiling]

1 minute ago, minibois said:

I have no idea what buttons WoW uses, but I already suggested the more 'obscure' key combination of Ctrl+Numpad1.

Personally I don't play multiplayer games on my PC, so I have no issue with running my AHK-scripts at all time, but I guess some games are stupid and will ban people? I dunno.

(buttons)

some people don't use ctrl but a lot of people from my guild use it because some classes require 18 different spells (exaggerating a little) and just pressing ctrl gives 1-5 an extra function

(scripts)

i don't belive that the game will pick up on it since it won't interfere directly with the game other than the audio settings when it get's swapped so it shouldn't cause any trouble.

if a bot automatically detects it then contacting human support should resolve the problem easily

[minibois]

4 minutes ago, flashiling said:

if a bot automatically detects it then contacting human support should resolve the problem easily

Seems rather inconvenient to get banned for using scripts irrelevant to the game and then to have to contact support...

So probably safer to turn it off in that game; since I do know some people have talked that some games see AHK as malware.

[flashiling]

1 minute ago, minibois said:

Seems rather inconvenient to get banned for using scripts irrelevant to the game and then to have to contact support...

So probably safer to turn it off in that game; since I do know some people have talked that some games see AHK as malware.

i agree but the automated bot might just detect the script and ban you before checking what the script is.

[haswellgamer]

8 hours ago, minibois said:

You could use AutoHotKey to do such a thing with your already existing keyboard:

https://www.autohotkey.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=31650

 

Just change the key binds to whatever you would like:

^1::SetSound(1)
^2::SetSound(2)
^3::SetSound(3)

That for example would be Ctrl 1, Ctrl 2 and Ctrl 3.

^ = Ctrl, the number behind it is just a number and the double colon (:) is saying 'if that is typed :: do this.

List of key names if you want a different button to call this:

https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/KeyList.htm

 

You could use a device like the Orbweaver for this, or a full secondary keyboard:

But I would probably just bind those shortscuts to Ctrl+Numpad 1/2/3/etc.

Awesome, thank you. I will look into this.