Keyboard controls problem

I recently got a Mac for the basically incredible accessibility it gives me, as I am blind. I am pretty familiar with iTunes, but am getting frustrated by two points. Considering I can use iTunes as much as any sighted person, I find the little independence and freedom this gives me really helpful.
So w can anyone tell me if there is any way for me to create a new playlist and then add files to it as I please. I can make an album into a playlist and burn it. But this doesn't help much.
So anyone found a way to get round this?
I have near 5000 songs so cant really trawl through the lot to select the few I want on the playlist to create from the selection.
Thanks.

If you don't want to trawl through your library, how else can you select stuff to put into a playlist?
Perhaps you are looking for a Smart Playlist where stuff can be added automatically according to rules you set up in the playlist?
Patrick

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I am using Dreamweaver 8 to build a web site to display some
interactive art work I made in Flash 8. I used Fireworks 8 to build
a navBar with popups and got that working OK with Dreamweaver, but
the popups would not show in front of my Flash art work (Active
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> Is there a way to make everything work? If I went to a
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> like Project 7, would that solve all 3 problems? Thanks.
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I created a presentation in Flash. And I embedded the following keyboard control scripts so that I can pause the slide by pressing "Spacebar" and play it again by pressing "Enter".
keyListener = new Object();
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keyListener.onKeyUp = function() {
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stop();
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2. the play and pause buttons at the right bottom is not functional in the 1st and 2nd slide
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Topic : Alesis Master Control Problem (to previous post unanswered fixed)

Topic : Alesis Master Control Problem to the original post user: Garrud
Me:111984cz i have an answer to ur problem.i too had the same problem with cubase 5 ,Nuendo 4 and any of Steinberg softwares with the alesis master-control studio interface. i hope u run into this to learn my fix.
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Original post:
I've installed the MasterControl driver as instructed and followed the logic set up instructions provided with the MC and all that seems to happen is the Controller acts as a midi keyboard playing different notes rather than the intended function.
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However, I have had nothing but issues with the Alesis Mastercontrol since it arrived last week. I purchased mine second-hand as a replacement to a Fire-Wire / Analogue mixer made by Mackie (Onyx 1220). A fantastic amp, but not a control surface.
I decided I wanted an all rounder, plus something I could place in-front of my iMac so I could work on the fly.
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2) 1 x Rode microphone in Ch1
3) 1 x Rode microphone in Ch2
4) Peavey guitar in Ch3
I use Logic Studio Pro 8.
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I then ran into a series of issues that are frustrating me.
I cannot get the microphones to mute properly (I would also complain about the poorly position gain dials at the back of the unit for the microphones. So poor indeed that I have purchased an Art mic preamp to slap into the back (not arrived yet) and by-pass the rear controls).
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Hi(Bonjour)!
Everyone know the problem of losy keyboard layout when Final Cut is used with foreight language keyboard. We loose the COMMAND-Q shorcut.
As PieroF suggested in many posts in final cut express forum, there is a workaround:
"+I just installed Leopard and I ran into this keyboard shortcut problem.+
+I can confirm that:+
+a. the problem exists also with the Italian keyboard (in addition to other languages, as pointed by other posters)+
+b. the workaround I described in my previous answer works fine :+
+- close FCE (if open)+
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+- drag English to the first place on top of the other languages+
+- drag your own language (Italian in my case) again on top of English (at the end the window will show the same original settings, but something happened in the heart of Leopard...)+
+- close System Preferences+
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+It's a workaround, it's not convenient (I'd better have this bug fixed), but apparently you have to apply it only once for each system startup.+
Piero "
As stated by Piero, you have to follow this procedure after each computer startup.
I found a way to restore the COMMAND-Q shortcut with the keyboard and mouse system pref panel.
Simply add Final Cut application and add a +custom shotcut+. Be careful to type exactly the "Quit Final Cut Express" menu.
This solution allows to restart the computer.
It's work with Final Cut Express and Final Cut Pro under Leopard 10.5.4.
Michel Boissonneault

Hi Michel,
I like your suggestion because the keyboard shortcuts defined in the system preferences do not require redefinition at each startup. So in theory we could define all missing/wrong shortcuts this way, and not only the cmd-Q as you suggested. Boring, but we could do it once for all.
The only problem is that I don't know how to define shortcuts for submenus, for example "Render Selection/Both": it seems system preferences allows only to define shortcuts for the menu ("Render Selection" - in this case absolutely useless) but not for the submenu.
Do you know a way ? (I looked in the help, which didn't... help).
Piero

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