Expanded Action Triggers

[dshriver31]

Actions are great, but I want to be able to trigger them from other events. Right now I can fire an action from a softkey or through the menu. However, I would like to be able to trigger an action from other things. My first use would be to fire an action if signal dropped below a threshhold on an IP. This would let me create a heartbeat signal from my tracks playback and waves server. If the heartbeat goes away an action could fire to bypass Waves insert or switch to a backup tracks playback.

[MixedToMax]

I love this idea, personally I would not have a use for this but the general idea of expanded action triggers is great!

I found another post like your idea here which already has 13 votes i believe:

Action Triggers

I’d like to suggest adding more ways to trigger actions. I realize this could be a programmer’s nightmare, but as a user here are some ways I would love to use it! Currently actions can be recalled by soft key or in the actions tab (am I missing any?). Soft keys run out FAST. And who wants to change screens, it defeats the purpose of a quick-action. So… Many of these would benefit from an AND/OR option as well, especially where you want the action to trigger if any of a set of channels meet th…

I think it would be best to vote for this one so that we can increase the chances on this being seen! Please do add your idea to this one too tho! I think a large variety of triggers would be great to have on the surface.