{"id":603,"date":"2015-01-24T20:25:50","date_gmt":"2015-01-24T14:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/promincproductions.com\/blog\/?p=603"},"modified":"2015-01-24T09:25:38","modified_gmt":"2015-01-24T03:25:38","slug":"autohotkey-volume-controls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/promincproductions.com\/blog\/autohotkey-volume-controls\/","title":{"rendered":"AutoHotkey Volume Controls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you haven&#8217;t use AutoHotkey, you&#8217;re missing out!<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t use it for much (yet), but it certainly can be a life saver to make basic functions so much easier.<\/p>\n<p>My keyboard doesn&#8217;t have volume control buttons &#8211; so using AutoHotkey I was able to add my own keyboard shortcuts that create this functionality for me. \u00a0I used specific keys, but you can configure your setup however you&#8217;d like &#8211; change the keys and such. \u00a0You can find the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autohotkey.com\/docs\/KeyList.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"278\">list of key names for AutoHotkey here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_605\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-605\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/promincproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/AutoHotkey-Volume-Controls.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-605\" data-lasso-id=\"279\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-EGp9YMJo\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-605\" src=\"https:\/\/promincproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/AutoHotkey-Volume-Controls-500x228.jpg\" alt=\"Use a standard keyboard to control the volume level on your PC with Auto HotKey\" width=\"500\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/promincproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/AutoHotkey-Volume-Controls-500x228.jpg 500w, https:\/\/promincproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/AutoHotkey-Volume-Controls-150x69.jpg 150w, https:\/\/promincproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/AutoHotkey-Volume-Controls.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-605\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Set any keystroke combination to use as volume controls on a standard keyboard. My keyboard doesn&#8217;t have media control buttons, but these simple Auto Hotkey commands makes it work just great!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>AutoHotkey Volume Control Codes<\/h2>\n<pre><code>^NumpadSub::Volume_Down\r\n^NumpadAdd::Volume_Up\r\n^NumpadMult::Volume_Mute<\/code><\/pre>\n<h2>AutoHotkey Volume Controls<\/h2>\n<p>Once you&#8217;ve added the above script and restarted AutoHotkey, now using the following commands will adjust your volume accordingly:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Increase the volume<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Ctrl + Number Pad +<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Increase the volume<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Ctrl + Number Pad &#8211;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mute<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Ctrl + Number Pad\u00a0*<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you haven&#8217;t use AutoHotkey, you&#8217;re missing out! 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