I added a script which works when I run it from Automator. It's the script in this post: How to fade out/in in iTunes?.
But I cannot get any keyboard shortcuts to trigger it. In iTunes, when I hit the assigned keyboard shortcut for it, I just hear the "thud" sound I associate with an inappropriate keystroke. (I've tried setting parameters in Automator: "Service receives selected [text/no input]" and "in [any application/iTunes]" and more… No dice.)
Thanks for any light!
Best Answer
Just to cover all bases, I thought I would go through the process you would need to go through in order for this to work. That way you can just do it from scratch and hopefully correct wherever you've gone wrong (or, if it still doesn't work, at least eliminate an error on your behalf as the cause).
In summary you will need to use:
Below are the steps involved for each.
1. Create a service using Automator
Now to the next step.
2. Creating your shortcut
Now you should be able to do two things:
1. Run the service from any application by going to the Services list within any Application menu (e.g. Finder > Services, Safari > Services, Mail > Services, etc) and select the service you just created. If iTunes is running, the service will fade iTunes in/out
2. Use the keyboard shortcut to run the service.
NOTE: I am aware that for some users keyboard shortcuts do not seem to work even though they've been assigned to a service. This is a whole other topic, but if this happens in your case, at least you can run the service from within any application you're using.
Let me know how you go.