Hi there,
I am a new user of SoundFlow. I would like to create a single macro that turns on the ALL group in Pro Tools, and simultaneously makes a cut and activates 'select all following' - selecting all regions to the right of the playhead. I've been editing a podcast and this is the operation I have performed most frequently - it's possible with multiple keyboard shortcuts but a bit of a faff.
I discovered a script for toggling the ALL group here: Toggle the ALL Group? but I can't get it to work. I managed to create a new script (despite being very confused by "Please select a custom command package that you want to create your command in."), copied the above linked script into it and saved it, but received no response from Pro Tools. Note that my copy of Pro Tools is responding to other commands, so SoundFlow is successfully talking to it. Can anyone help with this?
Secondly, 'select all following' is a keyboard shortcut only - Cmd Shift Enter - it doesn't exist in the Pro Tools menus. How do I map a macro to a command that doesn't exist in the menus?
Thanks,
Julian
Nathan Salefski @nathansalefskiThis should work for you. Packages are essentially containers for macros and scripts. I suggest making one, and naming it your initials plus DAWs name. That is where you can store all your macros and scripts -- both made by you and others. This should solve your issue though.
sf.ui.proTools.appActivate(); sf.ui.proTools.mainWindow.invalidate(); //Define All Group const groupsView = sf.ui.proTools.mainWindow.groupListView const groupNames = groupsView.children.whoseRole.is("AXColumn").whoseTitle.is("Name ").first const allGroup = groupNames.children.whoseRole.is("AXRow").first.children.whoseRole.is("AXCell").allItems[1] function selectAllFollowing() { //Extend Edit to All Tracks sf.ui.proTools.menuClick({ menuPath: ["Edit", "Selection", "Extend Edit Down"], }); //Cut sf.ui.proTools.menuClick({ menuPath: ["Edit", "Cut"], }); //Select All Following sf.keyboard.press({ keys: "cmd+shift+enter",}); //sf.keyboard.press({ keys: "alt+shift+return",}); //FOR MAC } function main() { //Toggle All Group allGroup.elementClick(); // selectAllFollowing(); //Toggle All Group allGroup.elementClick(); } main();- JJulian Corrie @Julian_Corrie
Thanks so much! Pro Tools is responding to this but it's not quite working how I want - however the syntax looks easy enough to parse so I'll have a play around with it and if I get it how I want it I'll post it back here
Nathan Salefski @nathansalefskiFor sure. What exactly isn't working how you'd like? I can adjust it for you
- JJulian Corrie @Julian_Corrie
Thanks Nathan. Firstly I'd told you the wrong keyboard shortcut for 'select all following', it's actually alt shift enter as mentioned in the comment, sorry about that!
Then 'extend edit down' scrolls Pro Tools to the bottom track, which is unhelpful as I'm often editing w.r.t a dialogue track at the top of the edit.
Finally I realised I needed to force a mouse click at current position to get it to work. Here is my solution:sf.ui.proTools.appActivate(); sf.ui.proTools.mainWindow.invalidate(); //Define All Group const groupsView = sf.ui.proTools.mainWindow.groupListView const groupNames = groupsView.children.whoseRole.is("AXColumn").whoseTitle.is("Name ").first const allGroup = groupNames.children.whoseRole.is("AXRow").first.children.whoseRole.is("AXCell").allItems[1] //Define mouse click position const mousePos = sf.mouse.getPosition().position; function main() { //Toggle All Group allGroup.elementClick(); //Click The Mouse sf.mouse.click({ position: mousePos,}); //Cut sf.keyboard.press({keys: "cmd+e",}); //Select All Following sf.keyboard.press({ keys: "alt+shift+enter",}); //sf.keyboard.press({ keys: "alt+shift+return",}); //FOR MAC //Toggle All Group allGroup.elementClick(); } main();- Nathan Salefski @nathansalefski
Oh I see, you said perform a cut which I interpreted differently than separating the clips. Just curious, why not group the podcast tracks into an Edit Group rather than toggling on an off the all group? It wouldn't rely on mouse that way and would be much simpler.
//Separate Clip at Selection sf.ui.proTools.menuClick({ menuPath: ["Edit", "Separate Clip", "At Selection"], }); //Select All Following sf.keyboard.press({ keys: "alt+shift+return",});