Auto_Align Post Macro by @Owen_Granich_Young
@Owen_Granich_Young
Per our convo on the sound radix forum, could you please post your auto-align post reference track macro, please and thank you!!
- OOwen Granich-Young @Owen_Granich_Young
You bet Jason!
Here's the one for ADR, highlight all the tracks and then press the button and it selects all the even tracks and processes them to the track above them. (Currently Y on my keyboard that's how much I'm using it, lol) This also works for a single pair if you highlight two tracks it will auto align the bottom one to the top one.
const firstAudioSuiteWindow = sf.ui.proTools.firstAudioSuiteWindow; const originalTimelineSeleciton = sf.app.proTools.getTimelineSelection(); function setupAndRestore(callback) { sf.ui.proTools.appActivateMainWindow(); sf.ui.proTools.invalidate(); const videoWindowMenuItem = sf.ui.proTools.getMenuItem('Window', 'Video'); const initialViews = { isVideoWinOpen: videoWindowMenuItem.getString('AXMenuItemMarkChar') === ('-') || videoWindowMenuItem.isMenuChecked, isFloatingWindowsEnabled: sf.ui.proTools.getMenuItem('Window', 'Hide All Floating Windows').isMenuChecked, } const { isVideoWinOpen, isFloatingWindowsEnabled } = initialViews; if (isVideoWinOpen) { sf.ui.proTools.menuClick({ menuPath: ['Window', 'Video'], }); } if (!isFloatingWindowsEnabled) { sf.ui.proTools.menuClick({ menuPath: ['Window', 'Hide All Floating Windows'], }); } try { callback(); } finally { const modifiedViews = { isVideoWinOpen: (videoWindowMenuItem.getString('AXMenuItemMarkChar') === ('-') || videoWindowMenuItem.isMenuChecked) !== initialViews.isVideoWinOpen, isFloatingWindowsEnabled: sf.ui.proTools.getMenuItem('Window', 'Hide All Floating Windows').isMenuChecked !== initialViews.isFloatingWindowsEnabled, } const { isVideoWinOpen, isFloatingWindowsEnabled } = modifiedViews; if (isVideoWinOpen) { sf.ui.proTools.menuClick({ menuPath: ['Window', 'Video'], }); } if (isFloatingWindowsEnabled) { sf.ui.proTools.menuClick({ menuPath: ['Window', 'Hide All Floating Windows'], }); } } } function getPrecedingTrackName() { const tracks = sf.app.proTools.tracks.invalidate().allItems; const visibleTrackNames = tracks.filter(t => !t.isHidden).map(t => t.name); const selectedTrackName = tracks.find(t => !t.isHidden && t.isSelected).name; const selectedTrackIndex = visibleTrackNames.indexOf(selectedTrackName); return visibleTrackNames[selectedTrackIndex - 1]; } function doForAllSelectedTracks(action) { const tracks = sf.app.proTools.tracks.invalidate().allItems; var originallySelectedTrackNames = tracks.filter(t => !t.isHidden && t.isSelected).map(t => t.name); try { originallySelectedTrackNames.forEach(trackName => { sf.app.proTools.selectTracksByName({ trackNames: [trackName] }); action(); }); } finally { sf.app.proTools.selectTracksByName({ trackNames: originallySelectedTrackNames }); } } function autoAlignEachSet() { const selectedTrackName = sf.app.proTools.tracks.invalidate().allItems.find(t => !t.isHidden && t.isSelected); const sideChainButton = firstAudioSuiteWindow.popupButtons.getByTitle("Key Input"); if (sideChainButton.exists && selectedTrackName) { const precedingTrackName = getPrecedingTrackName(); sideChainButton.popupMenuSelect({ menuPath: [precedingTrackName], }); } firstAudioSuiteWindow.audioSuiteRender(); sf.ui.proTools.waitForNoModals(); const { inTime, outTime } = originalTimelineSeleciton; sf.app.proTools.setTimelineSelection({ inTime, outTime, }); } function main() { setupAndRestore(() => { const isAutoAlignPostOpen = sf.ui.proTools.windows.whoseTitle.is("Audio Suite: Auto-Align Post").first.exists const selectedTrackNames = sf.app.proTools.tracks.invalidate().allItems.filter(t => !t.isHidden && t.isSelected).map(t => t.name); const everyOtherTrackNames = selectedTrackNames.filter((_, index) => index % 2 === 1); sf.app.proTools.selectTracksByName({ trackNames: everyOtherTrackNames, selectionMode: "Replace" }); if (isAutoAlignPostOpen) { sf.ui.proTools.windows.whoseTitle.is("Audio Suite: Auto-Align Post").first.elementRaise(); } else { sf.ui.proTools.audioSuiteOpenPlugin({ category: "Other", name: "Auto-Align Post", }); } firstAudioSuiteWindow.audioSuiteSetOptions({ processingInputMode: 'ClipByClip', processingOutputMode: `CreateIndividualFiles`, }); doForAllSelectedTracks(autoAlignEachSet) if (!isAutoAlignPostOpen) { firstAudioSuiteWindow.windowClose({}, `Could not find Audiosuite Window`); } }); } main();
And this one select the tracks you want auto aligned (say a few character's lav mics) and they will all align to the track ABOVE the ones selected. It's a little funky that this one you don't select the guide track as the top most, but I think I'm ok with it.
function getBeforeSelectedTrackName() { const visibleTrackNames = sf.ui.proTools.visibleTrackNames const selectedTrackName = sf.ui.proTools.selectedTrackNames[0] const selectedTrackIndex = visibleTrackNames.indexOf(selectedTrackName) return visibleTrackNames[selectedTrackIndex - 1] } function main() { sf.ui.proTools.appActivateMainWindow(); sf.ui.proTools.invalidate(); const aApostIsOpen = sf.ui.proTools.windows.whoseTitle.is("Audio Suite: Auto-Align Post").first.exists if (aApostIsOpen) { sf.ui.proTools.windows.whoseTitle.is("Audio Suite: Auto-Align Post").first.elementRaise(); } else { sf.ui.proTools.audioSuiteOpenPlugin({ category: "Other", name: "Auto-Align Post", }); } let win = sf.ui.proTools.firstAudioSuiteWindow win.audioSuiteSetOptions({ processingInputMode: 'ClipByClip', processingOutputMode: `CreateIndividualFiles`, }); const selectedTrackName = sf.ui.proTools.selectedTrackNames[0] const sideChainButton = win.popupButtons.allItems[4] if (sideChainButton.exists && selectedTrackName) { sideChainButton.popupMenuSelect({ menuPath: [getBeforeSelectedTrackName()], }); } win.audioSuiteRender(); sf.ui.proTools.waitForNoModals(); if(!aApostIsOpen){ win.windowClose({}, `Could not find Audiosuite Window`); } } main();
Happy Aligning
OwenEDIT UPDATE SCRIPT 1 SDK FIXED up Thanks to @Kitch
- OOwen Granich-Young @Owen_Granich_Young
Searchable option :
function popupTrackSearch() { const getTracks = () => sf.app.proTools.tracks.invalidate().allItems; // Fetch all tracks in the session const allTracks = getTracks(); // Filter for all audio tracks in the session const sessionAudioTracks = allTracks.filter(t => t.type.endsWith("Audio")); // Create popup with track names const keyTrack = sf.interaction.popupSearch({ title: `Key Track`, items: sessionAudioTracks.map(track => ({ name: track.name })), }).item.name; return keyTrack } function main() { sf.ui.proTools.appActivateMainWindow(); sf.ui.proTools.invalidate(); let targetTrack = popupTrackSearch(); const aApostIsOpen = sf.ui.proTools.windows.whoseTitle.is("Audio Suite: Auto-Align Post").first.exists if (aApostIsOpen) { sf.ui.proTools.windows.whoseTitle.is("Audio Suite: Auto-Align Post").first.elementRaise(); } else { sf.ui.proTools.audioSuiteOpenPlugin({ category: "Other", name: "Auto-Align Post", }); } let win = sf.ui.proTools.firstAudioSuiteWindow win.audioSuiteSetOptions({ processingInputMode: 'ClipByClip', processingOutputMode: `CreateIndividualFiles`, }); const selectedTrackName = sf.ui.proTools.selectedTrackNames[0] const sideChainButton = win.popupButtons.allItems[4] if (sideChainButton.exists && selectedTrackName) { sideChainButton.popupMenuSelect({ menuPath: [targetTrack], }); } win.audioSuiteRender(); sf.ui.proTools.waitForNoModals(); if (!aApostIsOpen) { win.windowClose({}, `Could not find Audiosuite Window`); } } main();
Also I've stopped using the 2nd script here and swapped to this one instead, it aligns all material to the top most selected track, which I find more useful especially if the tracks aren't DIRECTLY below the one that they need aligning to.
sf.ui.proTools.appActivateMainWindow(); sf.ui.proTools.invalidate(); ///GET TRACK INFO ALL let trckInfo = sf.app.proTools.tracks.invalidate().allItems.map(m => { let mappedProps = {}; for (let prop in m) { const itemsToSkip = ["Parent", "FriendlyNodeName", "SupportsAutoUpdate"]; if (!itemsToSkip.includes(prop)) { const lowerCasePropName = prop.slice(0, 1).toLowerCase() + prop.slice(1); mappedProps[lowerCasePropName] = m[prop]; } } return mappedProps; }); //// Get Selected Tracks as Name Only String Array let slctdTrcks = trckInfo.filter(track => track.isSelected === true).map(track => track.name) ///deselect top track sf.app.proTools.selectTracksByName({ trackNames: [slctdTrcks[0]], selectionMode: "Subtract" }) ///Check Status of Auto Align const aApostIsOpen = sf.ui.proTools.windows.whoseTitle.is("Audio Suite: Auto-Align Post").first.exists if (aApostIsOpen) { sf.ui.proTools.windows.whoseTitle.is("Audio Suite: Auto-Align Post").first.elementRaise(); } else { sf.ui.proTools.audioSuiteOpenPlugin({ category: "Other", name: "Auto-Align Post", }); } /// Define Auto-Align Window let win = sf.ui.proTools.firstAudioSuiteWindow /// Set Processing Options win.audioSuiteSetOptions({ processingInputMode: 'ClipByClip', processingOutputMode: `CreateIndividualFiles`, }); const sideChainButton = win.popupButtons.allItems[4] /// Set Sidechain to Work Track 1 if It's not set if (sideChainButton.title.value != slctdTrcks[0]) { sideChainButton.popupMenuSelect({ menuPath: [slctdTrcks[0]] }) }; /// Render Auto-Align win.audioSuiteRender(); /// Wait For Render to Finish sf.ui.proTools.waitForNoModals(); /// Re-Close Auto Align if it was Open if (!aApostIsOpen) { win.windowClose({}, `Could not find Audiosuite Window`); }
- JIn reply toJason_Freeman⬆:Jason Freeman @Jason_Freeman
Amazing! Im going to give these a try right now.
- JJason Freeman @Jason_Freeman
OMG! This is EXACTLY what I have been looking for! You just saved me countless amounts of clicking and moving clips around. THANK YOU!
- DIn reply toJason_Freeman⬆:danielkassulke @danielkassulke
@Owen_Granich_Young this code absolutely rips. Thanks!
- OOwen Granich-Young @Owen_Granich_Young
Just cobbled together from @samuel_henriques and @Kitch code. @Brian_Armstrong got me building it in the first place. I’ve actually never owned auto align without it, I can’t imagine using it with out lol. So many clicks.
Bests
Owen
- CIn reply toJason_Freeman⬆:codebrainzero @codebrainzero
Amazing work here. Been using AA for some time now and didn't think it could get better...
- OOwen Granich-Young @Owen_Granich_Young
Thanks @codebrainzero -- here's an alternate (a little slower) approach that adds handles to the material.