Move clip to specified track - if partial or full overwrite move to next track

Manne Kjellander asked on FB if this can be done using playlists. It can.

This script works (all playlists need to be visible - the track needs to be in playlist view):

function cutButRememberSelection() {

    sf.ui.proTools.mainCounterDoWithValue({
        targetValue: 'Samples',
        action: () => {
            //Get original selection
            var originalSelection = sf.ui.proTools.selectionGetInSamples();

            var editCut = sf.ui.proTools.getMenuItem('Edit', 'Cut');
            if (!editCut.isEnabled) throw 'No clip selected';
            editCut.elementClick({}, 'Could not cut clip');

            sf.ui.proTools.selectionSetInSamples({
                selectionStart: originalSelection.selectionStart,
                selectionEnd: originalSelection.selectionEnd,
            });
        }
    });

}

function selectionOverlapsWithExistingClip() {
    return sf.ui.proTools.getMenuItem("Edit", "Trim Clip", "To Selection").exists;
}

function moveToNextFreePlaylist() {
    var originalTrackName = sf.ui.proTools.selectedTrackNames[0];

    var trackNameRoot = originalTrackName.match(/^(.*?)(\.\d+)?$/)[1];
    var matchingPlaylists = sf.ui.proTools.visibleTrackHeaders.filter(n => n.normalizedTrackName !== originalTrackName && n.normalizedTrackName.indexOf(trackNameRoot) === 0);
    //log('matchingPlaylists: ' + JSON.stringify(matchingPlaylistNames.map(p => p.normalizedTrackName)));

    cutButRememberSelection();

    var success = false;
    for (var i = 0; i < matchingPlaylists.length; i++) {
        //Go to next track, update menu
        sf.keyboard.press({ keys: 'semicolon,cmd+shift+numpad plus,cmd+shift+numpad minus' });
        if (selectionOverlapsWithExistingClip())
            continue;

        var editPaste = sf.ui.proTools.getMenuItem('Edit', 'Paste');
        if (!editPaste.isEnabled) throw 'Cannot paste here';
        editPaste.elementClick({}, 'Could not paste clip');
        success = true;
        break;
    }

    sf.ui.proTools.trackSelectByName({
        names: [originalTrackName],
        deselectOthers: true,
    });

    if (!success) {
        sf.ui.proTools.getMenuItem('Edit', 'Undo Cut').elementClick();
        sf.wait({ intervalMs: 400 });
        sf.keyboard.press({ keys: 'ctrl+backslash' });
        var win = sf.ui.proTools.windows.whoseTitle.isNullOrEmpty.first.elementWaitFor().element;
        win.buttons.whoseTitle.is('OK').first.elementClick();
        win.elementWaitFor({ waitForNoElement: true });
    }
}

moveToNextFreePlaylist();

It would be amazing if we could make a variation of this so that BEFORE You hit RENDER on an Audiosuite function, it will put a safety copy of the unprocessed clip onto an underlying playlist.....

Is that a possible variation? If so I would add it to every function I have that does an Audiosuite Render

This is great, but it only works for me on mono tracks, if I want to use stereo tracks it says: Cannot paste here
(Move to FX dumptracks Stereo EG line 47)
Any Idea how to fix this?

Did anyone ever get this working with 5.1 tracks?

Thanks !

So with the help of AI I've been playing with this and got it to duplicate the last track if there are no more, but once it duplicates, it no longer iterates through the newest track and continues. Example, if there's no 9, it makes it, but next time it needs to duplicate a track it again stops at 8 and tries to create 9.

Further work on this to make it able to distinguish between a mono and stereo track would be amazing. Here's the code

function duplicateLastMoveToTrack(trackNames) {
  var lastTrackName = trackNames[trackNames.length - 1];
  var lastTrackNumber = parseInt(lastTrackName.split(" ")[1]);
  var duplicatedTrackNumber = lastTrackNumber + 1;
  var duplicatedTrackName = "Dio " + duplicatedTrackNumber;

  var originalTrackName = sf.ui.proTools.selectedTrackNames[0];

  sf.ui.proTools.trackDuplicateSelected({
    duplicateActivePlaylist: false,
    duplicateAlternatePlaylists: false,
    duplicateAutomation: false,
    duplicateGroupAssignments: true,
    duplicateInserts: true,
    duplicateSends: true,
    insertAfterLastSelectedTrack: true,
    numberOfDuplicates: 1,
  });

  sf.ui.proTools.trackSelectByName({
    names: [originalTrackName],
    deselectOthers: false,
  });

  sf.ui.proTools.selectedTrack.trackBulkRenameNumerical();

  trackNames.push(duplicatedTrackName);
}

Taking a step back, I'm trying to have this duplicate the track and paste, and know there's a new track created the next time it's run. I've gotten the array figured out for that, but now when it renames the track, it also selects the last track in the session and attempts to rename them both. Can't figure out what I'm missing on it, need some new eyes, any ideas?

Once this is figured out, I plan to drop this into the mono/stereo logic in my last script.

///Track name list
var prefix = "Dio";
var trackNames = sf.ui.proTools.trackNames;
var trackCount = 0;

for (var i = 0; i < trackNames.length; i++) {
  var trackName = trackNames[i];
  if (trackName.startsWith(prefix)) {
    var trackNumber = parseInt(trackName.split(" ")[1]);
    if (!isNaN(trackNumber)) {
      trackCount = Math.max(trackCount, trackNumber);
    }
  }
}

// trackCount will now hold the maximum track number found in the existing track names


function cutButRememberSelection() {
  sf.ui.proTools.mainCounterDoWithValue({
    targetValue: 'Samples',
    action: () => {
      // Get original selection
      var originalSelection = sf.ui.proTools.selectionGetInSamples();

      var editCut = sf.ui.proTools.getMenuItem('Edit', 'Cut');
      if (!editCut.isEnabled) throw 'No clip selected';
      editCut.elementClick({}, 'Could not cut clip');

      sf.ui.proTools.selectionSetInSamples({
        selectionStart: originalSelection.selectionStart,
        selectionEnd: originalSelection.selectionEnd,
      });
    }
  });
}

function selectionOverlapsWithExistingClip() {
  return sf.ui.proTools.getMenuItem("Edit", "Trim Clip", "To Selection").exists;
}

function duplicateLastMoveToTrack() {
  var lastTrackName = trackNames[trackNames.length - 1];
  var lastTrackNumber = parseInt(lastTrackName.split(" ")[1]);
  var duplicatedTrackNumber = lastTrackNumber + 1;
  var duplicatedTrackName = prefix + " " + duplicatedTrackNumber;

  sf.ui.proTools.trackDuplicateSelected({
    duplicateActivePlaylist: false,
    duplicateAlternatePlaylists: false,
    duplicateAutomation: false,
    duplicateGroupAssignments: true,
    duplicateInserts: true,
    duplicateSends: true,
    insertAfterLastSelectedTrack: true,
    numberOfDuplicates: 1,
  });

  sf.ui.proTools.trackSelectByName({
    names: [lastTrackName],
    deselectOthers: false,
  });

  sf.ui.proTools.selectedTrack.trackBulkRenameNumerical();

  trackNames.push(duplicatedTrackName);
  trackCount++; // Increment the trackCount variable
}

function continueMoveToTracks(originalTrackName, success) {
  var trackName = prefix + " " + trackCount;

  sf.ui.proTools.trackSelectByName({
    names: [trackName],
    deselectOthers: true,
  });

  var editPaste = sf.ui.proTools.getMenuItem("Edit", "Paste");
  editPaste.elementClick({}, "Could not paste clip");
  success = true;

  sf.ui.proTools.trackSelectByName({
    names: [originalTrackName],
    deselectOthers: true,
  });

  if (!success) {
    sf.ui.proTools.getMenuItem("Edit", "Undo Cut").elementClick();
  }
}

function moveToTracks() {
  var originalTrackName = sf.ui.proTools.selectedTrackNames[0];

  cutButRememberSelection();

  var success = false;
  var currentTrackIndex = 0;
  while (currentTrackIndex < trackCount) {
    var trackName = prefix + " " + (currentTrackIndex + 1);

    sf.ui.proTools.trackSelectByName({
      names: [trackName],
      deselectOthers: true,
    });

    // Update menu
    sf.keyboard.press({ keys: "cmd+shift+numpad plus,cmd+shift+numpad minus" });
    if (selectionOverlapsWithExistingClip()) {
      if (currentTrackIndex === trackCount - 1) {
        duplicateLastMoveToTrack();
        currentTrackIndex = trackCount - 1; // Update the current track index
        continue;
      } else {
        currentTrackIndex++;
        continue;
      }
    }

    var editPaste = sf.ui.proTools.getMenuItem("Edit", "Paste");
    editPaste.elementClick({}, "Could not paste clip");
    success = true;
    currentTrackIndex++;
    break;
  }

  sf.ui.proTools.trackSelectByName({
    names: [originalTrackName],
    deselectOthers: true,
  });

  if (!success) {
    sf.ui.proTools.getMenuItem("Edit", "Undo Cut").elementClick();
  }
}

moveToTracks();


sf.ui.proTools.mainWindow.invalidate();

Hi all, been loving trying out SF these past few days.

I do work in prepping sessions for Dx editors, and I think this script is nearly what I need... But I have one last question.

Is there any conceivable way that I can select multiple clips on separate tracks and then have this script cascade them to my bank of XX tracks?? This would be a massive timesaver and would make this software worth it alone just for this functionality.

Thanks in advance!
Alex