Hi everyone,
I’m having a strange issue with the Auto Align Dialogue SoundFlow package (version 1.0.1) by Thomas Pape. It’s a great package, but I’m running into an odd problem.
When I trigger Auto Align (for example, aligning to DX 2) from the SoundFlow/iPhone interface, the dialogue is not aligned correctly. However, when I open the Auto Align Dialogue plug-in directly from AudioSuite in Pro Tools and manually choose Align to DX 2, it sounds correct.
So essentially, the same command works perfectly when executed directly in the AudioSuite plug-in, but not when triggered via the SoundFlow package.
I’m working on a Mac mini M4 Pro, macOS Sequoia 15.3.1, running Pro Tools Ultimate 2025.10.0.
Has anyone experienced something similar or have an idea what might be causing this?
Thanks! 🙂
- Ddanielkassulke @danielkassulke
Yes! Exactly the same problem. I don’t really know whether it is a Soundflow problem though, because I can see that the aligned track is being aligned to the correct reference. Out of curiosity, what do you hear? The audiosuite renders produce a stuttering effect when I use the script, as if there are parts of the render that get repeated somehow.
- TTorsten Larsen @Torsten_Larsen
Oh wow, that sounds wild 🙂 That’s not what’s happening on my end. In my case, it just doesn’t align correctly — I can clearly hear that it’s slightly out of phase. It’s better, but not fully in phase, like it’s choosing the wrong sidechain track.
When I run the plug-in directly from the AudioSuite drop-down menu and align to the exact same track, it works perfectly. It’s very strange. And yes, it might not be a SoundFlow issue, but I honestly don’t know what else to try.
Fortunately, it still works fine the old-fashioned way (from the drop-down menu), but I’d really love to be able to use SoundFlow instead. It could be a Pro Tools or macOS-related issue.
- OOwen Granich-Young @Owen_Granich_Young
When I went to my m4 I ran into this problem with all my autoalign packages, the script is moving too fast so the key track is not being selected correctly. I found a 100ms wait right after key selection solved it for me. 100ms is a negligible wait time you’ll never feel it it and it will very likely fix it right up.
Bests
Owen- Ddanielkassulke @danielkassulke
Weird. I can see the key is being selected when I watch the ultra slow-mo replay if a screen recording. Weirder still is it happened on the same system I had used for ages. Only OS and PT upgrades in that time.
- Ddanielkassulke @danielkassulke
I acknowledge ‘only’ is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that sentence
- OOwen Granich-Young @Owen_Granich_Young
Hahah, well, did the wait solve it or no?
- Ddanielkassulke @danielkassulke
Unfortunately it's not predictable in any way. It's not like there's smeared phase issues throughout, it's isolated spots here and there. So far I can't manually reproduce the issue, but over the course of editing an episode's worth of TV it happens at least 5 or 6 times in certain spots. I'll add it and see...
- In reply toOwen_Granich_Young⬆:TTorsten Larsen @Torsten_Larsen
Hi Owen,
Ahhh, I see — that makes sense. I’m 99% sure that’s the issue. Great! And then… not being a SoundFlow superuser 😬 how do I fix it?
I understand that I need to make a copy and modify the script, but I’m not sure what to change or where to edit it. Is there a tutorial or guide that explains how to do this? 🫣😊- OOwen Granich-Young @Owen_Granich_Young
Quickly DL'ing Thomas Paps Package each script looks like this (this is DX 1)
//Open the plugin and save the plugin window to the "asWin" variable var asWin = sf.ui.proTools.audioSuiteOpenPlugin({ category: 'Other', name: "Auto-Align Post" }).window; //Set processing options asWin.audioSuiteSetOptions({ processingInputMode: "ClipByClip", processingOutputMode: "CreateIndividualFiles" }); //Open sidechain menu and select taack "DX x" sf.ui.proTools.firstAudioSuiteWindow.popupButtons.whoseTitle.is('Key Input').first.popupMenuSelect({ menuPath: ["DX 1"], }); presetMenuPath: ['Gugge'], // Path to folder/setting // Render asWin.audioSuiteRender(); // Close plug-in window asWin.windowClose();right after the line for
sf.ui.proTools.firstAudioSuiteWindow.popupButtons.whoseTitle.is('Key Input').first.popupMenuSelect({ menuPath: ["DX 1"], });you would put the
sf.wait({ intervalMs: 100 })So the new edited script would look like this :
//Open the plugin and save the plugin window to the "asWin" variable var asWin = sf.ui.proTools.audioSuiteOpenPlugin({ category: 'Other', name: "Auto-Align Post" }).window; //Set processing options asWin.audioSuiteSetOptions({ processingInputMode: "ClipByClip", processingOutputMode: "CreateIndividualFiles" }); //Open sidechain menu and select taack "DX x" sf.ui.proTools.firstAudioSuiteWindow.popupButtons.whoseTitle.is('Key Input').first.popupMenuSelect({ menuPath: ["DX 1"], }); sf.wait({ intervalMs: 100 }) presetMenuPath: ['Gugge'], // Path to folder/setting // Render asWin.audioSuiteRender(); // Close plug-in window asWin.windowClose();Bests,
Owen- TTorsten Larsen @Torsten_Larsen
FANTASTIC - Thank you so much👌😊😊
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