Delete muted clips with fades

I was just replying to your FB post when it got deleted!

I did a similar script in AppleScript a couple of years ago, here is a quick SF version of that. It changes the Main Counter to samples first (easy to compare values, so the script can know when its moved outside of the original selection), and uses the control+tab keystroke to go between clips, checking first if the clip selected is within the original selected range, and then removes the clip if it's muted.

Video of it in action:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/78osnhlo6t6jlpf/Screen Recording 2020-06-30 at 03.48.14.mov?dl=0

I just threw this together in the last hour and there are probably many ways this can be improved. For example if there is a muted clip at the exact point the selection starts (if you just use cmd+a to select all clips on the track) the script will miss the first one. Also, since this is using keystrokes and goes pretty fast, you might want to add some safeguards, like duplicating the playlists before the script starts, or adding a pause between tracks so you can cancel/abort, just in case the script fails or does something unexpected. ESPECIALLY if you're doing this in bigger and more complex sessions. This script is working perfectly for me right now in this session but there are always unforeseen problems that come up when you try it out in real world scenarios.

There might also be some SF functions I'm not aware of that could make this simpler (like getting the current Main Counter type), I'm pretty new to SF and JavaScript!

Here's the script:

sf.ui.proTools.appActivateMainWindow()

function getPreviousMainCounter() { // Get Main Counter so we can change it back when we're done
    let menuItems = sf.ui.proTools.getMenuItem('View', 'Main Counter').children.first.children.allItems
    for(let i = 0; i < menuItems.length; i++) {
        let currentMenuItem = menuItems[i]
        if(currentMenuItem.isMenuChecked) {
            return currentMenuItem.title.value
        }
    }
}

function getEditSelectionStart() {
    return Number(sf.ui.proTools.selectionGet().selectionStart)
}
function getEditSelectionEnd() {
    return Number(sf.ui.proTools.selectionGet().selectionEnd)
}

function clearIfMuted() {
    if(sf.ui.proTools.getMenuItem('Edit', 'Unmute Clips').exists) {
    sf.ui.proTools.menuClick({menuPath: ['Edit', 'Clear']})
    // If the muted clip had a fade-in that doesn't get deleted so we go back a step and check if we find a muted clip where the fade-in was
        sf.keyboard.press({keys: "control+option+tab"})
        clearIfMuted()
    }
}

var oldMainCounter = getPreviousMainCounter()
if (oldMainCounter != "Samples") { sf.ui.proTools.mainCounterSetValue({targetValue: "Samples"}) }
var startPosition = getEditSelectionStart()
var endPosition = getEditSelectionEnd()
var selectedTracks = sf.ui.proTools.selectedTrackNames

for(let i = 0; i < selectedTracks.length; i++) {
    let currentTrack = selectedTracks[i]
    let currentPosition = 0
    let previousPosition = 0
    sf.ui.proTools.selectionSetInSamples({selectionStart: startPosition, selectionEnd: endPosition})
    sf.ui.proTools.trackSelectByName({names: [currentTrack], deselectOthers: true})
    let doneWithTrack = false
    while(!doneWithTrack) {
        previousPosition = getEditSelectionStart()
        sf.keyboard.press({keys: "control+tab"})
        currentPosition = getEditSelectionStart()
        if (getEditSelectionEnd() > endPosition || previousPosition === currentPosition) { 
            doneWithTrack = true
        } else {
            clearIfMuted()
        } 
    }
}

if(oldMainCounter != "Samples") { sf.ui.proTools.mainCounterSetValue({targetValue: oldMainCounter })} // Reset the main counter