Using Soundfow and Streamdeck to record arm tracks in Pro Tools?

2021-06-22 13:24:51.857Z

Hi All

My scripting skills are rubbish but I was wondering if someone could help me with something please? I wonder is it possible to record arm tracks in pro tools using soundflow and a stream? I have 10 tracks that are always labeled the same in each session that are being fed from a multi out sampler and I want to be able to press a button on the stream deck to arm each one individually. I have pro tools set up to drop the previously armed track out of record when a new one is armed. This would really speed up my workflow if anyone could help or point me in the right direction!

Thanks

Garret

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samuel henriques @samuel_henriques
2021-06-22 14:08:01.213Z
Hello @garret_farrell,

Just make 10 scripts each with this code and change the track name.

const trackName = "Track 1" sf.ui.proTools.trackGetByName({ name: trackName }).track.buttons.whoseTitle.is("Track Record Enable").first.elementClick();

Alternatively you could make a template.
Christian explains very well how it's done here.
https://www.facebook.com/soundflow.org/videos/soundflow-41-webinar-templates-presets/633065107406660/

Let me know if you get stuck
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1. G garret farrell @garret_farrell
  2021-06-22 17:44:13.347Z
  Wow Thank you so much Samuel! I will try this method and check also out the video about templates.
  
  Thank you again!
  
  Garret
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  samuel henriques @samuel_henriques
  2021-06-23 09:56:13.673Z
  I completely forgot, Christian made a deck that looks perfect for this. It was 5 tracks, but he made a 10 track version:
  Track Control Deck 10x3
  
  Check it out in the store.
  
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Andrew Downes @Andrew_Downes

2021-06-23 04:09:12.536Z

Hi There
This is the way I have done it for specific tracks, I used wildcards so the tracks can have version numbers which are ignored by the script.


    function matchWildcard(str, rule) {
        var escapeRegex = (str) => str.replace(/([.*+?^=!:${}()|\[\]\/\\])/g, "\\$1");
        return new RegExp("^" + rule.split("*").map(escapeRegex).join(".*") + "$", "i").test(str);
    }

    var allNames = sf.ui.proTools.trackNames;

    var namesToSelect = allNames.filter(n => trackNames.some(tn => matchWildcard(n, tn)));

    sf.ui.proTools.trackSelectByName({
        names: namesToSelect,
        deselectOthers: true,
    });
}

selectTracksByNameWithWildcard([
    '*Mix*',
    'EMT*',
    'SPX 990*',
    'Aphex Type B*',
    'SDE 2500*',
    'Sony D7*',
]);

sf.keyboard.press({
    keys: "shift+r",
});

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Chris Shaw @Chris_Shaw
SoundFlow Ambassador
2021-06-24 15:47:48.172Z
You may also want to check out the paid app - Pro Tools Track Control Deck - which allows you to arm, solo, mute, and turn on a track's input. It has a 10 track template.
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garret farrell @garret_farrell
2021-07-03 10:58:23.749Z
I just wanted to thank everyone on this thread for their input. I only yesterday had a chance to jump back into this. I went with Samuel's script and it worked really well! I did try to make a template of it but I was unable to get it to recognise different tracks.(again just out of my skillset). But just making new scripts for each track worked really well and I now have all my tracks dropping in and out of record!
The other suggestions all look fantastic as well.
Thank you all very much!
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