Insert Plugin in first available empty slot

Hey @chrscheuer,

I just wanted to know if this is possible - basically I want to cycle through each plugin, opening the plugin window, wait, press a shortcut, close the plugin window and then move on to the next plugin on the next selected track. I'm guessing this will be in a for loop for the number of selected tracks, something like:

sf.ui.proTools.selectedTrack.trackInsertToggleShow(); sf.wait({ intervalMs: 2000, }); sf.keyboard.press({ keys: 'shift+ctrl+alt+cmd+t' }); sf.ui.proTools.selectedTrack.trackInsertToggleShow();

Also inserting the plugins seems to be dependant on track height - as in if the track height is 'mini' or 'micro' the plugin won't get inserted, but small or bigger seems fine. Is that intentional?

As ever, thanks in advance!

Hi Mike.

Try this instead:

const track = sf.ui.proTools.trackGetByName({ name: 'RX' }).track;

function getFirstFreeInsertIndex() {
    var btns = track.insertButtons;
    for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++)
        if (btns[i].value.invalidate().value === "unassigned") return i;
    return -1;
}

track.trackInsertOrSendSelect({
    insertOrSend: 'Insert',
    pluginNumber: getFirstFreeInsertIndex() + 1,
    pluginPath: ['multichannel plug-in', 'Noise Reduction', 'RX 7 Monitor (stereo)']
});

Yes I think you're right, it would be good and more robust if the script selected Melodyne regardless of whether or not you were working on a DSP system or a non-DSP system, or if you had a mono or multichannel track selected. How can I interrogate the first level of the plugin path? With a series of 'if' statements?

Did you guys ever go any further on this? I'd love to see an example of the version that can deal with all the different variations of the plugin menu.

I've done a simple mono/stereo version using error handling, but to make this handle the 9 possibilities would make it quite messy. It also opens the menu each time it's checking so if you got to the ninth possibility that would be a LOT of menu flashing. Is there a way to read the text of the popup menu to determine the correct version of the command to use?

sf.ui.proTools.selectedTrack.trackInsertOrSendSelect({
    insertOrSend: "Insert",
    pluginNumber: 1,
    pluginPath: ["plug-in","EQ","EQ3 7-Band (mono)"],
}, function(notMonoTrack) {
sf.ui.proTools.selectedTrack.trackInsertOrSendSelect({
    insertOrSend: "Insert",
    pluginNumber: 1,
    pluginPath: ["multichannel plug-in","EQ","EQ3 7-Band (stereo)"],
})});

Thanks for the screenshot!