How to create incremental bounce regions

Hello Daniel,

From what I understood, I'm thinking two scripts would be good here.
One script to create the memory locations with increment number.
Create Selection Memory Locations(auto name):

function getNextTakeName() {

    const currentTakes = sf.ui.proTools.memoryLocationsWindow.tables.whoseTitle.is("Memory Locations").first.invalidate().children.whoseRole.is("AXRow").map(l => ({
        number: l.children.whoseRole.is("AXCell").allItems[0].children.whoseRole.is("AXStaticText").first.title.value.replace("Selected. ", ""),
        name: l.children.whoseRole.is("AXCell").allItems[1].children.whoseRole.is("AXStaticText").first.title.value.replace("Selected. ", ""),
        nameElement: l.children.whoseRole.is("AXCell").allItems[1].children.whoseRole.is("AXStaticText").first
    })).filter(ml => ml.name.match(/T\d+/))


    if (currentTakes.length === 0) return "T01"

    let lastTake = Math.max(...currentTakes.map(ml => (+ml.name.split("T")[1].replace(" BNC", ""))))


    // return T & increment
    return "T" + (lastTake < 9 ? "0" + ++lastTake : ++lastTake)
};



function newMemoryLocation({ type, name }) {

    sf.keyboard.press({ keys: "numpad enter" });


    const memLocWin = sf.ui.proTools.newMemoryLocationDialog.elementWaitFor().element


    //Set new name
    memLocWin.textFields.allItems[1].elementSetTextFieldWithAreaValue({ value: name });

    if (type === "marker") {

        // Set selection
        memLocWin.radioButtons.whoseTitle.is("Marker").first.checkboxSet({ targetValue: "Enable" })

    } else if (type === "selection") {
        // Set selection
        memLocWin.radioButtons.whoseTitle.is("Selection").first.checkboxSet({ targetValue: "Enable" })

    }




    memLocWin.buttons.whoseTitle.is("OK").first.elementClick();
    memLocWin.elementWaitFor({ waitType: "Disappear" })
};



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


sf.ui.proTools.memoryLocationsEnsureWindow({
    action: () => {

        sf.ui.proTools.clipDoForEachSelectedClip({
            action: () => {

                const nextName = getNextTakeName();

                newMemoryLocation({ type: "marker", name: nextName });
                newMemoryLocation({ type: "selection", name: (nextName + " BNC") });
            }
        })
    },
    restoreWindowOpenState: true
});

Then, once all the selections have been created, you run a script to bounce them all.

As it is, it will first ask for a song name, the name will be used to all the takes and is formatting the bounce file name as "Song Name T01" for the first take, then increment.
Then you'll get a list of all the takes on the session, and you can choose as many as you want.
Then you'll get to the bounce mix window.
It will stop on the bounce mix dialog so you can set your settings, we can talk later about how to automate this as well. Once you press bounce, the script will want for it to finish, select the next take from the list you chose and bounce that one, stoping again so you can set your settings.

Test it out and let me know how it goes;

function getMemLocTakes() {

    return sf.ui.proTools.memoryLocationsWindow.tables.whoseTitle.is("Memory Locations").first.children.whoseRole.is("AXRow").map(l => ({
        number: l.children.whoseRole.is("AXCell").allItems[0].children.whoseRole.is("AXStaticText").first.title.value.replace("Selected. ", ""),
        name: l.children.whoseRole.is("AXCell").allItems[1].children.whoseRole.is("AXStaticText").first.title.value.replace("Selected. ", ""),
        type: l.children.whoseRole.is("AXCell").allItems[3].children.whoseRole.is("AXStaticText").first.title.value,
        nameElement: l.children.whoseRole.is("AXCell").allItems[1].children.whoseRole.is("AXStaticText").first
    })).filter(ml => ml.name.match(/T\d+/) && ml.type === "Selection")
};


function bounce(fileName) {

    sf.ui.proTools.menuClick({ menuPath: ["File", "Bounce Mix..."] });

    const bounceMixWin = sf.ui.proTools.windows.whoseTitle.is("Bounce Mix").first.elementWaitFor({}, 'Could not find Bounce Mix Win').element

    bounceMixWin.textFields.first.elementSetTextFieldWithAreaValue({ value: fileName.trim() })

    bounceMixWin.elementWaitFor({ waitType: "Disappear", timeout: -1 });

    //Wait for bounce to finish
    sf.ui.proTools.confirmationDialog.elementWaitFor({ waitType: 'Disappear', timeout: -1 }); //-1 is endless timeout (cancel by Ctrl+Shift+Esc)


};


function setSongName(name) {
    typeof name == "string" ? name : name = ""

    return sf.interaction.displayDialog({
        defaultAnswer: name || "",
        buttons: ["Cancel", "Bounce!"],
        defaultButton: "Bounce!",
        cancelButton: "Cancel",
        title: "Song Name",
        prompt: "Type the Song Name"
    });

};


function bounceTakes(songName) {

    const takes = getMemLocTakes()

    const takeNames = takes.map(el => el.name)

    const takesToBonce = sf.interaction.selectFromList({
        prompt: "Choose Masters to Commit:",
        title: "Available Masters",
        defaultItems: takeNames,
        items: takeNames,
        allowMultipleSelections: true,
        onCancel: "Continue",

    }).list

    takesToBonce.forEach(take => {

        const takeMemLoc = takes.filter(t => t.name === take)[0]

        sf.ui.proTools.memoryLocationsGoto({ memoryLocationNumber: +takeMemLoc.number })

        bounce(songName + " " + takeMemLoc.name)

    })

};


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

sf.ui.proTools.memoryLocationsShowWindow()

const songNameDlg = setSongName(globalState.songNameBackBouceMarkers)
globalState.songNameBackBouceMarkers = songNameDlg.text


bounceTakes(songNameDlg.text)

Hey Samuel,

Thanks so much! This is a really promising start, and already an amazing time saver. Note I've only tested the "create marker selection" script so far, but I wonder if there is one extra tweak that could be made: The markers are either dropped as a pseudo-selection cursor location or a normal selection, depending on whether you've selected the clip or have the playhead beside the clip. I wonder if the functionality of the "Do all to each selected clip" could actually automate that process of selecting clips, as seen in the video below?

Really impressed, Samuel!

You are a genius! This is a massive game-changer. Song name is tricky because in a session like this, typically there'll be multiple in one session. Typically I'd just extract the song names from the marker locations (e.g. T01, T02, T03), rather than naming each individual bounce. The bounced file name would be just be "T01", etc. It only needs to be simple for the editing process!

Do you think it would be possible to automate the above to all selected clips in a timeline?

Hi @samuel_henriques - I have just noticed that this script goes awry - presumably due to switching over to PT 2022.12. The script is failing at line 57 - I'm wondering if the nomenclature of doForEachSelectedClip has changed in the back end? The script now fails after executing the code on only the first clip.

I have found this slight modification to @samuel_henriques' script really great to label sessions. The way I use it is with a streamdeck loaded with marker presets, i.e. intro, verse 1, pre-chorus, and drop these marker presets during a session. Handy for film+TV session spotting, and great for labeling takes if you're recording across the timeline rather than using playlists. The marker name incorporates the marker number as a string. For anyone who uses the numpad to navigate around the session, having the marker number included in the marker name it saves you from needing to have the memory location window kept open.

// Returns the name of the next memory location with an incremented number and a suffix.
function getNextTakeName() {
    // Define the suffix you want to add to the marker name.
    const suffix = " YOUR MARKER"; // Replace " YOUR MARKER" with the desired suffix

    // Get a list of memory locations and their properties from Pro Tools.
    const currentTakes = sf.ui.proTools.memoryLocationsWindow.tables
        .whoseTitle.is("Memory Locations")
        .first.invalidate()
        .children.whoseRole.is("AXRow")
        .map(l => ({
            number: l.children.whoseRole.is("AXCell").allItems[0].children.whoseRole.is("AXStaticText").first.title.value.replace("Selected. ", ""),
            name: l.children.whoseRole.is("AXCell").allItems[1].children.whoseRole.is("AXStaticText").first.title.value.replace("Selected. ", ""),
            nameElement: l.children.whoseRole.is("AXCell").allItems[1].children.whoseRole.is("AXStaticText").first
        }));

    // Extract marker numbers from the memory locations list.
    const markerNumbers = currentTakes.map(take => parseInt(take.number, 10));

    // If there are no markers, return the first marker number with the suffix.
    if (markerNumbers.length === 0) {
        return "1." + suffix;
    }

    // Calculate the next marker number.
    const nextMarkerNumber = Math.max(...markerNumbers) + 1;

    // Return the next marker number with the suffix.
    return nextMarkerNumber + "." + suffix;
}

function newMemoryLocation({ type, name }) {

    sf.keyboard.press({ keys: "numpad enter" });

    const memLocWin = sf.ui.proTools.newMemoryLocationDialog.elementWaitFor().element;

    memLocWin.textFields.allItems[1].elementSetTextFieldWithAreaValue({ value: name });

    // If the memory location type is a marker, enable the "Marker" radio button.
    if (type === "marker") {
        memLocWin.radioButtons.whoseTitle.is("Marker").first.checkboxSet({ targetValue: "Enable" });
    }

    memLocWin.buttons.whoseTitle.is("OK").first.elementClick();

    memLocWin.elementWaitFor({ waitType: "Disappear" });
}

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

sf.ui.proTools.memoryLocationsEnsureWindow({

    action: () => {

        const nextName = getNextTakeName();

        newMemoryLocation({ type: "marker", name: nextName });
    },

    restoreWindowOpenState: true
});