Action to set state of MIDI chase

[Josh_guitarreiru]

Hi all,

For live usage I'd like to have an action that allows to Set OFF midi chasing and another to set it ON. I know there is an action that allows to toggle ON/OFF but it would be much safer an action that allows to set the status independently of the previous state. The reason I want that is because we use MIDI chasing all the time, but would like to deactivate during loops in which we might improvise.
I'd insert those actions as smart markes prior / after the loop.

However I have not been able to find such action so I was wondering whether anybody knows a workaround for this?

I alway can use the toggle action and make sure that MIDI chasing is ON at the begining of the playback, but would like to make it more robustly safe if possible.

Thanks!

Josh

[dangguidan]

Create two new scripts.
open:

CommandState = reaper.GetToggleCommandStateEx(0,41992)
if CommandState ~= 1 then 
   reaper.Main_OnCommand(41992,0)
end

close:

CommandState = reaper.GetToggleCommandStateEx(0,41992)
if CommandState == 1 then 
   reaper.Main_OnCommand(41992,0)
end

[Josh_guitarreiru]

Originally Posted by dangguidan

Create two new scripts.
open:

CommandState = reaper.GetToggleCommandStateEx(0,41992)
if CommandState ~= 1 then 
   reaper.Main_OnCommand(41992,0)
end

close:

CommandState = reaper.GetToggleCommandStateEx(0,41992)
if CommandState == 1 then 
   reaper.Main_OnCommand(41992,0)
end

Wow! Many thanks mate! It works as I needed!

Cheers!

[Josh_guitarreiru]

Originally Posted by dangguidan

Create two new scripts.
open:

CommandState = reaper.GetToggleCommandStateEx(0,41992)
if CommandState ~= 1 then 
   reaper.Main_OnCommand(41992,0)
end

close:

CommandState = reaper.GetToggleCommandStateEx(0,41992)
if CommandState == 1 then 
   reaper.Main_OnCommand(41992,0)
end

Hi again, I'm triying to fugure it out the logic behind such scripts so that I can make a simple action script which:

1. Checks whether the play state in ON
2. If its OFF (stopped) then press paly
3. If its ON then do nothing

However I just realised that in both of your scriptes the reaper.Main_OnCommand () bit is identical, what confuses me a little bit. I have tried as follows, have tried several combinations taking as a reference what you have done above, with no luck:

CommandState = reaper.GetPlayState()
if CommandState == 2 then 
   reaper.Main_OnCommand(1007,1)
end

Any suggestion? Also is there any source that you would recommend to learn the basics of reaper scripts?

Thanks!

[dangguidan]

CommandState = reaper.GetPlayState()
if CommandState ~= 1 then 
   reaper.Main_OnCommand(1007,0)
end

[mschnell]

For no-Toggle play I do (EEL)

      play_cmd_id = 1007;
      proj  = 0:

      Main_OnCommandEx(play_cmd_id, 0, proj);

but

      Main_OnCommand(play_cmd_id, 0);

should work as well.