project start measure: set 1.1.00 to edit cursor

[Masi]

I always leave a few bars empty or let them have some sounds for an intro that I don't want to be counted as proper measures. But unlike the project start time I have to guess (or count - boring!) which would be the proper number for the project start measure.

So I ask for a new button in the project settings next to the field "project start measure" labelled "set 1.1.00 to edit cursor".

Masi

[paat]

I would really like this too! (or some way to do it via scripting would be just fine)

[Coachz]

In my project settings, I set the project start measure to -1 to get 2 measures before 1.1.00

[paat]

Yeah, but I'd like to be able to set it quickly, on the fly. And I don't want to have to do the math to figure it all out

[Lokasenna]

I just had a look at the script API... we can GET the project start offset but it doesn't look like we can set it. At least, not directly.

[paat]

Originally Posted by Lokasenna

I just had a look at the script API... we can GET the project start offset but it doesn't look like we can set it. At least, not directly.

Can you show me where you found that? I'm reading through the API documentation for the first time right now... I'm not familiar with it though.

Maybe an intermediate step is to show a popup dialog displaying what the project start measure should be, if I want to make the edit cursor 1.1.1. I still have to set it manually, but at least the script will do the calculation and I just have to type in the result.

[tunevault]

Should be a button like the "Set 0.00 to cursor" called "Set bar 1 to cursor"

[Lovro]

I was looking for a solution to this... it is still not resolved?