Is this a possible thing to do?

[hopi]

I am wondering if anyone like me2beats who has some lua's that deal with track names might be able to create a script that would do this:

read the track names of 16 selected tracks
copy those names
paste them into 16 other tracks that already exist


Let me explain why and how it would be used:

We are using Kontakt and some Spitfire string lib's...
they have many articulations for each instrument
the articulations are mostly named the same
we load 16 of those into kontakt and create
16 midi sends to that... but those midi tracks get named
MIDI 1, MIDI 2, etc.
We want the articualtion name on each of those instead...
and it gets tedious to rename them...

We currently are doing this faster via a track template but it
would be nice if we could it by the requested way via a lua...

Since I am the poster child for being a scripting dummy, I have no
idea if it would even be possible...

Please tell me it is or tell me I"m stupid and crazy...

either way... thanks much %^)

[Xenakios]

Something like these with Lua ReaScript, but these haven't been extensively tested and debugged (so test only with your own risk) :

Copy selected track names (to extensions/scripts ini file, not the system clipboard as that's not directly available for ReaScript) :

local numselected = reaper.CountSelectedTracks(0)
if numselected>0 then
  reaper.SetExtState("copytracknames","numtracks",numselected,true)
  for i=0,numselected-1 do
    local track = reaper.GetSelectedTrack(0,i)
    local rv, trackname = reaper.GetTrackName(track,"")
    if rv~=0 then
      --reaper.ShowConsoleMsg(trackname.."\n")
      reaper.SetExtState("copytracknames","name"..i,trackname,true)
    end
  end
end

Paste names to selected tracks :

local numstoredtracks = tonumber(reaper.GetExtState("copytracknames","numtracks"))
if numstoredtracks>0 then
  for i=0,numstoredtracks-1 do
    local trackname = reaper.GetExtState("copytracknames","name"..i)
    if i<reaper.CountSelectedTracks(0) then
      local dest_track = reaper.GetSelectedTrack(0,i)
      reaper.GetSetMediaTrackInfo_String(dest_track, "P_NAME", trackname, true)
    end
  end
  reaper.UpdateArrange()
end

[nofish]

Originally Posted by Xenakios

not the system clipboard as that's not directly available for ReaScript

There's now
CF_GetClipboard()
CF_GetClipboardBig()
CF_SetClipboard()

via SWS.

[hopi]

thanks so much Xen... will be testing in just bit

OK freakin' PERFECT.... you are yet again a super hero!

[hopi]

I made a couple toolbar icons to use with these
https://stash.reaper.fm/theme/2095/t...%20Scripts.rar