A new idea for reaper - macro markers

keyman_sam · 08-02-2008, 01:57 PM

Ok, i just thought about this one. Hasn't been done in any other DAW to my knowledge.

How about having an actions/macros marker facility. An example scenario :

Insert action marker at 09:01:01. Click on "activate action markers" in the edit menu. Open the marker (dbl-click) and insert macros and actions.

Now play the song and watch what happens. At 9:01:01, the macro that i inserted in the marker will be executed.

What's the purpose? You can fully automate any session in reaper.

Art Evans · 08-02-2008, 04:23 PM

Something of the sort was being discussed in connection with snapshot automation extension recently (things seem to have gone a bit quiet on the snapshots side?).

sws · 08-04-2008, 12:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Art Evans

Something of the sort was being discussed in connection with snapshot automation extension recently (things seem to have gone a bit quiet on the snapshots side?).

Don't worry Art, I haven't forgotten about you!

Art Evans · 08-04-2008, 03:11 PM

And I see you haven't forgotten about the very nice marker list utility either!

Rockrooms · 08-03-2008, 03:14 AM

Asked for this a while ago:
http://forum.cockos.com/showthread.p...macro+recorder

There would need to be options for absolute and relative time markers, possibly linked to the ripple edit being enabled.

- Joe -
Rockrooms Studio

keyman_sam · 08-03-2008, 04:41 PM

good god, here I was thinking what an insane feature request this was and no one's going to like it at all.

This isn't my priority 1 btw, a priority 56 maybe.

BlackBart · 08-03-2008, 05:17 PM

Seems like just adding to the Marker Name dialog box would be the way to do this....just have a "marker properties" section where an action/macro would be tied to that marker.

I'm guessing though, that someone already suggested this is the other thread

It might also be cool if markers with actions tied to them were a different color than standard markers. Hey...also what about a way to make the action/macro inactive? ...much like a plugin.
BB

BlackBart · 08-03-2008, 05:20 PM

Oh yeah...markers with Snapshots associated would be a be another color

Keep banging away Art, you'll get yur snapshots!
BB

Nardberr · 08-11-2008, 03:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by keyman_sam

Ok, i just thought about this one. Hasn't been done in any other DAW to my knowledge.

How about having an actions/macros marker facility. An example scenario :

Insert action marker at 09:01:01. Click on "activate action markers" in the edit menu. Open the marker (dbl-click) and insert macros and actions.

Now play the song and watch what happens. At 9:01:01, the macro that i inserted in the marker will be executed.

What's the purpose? You can fully automate any session in reaper.

This would be absolutely fabulous!

I know its crazy but I too wondered what it would be like if we could easily embed Actions/Macros in midi items,Audio,Markers or Regions.
It would compliment the now powerful track modulation capabilities of Reaper.

hourglass · 08-11-2008, 05:59 AM

i'd be even more interested in macros triggered by events - e.g. any of the transport functions, selection change, that sort of thing. that would truly allow a customised workflow.

e.g.

the "fast forward" event could have a macro assigned to select a certain zoom level, then the "stop" or "pause" events could be used to return the zoom to what it was before.

add this to the long-asked for "macro buttons" feature (allows the user to create buttons to which macros can be assigned) and you'd be light years ahead of every other DAW on the market in this regard.

p.s. with regard to the OP, if you could read in the current play pos you could use the "play" event to trigger a macro based upon the chosen play position? hmmm.

mio*star · 08-15-2008, 02:49 AM

... and make me sleep even less ...

very cool idea

sws · 09-04-2008, 02:25 PM

OK, I was bored today and decided to whip something up. There's no GUI quite yet, so you have to enter commands manually.

Download the consolidated SWS extension here.

Place a marker and edit the marker text such that it starts with !, followed by the ID of a command/action/macro. This command will be ran when the cursor crosses that marker. If you want to run more than one action, separate them with a space or create a custom action.

For example, this marker will cause the playback to jump to marker 2 when it crosses this marker:

Command IDs are available by scrolling to the right in the Actions ('?') dialog.

Time precision is ~50ms.

Enjoy,
Tim

Tallisman · 09-04-2008, 03:22 PM

awesome! you have just created veritable punch in and punch out!

thanks
.t