Insert time function

[LarrySeyer]

In many other daws (and video editors) there is a keystroke/function that does exactly this:

1. place your cursor where you want to insert time.
2. hit a key
3. a window pops up and asks how much time to insert.
4. everything is split at that cursor position
5. all objects to the right are moved over by the amount of time you specified.

This is absolutely necessary when working on audio for film... and also used extensively when editing book audio dialog.

[LarrySeyer]

Originally Posted by LarrySeyer

In many other daws (and video editors) there is a keystroke/function that does exactly this:

1. place your cursor where you want to insert time.
2. hit a key
3. a window pops up and asks how much time to insert.
4. everything is split at that cursor position
5. all objects to the right are moved over by the amount of time you specified.

This is absolutely necessary when working on audio for film... and also used extensively when editing book audio dialog.

Thanks for MusoBob... a script does this very nicely. Tried to delete this threat, but couldn't find the delete button... so I'll post the script here (his code, not mine)

retval_inputs, time_set = reaper.GetUserInputs( "Set Time to Insert", 1, "Insert Time amount", "0" )
if retval_inputs then   
  cur_pos = reaper.GetCursorPosition() 

  start_time, end_time = reaper.GetSet_LoopTimeRange2(0, true, false, cur_pos, cur_pos + time_set, true)  

  reaper.Main_OnCommand(40200, 0)  -- Time selection: Insert empty space at time selection (moving later items)

  reaper.Main_OnCommand(40635, 0)  -- Time selection: Remove time selection
end