It would be nice to select the color of the track when creating it. That would save some time for many of us.
Regards Tomas
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Good idea. should be directly in the “create track dialog”, I agree!
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Yep. I agree too.
+1 , good idea
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would be quite useful
+1, nice!
+1 :))
I just had another idea on top of this: Would be really great if the new track setup could automatically select the color from the Project Colors Setup based on the name I type in for the track.
Say I have colors in the setup with names like “Vocals, Bass, Keys…”, if I name a new track “Vocals”, it would do a substring search in the project color names and if an entry matches, it would use that color.
Hi,
Some time ago I downloaded a palette with almost 200 colo(u)rs.
It is possible to give them names, like “alto sax” or “kick drum” etc.
Then I created a huge macro based on 13 instrument groups (with about 160 instruments etc in total), each with its own PLE. That is a lot of work.
With a Key Command I launch the macro and then all tracks are searched for certain keywords and then colourized accordingly.
Possibly even more convenient:
Suppose you want to create an audio track (or whatever) and have defined a Key Command (KC) for it.
You may want to create a macro with the same KC and inside you list the “create audio track” command and then the “Colour all tracks” PLE.
Result: With the same KC that you are used to, you will now create the new track AND that track will get the desired colour.
Caveat: I did not test this.
By the way: you will also get your folder tracks, (sub-)group tracks, stems, VCAs coloured, provided they have the magic code in their names.
PS2: To save space in the track name area, I use short codes, like "kb: " for keyboards or "br2: " for trumpets, etc. But of course you may stick to real names like “Vocals” etc.
HTH
Karel