Cubase Scripts?

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Is there a way to create scripts that perform certain actions in Cubase? If so, where or how - do you run such scripts in Cubase?

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No, sadly there isnā€™t. Itā€™s been a long-standing feature request here. There is only the old macro system and the logical editors, you can do a lot with those, but itā€™s no replacement for an embedded scripting language of course.
Some people on windows use AutoHotkey for additional automation.

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Ahh, thatā€™s a shame.

Be pretty neat to turn some of the more complicated PLE commands into scripts that could be edited easily to suit. Guess Iā€™ll have to stick with the PLE for now!

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Metagrid also expands the capabilities of Macros because it lets you pass text/numbers into Macros.

For example in ā€˜nativeā€™ Cubase I can have a Key Command to go to Marker 8, but not Marker 16. The closest I can get is to go to Marker X which will prompt me for the number. But Metagrid can fill in the number 16 for me.

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Metagrid does look rather nice, been using a Stream Deck with the Cubase Extension thus far - good for a mix of software.

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This fact totally blows my mind. Adobeā€™s Audition had scripting when I began using it back in 2012. Reaper is pretty much one big script and has a HUGE community of dedicated users that create some of the most useful and creative functionality imaginable.

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Yes, that is one of the problems with the macros that you canā€™t pass parameters (or do any kind of loops or flow control).
Metagrid seems nice, but for me, anything that forces me to move away from keyboard or mouse is a distraction and slows me down, but maybe itā€™s just a case of getting used to and keeping at it until itā€™s in your muscle memoryā€¦
Still, Iā€™d like to have a proper scripting language in Cubase. Iā€™d even take Javascript/EcmaScript, if necessaryā€¦

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Couldnā€™t agree more. I still have my fingers crossed that the MIDI API can be used as such. Just the prospect of being able to hide all tracks where the track name starts with ā€œxyzā€ without having to first select the tracks would be game changing for anyone that works with large track counts.

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For mac check out Soundflow. I havenā€™t used it but @saxmand is a soundflow jedi

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Hi,

You can use the MIDI Remote. With Cubase 13, there is the idle function, which helps. By one MIDI trigger, you can trigger multiple Cubasr commands.

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That sounds awesome @Martin.Jirsak .
Do you have any example code?