These folders are multiplied many times within the project (Strings, woodwinds, brass etc), I’d like to figure out how I can toggle show/hide the groups of any folder with a single PLE/key command.
I can use a PLE with ‘Parent folder is selected’ to do this fairly easily, but it involves going from the instrument track to the folder, and then back again. Too many clicks
Filter
Property - Property is set - Parent object is selected
Media type - Group
Action
Track operation - Hide Track - Toggle
So… I’d like to figure out how to do the same action from any selected track within any folder. I would think ‘Parent Object is Not Selected’ would be the answer, but that just seems to select every single track in the project - not sure why that is useful tbh
I could go into creating many separate PLE’s to filter by name, but I want to do this from a single key command.
The way I understand your request from the example shared, is that you would like to have any of the Tracks selected that are contained in the folder “Str Long - 1”, press a Key Command which in turn would toggle the entire folder “Str Long - 1” to show/hide.
Is this an accurate summary?
Thank you for your clarification.
To my knowledge the PLE doesn’t have any means of targeting a parent track or neighboring tracks within a folder. I also couldn’t file a Key Command that would take you directly to the parent folder.
The closest I can think of with those limitations in mind, is to manually select the parent Folder Track first.
This might be a start to the result you want. However, these settings won’t work with a toggle in the event transform actions. So you’d need two PLE presets, one to hide the Group track (enable) and one to show the Group track (disable). There may be a better solution.
Thanks both for your inputs, really helpful. I’m away from my studio for a few days but I’ll give these a whirl as soon as I’m back and report how I get on
