Could anyone tell me if there’s a way to de-select a track (or multiple tracks) using the PLE?
I’ve built a macro using a PLE function, but it’s not working properly if a track is already selected before i run it. Because the function itselfs selects tracks, but i have no way of telling it to first de-select all tracks.
If i do it manually (de-select all tracks) first, the Macro runs as desired.
But i’m thinking there must be a way to build it into the script so that it first de-selects all tracks, then does the rest.
Nope, that de-selects midi or audio objects, midi events etc., but doesn’t de-select tracks!
I would imagine this is a problem that people come up against all the time: the fact that selecting something with the PLE only adds that selection to what’s already selected! I’m sure there’s a way around it. I’m probably just doing something dumb-ass in the PLE!
I’ve just done a very cumbersome “Deselect PLE”… but It works…
(because it doesn’t allow the opposite of “All Types”, I had to do a line for each track class, with “Unequal”, and “Select” as Function…
OK… get the bar open…
(preparing the upload (I think it has to be zipped) )… De-Select All Tracks.xml.zip (1.02 KB)
Let me know if it works of for you (otherwise we’ll have to change that “wine” into “whine” )
Ok, so i worked out a keyboard shortcut (via a macro) for de-selecting all tracks, and that is:
create folder track (this newly created track is then the only selected track)
PLE function that hides not selected tracks (so, only folder track is left visible)
Delete track (folder track is deleted)
The end state of this macro is that no tracks are either selected or visible!
But the problem is i’m trying to build a macro that starts with a certain number of tracks visible but not selected, so this doesn’t help me!
But actually it’s a useful function anyway as there isn’t any option to “hide all tracks” in the leftside visibility window.
So anyway, what i’ll need to do is to first run this macro manually to deselect all, then call up the desired visibility config (none of whose tracks will be selected), then i can run my original macro (to solo all channels in a particular vi config).
Maybe there’s a misunderstanding here: what it does do is, for example, de-select a midi object on a midi track and an audio object on an audio track.
But it doesn’t deselect the track itself…you know, the left hand bar where you solo, mute, read, write, where you see the name of the track…if that’s selected, it stays selected. That’s what i’m trying to de-select, the track itself, not the contents of the track!
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