Re-numbering Markers

Hi.

Some of my work involves editing interviews. While I’m editing the interview, I create topic markers so I can find my way around the discussion. Often, after all the markers are inserted, I want to either

a) move a section of the interview earlier or later, because it fits better in the new place.
or
b) add a new marker between two existing markers.

When I do either of these things, the markers remain numbered in the order they were created. That means they’re out of sequential order in the Markers window.

  1. Is there a way to re-number the markers in the window to the new sequential (timeline) order? And if not, can you please put that on a wish list?

  2. I believe I already asked for a function to export the information from the Markers window to a text file. That would be incredibly useful for telling people what topics were covered in the interview. If this feature has been added, please let me know.

Thanks!

In both the Marker Track’s Inspector and the Marker window you can hand edit the numbers. But only one by one, not the full list in one shot. You can however sort them by the Position Column so they are in the same order as in the Project (or even alpha sort the Descriptions).

I pretty much ignore the ID Numbers most of the time.

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Fastest reply I’ve ever received in this forum and a great answer. I edited one number, re-sorted the numbers column in the marker window, and now the markers are in sequential order in both the project window and the marker window. Brilliant. Thanks, Raino!

ctrl+m → rename the markers

Thanks, Xerix!

Reassigning Marker IDs

Sometimes, especially when setting markers on the fly, you may forget or miss to set a marker. When added later, this marker’s ID will not correspond to its position on the marker track. Therefore, it is possible to reassign the IDs for all markers on a track.

Procedure

  1. Open the Markers window.
  2. Select the marker track whose ID numbers you want to reassign.
  3. Open the Functions pop-up menu and select either Reassign Position Marker IDs or Reassign Cycle Marker IDs.

Result

The marker IDs of the selected type are reassigned to match the order of markers on the marker track.

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Great to know. Thanks for sending this, Stephane!

Dave

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Hey no problem, hope it helps. Although this function is available in Nuendo 12 I don’t know if it’s there in previous versions

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Available in Cubase Pro 10.5 also!

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