turn multiple clips to multiple tracks

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Robert J. H.
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Re: turn multiple clips to multiple tracks

Post by Robert J. H. » Fri Feb 13, 2015 9:24 pm

Steve Bender wrote:Ok, I'll try it!

But are you saying I should paste all that into a blank Nyquist prompt? Or is there a Nyquist prompt that is accessed through the import labels interface?
The blank Nyquist Prompt.

BTW You can of course always insert a manual label by pressing Ctrl-b (for regions) or Ctrl-m.
It's just a question of getting used too after e.g. pasting a clip or shifting it around, in other words, always when a part of interest (a note) is selected.

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Re: turn multiple clips to multiple tracks

Post by Steve Bender » Sat Feb 14, 2015 12:24 am

I tried, but got an error:

This is the code I entered:

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'((0  "Elktro-C5")
(8  "Elktro-D5")
(16  "Elktro-E5")
(24  "Elktro-F5")
(32  "Elktro-G5")
(40  "Elktro-A5"))

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Re: turn multiple clips to multiple tracks

Post by Robert J. H. » Sat Feb 14, 2015 4:27 am

Steve Bender wrote:I tried, but got an error:

This is the code I entered:

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'((0  "Elktro-C5")
(8  "Elktro-D5")
(16  "Elktro-E5")
(24  "Elktro-F5")
(32  "Elktro-G5")
(40  "Elktro-A5"))
What error?
Press debug instead of ok and copy the output into your next post.

The code works on my system as expected, a label track with 6 point labels has been created.

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Re: turn multiple clips to multiple tracks

Post by Steve Bender » Sat Feb 14, 2015 4:45 am

Robert J. H. wrote:What error?
"Your code looks like SAL syntax. " Then it says to use a return statement for SAL, or for open parenthesis for LISP.

Sorry, wouldn't allow me to copy,or choose debug after running the script.

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Re: turn multiple clips to multiple tracks

Post by Robert J. H. » Sat Feb 14, 2015 6:55 am

Steve Bender wrote:
Robert J. H. wrote:What error?
"Your code looks like SAL syntax. " Then it says to use a return statement for SAL, or for open parenthesis for LISP.

Sorry, wouldn't allow me to copy,or choose debug after running the script.
I see, my fault.
It worked for me because there was some code before this list and so it was automatically interpreted as Lisp code.
Just at a pair of empty parenthesis before the apostrophe:

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()'((0 ...
I know, it's somewhat weird, but it works.

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Re: turn multiple clips to multiple tracks

Post by Steve Bender » Sat Feb 14, 2015 8:26 am

Awesome, now it works!

Thanks, this will be a huge time saver for me.

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