Automation AppleScripts for Pro Tools (Mac)

[Oliver M]

Originally Posted by caradubaxu

Thanks Oliver,

I'm gonna give this script a shot with UI browser. It's a bummer we can't specify it without going through UI browser. Hopefully, my goal of deleting muted clips within a specific start and end point in the time line will be achieved. Fingers crossed for this one. It'll be a time saver if it works.

Meanwhile, if you have another suggestion into how I can approach it differently (using markers or audio clips to set boundaries etc..) that would also help.

Thank you again :)

This script doesn’t need UI Browser, it works as is. I did all the work for you already. If that doesn’t help then I am sorry. ;-)

[caradubaxu]

Got it! it'll be worth a shot.

Thank you

[innenhofstudios]

hi guys,

I´m quite new on this an this thread was very helpfull for me. Tx a lot !
The Render Button was also the reason i was looking for.

So i installed FastScript and tried to "write" my own script for opening Mouth De-Clicker, followd by the Render function.

I tried this:


activate application "Pro Tools"
delay 0.2
tell application "System Events"
tell process "Pro Tools"
click menu item "RX 6 Mouth De-Click" of menu 1 of menu
item "Noise Reduction" of menu "AudioSuite" of menu bar 1
tell (1st window whose name contains "Audio Suite") to click
button "Render" -- Render button
end tell
end tell

--

The good thing it works with the play function within FastScript.
But it does not work in the ProTools Application when the AS PlugIn is Closed.
I always get error:

"Error Number: -1719
System Events got an error: Can’t get window 1 of process "Pro Tools" whose name contains "Audio Suite". Invalid index."

when i open the AudioSuite PlugIn then it only works as Render Button...

Any ideas ?

[Oliver M]

Originally Posted by innenhofstudios

hi guys,

I´m quite new on this an this thread was very helpfull for me. Tx a lot !
The Render Button was also the reason i was looking for.

So i installed FastScript and tried to "write" my own script for opening Mouth De-Clicker, followd by the Render function.

I tried this:


activate application "Pro Tools"
delay 0.2
tell application "System Events"
tell process "Pro Tools"
click menu item "RX 6 Mouth De-Click" of menu 1 of menu
item "Noise Reduction" of menu "AudioSuite" of menu bar 1
tell (1st window whose name contains "Audio Suite") to click
button "Render" -- Render button
end tell
end tell

--

The good thing it works with the play function within FastScript.
But it does not work in the ProTools Application when the AS PlugIn is Closed.
I always get error:

"Error Number: -1719
System Events got an error: Can’t get window 1 of process "Pro Tools" whose name contains "Audio Suite". Invalid index."

when i open the AudioSuite PlugIn then it only works as Render Button...

Any ideas ?

You expect the script to work if the AudioSuite window is not open, this cannot work. In order to process with AudioSuite plug-ins the AS window must be open. Its not any different from processing AudioSuite manually in PT.

You have to keep in mind that AppleScript in PT only works via GUI Scripting. Only GUI elements that are visible can be accessed via AppleScript in PT.

In example you cannot tell PT to print a specific session for you with one line of code but you can tell Finder to open the session in PT and then you can code all the steps you would do in order to print the session, see?

[innenhofstudios]

Originally Posted by Oliver M

You expect the script to work if the AudioSuite window is not open, this cannot work. In order to process with AudioSuite plug-ins the AS window must be open. Its not any different from processing AudioSuite manually in PT.

You have to keep in mind that AppleScript in PT only works via GUI Scripting. Only GUI elements that are visible can be accessed via AppleScript in PT.

In example you cannot tell PT to print a specific session for you with one line of code but you can tell Finder to open the session in PT and then you can code all the steps you would do in order to print the session, see?

ok got u. but then how can i combine scripts ?
i found one e.g. to open the "gain" AS "plugin"...
after open it its visible with the gui so now i would like the script to proceed with the "Render" Script...

[Oliver M]

Originally Posted by innenhofstudios

ok got u. but then how can i combine scripts ?
i found one e.g. to open the "gain" AS "plugin"...
after open it its visible with the gui so now i would like the script to proceed with the "Render" Script...

You do not have to create or combine single scripts in order to proceed misc steps.

This will do what you ask for:

activate application "Pro Tools"
delay 0.1
tell application "System Events"
	tell process "Pro Tools"
		click menu item "Gain" of menu 1 of menu item "Other" of menu "AudioSuite" of menu bar 1 -- Launch Gain AS plug-in
		set asWindow to 1st window whose name contains "Audio Suite" -- Set variable for the AudioSuite window
		repeat until exists asWindow
		end repeat
		tell asWindow to click button "Render"
	end tell
end tell

You can however combine single scripts by loading one by one but thats not very practical for such easy tasks.

[Oliver M]

Alert regarding Pro Tools 12.8.2 compatibility

In Pro Toos 12.8.2 Avid changed a lot of things that break quite a lot of my AppleScripts I shared in the past.
I do not know if and when I will find time to create builds with fixes for public versions.
I hope you guys understand.

[innenhofstudios]

Originally Posted by Oliver M

Alert regarding Pro Tools 12.8.2 compatibility

In Pro Toos 12.8.2 Avid changed a lot of things that break quite a lot of my AppleScripts I shared in the past.
I do not know if and when I will find time to create builds with fixes for public versions.
I hope you guys understand.

thanks so much for your help. actually a lot is now already implemented in the new eucon stuff.

excited to hear from you

[Oliver M]

Originally Posted by innenhofstudios

... actually a lot is now already implemented in the new eucon stuff.

Like what?

[innenhofstudios]

Hahaha. My Mistake. Nearly none.. only Toggle Mix/Edit which is a shortcut already for decades