Archie-ReaScript: discussion, error messages.

[Archie]

Originally Posted by cjewellstudios

Archie,

Your scripts are a delight. I commented on your "smart template add fx chain" set of scripts back on page one of this thread and I had another idea to improve it.

You have a user option in some of these scripts to float the gui or not, which is awesome. I was thinking though, there are some plugins where sometimes I'd like to float the gui and sometimes I wouldn't. Particularly, when I'm adding a plugin to multiple tracks I'd prefer not to float the gui's.

Is there a way to add logic to these scripts that says: if more than one track is selected, do not float gui's?

That way if you are adding a channel strip type plugin to one track, it floats, but if you add the same plugin to 2,3, or 10 tracks, your screen isn't taking over by 10 floating plugins. What do you think?

In the script 'Archie_FX; Smart template - Add Fx chain by name for selected tracks.lua' replace this line

reaper.TrackFX_Show(selTrack,alwaysLastFx,open_Fx);

On this

    if countSelTrack <= 1 then
        reaper.TrackFX_Show(selTrack,alwaysLastFx,open_Fx);
    end;

And in the script 'Archie_FX; Smart template - Add Fx chain by name for selected items or in time selection.lua' add the line

if CountSelItem > 1 then openFx = 0  end;

[cjewellstudios]

That worked like a charm.

It's not much, but I sent a donation your way via paypal. Thank you so much!

[Archie]

cjewellstudios Thanks!

[Reflected]

when exporting and importing reaper settings from my pc to my laptop, all the menus are gone (restarted or something...I see only arrows) :/

any fix for this ?

[Archie]

Originally Posted by Reflected

when exporting and importing reaper settings from my pc to my laptop, all the menus are gone (restarted or something...I see only arrows) :/

any fix for this ?

I didn't understand what it was about. In a sense disappeared and you only see the arrows, what arrows? Explain in more detail what is wrong with you.
And in General, what scripts are we talking about?

[Reflected]

Originally Posted by Archie

I didn't understand what it was about. In a sense disappeared and you only see the arrows, what arrows? Explain in more detail what is wrong with you.
And in General, what scripts are we talking about?

Ive created a drop down menu and named it "grid"
added actions to the drop down menu:
GRID:
1
1/4
1/8
1/6


but when I exported and imported the script (and all reaper's settings) from reaper's preferences to another computer and clicked on the button "grid"
only ">>>>>" is in the menu... all the actions that I added are not showing in the other pc.

[Archie]

Originally Posted by Reflected

Ive created a drop down menu and named it "grid"
added actions to the drop down menu:
GRID:
1
1/4
1/8
1/6


but when I exported and imported the script (and all reaper's settings) from reaper's preferences to another computer and clicked on the button "grid"
only ">>>>>" is in the menu... all the actions that I added are not showing in the other pc.

Most likely, you are not exporting the entire configuration.
The Reaper resources must have a reaper-Archie.ini file, all information is stored in it. If you didn't export it, just copy it from the old Reaper and paste it into the new Reaper.

[Reflected]

Originally Posted by Archie

Most likely, you are not exporting the entire configuration.
The Reaper resources must have a reaper-Archie.ini file, all information is stored in it. If you didn't export it, just copy it from the old Reaper and paste it into the new Reaper.

Thanks!!

[earhax]

@Archie: I think found a bug with one of your scripts.

Script: Archie_FX; Smart template - Add Fx chain by name for selected items or in time selection.lua

I have an item that, when the "Reverse" property is checked, the script I created to add the FX chain no longer works.

However, if I already added an FX in the chain before I reverse the item, then the script works to add the FX chain after it is reversed. But if the item FX chain is empty before I reverse the item, the script won't work.

No error thrown. It just shows the item FX chain window with no FX loaded.

[Archie]

Originally Posted by earhax

@Archie: I think found a bug with one of your scripts.

Script: Archie_FX; Smart template - Add Fx chain by name for selected items or in time selection.lua

I have an item that, when the "Reverse" property is checked, the script I created to add the FX chain no longer works.

However, if I already added an FX in the chain before I reverse the item, then the script works to add the FX chain after it is reversed. But if the item FX chain is empty before I reverse the item, the script won't work.

No error thrown. It just shows the item FX chain window with no FX loaded.

Fixed

[earhax]

Originally Posted by Archie

Fixed

Thank you!

[X-Raym]

Hi Archie !


Thx for sharing all these scripts !


I just finished to convert one trim silence script I made from Lua to EEL so it become extra fast, and I discover your Lua Script: Archie_Item; Remove silence in selected media items (-80 db)(`).lua kind of script.


They are not as fast as EEL but damn they are quite efficient !! Way more efficient than the codebase we made with lokasenna.


https://github.com/ReaTeam/ReaScript...%20samples.lua


Testing our code (which doesnt even do the split part, but just process every sample of a test audio file), I got

Iterated over 10023629 samples
Elapsed time: 2.0534616000004 seconds

Your version for same file is about 0.6s.



Why our version is 5x slower than yours ? Does it process all sample sor have some kind of down sampling internally ?


What is the trick ? Do you see how we could optimized our code snippet ?



Note: our version in EEL is 0.1s for the same test file, which is the best score, but if we miss some non lua specific optimization trick, maybe even the EEL version could be optimized further !


EDIT: Checking your code, it seems that your magic line is

local samples_skip = reaper.GetMediaSourceSampleRate(source)/100;-- обработается 100 сэмплов в секунду

which whcih find back here.

So in fact it doesn't check every sample, but once every so and then, is that the trick ?

Anyway, it seems to be efficient enough for most usage for sure !

[Archie]

Originally Posted by X-Raym

Hi Archie !


Thx for sharing all these scripts !


I just finished to convert one trim silence script I made from Lua to EEL so it become extra fast, and I discover your Lua Script: Archie_Item; Remove silence in selected media items (-80 db)(`).lua kind of script.


They are not as fast as EEL but damn they are quite efficient !! Way more efficient than the codebase we made with lokasenna.


https://github.com/ReaTeam/ReaScript...%20samples.lua


Testing our code (which doesnt even do the split part, but just process every sample of a test audio file), I got

Iterated over 10023629 samples
Elapsed time: 2.0534616000004 seconds

Your version for same file is about 0.6s.



Why our version is 5x slower than yours ? Does it process all sample sor have some kind of down sampling internally ?


What is the trick ? Do you see how we could optimized our code snippet ?



Note: our version in EEL is 0.1s for the same test file, which is the best score, but if we miss some non lua specific optimization trick, maybe even the EEL version could be optimized further !


EDIT: Checking your code, it seems that your magic line is

local samples_skip = reaper.GetMediaSourceSampleRate(source)/100;-- обработается 100 сэмплов в секунду

which whcih find back here.

So in fact it doesn't check every sample, but once every so and then, is that the trick ?

Anyway, it seems to be efficient enough for most usage for sure !

Hi X-Raym.

Honestly, I wrote this function a long time ago, spent a lot of time with it looking for information on the forum.
So I don’t even know (don’t remember) how I wrote it. And I'm not sure of the exactness of the work either (although it seems to return everything correctly).

Regarding the speed, yes, you seem to have noticed the magic line. which:
If you set samples_skip(SkipNumberOfSamplesPerChannel) to zero, then every sample will be calculated.
with SampleRate (44100) divided by one hundred, it turns out 441, this means that the function will forgive every 441 (442 for some reason) sample, i.e. (1,443,885,1327,1769, etc.), you end up with one hundred samples processed per second.

But again, I'm not 100 percent sure the function works exactly(Although it seems to be accurate).

For speed, set samples_skip to zero

  ... = GetSampleNumberPosValue(take,0,true,true,true);

and compare with your function. If your function calculates every sample and channel.

[X-Raym]

@Archie


Thanks for confirming,


This is actually a clever way have a good enough results, at 1/100s correct.


I design my audio accessors scripts in Lua cause debugging EEL is complicated,


so this trick will help me have more efficient lua version, before the EEL conversion :P

[horneusz]

Hi Archie,

I have a problem with the script "Copy source media file of all items to project directory".

REX files lose matching tempo when script is used.
With normal tempo-adjusted wav files there is no such problem.

[Loulou92]

Hello Archie

Archie_Time selection; Remove contents of time selection in selected tracks.lua

I'd like to request if it's possible, an alternative version of this script, that would delete also content that is on hidden envelope tracks of selected tracks. Depending on the case, I have use for the current version of your script, and also for a version that would delete hidden automation items.

!!

Have a very nice day (and thank you so much for all your scripts on Reapack, amazing work, so very useful ).

xxxxxxxxx
Louis

Edit : problem has been solved with a third party script by X-Raym .

[Arthur McArthur]

Hello Archie, is it possible to edit "Volume take under mouse in time selection (Mouse wheel)" for a longer ramp in and out of the volume change? It can produce some clicks in the audio with the current ramp amount

[Dragonetti]

Hi Archie
The "counter time project" writes different date formats on 2 different computers.
Do you have an idea how to standardize that?
Thanks

Edit:
Works now, I changed the language in Windows.

[todoublez]

Hi Archie , First of all ,thx for ur script they are fantastic
after updating my REAPER to 6.27, the popup menu started to act weird.
as the gif i post above, it keeps flashing out right after I click it.

is it some kind of conflict with the new version of REAPER or is thrr something I need to configure on my end ?

thx

P.S. also, I noticed that after executing script , suddenly I lost focus of REAPER.

EDIT]

Problem solved, after testing on every version of REAPER ,it was a hardware issue on my end ,
I changed my 2nd monitor to a normal one and everything become okay again.
before this, I was using a No-Brand homemade small monitor, after my investigation clearly that's the thing which cause this such strange behavior.

again, thx for yo script is it very helpful just amazing.

[Skorobagatko]

Hi! Is it possible to make this script (Script: Archie_var; Volume change on tracks or items by 1 dB (mouse wheel).lua) support time selection/razor edit for items, and multiple selected items?

Like with this script: Script: Archie_EnvT; Volume take under mouse in time selection (Mouse wheel).lua

[X-Raym]

Hi archie,


Script: Archie_Render; Render track stereo(Pre Fx & wave 24 bit & HQ(512pt Sinc) & Full-speed Offline )).lua is great but do you have a version which would put new files into the original tracks ? Maybe I missed it.

Thx!

(EDIT: though it seems I can just wrap with a Move items down a track and a Remove tracks action. But as single action, it would be even nicer! ).


EDIT: I just made my own script from scratch

X-Raym_Render selected tracks sends.lua (temp name maybe. Mayvbe I should add it is pre fader pre FX)

[daxliniere]

Hey Archie,

Is there a way you could make your Grab item on edge arrange and scroll to edge item script not react to clicks on the very top part of a media item? (the top ~16 pixels)

I notice that if I am using the Inline MIDI editor and I click the [x] close button in the top right corner, your script kicks in and scrolls the arrange window. The same thing happens with the Volume/Velocity knob in the top left corner of an item.
This happens whether the REAPER preference "Draw labels above the item, rather than within the item" is enabled or disabled.

[Loulou92]

Hello Archie

You know the script you wrote for Reaper :

Script: Archie_FX; Offline all FX selected tracks - Save previous.lua
Script: Archie_FX; Offline all FX selected tracks - Restore previous.lua

,do you think you could come up with similar script to put offline master track or monitoring FX ?

that would be something like this :

Script: Archie_FX; Offline all monitoring FX - Save previous.lua
Script: Archie_FX; Offline all monitoring FX - Restore previous.lua
Script: Archie_FX; Offline all Master track - Save previous.lua
Script: Archie_FX; Offline all Master track - Restore previous.lua

Would gladly donate.

That would be game changing for my CPU when the mix gets busy busy...

Have a nice day, and I love your work
xxxxxxxxx

[Yanick]

Archie disappeared exactly a year ago, so we do everything on our own...

[Yanick]

Originally Posted by Loulou92

Hello Archie

You know the script you wrote for Reaper :

Script: Archie_FX; Offline all FX selected tracks - Save previous.lua
Script: Archie_FX; Offline all FX selected tracks - Restore previous.lua

,do you think you could come up with similar script to put offline master track or monitoring FX ?

that would be something like this :

Script: Archie_FX; Offline all monitoring FX - Save previous.lua
Script: Archie_FX; Offline all monitoring FX - Restore previous.lua
Script: Archie_FX; Offline all Master track - Save previous.lua
Script: Archie_FX; Offline all Master track - Restore previous.lua

Would gladly donate.

That would be game changing for my CPU when the mix gets busy busy...

Have a nice day, and I love your work
xxxxxxxxx

I will try to do it soon

[Loulou92]

Originally Posted by Yanick

I will try to do it soon

Yanick thank you so so much !

[Loulou92]

Hey Archie I hope you're doing ok . Your work is very appreciated.
xxxxxxxxxx

[ihavelostmykeys]

Hi Archie, you came up with brilliant solution for freezing tracks up to selected insert but I get mixed results with it. Works well on single track but it keeps deleting all of my inserts on some tracks when freezing multiple tracks at once.

[daxliniere]

Hey Archie,
Do you have a simplified version of 'Script: Archie_FX; Smart template - Add Fx chain by name for selected items or in time selection.lua' that doesn't prompt for FX* and inserts only on selected item(s)?

*FX is set inside a copy of the script.

[ovnis]

Hello, "copy/paste source in active take" don't work.



I'm not sur to understand well these scripts.



They replace the item source by an another one?

[cool]

Originally Posted by ovnis

They replace the item source by an another one?

Yep. I checked it works correctly:

1. Select item 1
2. Copy
3. Select item 2
4. Paste

[ovnis]

Because arc.lua was missing!

[cool]

Originally Posted by ovnis

Because arc.lua was missing!

Arc_Function_lua? It is required to run many scripts from Archie. Located in ReaPack.

[EduSerra]

Hi Archie.

I´m trying to mod this script "Insert four points in time selection and omit by -1 dB (Envelope track volume)"
So instead of decresing it raises the envelope in time selection by 1dB. I changed this line with 1

local value_DB = 1; -- | значения дб для изменения

But somehow when I apply it many times this action, in order to have +2 + 3dB, etc. When it reaches +6dB level it stops increasing the level if I run the action again. Feels like it had a limit of maximun +6 dB. When decreasing it can go to -inf if desired.
My envelope levels are set to a max of +12dB

How can I break that +6 dB limit?
I want to have 4 actions like this

Insert 4 points in Time Selection and boost by 1dB (envelope Track Volume)
Insert 4 points in Time Selection and boost by 3dB (envelope Track Volume)
Insert 4 points in Time Selection and cut by -1dB (envelope Track Volume)
Insert 4 points in Time Selection and cut by -3dB (envelope Track Volume)

Thanks
Edu

[Edgemeal]

Originally Posted by EduSerra

How can I break that +6 dB limit?

Try changing this line,

if DB > 6 then DB = 6 end;

IIRC, REAPER allows +24dB, so maybe change it to,

if DB > 24 then DB = 24 end;

BTW, Archie hasn't posted in 2 years.

[fazmakesmusic]

Originally Posted by Edgemeal

Try changing this line,

if DB > 6 then DB = 6 end;

IIRC, REAPER allows +24dB, so maybe change it to,

if DB > 24 then DB = 24 end;

BTW, Archie hasn't posted in 2 years.

Came here hoping to find an answer to this!

This works great - thank you!

[vitalker]

Originally Posted by Edgemeal

BTW, Archie hasn't posted in 2 years.

Yeah, he wasn't active in any place I know since 2020.

[Hipox]

Hi guys!
These scripts are great, I integrated into my workflow specifically
'Archie_Track; Toggle Hide super collapsed(AutoRun)' and it's very useful!

But I bumped into a scenario when I want to use HeDa's Track Inspector which modifies track names and use them as "tags" (for frozen tracks, archived tracks etc.).
More about this HeDa script here: https://forum.cockos.com/showthread....55#post2652355.

But Archie's script obviously does not acknowledge Track Inspector, so I had to modify it a little bit.

As far as I got into Track Inspector, there are two prominent key words: '__' and '***', these are triggers for tracks to stay hidden (super collapsed) or make hidden (super collapsed).

Basically I made this script ignore or hide tracks that are marked as HeDa's modified tracks.

This version also hides/unhides tracks both in TCP and MCP. This behaviour can be changed on lines that end: '-- Hipox Edit' to your liking.

You can place this script anywhere and load into Reaper as usual, just make sure you have installed Archie's scripts first and you run just this version, not both (official and mine) at the same time.

Be safe and enjoy!

[Paunoliini]

Hi! Does anyone know why the script keeps getting disabled when I'm pressing modifier keys like ctrl or alt or shift during crossfaded item move? I need to run the script again in order it to function again. Is it my configuration or do others have this as well? Otherwise this script is amazing. Does exactly what I was looking for.

[DMT8]

Hi,

I've got an Action script setup with a shortcut key and a tool bar toggle button:
Script: Archie_FX; Toggle Bypass all FX all tracks - Save restore previous.lua

Problem is, it also turns off any Monitor FX. I have some important FX there including the Waves NX headphone/room simulator plugin. I need this to be always on.
Also, the FX Restore action turns all the saved FX back on but not the monitor FX.

A) Is there a way to have it not affect the Monitor FX section, and if not,
B) To fix it so that the Monitor FX comes back on when the Restore action happens.

Many thanks