"Unselect tracks-with the name of ___"

[semikid]

I'm looking for a script to make or someone make me one that I can interchange what I want the name in the track to be unselected.

For example: "unselect tracks with the name bass" OR "unselect tracks with the name guitar"

etc.

[uncleswede]

If you have the SWS extension installed, you can do this with CYCLE ACTIONS...

Create a new cycle action named, for example, "Unselect Bass" with an action as follows:

CONSOLE -sBass*

This will unselect all tracks whose name begins with 'Bass' (or 'bass')

Once you created and applied this cycle action it will appear as an action in your Action List named "Unselect Bass" :-)

[semikid]

hey that helps, but not for the children tracks specifically under the parent folders name. I need to unselect all the tracks underneath that track name as well. Not just the parent folder/track. ALL of them.

More of a "select all tracks, but "fx buses" tracks (and their children folders/tracks)

[Edgemeal]

How about something like this?, If it does what you want you could change the find name and save as another script,.

-- Unselect tracks with specific name

local find = 'Guitar' -- non-case sensitive

reaper.PreventUIRefresh(1)
for i = reaper.CountSelectedTracks(0)-1,0,-1 do 
  local track = reaper.GetSelectedTrack(0, i)
  local _,name = reaper.GetTrackName(track, '')
  if string.lower(name) == string.lower(find) then    
    reaper.SetTrackSelected(track, false)
  end   
end
reaper.PreventUIRefresh(-1)

Removed Undo code, REAPER doesn't seem to support undo for selected track?

[semikid]

Thanks for the help Edgemeal. Right now it only seems to be unselecting the parent fx bus track and not the children.

[Edgemeal]

Originally Posted by semikid

Thanks for the help Edgemeal. Right now it only seems to be unselecting the parent fx bus track and not the children.

Well the script just unselects any selected track that has a matching name, but I'm guessing what you really want is, all child tracks of the matching parent name get also get unselected?

Also, what is supposed to happen if a child track is selected and has the matching name but the parent doesn't?

You might want to update your original post so its more clear to others.

[Lokasenna]

I have a script on ReaPack called Select tracks by name... if I get a chance, I'll try to add an "inverse" mode that should do what you need.

[semikid]

Originally Posted by Lokasenna

I have a script on ReaPack called Select tracks by name... if I get a chance, I'll try to add an "inverse" mode that should do what you need.

Ha! yes i love that script! I was thinking exactly that! "what if this script could inverse?"

That would be sweet if possible! LMK!

[foxAsteria]

Or just use the console command -s trackname

You don't need to use Cycle Actions to run console commands, unless you want to combine them with other commands. You could e.g. select your tracks with the above command and add the sws action "unselect children of selected folder."

[robotron]

I'd really like to be able to do this as well (unselect tracks by name, including all children).

The only way I've found so far to choose specific tracks to unselect in an action is using the Reapack script 'Script: X-Raym_Unselect tracks with certain words in their SWS notes.lua'.

EDIT: I don't think the '-s trackname' solution would work for me as I want to unselect from a set of tracks that have been selected mid-way through a custom action.

[Laz Rood]

Hello. With the help of ChatGPT I get this script. I tested it with parent and children tracks successfully. Give it a try. Just change the name between "xxx" for the track name you want.

-- Function to unselect all tracks with the word "stem" in their name, case-insensitive
function unselectTracksWithStem()
    -- Get the number of tracks
    local num_tracks = reaper.CountTracks(0)
    -- Loop through all tracks
    for i = 0, num_tracks - 1 do
        -- Get the current track
        local track = reaper.GetTrack(0, i)
        -- Get the track name
        local retval, track_name = reaper.GetTrackName(track)
        -- Just change the name between "xxx" and save the script
        if string.find(string.lower(track_name), "stem") then
            -- Unselect the track
            reaper.SetTrackSelected(track, false)
        end
    end
end

-- Call the function to unselect all tracks with the word "stem" in their name, case-insensitive
unselectTracksWithStem()