swap sends

[~ufo~]

Since you should only have three insert/send 'banks' (what's the correct term?) visible, I decided to always leave my two insert banks open and only one send bank. I use this macro to swap between the send banks.

Let me know if this worked for you and whether it was helpful.

[moris]

Hello,
Tried it on mac and pt12.4 french version. I tried to rewrite it, but still got this message:
<This Macro was trying to launch a Pro Tools menu which is not avaliable now, and it has been terminated.>

I don't have this problem if I make another macro involving a PT Menu macro like bypass all inserts in track, or save session...

[~ufo~]

Did you have both insert 'banks' but only one send 'bank' showing at the time you executed the macro?

I think that needs to be the case for the macro to work.

[moris]

Yes both inserts and 1 send. (acer 272 hul @1080p)

[Holger]

FYI, works fine on my German PT 12.4.

[~ufo~]

Strange, I don't know really.
Are you on windows by any chance Moris?

the menu items may be different on Windows, which could be why it doesn't work.
It's an easy enough macro to make though.

[Support Team]

This Macro is a bit challenging for some reasons:

• Internationalization issues
• Pro Tools 10 having different menus

Internationalization issues:
The "PT Menu" Macro Command saves the menu path using a string.
So, the Menu string for the English language is not correct for Pro Tools in other languages.
BUT: this feature is needed in order to launch AudioSuite Plugins, which don't have a fixed position in the AudioSuite menu: it can change as soon as you install a new Plugin.

Pro Tools 10 issues:
Pro Tools 10 cannot hide "Meters and Faders", while new Pro Tools versions can.
So, new Pro Tools versions have different Menus.

Because of these issues, we added the dedicated "get_pt_mix_window_views_visible" and "set_pt_mix_window_views_visible" Python functions to the Macro Engine.

The attached Macro, by using these functions, accomplishes the wanted behavior and is even compatible with any supported PT language and version.

[moris]

Thanks, it works fine now.
I m not able to change the color of the button, is it write protected or something?

[Support Team]

Thanks, it works fine now.
I m not able to change the color of the button, is it write protected or something?

We were able to change the color, as soon as we imported the Macro into DTouch.
We were even able to change the color later, by editing the Macro in the Macro Editor.
Did you press the "EDIT SEL" button on the Macro Editor? You need to be in editing mode in order to change any Macro parameter.

[moris]

I worked around duplicating and editing the macro:)
But yes, I pressed edit , changed color and saved. But when I saved it returned red.