bsmith96 / qlab-scripts

Applescripts for Qlab 4. A variety of complex scripts and simple hotkeys to automate repetetive tasks.

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qlab-scripts's Issues

"Create fade cues" delete previous Fade in/up/down: in group names before naming new group.

Create sub linecheck sound

Create sub linecheck sound and automate the script to use that instead of saying "Sub" (or any output containing the word sub?)

Originally posted by @bsmith96 in #1 (comment)

"preset desk" only recalls the last desk cue in the cue stack

mac Mojave, qlab .10

Save new version

Both "save new version" and "save and name new version" e.g. V10 - Dress 1

Force the group to be "fire all at once"

Add line to force the group to be "fire all at once", even if used with different defaults

Originally posted by @bsmith96 in #1 (comment)

Dynamic load to time

Similar to adapted load group to start of selected child, but one which finds any sfx that would currently be looping and haven't been stopped yet, and loads them / starts them

Fix if no title cue

Add an if statement so the script still functions if there is no title cue (e.g. either group is placed at the top of Main Cue List, or wherever the playhead currently is).

Spoken line check doesn’t work if finder folder isn’t organised alphabetically

Save new version - only refer to last hyphen not first

Applescript Utilities doesn't work

When installed in Script Libraries on another computer, referencing functions in Applescript Utilities doesn't work.

However, running the scripts that are within Script Libraries themselves rather than from Qlab works fine.

Interesting.

Fix the duplicate variable name in Spoken Outputs script

Change outputNumber in lines 12 and 16 to outputCount

Get list of channels automatically

• Would have to poll Qlab for a list of channels using OSC (returns a JSON with the names of the channels).
• Would probably then have to check a csv (?) of abbreviations, probably similar to the current function used to correct "pros" pronunciation.

Currently only works if all audio cue faders are down by default

Either fix script so it will correctly route audio even if other faders are up by default, or add to documentation that this should be the default.

Line check - put the ganging bits into a function and call it rather than repeating it multiple times

Do you still need lineCheckCues list?

I think it's redundant now

Rewrite "create fade" cues to incorporate subroutines

Add error catching for if dialog boxes are cancelled

error number -128

"Create fade cues" - if on a group, ignore fades if they start with "Fade in:"

Create automatic spoken line check cues

Finish writing the script. Currently missing one section in the middle (creating the cues and allocating the audio files) and needs the last sections adapting to use those cues automatically rather than requiring them to be selected. Also can streamline the user-variables hugely.

Try to make it so you run it within Qlab as an external process I think.

Function name in create fade.applescript

Add functionality to create alternate versions of stems (like the v/o function)

See if you can create a script to do what you did in late 2019, to have an alternative version of a song's stems e.g. a different key, and switch between them as necessary.

If updating an existing script, keep the user defined variables already in the script.

E.g. if updating "Spoken Line Checks" to a new version, keep the channel list and level settings already chosen.

Line check doesn't work it default includes gangs

Allow backwards versioning / selective versioning

Add an adapted version of the "versioning by file" script to allow reverting to old stems. Perhaps get a list of the versions available in the folder present this as a list to be chosen from?

Update the scripts generated by "SFX Variants"

Update tell application "Qlab 4" to tell application id "com.figure53.Qlab.4"

Package manager

• Import to library function that already exists: make that a "importScripts()" function and call from the main body.
• Expand the metadata importing into a script of its own, call similarly. Try to catch alternative methods of calling that metadata, like Reapack.
• create the text to call the script in the library.
• a log file in the library to keep track of versions of each filename, and only update those that need updating?

Set save location automatically

Find path to current Qlab file, and save to "~/Soundcheck/Line Check"

Rewrite to avoid looping through every single cue in Main Cue List

Try looping through every audio cue. Seems like a big and confusing rewrite though and it currently works, so I'm just noting this as a wishful thinking for the future now!

Update readme on how to install and use

[NEW] section marker.

Make a memo cue with all caps label
Create a go-to cue at the end of the selected group / group before marker. Go to: next cue.

Regenerate when cues/files already exist

If the group already exists, delete it before running. If the files already exist in the folder, delete them except the sub file before running.

Spoken line checks: edit how you enter channel names?

Possibly

• List the output names in the notes section of the cue?
• fill them in via dialogue?
• import CSV?
• Just write them not in an array (simply comma delimited) and array them within the script?

Save New Version doesn't work if file extension is not hidden on the qlab file in finder

Add a split-string function to remove ".qlab4" if present at the end of the retrieved filename.