Macro help request - folder not expanding

[parityflux]

I have a macro I use for going into a mixdown mode. Basically it hides unused things, zooms to my loop and gets me ready for exporting stems:

Since I end up hiding tracks and then showing all tracks with events in the loop range, I then have to "find" channels and tracks that I also want to show in the Arrange area for automation and to show in the Console, since I have always had Arrange and Console linked for my own sanity. When I find tracks and channels that are folders. They don't show as expanded, so I added Track|Expand Folder Track and it does not actually expand. It shows the icon for expanded folders, but it is not actually expanded:

Does anyone know another way of doing this so I get my folders expanded without having to go over and click them twice after the macro runs?

 

[OutrageProductions]

Have you tried moving the Track|Expand command(s) to just before the Edit|Hide command?

 

[Lukas]

Is the problem that you’re hiding tracks inside this folder, so the folder no longer contains any visible tracks? The “Expand Folder Track” command seems to “only” expand the folder, but without making the hidden tracks inside it visible. This is different from the behavior when clicking the expand icon manually, which also makes the tracks inside the folder visible. (Which should be taken a look at, probably.)

Do you know the names of the tracks in the folder that you want to show? If so, you could use "Find Track" for the single tracks as a workaround. If the tracks are different in every song and the macro should work for any possible song, this is probably not a solution.

 

[parityflux]

Is the problem that you’re hiding tracks inside this folder, so the folder no longer contains any visible tracks? The “Expand Folder Track” command seems to “only” expand the folder, but without making the hidden tracks inside it visible. This is different from the behavior when clicking the expand icon manually, which also makes the tracks inside the folder visible. (Which should be taken a look at, probably.) [...]

The folders only contain bus channels, and during the state setup phase of the macro, I don't think I am hiding any of them. "Hide Muted Channels" wouldn't do it, because they are never muted, or disabled for that matter. I guess I expected, the command Track|Expand Folder Track to actually expand the folder like clicking on it does. I'll explore further.

The workaround for finding each channel in there by name is a possibility and a good suggestion. It is a bespoke macro and really only for my current film composing template, so I am not concerned with making it generic. The stem names likely won't change much if at all. But there are probably 20 of them in the STEM_SUBS and 11-12 of them in STEM_MIX, so I was hoping to save some tedium. I think I will mention it to support, because unless I am missing something, semantically and conceptually, Track|Expand Folder Track should do what it says.

 

[Lukas]

The folders only contain bus channels, and during the state setup phase of the macro, I don't think I am hiding any of them. "Hide Muted Channels" wouldn't do it, because they are never muted, or disabled for that matter.

Yes, however, these are channels. A folder cannot contain channels, only tracks.

The workaround for finding each channel in there by name is a possibility and a good suggestion. It is a bespoke macro and really only for my current film composing template, so I am not concerned with making it generic. The stem names likely won't change much if at all. But there are probably 20 of them in the STEM_SUBS and 11-12 of them in STEM_MIX, so I was hoping to save some tedium. I think I will mention it to support, because unless I am missing something, semantically and conceptually, Track|Expand Folder Track should do what it says.

I made a note to bring this up with the development team next time and will look into it as well. But for now it’s still best to go through the regular support channel.

 

[parityflux]

Yes, however, these are channels. A folder cannot contain channels, only tracks.

ooohhhhhh! hmmm. OK then these must be tracks created because I have it set to create automation tracks automatically. OK, let me reframe my thinking and I will experiment more. Since these would be tracks, then they would be seen as "empty" and macro step 9, "show tracks with events in loop range" would indeed hide them. Lukas thanks for illuminating me on this point!
Cheers,
John