The Ultimate Macro Sharing Thread

[Lukas]

I thought it would be nice if everyone who uses macros a lot shared one or two of their favourites. It might be inspiring to see how macros can improve/speed up/simplify some tasks. These can be your own macros or macros you have downloaded and find yourself using regularly.

Hopefully this will also help to encourage people who have always avoided macros because they think it's too complicated and only for programming experts. It's not - most of the time using macros is really easy. For any doubters, here's a link to my macro crash course video and a playlist of macro tutorials by Gregor, Joe and others.

Rules:

- Macro title
- Short description (keep it simple so that everyone immediately understands what the macro is good for)
- Optional image or youtube video link
- For more complex macros: Link to the macro on PreSonus Exchange or attach the .studoonemacro (or .macropage file) to the post

- No discussion posts - just 1 or 2 macros per post, to keep the thread clear and valuable. If you want to start a discussion about a macro that has been posted here (and for any "offtopic" post), just start a new thread.

 

[Lukas]

Skip back 5 seconds and play

I'll start with an unspectacular macro that I've been using all the time recently. It requires Navigation Essentials for the "Rewind Second" command.

When I'm editing and finetuning certain passages (transitions, drum fills, etc.) and want to hear the passages in context, I like to use this macro via a keyboard command (or via a button on my stream deck) to skip back 5 seconds and then start playback. The play start cursor can be very useful for this too, but if I'm always switching between different parts, I like the macro better.



Instead of "Rewind Second", you can also use "Rewind Bar" (this is built into Studio One, no add-on required) and set 2 bars, for example.

 

[GIM Productions]

Hi, I created some macros with functions that were very useful to me in my previous DAW.
I upload the images because I don't have an exchange.
In Studio One if I need to mute or delete part of an audio clip I have to
1) select the cut tool
2)cut the part twice
3) change the tool and choose the mute tool
4) silence the cut part
With these macros I can
1)select the part of the audio clip
2) push the button
The selected part of the audio will automatically be cut and silenced or deleted
I hope it can help someone
Ops....italian language

 

[Trucky]

Hi, I created some macros with functions that were very useful to me in my previous DAW.
I upload the images because I don't have an exchange.
In Studio One if I need to mute or delete part of an audio clip I have to
1) select the cut tool
2)cut the part twice
3) change the tool and choose the mute tool
4) silence the cut part
With these macros I can
1)select the part of the audio clip
2) push the button
The selected part of the audio will automatically be cut and silenced or deleted
I hope it can help someone
Ops....italian language

I translated the commands in both of your macros to English so hopefully these translations are correct.
If not, please let me know.

Smart Erase
========
Arranger|Select Events in Section
Edit|Split Range
Toolbar|Tool 2
Edit|Cut
Toolbar|Toggle Range Tool in upper event area

Smart Mute
========
Arranger|Select Events in Section
Edit|Split Range
Toolbar|Tool 6
Event|Mute Events
Toolbar|Toggle Range Tool in upper event area

After using them I questioned whether macros were needed for these.

The standard "Studio One" key commands should be able to accomplish the tasks to erase or mute selected events.
1. Use Range Tool to select event.
2. Press [Delete] key to delete or [Shift] [M] to mute.

Studio One Keyboard Shortcuts
=====================
[Delete] = Edit|Delete
[Shift] M = Event|Toggle Mute (Toggle works well to Mute or Unmute)

Please let me know if those steps don't work for you or if I'm not understanding the need for macros to do this.

 

[Dave71]

Here's a simple but I think powerful one if you tend to use the same plugin on all channels. I like to mix using the SSL Native Channel Strip in the 360 software because it limits options and makes me focus better on what is needed instead of what is possible.
What it does is select all channels and then insert a plugin of choice on all. If there already are plugins it will just put it last in the chain. It takes away the need to first select the first channel, then the last channel and then dragging in the plugin. It's just a one click operation and you're set.

Navigation/First Track
Navigation/Last Track Extend
Track/Add Insert to Selected Channels (double click in the arguments field to select the plugin of choice and the desired preset).

 

[madFloyd]

Here's a simple but I think powerful one if you tend to use the same plugin on all channels. I like to mix using the SSL Native Channel Strip in the 360 software because it limits options and makes me focus better on what is needed instead of what is possible.
What it does is select all channels and then insert a plugin of choice on all. If there already are plugins it will just put it last in the chain. It takes away the need to first select the first channel, then the last channel and then dragging in the plugin. It's just a one click operation and you're set.

Navigation/First Track
Navigation/Last Track Extend
Track/Add Insert to Selected Channels (double click in the arguments field to select the plugin of choice and the desired preset).

Nice!

 

[daw stew]

Here's a simple but I think powerful one if you tend to use the same plugin on all channels. I like to mix using the SSL Native Channel Strip in the 360 software because it limits options and makes me focus better on what is needed instead of what is possible.
What it does is select all channels and then insert a plugin of choice on all. If there already are plugins it will just put it last in the chain. It takes away the need to first select the first channel, then the last channel and then dragging in the plugin. It's just a one click operation and you're set.

Navigation/First Track
Navigation/Last Track Extend
Track/Add Insert to Selected Channels (double click in the arguments field to select the plugin of choice and the desired preset).

That's a good one. I'd created a macro to add the SSL link to a track but I like this idea of selecting multiple tracks and having the macro insert the plugin to all tracks

 

[madFloyd]

That's a good one. I'd created a macro to add the SSL link to a track but I like this idea of selecting multiple tracks and having the macro insert the plugin to all tracks

My understanding is that you wouldn't select multiple tracks, the macro selects ALL channels for you.

 

[Trucky]

Yes, the first 2 commands in the macro selects all your tracks.

Navigation|First Track
Navigation|Last Track Extend