How Can I Move Markers With Tracks in Studio One?

06-27-2019, 12:14 PM

If you are looking to get Studio One 4 chord tracks into Reaper, here's a script or standalone exe to do the job.
If you have any issues set it to Run As Administrator.
Studio-One-4-Chords-to-Markers-x64-x86-exe.zip

Studio-One-4-Chords-to-Markers-x64-x86-ahk.zip

As Studio One has no API like Reaper I had to use AutoHotKey
The AHK macro or exe will copy the Chords to Markers.
This way you will have the chords in any DAW it's exported to.
If you don't use the Studio One 4 Chords to Markers .exe just install AutoHotKeys to run the ahk script.

set: Cursor follows Edit position <|> at the top
Menu > Studio One > Options > keyboard Shortcuts > Insert Named > set shortcut > change in script if needed

Code:

Send, ^+!n ; Studio One shortcut for 'insert named' (Marker) Ctrl+Shift+Alt+N

^+!n is sending Ctrl+Shift+Alt+N
Using Combination Keys: http://xahlee.info/mswin/autohotkey_key_notations.html

open Chord Selector
select the first chord in the timeline
run the script and use the set Hot Key (default F11 but change to what you like)
Save a midi track and it will have the S1 chord markers.

Without downloading the above you can copy and save this to Studio One 4 Chords to Markers.ahk in notepad, the Macro number needs to be unique for each Action you have.
It can also be added to a GUI with buttons.

Code:

;Studio One Chords to Markers F11:: ; Hot Key , set to custom ^=Ctrl !+Alt +=Shift #=Win eg. ^+y = Ctrl+Shift+Y Macro20: IfWinExist, Chord Selector     WinActivate ; use the window found above     ControlGetFocus, cr, A ; get the focused(active) control(child window) of the active window     ControlGetPos, x, y, width, Height, %cr%, A ; get the position and dimensions of Chord Selector     MouseMove, % x + Width / 2, % y + Height / 2.2 ;  move mouse to center of window and up a bit     , 0     Sleep, 50     MouseClick, left ; click center chord in Chord Selector     clipboard:="" ; clears the clipboard     While clipboard     Sleep 10 ; this sleep will repeat until the clipboard is cleared.      TimeOut = 0     While !clipboard AND TimeOut < 100     {     Send ^c     Sleep 50 ; gives time for the clipboard to be populated, especially if it is large     Timeout ++     }     Send, {Enter}     Sleep, 50     Send, ^+!n ; Studio One shortcut for 'insert named' (Marker) Ctrl+Shift+Alt+N     Sleep, 50     Send, ^V     Sleep, 50     Send, {Enter}     Sleep, 50     Send, {Right} Return

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06-28-2019, 05:02 AM

Here's a JS script package that creates song markers for all selected chords.

Rename the file extension to *.package and put it in the application \scripts folder and restart S1, it will appear on the Event menu, Chords to Markers.

06:28 AM

Yeah... that's a relatively simple script.

Code:

                                var chords = [];                  // collect selected chords into an array         var iterator = context.iterator;         while (!iterator.done())         {             var event = iterator.next();              chords.push(event)         }          // move to the first chord event         Host.GUI.Commands.interpretCommand("Navigation", "First Event")          // iterate the array, only used for the range         for (i = 0; i < chords.length; i++)         {             // get the current chord name             var chord = Host.Objects.getObjectByUrl                 ('://hostapp/DocumentManager/ActiveDocument/EventInspector/EventInfo/ChordSelector')                 .findParameter('chord').string;                          // locate to the current chord position             Host.GUI.Commands.interpretCommand('Transport', 'Locate Selection')                          // create a new marker named after the current chord             Host.GUI.Commands.interpretCommand('Marker', 'Insert Named',                 false, Host.Attributes(["Name", chord]))              // move to the next chord event             Host.GUI.Commands.interpretCommand("Navigation", "Right")         }

06-28-2019, 05:48 PM

Getting this error

Code:

                                // get the current chord name             var chord = Host.Objects.getObjectByUrl                 ('://hostapp/DocumentManager/ActiveDocument/EventInspector/EventInfo/ChordSelector')                 .findParameter('chord').string;

03:47 AM

I can only trigger that when there's no chord events selected, as that's not trapped.

You can add this trap in the code if you want..

Code:

                                // collect selected chords into an array         var iterator = context.iterator;         while (!iterator.done())         {             var event = iterator.next();               // error trap ---------------------------------             if (event.mediaType != undefined)             {                 Host.GUI.alert("Please only select chord events for this function.")                 return;             }             // --------------------------------------------                           chords.push(event)         }

06-29-2019, 11:13 AM

Oh of course "selected chords" !

I changed the message to "Select first chord on timeline"
and added this to the top:

Code:

                                // select all chord events         Host.GUI.Commands.interpretCommand("Edit", "Select All")

Yea I tried some way to select the chord track then select all but couldn't find one.

I was looking for some way to "Move to bar x beat x" "Insert chord" also, so I could parse the text file with the chord list.

I can do it in Reaper ok, it reads the Band In A Box plugin's chords from it's Song.txt file then inserts the regions:

ReaTrak import chords from biab plugin.lua

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pup364svAo

06-29-2019, 05:24 PM

So I can see the get chord name

Code:

                                // get the current chord name             var chord = Host.Objects.getObjectByUrl                 ('://hostapp/DocumentManager/ActiveDocument/EventInspector/EventInfo/ChordSelector')                 .findParameter('chord').string;

is there a way to set chord name ?

also with "Transport" "Goto Time" if I can set that as well then it will be a start to get the chord list in.

this is the text file it reads, it only needs the Chord=bar,beat,chord
Reaper reads the PartMarker=bar, 1=verse 2=chorus
and colors the regions.

Code:

Mode=Song ProgramName=Band-in-a-Box ProgramVersionNumber=Version 2019.1 (615) FileDate=1322889738 RealTracksOK=1 ChorusBegin=1 ChorusEnd=32 TotalChoruses=1 Tempo=90 MIDIStyle=_BREATH.STY MIDILongStyleName=Breath Celtic Pop Ballad Key=Am  PartMarker=1,1 PartMarker=9,2 PartMarker=17,1 PartMarker=25,2 PartMarker=33,1 Chord=1,1,Am Chord=2,1,Dm Chord=3,1,Em Chord=4,1,Am Chord=4,3,G Chord=5,1,F Chord=6,1,Em Chord=7,1,Dm Chord=8,1,E7 Chord=9,1,Am Chord=9,3,G Chord=10,1,F Chord=10,3,G Chord=11,1,Am Chord=11,3,G Chord=12,1,F Chord=12,3,E Chord=13,1,Am Chord=13,3,G Chord=14,1,F Chord=14,3,E Chord=15,1,D Chord=16,1,Dm Chord=17,1,Am Chord=18,1,Dm Chord=19,1,Em Chord=20,1,Am Chord=20,3,G Chord=21,1,F Chord=22,1,Em Chord=23,1,Dm Chord=24,1,E7 Chord=25,1,Am Chord=25,3,G Chord=26,1,F Chord=26,3,G Chord=27,1,Am Chord=27,3,G Chord=28,1,F Chord=28,3,E Chord=29,1,Am Chord=29,3,G Chord=30,1,F Chord=30,3,E Chord=31,1,D Chord=32,1,Dm Chord=33,1,Am PPQ=120 StyleTimeSig=4 SongHasBeenToDesktopAtSomeTime=1 SongTitle=_BREATH Demo - Breath Celtic Pop Ballad TimeSig=1,4 V7=3085,1 V7=3086,51 V7=3087,1 ....... .......

06-30-2019, 03:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MusoBob View Post

is there a way to set chord name ?

Try ~.findParameter('chord').setValue(var, true); That may work, haven't tried it though.

10:38 PM

This works to edit the existing chord to E
if I can insert a new chord at a time position then use that to rename it.

Code:

                                // set the current chord name             var chord = Host.Objects.getObjectByUrl                 ('://hostapp/DocumentManager/ActiveDocument/EventInspector/EventInfo/ChordSelector')                 .findParameter('chord').setValue('E', true);

not sure how to set the time position then insert new chord ?

Code:

Host.GUI.Commands.interpretCommand('Navigation', 'Goto Time',                 false, Host.Attributes(['Time', '04.01.01.00'])

EDIT: If there's no way to insert a chord, I can get the user to insert one chord manually, then the script will copy, paste and rename the chord.
The script is bringing up the Goto Time dialog but I need it to set the time from the text file var automatically, if not maybe send keystrokes 4 > 1 > 1 > 0 enter.

05:50 AM

Host.Attributes only works for actions that have arguments and that one doesn't so that's a non-starter as it has no attributes. For positioning, this will get the play cursor...

Code:

var cursor = Host.Objects.getObjectByUrl ('://hostapp/DocumentManager/ActiveDocument/Environment/TransportPanel') .findParameter('primaryTime')

… and the time divisions of that are somewhat odd. This appears to work with your data once you extract the bar and beat integers, where data[0] is bars and data[1] is beats. Looping doing that correctly placed the cursor for each event from your BIAB text...

Code:

var position = ((data[0] * 2) - 2) var beat = data[1] if (beat > 1) {position = (position + (beat * .5))}  cursor.setValue(position, true)

Another option is to Return to Zero and use Forward Bar and Nudge (1/4 note) commands or something to move the play cursor before pasting.

What you're trying to do re: creating new chord events, may not be possible except for pasting, not sure yet. Pasting chord events also doesn't force focus to or update the object required to rename it.

It's easy enough to extract the data, start with one chord event and cut it as the first step, then use paste to paste the 47 new chord events from that text into their correct bar and beat positions. The idea then was to put those into an array and circle back and select (for focus) and name them in series as in the previous loop the event focus is not allowing it. That's not working currently. It looks like the code is executing too fast.

I'll look at it again when I get time. The main issue there is that the chord events don't have appear to have exposed "name" or "title" properties, they can only be named from the chord selector object so that has to be updated or refreshed for it to work.

P.S. Is that text something that BIAB auto-generates or is that something you manually extracted?

Anyway, your experiment with BIAB is interesting.

10:27 AM

"P.S. Is that text something that BIAB auto-generates or is that something you manually extracted?"
yea that's always there in C:\bb\Song.txt that the biab app uses to generate the tracks for the current plugin instance.
In Reaper on first run it asks for the Song.txt folder then saves the location in the Reaper.ini
Only done Lua script before, no JS.
I got it to work roughly by moving the cursor to the Goto Time location (manually entering),
the script then continued and pasted the copied chord then Transport Next Event to select that chord, and rename it. So it should work in a loop.
I don't know if you could just insert markers then convert markers to chords ? will give it another look tomorrow.

Haven't tried S1 enough to see if you need to connect the chords, or you can have one bar chord C on bar 1 and a one bar chord G on bar 4 where it changes. I could just paste a C every bar until change occurs on a bar or mid bar.

Code:

                                // change the current chord name             var chord = Host.Objects.getObjectByUrl                 ('://hostapp/DocumentManager/ActiveDocument/EventInspector/EventInfo/ChordSelector')                 //.findParameter('chord').string; 				.findParameter('chord').setValue('E', true);             //Host.GUI.alert(chord) 			         // copy chord event         Host.GUI.Commands.interpretCommand("Edit", "Copy")              // change the current chord name             var chord = Host.Objects.getObjectByUrl                 ('://hostapp/DocumentManager/ActiveDocument/EventInspector/EventInfo/ChordSelector')                 .findParameter('chord').setValue('E', true);          var time = "6.02.01.00" 		Host.GUI.Commands.interpretCommand('Transport', 'Goto Time', 			  false, Host.Attributes(["Time", time]))	 		 		Host.GUI.Commands.interpretCommand("Edit", "Paste") 		 		        // move to the next chord event         Host.GUI.Commands.interpretCommand("Navigation", "Next Event")              // change the current chord name             var chord = Host.Objects.getObjectByUrl                 ('://hostapp/DocumentManager/ActiveDocument/EventInspector/EventInfo/ChordSelector')                 .findParameter('chord').setValue('A', true);

Thanks for the help !

09:01 AM

You're welcome. I got it sorted out. See the animated gif below. It only requires clicking in one chord event and running it.

https://prnt.sc/o9l2u7

07-02-2019, 09:41 AM

Awesome thanks ! but I think it's missing the start of the function and end when you pasted.

Code:

function BiabPluginChords() { ...... ...... function createInstance()  {     return new BiabPluginChords; }

and the classfactory.xml do I make a unique ID ??

Code:

<ClassFactory> 	<ScriptClass 		classID="{427F12C7-F026-44E2-8180-B77B998C3085}" 		category="EditTask" 		subCategory="EventEdit" 		name="Biab Plugin Chords" 		sourceFile="code.js" 		functionName="createInstance" 		metaClassID="{D40394D1-852A-4B7E-8B4D-24FFB57232BA}"> 		<Attribute id="menuPriority" value="1"/> 	</ScriptClass> </ClassFactory>

07:55 PM

Another thing, can you have a 2 bar offset as the tracks have a 2 bar count-in, so if it could start on bar 3, but don't worry if it's an issue they can insert 2 bars after the chords are populated. Like select the first 2 bars the Insert Silence (Ctrl+Alt+I)

EDIT: I don't know if the cursor position is in time or bars ?
in the Song.txt there is Tempo=120
in a Reaper script I use
bar_time = ((((bars) * beat_per_measure)/ bpm) * 60)
beat_time = ((beats/ bpm) * 60)
so then it should fit the chords to any tempo or tempo map.
I got the bar offset by changing - 2 to + 2

Quote:

// move the play cursor and paste a new event
var position = ((bar * 2) + 2)

And beat needs to -1 as it's putting the A on beat 4 and not 3
2 bar count-in

beat -1

06:08 PM

I think that's working right now at different tempos, it just needs to get the
var bpm = 140
var beat_per_measure = 4
from S1, not sure if you can get the bpm/beat_per_measure at each bar/beat so it will fit the chord to a tempo map or if it will do it automatically ?

EDIT: It needs to start another bar ahead from where it does at the moment also.
Also Cursor follows edit position needs to be selected <|>
EDIT: got the 2 bar offset with

Code:

                                var bar1 = data[0];                     var beat = data[1];                     var bar = Number(bar1) + 1

EDIT: got the Cursor follows edit position

Code:

                                Host.GUI.Commands.interpretCommand('Transport', 'Cursor follows Edit Position',             false, Host.Attributes(["State", "1"]))

Code:

function BiabPluginChords() {     this.interfaces =  [ Host.Interfaces.IEditTask ];      // ---------------------------------------------------------------------          this.prepareEdit = function (context)     {                return Host.Results.kResultOk;     }     	// ---------------------------------------------------------------------       	this.performEdit = function (context)     {         // play cursor         var cursor = Host.Objects.getObjectByUrl             ('://hostapp/DocumentManager/ActiveDocument/Environment/TransportPanel')             .findParameter('primaryTime');                  // host command shortcut         var cmd = Host.GUI.Commands;          ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////         //////////////////////  OPEN / READ BIAB TEXT FILE ////////////////////////////         ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////                  var fileSelector = Host.Classes.createInstance("CCL:FileSelector");         var textType = {filename: ("Song.txt"),description: ("Song.txt"), extension: "txt", mimetype: "text"};         fileSelector.addFilter(textType);         fileSelector.runOpen();         var path = fileSelector.getPath()          // array to hold the chord names         var chordNames = [];          context.editor.selection.showHideSuspended = true;                  // cut the manually created event to the clipboard         cmd.interpretCommand("Edit", "Cut")                  // read the file and paste events, and build the name array         var file = Host.IO.openTextFile(path);         if (file)         {             while (!file.endOfStream)             {                 var text = file.readLine()                  // only read the lines with Chord=                 if (text.indexOf("Chord=") > -1)                 {                     // strip unnecessary text                     text = text.replace("Chord=", "")                      // split the delimited text and get the data                     data = text.split(',')                     var bar = data[0];                     var beat = data[1];                      // push name to a reference array for the chord names                     chordNames.push (data[2])                                          // move the play cursor and paste a new event                     //var position = ((bar * 2) + 2) 					var bpm = 140 					var beat_per_measure = 4 					var position = (bar * (((((beat_per_measure) / bpm) * 60))))                     var beat = data[1]                     //if (beat > 1) {position = (position + (beat * .5))}                     if (beat > 1) {position = (position + (((((beat - 1) / bpm) * 60))))} 					cursor.setValue(position, true)                      // paste the new event                     cmd.interpretCommand("Edit", "Paste")                 }               }                          file.close();         }                 // select and name all of the new chord events               var chordSelector = Host.Objects.getObjectByUrl             ('object://hostapp/DocumentManager/ActiveDocument/TrackList/CurrentChord/EventInfo/ChordSelector')             .findParameter('chord')                  // select the first event         cmd.interpretCommand('Navigation', 'First Event')           // iterate the names array and name each event         for (i = 0; i < chordNames.length; i++)         {             chordSelector.setValue(chordNames[i], true)             cmd.interpretCommand('Navigation', 'Next Event')          }          context.editor.selection.showHideSuspended = false;          return Host.Results.kResultOk;      } }  function createInstance()  {     return new BiabPluginChords; }

01:33 AM

I got the tempo with

Code:

                                var bpm = Host.Objects.getObjectByUrl             ('://hostapp/DocumentManager/ActiveDocument/Environment/TransportPanel')             .findParameter('tempo').string;

Now I just got to get the numerator of the time signature.
EDIT:
I think it maybe easier to get the song's time signature form the Biab Song.txt
StyleTimeSig=3
StyleTimeSig=4
and let beat_per_measure = that.

EDIT: here's the latest one, it just needs to get beat_per_measure from StyleTimeSig= in the Biab Song.txt

Code:

function BiabPluginChords() {     this.interfaces =  [ Host.Interfaces.IEditTask ];      // ---------------------------------------------------------------------          this.prepareEdit = function (context)     {                return Host.Results.kResultOk;     }     	// ---------------------------------------------------------------------       	this.performEdit = function (context)     {             // set Cursor follows Edit Position 		Host.GUI.Commands.interpretCommand('Transport', 'Cursor follows Edit Position',             false, Host.Attributes(["State", "1"]))		 		         // get the current tempo         var bpm = Host.Objects.getObjectByUrl             ('://hostapp/DocumentManager/ActiveDocument/Environment/TransportPanel')             .findParameter('tempo').string;	          	         // play cursor         var cursor = Host.Objects.getObjectByUrl             ('://hostapp/DocumentManager/ActiveDocument/Environment/TransportPanel')             .findParameter('primaryTime');                  // host command shortcut         var cmd = Host.GUI.Commands;          ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////         //////////////////////  OPEN / READ BIAB TEXT FILE ////////////////////////////         ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////                  var fileSelector = Host.Classes.createInstance("CCL:FileSelector");         var textType = {filename: ("Song.txt"),description: ("Song.txt"), extension: "txt", mimetype: "text"};         fileSelector.addFilter(textType);         fileSelector.runOpen();         var path = fileSelector.getPath()          // array to hold the chord names         var chordNames = [];          context.editor.selection.showHideSuspended = true;                  // cut the manually created event to the clipboard         cmd.interpretCommand("Edit", "Cut")                  // read the file and paste events, and build the name array         var file = Host.IO.openTextFile(path);         if (file) 			         {             while (!file.endOfStream)             {                 var text = file.readLine() 					                 // only read the lines with Chord=                 if (text.indexOf("Chord=") > -1)                 {                      					// strip unnecessary text                     text = text.replace("Chord=", "") 					// split the delimited text and get the data                     data = text.split(',')                     var bar1 = data[0];                     var beat = data[1];                     var bar = Number(bar1) + 1                     // push name to a reference array for the chord names                     chordNames.push (data[2])                     // move the play cursor and paste a new event                     //var position = ((bar * 2) + 2) 					//var bpm = 140 					 					var beat_per_measure = 4 					var position = (bar * (((((beat_per_measure) / bpm) * 60))))                     var beat = data[1]                     //if (beat > 1) {position = (position + (beat * .5))}                     if (beat > 1) {position = (position + (((((beat - 1) / bpm) * 60))))} 					cursor.setValue(position, true)                      // paste the new event                     cmd.interpretCommand("Edit", "Paste")                 }               }                          file.close();         }                 // select and name all of the new chord events               var chordSelector = Host.Objects.getObjectByUrl             ('object://hostapp/DocumentManager/ActiveDocument/TrackList/CurrentChord/EventInfo/ChordSelector')             .findParameter('chord')                  // select the first event         cmd.interpretCommand('Navigation', 'First Event')           // iterate the names array and name each event         for (i = 0; i < chordNames.length; i++)         {             chordSelector.setValue(chordNames[i], true)             cmd.interpretCommand('Navigation', 'Next Event')          }          context.editor.selection.showHideSuspended = false;         cmd.interpretCommand("Transport", "Return to Zero")         return Host.Results.kResultOk;     } }    function createInstance()  { 	     return new BiabPluginChords; }

07-04-2019, 08:06 PM

@Lawrence thanks again for the help !!!

This is all working now (will try and get it to work with a tempo map and time signature changes later)
BiabPluginChords-StudioOne.zip

Code:

function BiabPluginChords() {     this.interfaces =  [ Host.Interfaces.IEditTask ];      // ---------------------------------------------------------------------          this.prepareEdit = function (context)     {                return Host.Results.kResultOk;     }         // ---------------------------------------------------------------------           this.performEdit = function (context)     {             // set Cursor follows Edit Position         Host.GUI.Commands.interpretCommand('Transport', 'Cursor follows Edit Position',             false, Host.Attributes(["State", "1"]))                          // get the current tempo         var bpm = Host.Objects.getObjectByUrl             ('://hostapp/DocumentManager/ActiveDocument/Environment/TransportPanel')             .findParameter('tempo').string;              // play cursor         var cursor = Host.Objects.getObjectByUrl             ('://hostapp/DocumentManager/ActiveDocument/Environment/TransportPanel')             .findParameter('primaryTime');                  // host command shortcut         var cmd = Host.GUI.Commands;          ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////         //////////////////////  OPEN / READ BIAB TEXT FILE ////////////////////////////         ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////                  var fileSelector = Host.Classes.createInstance("CCL:FileSelector");         var textType = {filename: ("Song.txt"),description: ("Song.txt"), extension: "txt", mimetype: "text"};         fileSelector.addFilter(textType);         fileSelector.runOpen();         var path = fileSelector.getPath()          // array to hold the chord names         var chordNames = [];          context.editor.selection.showHideSuspended = true;                  // cut the manually created event to the clipboard         cmd.interpretCommand("Edit", "Cut")                  var file = Host.IO.openTextFile(path);         if (file)         {                            while (!file.endOfStream)             {                       var text = file.readLine()                 if (text.indexOf("StyleTimeSig=") > -1 )                 {                     if (text == 'StyleTimeSig=4')                      {                          var beat_per_measure1 = '4'                     }                         if (text == 'StyleTimeSig=3')                      {                          var beat_per_measure1 = '3'                     }                 }                          }         }                              // read the file and paste events, and build the name array         var file = Host.IO.openTextFile(path);         if (file)         {                 while (!file.endOfStream)             {                 var text = file.readLine()                      // only read the lines with Chord=                 if (text.indexOf("Chord=") > -1)                 {                     // strip unnecessary text                     text = text.replace("Chord=", "")                     // split the delimited text and get the data                     data = text.split(',')                     var bar1 = data[0];                     var beat = data[1];                     var bar = Number(bar1) + 1                     var beat_per_measure = Number(beat_per_measure1)                     // push name to a reference array for the chord names                     chordNames.push (data[2])                     // move the play cursor and paste a new event                                          //var beat_per_measure = 4                                          var position = (bar * (((((beat_per_measure) / bpm) * 60))))                     var beat = data[1]                     //if (beat > 1) {position = (position + (beat * .5))}                     if (beat > 1) {position = (position + (((((beat - 1) / bpm) * 60))))}                     cursor.setValue(position, true)                      // paste the new event                     cmd.interpretCommand("Edit", "Paste")                 }               }                          file.close();         }                 // select and name all of the new chord events               var chordSelector = Host.Objects.getObjectByUrl             ('object://hostapp/DocumentManager/ActiveDocument/TrackList/CurrentChord/EventInfo/ChordSelector')             .findParameter('chord')                  // select the first event         cmd.interpretCommand('Navigation', 'First Event')           // iterate the names array and name each event         for (i = 0; i < chordNames.length; i++)         {             chordSelector.setValue(chordNames[i], true)             cmd.interpretCommand('Navigation', 'Next Event')          }          context.editor.selection.showHideSuspended = false;         cmd.interpretCommand("Transport", "Return to Zero")         //Host.GUI.alert(beat_per_measure)         return Host.Results.kResultOk;     } }  function createInstance()  {     return new BiabPluginChords; }

06-27-2019, 12:14 PM	#1
Human being with feelings Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 2,248	Tutorial: Studio One 4 to Chord MIDI Markers to Reaper If you are looking to get Studio One 4 chord tracks into Reaper, here's a script or standalone exe to do the job. If you have any issues set it to Run As Administrator. Studio-One-4-Chords-to-Markers-x64-x86-exe.zip Studio-One-4-Chords-to-Markers-x64-x86-ahk.zip As Studio One has no API like Reaper I had to use AutoHotKey The AHK macro or exe will copy the Chords to Markers. This way you will have the chords in any DAW it's exported to. If you don't use the Studio One 4 Chords to Markers .exe just install AutoHotKeys to run the ahk script. set: Cursor follows Edit position <\|> at the top Menu > Studio One > Options > keyboard Shortcuts > Insert Named > set shortcut > change in script if needed Code: Send, ^+!n ; Studio One shortcut for 'insert named' (Marker) Ctrl+Shift+Alt+N ^+!n is sending Ctrl+Shift+Alt+N Using Combination Keys: http://xahlee.info/mswin/autohotkey_key_notations.html open Chord Selector select the first chord in the timeline run the script and use the set Hot Key (default F11 but change to what you like) Save a midi track and it will have the S1 chord markers. Without downloading the above you can copy and save this to Studio One 4 Chords to Markers.ahk in notepad, the Macro number needs to be unique for each Action you have. It can also be added to a GUI with buttons. Code: ;Studio One Chords to Markers F11:: ; Hot Key , set to custom ^=Ctrl !+Alt +=Shift #=Win eg. ^+y = Ctrl+Shift+Y Macro20: IfWinExist, Chord Selector WinActivate ; use the window found above ControlGetFocus, cr, A ; get the focused(active) control(child window) of the active window ControlGetPos, x, y, width, Height, %cr%, A ; get the position and dimensions of Chord Selector MouseMove, % x + Width / 2, % y + Height / 2.2 ; move mouse to center of window and up a bit , 0 Sleep, 50 MouseClick, left ; click center chord in Chord Selector clipboard:="" ; clears the clipboard While clipboard Sleep 10 ; this sleep will repeat until the clipboard is cleared. TimeOut = 0 While !clipboard AND TimeOut < 100 { Send ^c Sleep 50 ; gives time for the clipboard to be populated, especially if it is large Timeout ++ } Send, {Enter} Sleep, 50 Send, ^+!n ; Studio One shortcut for 'insert named' (Marker) Ctrl+Shift+Alt+N Sleep, 50 Send, ^V Sleep, 50 Send, {Enter} Sleep, 50 Send, {Right} Return Full Screen

06-30-2019, 03:44 AM	#10
Human being with feelings Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 21,554	Quote: Originally Posted by MusoBob is there a way to set chord name ? Try ~.findParameter('chord').setValue(var, true); That may work, haven't tried it though.

06-30-2019, 05:12 AM	#11
Human being with feelings Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 2,248	This works to edit the existing chord to E if I can insert a new chord at a time position then use that to rename it. Code: // set the current chord name var chord = Host.Objects.getObjectByUrl ('://hostapp/DocumentManager/ActiveDocument/EventInspector/EventInfo/ChordSelector') .findParameter('chord').setValue('E', true); not sure how to set the time position then insert new chord ? Code: Host.GUI.Commands.interpretCommand('Navigation', 'Goto Time', false, Host.Attributes(['Time', '04.01.01.00']) EDIT: If there's no way to insert a chord, I can get the user to insert one chord manually, then the script will copy, paste and rename the chord. The script is bringing up the Goto Time dialog but I need it to set the time from the text file var automatically, if not maybe send keystrokes 4 > 1 > 1 > 0 enter. Last edited by MusoBob; 06-30-2019 at 10:38 PM.

07-01-2019, 05:26 AM	#12
Human being with feelings Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 21,554	Host.Attributes only works for actions that have arguments and that one doesn't so that's a non-starter as it has no attributes. For positioning, this will get the play cursor... Code: var cursor = Host.Objects.getObjectByUrl ('://hostapp/DocumentManager/ActiveDocument/Environment/TransportPanel') .findParameter('primaryTime') … and the time divisions of that are somewhat odd. This appears to work with your data once you extract the bar and beat integers, where data[0] is bars and data[1] is beats. Looping doing that correctly placed the cursor for each event from your BIAB text... Code: var position = ((data[0] * 2) - 2) var beat = data[1] if (beat > 1) {position = (position + (beat * .5))} cursor.setValue(position, true) Another option is to Return to Zero and use Forward Bar and Nudge (1/4 note) commands or something to move the play cursor before pasting. What you're trying to do re: creating new chord events, may not be possible except for pasting, not sure yet. Pasting chord events also doesn't force focus to or update the object required to rename it. It's easy enough to extract the data, start with one chord event and cut it as the first step, then use paste to paste the 47 new chord events from that text into their correct bar and beat positions. The idea then was to put those into an array and circle back and select (for focus) and name them in series as in the previous loop the event focus is not allowing it. That's not working currently. It looks like the code is executing too fast. I'll look at it again when I get time. The main issue there is that the chord events don't have appear to have exposed "name" or "title" properties, they can only be named from the chord selector object so that has to be updated or refreshed for it to work. P.S. Is that text something that BIAB auto-generates or is that something you manually extracted? Anyway, your experiment with BIAB is interesting. Last edited by Lawrence; 07-01-2019 at 05:50 AM.

07-01-2019, 06:07 AM	#13
Human being with feelings Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 2,248	"P.S. Is that text something that BIAB auto-generates or is that something you manually extracted?" yea that's always there in C:\bb\Song.txt that the biab app uses to generate the tracks for the current plugin instance. In Reaper on first run it asks for the Song.txt folder then saves the location in the Reaper.ini Only done Lua script before, no JS. I got it to work roughly by moving the cursor to the Goto Time location (manually entering), the script then continued and pasted the copied chord then Transport Next Event to select that chord, and rename it. So it should work in a loop. I don't know if you could just insert markers then convert markers to chords ? will give it another look tomorrow. Haven't tried S1 enough to see if you need to connect the chords, or you can have one bar chord C on bar 1 and a one bar chord G on bar 4 where it changes. I could just paste a C every bar until change occurs on a bar or mid bar. Code: // change the current chord name var chord = Host.Objects.getObjectByUrl ('://hostapp/DocumentManager/ActiveDocument/EventInspector/EventInfo/ChordSelector') //.findParameter('chord').string; .findParameter('chord').setValue('E', true); //Host.GUI.alert(chord) // copy chord event Host.GUI.Commands.interpretCommand("Edit", "Copy") // change the current chord name var chord = Host.Objects.getObjectByUrl ('://hostapp/DocumentManager/ActiveDocument/EventInspector/EventInfo/ChordSelector') .findParameter('chord').setValue('E', true); var time = "6.02.01.00" Host.GUI.Commands.interpretCommand('Transport', 'Goto Time', false, Host.Attributes(["Time", time])) Host.GUI.Commands.interpretCommand("Edit", "Paste") // move to the next chord event Host.GUI.Commands.interpretCommand("Navigation", "Next Event") // change the current chord name var chord = Host.Objects.getObjectByUrl ('://hostapp/DocumentManager/ActiveDocument/EventInspector/EventInfo/ChordSelector') .findParameter('chord').setValue('A', true); Thanks for the help ! Last edited by MusoBob; 07-01-2019 at 10:27 AM.

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06-28-2019, 05:02 AM	#2
Human being with feelings Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 21,554	Here's a JS script package that creates song markers for all selected chords. Rename the file extension to *.package and put it in the application \scripts folder and restart S1, it will appear on the Event menu, Chords to Markers.

06-28-2019, 05:48 PM	#6
Human being with feelings Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 2,248	Getting this error Code: // get the current chord name var chord = Host.Objects.getObjectByUrl ('://hostapp/DocumentManager/ActiveDocument/EventInspector/EventInfo/ChordSelector') .findParameter('chord').string;

06-29-2019, 11:13 AM	#8
Human being with feelings Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 2,248	Oh of course "selected chords" ! I changed the message to "Select first chord on timeline" and added this to the top: Code: // select all chord events Host.GUI.Commands.interpretCommand("Edit", "Select All") Yea I tried some way to select the chord track then select all but couldn't find one. I was looking for some way to "Move to bar x beat x" "Insert chord" also, so I could parse the text file with the chord list. I can do it in Reaper ok, it reads the Band In A Box plugin's chords from it's Song.txt file then inserts the regions: ReaTrak import chords from biab plugin.lua https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pup364svAo

07-02-2019, 07:41 AM	#14
Human being with feelings Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 21,554	You're welcome. I got it sorted out. See the animated gif below. It only requires clicking in one chord event and running it. https://prnt.sc/o9l2u7 Last edited by Lawrence; 07-02-2019 at 09:01 AM.

07-02-2019, 09:55 AM	#16
Human being with feelings Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 2,248	Another thing, can you have a 2 bar offset as the tracks have a 2 bar count-in, so if it could start on bar 3, but don't worry if it's an issue they can insert 2 bars after the chords are populated. Like select the first 2 bars the Insert Silence (Ctrl+Alt+I) EDIT: I don't know if the cursor position is in time or bars ? in the Song.txt there is Tempo=120 in a Reaper script I use bar_time = ((((bars) * beat_per_measure)/ bpm) * 60) beat_time = ((beats/ bpm) * 60) so then it should fit the chords to any tempo or tempo map. I got the bar offset by changing - 2 to + 2 Quote: // move the play cursor and paste a new event var position = ((bar * 2) + 2) And beat needs to -1 as it's putting the A on beat 4 and not 3 2 bar count-in beat -1 Last edited by MusoBob; 07-02-2019 at 07:55 PM.