Change Playback Timings Grid

adb_livetiming_12x12.xml

Remarks

• These macros can be used to toggle fade/release times or overlap for basically a full playback page in one go.
• This set of macros is set up for a 12×12 grid in playbacks window but can be adjusted by deleting the corresponding lines from the macro (which admittedly is a bit tedious though due to the length of the macro and that you cannot 'group' playbacks for some commands)
• Only the originally imported macros will work, meaning you can move but not really copy them (they get a new id when copied thus referencing wrong)
• the macros will be highlighted by a halo according which macro last changed time or overlap
• there is an macro called adb import Live Timing that will import all macros to pg11 of the macro workspace
• the software might need to be restarted for the halo part to work

• Playbacks.Editor.Macros.SetTargetHandle
• Handles.SetSourceHandleFromHandle
• Handles.SetSourceHandle
• Playbacks.IsCueHandle
• Playbacks.Editor.EnsurePlaybackCueSelected
• Handles.RemoveHalo
• Handles.SetPendingHaloToSystemColour
• ActionScript.SetProperty
• Handles.ClearSelection

• Playbacks.Editor.Macros.Target.Handle
• Playbacks.Editor.SelectedPlayback
• Playbacks.Editor.Times.PlaybackReleaseTime
• Playbacks.Editor.Times.CueFadeInTime
• Playbacks.Editor.Times.CueFixtureOverlap

SetCueFadeInTime.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<avolites.macros>
 
<!-- live time macros example -->
  <macro id="adb.Macros.livetime1" name="Live Time 1s">
    <sequence>
      <!-- Remove Halos -->
      <step>Playbacks.Editor.Macros.SetTargetHandle("adb.Macros.livetime0")</step>
      <step>Handles.SetSourceHandleFromHandle(Playbacks.Editor.Macros.Target.Handle)</step>
      <step>Handles.RemoveHalo()</step>
      <step>Playbacks.Editor.Macros.SetTargetHandle("adb.Macros.livetime1")</step>
      <step>Handles.SetSourceHandleFromHandle(Playbacks.Editor.Macros.Target.Handle)</step>
      <step>Handles.RemoveHalo()</step>
 
      <!-- repeat for macros as needed -->
 
      <!-- Set Times -->
      <!-- Handles.SetSourceHandleRange(group, indexList) -->
      <step>Handles.ClearSelection()</step>
      <step>ActionScript.SetProperty("Playbacks.Editor.SelectedPlayback", null)</step>
 
      <step>Handles.SetSourceHandle("PlaybackWindow", 0)</step>
      <step condition="Playbacks.IsCueHandle(Handles.SourceHandle)">
        ActionScript.SetProperty("Playbacks.Editor.SelectedPlayback", Handles.SourceHandle)</step>
      <step>ActionScript.SetProperty("Playbacks.Editor.Times.PlaybackReleaseTime", time:1)</step>
      <step>Playbacks.Editor.EnsurePlaybackCueSelected()</step>
      <step>ActionScript.SetProperty("Playbacks.Editor.Times.CueFadeInTime", time:1)</step>
 
      <step>Handles.SetSourceHandle("PlaybackWindow", 1)</step>
      <step condition="Playbacks.IsCueHandle(Handles.SourceHandle)">
        ActionScript.SetProperty("Playbacks.Editor.SelectedPlayback", Handles.SourceHandle)</step>
      <step>ActionScript.SetProperty("Playbacks.Editor.Times.PlaybackReleaseTime", time:1)</step>
      <step>Playbacks.Editor.EnsurePlaybackCueSelected()</step>
      <step>ActionScript.SetProperty("Playbacks.Editor.Times.CueFadeInTime", time:1)</step>
 
      <!-- repeat for playbacks as needed -->
 
      <step>Handles.ClearSelection()</step>
      <!-- Set Halo -->
      <step>Playbacks.Editor.Macros.SetTargetHandle("adb.Macros.livetime1")</step>
      <step>Handles.SetSourceHandleFromHandle(Playbacks.Editor.Macros.Target.Handle)</step>
      <step>Handles.SetPendingHaloToSystemColour("Yellow")</step>
      <step>Handles.ClearSelection()</step>
    </sequence>
  </macro>
 
<!-- overlap macros -->
  <macro id="adb.Macros.liveOverlap50" name="Live Overlap 50">
    <sequence>
      <!-- Set Overlap -->
      <step>Handles.ClearSelection()</step>
 
      <step>Handles.SetSourceHandle("PlaybackWindow", 0)</step>
      <step condition="Playbacks.IsCueHandle(Handles.SourceHandle)">
        ActionScript.SetProperty("Playbacks.Editor.SelectedPlayback", Handles.SourceHandle)</step>
      <step>Playbacks.Editor.EnsurePlaybackCueSelected()</step>
      <step>ActionScript.SetProperty.Float("Playbacks.Editor.Times.CueFixtureOverlap", 0.5)</step>
 
      <!-- repeat for playbacks as needed -->
      <step>Handles.ClearSelection()</step>
    </sequence>
  </macro>
 
</avolites.macros>

This explains the functional steps within the sequence. For all the other XML details please refer to Formats and syntax

Set Times

• <step condition=“Playbacks.IsCueHandle(Handles.SourceHandle)”>ActionScript.SetProperty(“Playbacks.Editor.SelectedPlayback”, Handles.SourceHandle)</step> makes sure only playbacks get selected (no macros, groups, etc which could stop the macro halfway)
• ActionScript.SetProperty(“Playbacks.Editor.Times.PlaybackReleaseTime”, time:1) sets a release time of 1s
• Playbacks.Editor.EnsurePlaybackCueSelected() Ensures a playback cue to apply the fadetime to is selected
• ActionScript.SetProperty(“Playbacks.Editor.Times.CueFadeInTime”, time:1) sets a fade time of 1s

Remove Halo

• Playbacks.Editor.Macros.SetTargetHandle(“adb.Macros.livetime0”) selects a particular macro based on its macroid. Copied macros seem to become a new macro id.
• Handles.SetSourceHandleFromHandle(Playbacks.Editor.Macros.Target.Handle) selects the actual handle the macro is on

Set Halo

• Handles.SetPendingHaloToSystemColour(“Yellow”) sets a yellow halo on the macros just fired

Overlap

• ActionScript.SetProperty.Float(“Playbacks.Editor.Times.CueFixtureOverlap”, 0.5) sets an overlap of 50%

Import

• adb import Live Timing is a macro that imports the whole set of macros onto page 11 in the macros workspace

• make this macro available