Macro question from new user

[Darren Ingram]

Hello Cubendoites? Cubendonians?

Anyway, a fella with the handle of Zolo over at Nuendo.Com said I should slum around over at this site for a heapin' helpin' of helpfulness, so here I am with my first question and hopefully I'm posting this in the right place.

The following question was posted over at Ncom, so it may seem familiar but I was not able to get any reaction on it.

I'm trying to use a macro in order to get a group of files to move to the cursor on their right side. I can use the snap function with the command key, but I only seem to be able to do that a file at a time. I'm trying to move a block of files. In Nuendo 4 I used the following macro:

Transport - Set Left Locator
Transport - Locate Selection End
Audio - Snap Point To Cursor
Transport - To Left Locator
Edit - Move To Cursor

On N5, however, most of the time this does not work for me. I've been able to get it to behave a couple of times. Right now it's moving my clips to somewhere in the middle of the clip. If nothing else, I've not been able to achieve reliable behavior with this.

I think there are dark forces at work, bending their nefarious wills against me on this.

Either that or I'm being dense.

Does this work for anyone else? Anyone see what I'm doing wrong here?

Thanks

Darren "Macro" Ingram

[kdm]

Hey Darren - welcome. I'm in the middle of a project but will give this a try later today/tomorrow and get back to you (unless someone else has an answer before then).

[TerryG]

Welcome Darren... zolo is I.:icon_cool:

I'll try a repro this afternoon as well.

[ibmcgovern]

Darren...

MAybe I am missing what you are trying to do, but there can be an easier way. If you have the cursor stopped somewhere and what to move a group of clips to that location, simply highlight the clips and press CMD + L (MAc) or Ctrl + L on PC. They will all "move" to that location.

Or, do you mean for the clip ends, to line up at the cursor? If so, can I ask is there another clip that starts at that cursor location? If so, highlight that clip. Now hold down command and while hovering over the clips you want to move, stay to the right of the volume handle and click. They will line up the end of the clip with the start of the clip you have highlighted. Am I close to addressing your question?

[colony nofi]

Brian - he's referring to the clip ends (as in the second part of your answer) afai can tell.

I'm wondering if the "sometimes working" macro behaviour has anything to do with sync points inside the audio parts NOT being at the start of the parts, but at another point inside the file?

Just a thought. B.

[Darren Ingram]

Wow! Thanks for helping out on this guys.

What I'm trying to achieve is to get a set of clips to line up on their right side to the cursor. And if they don't all end at the same time, then to have them all move together and the clip that sticks out furthest to the right is the one that lines up with the cursor. Basically, I'm after the same behavior that is exhibited when using the "Move To Cursor" command. This makes clips, even selected groups, line up on their left sides to the cursor. And if there's one clips that sticks out further on the right, then they all move as one group and the clips that's furthest to the left is the one that lines up on the cursor.

I can get individual clips to line up on their right side to the cursor by using the clicking method you spoke of, I just can't get groups of them to move as one block like I can if I'm lining up their left sides.

I'm feeling very dense right now. Left side - fine. Right side - no idea.

Darren "Dense" Ingram

[TerryG]

It seems like you're missing a SELECT step...