Never Scroll Your Template Again, Part 2

[James Steele]

Sharing this YouTube video by Evan Goldman.

In PART 2 I dive into the details of exactly HOW this "NEVER SCROLL AGAIN" system works. I explore concepts such as: important things to consider before you begin tagging your tracks, exactly how and what codes to tag your tracks with, and most important, how to setup complex Keyboard Maestro macros to make it all work as efficiently as possible.

This feature utilizes several important DP key commands listed below. You can set these to whatever you want but then you'll need to make the appropriate adjustments to your Keyboard Maestro macro setup. For the purposes of my setup and the tutorial, I've setup these DP key commands the following way:

Record Enable Tracks: control+option+command+R (NEW IN DP11!!!)
Show All Tracks: F17
Show Only Tracks with Soundbites or Notes: F18
Open MIDI Editor: Shift+G (default for DP)
Enter Search Filter: command+F
Cancel Search Filter: option+shift+F


Table of Contents:

SECTION I: GETTING STARTED
00:00 - INTRO and RECAP OF THE FILTERING FEATURE
01:27 - PITCHED vs UN-PITCHED FILTERING FEATURE
03:18 - SETUP: INITIAL KEYBOARD MAESTRO SETUP
04:11 - IMPORTANT GROUPING CONSIDERATIONS

SECTION II: TRACKS OVERVIEW SETUP
06:31 - SETUP: CODES pt. 1 (pitched vs non-pitched)
07:51 - SETUP: CODES pt. 2 (instrument families)
09:03 - SETUP: CODES pt. 3 (articulations - strings long vs. short)
09:47 - CODE TAGGING SUMMARY and INTRO TO KEYBOARD MAESTRO

SECTION III: KEYBOARD MAESTRO INITIAL SETUP
10:34 - KM SETUP: macro 01: TRIGGERING PITCHED TRACKS
12:57 - KM SETUP: macro 02: TRIGGERING UN-PITCHED TRACKS

SECTION IV: DP's MIDI EDITOR
13:40 - IMPORTANT MIDI EDITOR SETUP CONSIDERATIONS
15:04 - WHERE THINGS GET MORE COMPLICATED
16:01 - WE NEED OUR OWN VERSION OF "OPEN MIDI EDITOR"
17:00 - SETUP: AUTO-RECORD ENABLE TRACKS OPENED IN MIDI EDITOR
17:35 - SETUP: (DP10 ONLY)
18:24 - SETUP: SKIP TO HERE IF IN DP11
19:20 - SETUP: CLEARING THE FILTER
20:11 - SETUP: NOT QUITE DONE YET - "SHOW ALL TRACKS" macro is NEEDED

SECTION V: KEYBOARD MAESTRO's "if-then-else" SAVES THE DAY
21:42 - NEED TO DIFFERENT MACROS IN DIFFERENT WINDOWS
22:15 - SETUP: IF THEN ELSE
24:41 - WHY IS THIS SO IMPORTANT?

SECTION VI: FINISHING UP
25:54 - APPLYING TO REST OF TAGS/MACROS
26:36 - WHEN SHOW ALL isn't really SHOW ALL
27:40 - SETUP: TRULY SHOW ALL!!
29:19 - NEVER ACCIDENTALLY TRANSPOSE PERC AGAIN!
30:04 - WRAP-UP

EXAMPLE TRACK TAGGING CODES: (note I'm using ZERO in all the following, not the letter O)
ALL PITCHED: Start with "T0"
ALL NON-PITCHED: Start with "X0"
(use characters 2 and 3 for full section of each of the following)
WW SHORT: T0W1
WW LONG: T0W2
PERC (pitched): T0D
PERC (un-pitched): X0D
BRASS SHORT: T0B1
BRASS LONG: X0B2
STRINGS SHORT: T0S1
STRINGS LONG: T0S2
PROD/SYNTH PADS: T0P
PROD/SYNTH ARPS-PULSES: T0A
SYNTHMASTER (final group aux buses): Z0

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