Select a track based on Name
I am trying to select a track based on Ableton Track name. Using Track selection I can find ways to specify the Track Number and use Relative.
Alternatively, I can figure out how to modify it directly in Python but then I feel like I lost the benefit of manageability with the Remotify UI. Maybe thats a separate question on how to manage that however. Preferably I wont have to do that, any advice here?
You could set up a Reaction that loops through all the Tracks, then set up a Condition that checks if the name of the Track is equal to the one you want.
To have the condition check each track, you’ll have to put the loop_number as the track number inside the path menu. I can’t check it now but you might need to use Custom Code to put “loop_number + 1” as the track number because the loop_number starts at 0 but track numbering in the path menu starts at 1.
Thanks that was it – I was able to use Reaction and loops to action on a track whose name text matched a string. No integer + 1 needed as the action was able to use the Iteration Step.
For future reference for other reader:
New Mapping -> Reaction
Action Block Loop = Tracks (self.song().tracks)
Conditions: Track – Name exactly Matches
self.song().tracks[loop_number].name == “NameToMatch”
Note: It defaults to tracks[0] on new condition and new action, make sure to use the grey finger pointing up icon -> Track Number -> Script -> Loop -> Loop – Iteration Number to get tracks[loop_number]
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