SD7 Scenes firing Macros does not output OSC

[johnmckenna-snd]

Issue

If a macro is triggered by a scene it does not fire out the OSC like the button does. A current workaround is to trigger reaper directly at the listen port with /action 1013.

Reproduce

The macro triggered by the scene cannot fire out valid osc to mimic the macro on the surface becasue you cannot add multiple arguments so in ./consoles/digico.py DigicoConsole._macro_name_handler line will not pass the conditional there.

Potential Solution

So I think there should just be a custom console that is essentially just an exposed OSC api for transport and markers.

Something like.

• /reaper-link/v1/transport/play
• /reaper-link/v1/transport/stop
• /reaper-link/v1/transport/record
• /reaper-link/v1/marker marker-name
• /reaper-link/v1/mode <recording | playback-tracking | playback-no-track>

As an aside, I have been trying to write my OSC apis to be very specific and with a version tag. The opposite example is reaper which is like /action 1013 which does not tell you at all what the message is supposed to do at first glance nor is it unique in the industry.

[buckbanzai]

Hi John,
Sorry for not responding on this thread sooner, but we did release support for External Control of MarkerMatic, including an OSC API that can be used as a workaround with the MacroOSC functionality on newer releases: https://markermatic.com/docs/external-control/

Please give it a try, thanks!

[johnmckenna-snd]

Ok awesome. I have a show coming up soon that i should be able to try this.

[brianmwebber]

@johnmckenna-snd, I am interested in this as well. I just installed this yesterday, and I am also trying to fire the record macro from a snapshot.
I tried a couple different things to send out an OSC message from the console but nothing I did worked. I tried adding in a new external device that was Macro OSC, and had it on port 49103, then made a macro and added in a String OSC of /markermatic/transport/record. I can confirm that the message was getting to the computer, but when I ran MarkerMatic, it didn't do anything. Not sure if the method of adding a second external device that both go to the same ip address was the issue or maybe something about the command. I admit I am super green when it comes to this, so if you know what the correct way of doing this, would you mind sharing?
Thanks!

[buckbanzai]

Hi @brianmwebber,
Can you please check your external control settings; they should look something like this:

And the macro should look something like this, but with record instead of play:

If that's what your setup looks like, can you please try firing the macro and record the approximate time you fired it from your computer, collect your log file and either reply with it here or send it to us at help@markermatic.com

Thanks!

[brianmwebber]

@buckbanzai I was really close! I had the external devices set correctly, just didn't have the Macro itself right. Could you tell me what command you add in the Macro editor in order to enter in the OSC string?

[buckbanzai]

MacroOSC > Address Only OSC for this one

[brianmwebber]

@buckbanzai Success! I was using MacroOSC>String rather than Address only. Thank you! Everything works great!