Find Open Track

This macro needs the next PTMaestro update. It will not work with the current release. Final testing in Pro Tools is still pending. Requires Pro Tools 2025.06 or newer. Find Open Track helps you find room for a clip among a group of tracks. You choose which tracks to check by name or folder. It checks them from top to bottom and selects the first one with enough clear space for your time selection. You do not need to select the candidate tracks first. How to use it 1. Import the attached macro into Keyboard Maestro after installing the required PTMaestro update and updating your PTMaestro actions. 2. Open the macro and set the track name or folder filters to the tracks you want to check. The default checks all audio tracks. 3. Give the macro a hotkey. 4. In Pro Tools, make a time selection covering the full space you need. 5. Run the macro. The time range stays the same. Nothing is pasted or moved. If no matching track has room, you get a message. Which action does it use? Just one: 073A Select Tracks By Query. Its Action dropdown is set to Select First Open Track. The step may display the shorter name Find open track, but it is the same 073A action, not a different action. You can also set this up yourself by adding 073A, choosing your filters, selecting Select First Open Track, and leaving Selection Mode at Replace. Muted clips and fades count as occupied space. Hidden, inactive, locked and frozen tracks are skipped. Choose audio tracks with the right channel format for the clip you plan to place, and do not change the session while the macro is running.

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