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ReaScript Video Tutorial — Part. 3: Get/Set First Selected Item Properties

This article is part 10 of 17 in the series ReaScript for Beginners
  1. ReaScript Basics — Interview on REAPER blog / Part-1
  2. ReaScript Basics — Interview on REAPER blog / Part-2
  3. How to Learn ReaScript for REAPER
  4. Useful Tools for REAPER Scripters
  5. ReaScript: What can we Expect from v5 Pre-Releases?
  6. Advanced Actions Management: Import and Export Toolbars Buttons linked to Scripts, Change Script Path and Name
  7. Scripting for REAPER: General Guidelines
  8. ReaScript Video Tutorial — Part. 1: The Console Output
  9. ReaScript Video Tutorial — Part. 2: The Api Documentation
  10. ReaScript Video Tutorial — Part. 3: Get/Set First Selected Item Properties
  11. ReaScript Video Tutorial — Part. 4: Loop in Selected Items
  12. ReaScript Video Tutorial — Part. 5: Conditions Basics
  13. ReaScript Video Tutorial — Part. 6: Time Selection
  14. ReaScript Video Tutorial — Part. 7: Loop in Items on Selected Tracks
  15. ReaScript Video Tutorial — Part. 8: Using Native Actions
  16. ReaScript Video Tutorial — Part. 9: Preventing Bugs
  17. ReaScripts Templates Repository on GitHub

In this tutorial, you will learn how to get and set properties of the first selected items.

It is where the fun begin !

Code Snippets:

vol_dB = 20 * ( math.log( vol_log, 10 ) )
vol_log = math.exp( vol_dB * 0.115129254 )

Next videos will speak about how to make it work for all selected items.

If these videos are useful to you, don’t hesitate to leave a comment below !

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This article is part 10 of 17 in the series ReaScript for Beginners
  1. ReaScript Basics — Interview on REAPER blog / Part-1
  2. ReaScript Basics — Interview on REAPER blog / Part-2
  3. How to Learn ReaScript for REAPER
  4. Useful Tools for REAPER Scripters
  5. ReaScript: What can we Expect from v5 Pre-Releases?
  6. Advanced Actions Management: Import and Export Toolbars Buttons linked to Scripts, Change Script Path and Name
  7. Scripting for REAPER: General Guidelines
  8. ReaScript Video Tutorial — Part. 1: The Console Output
  9. ReaScript Video Tutorial — Part. 2: The Api Documentation
  10. ReaScript Video Tutorial — Part. 3: Get/Set First Selected Item Properties
  11. ReaScript Video Tutorial — Part. 4: Loop in Selected Items
  12. ReaScript Video Tutorial — Part. 5: Conditions Basics
  13. ReaScript Video Tutorial — Part. 6: Time Selection
  14. ReaScript Video Tutorial — Part. 7: Loop in Items on Selected Tracks
  15. ReaScript Video Tutorial — Part. 8: Using Native Actions
  16. ReaScript Video Tutorial — Part. 9: Preventing Bugs
  17. ReaScripts Templates Repository on GitHub