I cannot find a solution to be able to switch between variations using both the actions in the variation properties and the actions in the SAFP for the current song
I have a SAFP in the global rackspace with a song and some markers. The marker actions in the SAFP work, when a marker is reached the song part changes with the ‘Switch to song’ function. But I need the song part to also be able to go to the marker I have in the SAFP for the same part. If I activate both functions a ‘loop’ is generated. Basically when the part change event is generated in the SAFP, but in the song part properties there is an action to go to the same marker that generated the event and a loop is created.
My goal is to change parts during the performance of the song but to also be able to go into the marker when I change the part
Is there any way to do this ?
Can you define a marker just a little bit later than the marker which sets the song part?
Maybe you can set it milliseconds later than the existing marker.
This new marker has no action.
So this way it should be possible to avoid a loop
I can apply this workaround, thank. It would be nice if in the future this event could be ignored in case it is raised by the SAFP for the same part of the track. Just to avoid duplicating markers that would not be needed.
Variations do not support actions. If I understand you correctly, you have a song part with an action that wants to switch to a marker but that marker has an action that want to select the same song part.
If that’s the case, there’s an issue here that is tricky.
Consider: when you hit a marker in the timeline, that marker triggers all the actions tied to that marker. If one of those actions is a song part change, then part of the song part change is to trigger the actions associated with the song part. If one of those actions wants to switch that same marker - what should happen?
Now, one could argue that if you are already at a song part that the marker action requested, maybe you should do nothing. But that means all the actions in the song part don’t get triggered. But what if that song part has an action to go to a DIFFERENT marker.
Now you may think that having the song part remember which marker triggered it would solve the problem and you just don’t trigger the specific action in the song part. But if the SAFP is running, then you will have gone past that marker and now the question is whether you’re supposed to go BACK to that marker.
