Action Track

Action Track

The Action Track allows you to create actions that act on Cue and categories.

See also

Changing the Sound When Pausing

Action Track Settings

Item name	Description
Scope type	You can set the scope of this track's actions. If you select "All", the action will affect all Player. If you select Sound Object , the action will affect the sound object associated with the Player playing this track.
Target Object Type (not editable)	Displays the attributes of the target object.
Target Object (Cannot be edited)	The name of the target object is displayed.
Cue Sheet Name (Cannot be edited)	Displays the name of the Cue sheet to which the target object belongs.
Cue ID (not editable)	Displays the Cue ID of the target object. If the target object is not a Cue, -1 is displayed.
Target beat sync label	Set the label to select the beat sync to which the action will be synced. If there is a label setting with the same name, the action will wait for synchronization, and if there is no label setting with the same name, the action will be executed immediately. (If "None" is specified, synchronization will be performed between those with "None" specified.)

Actions that can be created

Action Name	Target Object	Description
Start	Cue only	This action plays the target. If you specify a block in the start block parameter, the target will be played from that block.
Stop	Cue, Category	An action that stops a playing target.
Pause	Cue, Category	An action that pauses a playing target.
Resume	Cue, Category	An action to resume a paused target.
Mute	Cue	Toggles mute for the specified track in the target object.
Playback parameters	Cue, Category	Overrides the target object's parameters with the values ​​configured in this action.
set selector label	Cue only	Sets the value of this action as the selector label of the target object. See also Selector
Specify Block transition destination	Cue only	Changes the next transition destination of the specified block in the target object to the block set in this action.

Settings for each action

Action: Start

Target objects for which this action is available:

• Cue

Item name	Description
Start Block	You can specify which block to start playing the Cue from. This can only be set if the target object has a block as an element.
Start Time	You can set the time when the command will be executed.

Action: Stop

Target objects for which this action is available:

• Cue
• Category

Item name	Description
Start Time	You can set the time when the command will be executed.
Fade Time	You can set how long it takes for the volume to fade after the command is executed.

Action: Pause

Target objects for which this action is available:

• Cue
• Category

Item name	Description
Start Time	You can set the time when the command will be executed.
Fade Time	You can set how long it takes for the volume to fade after the command is executed.

Action: Resume

Target objects for which this action is available:

• Cue
• Category

Item name	Description
Start Time	You can set the time when the command will be executed.

Action: Mute

Target objects for which this action is available:

• Cue

Item name	Description
Track Index	You can set the track you want to mute.
Target track name	Displays the name of the track that corresponds to the track index.
Mute state	You can set whether to mute or unmute the track when the command is executed. *1
Start Time	You can set the time when the command will be executed.
Fade Time	You can set how long it takes to mute/unmute after the command is executed.

1. If you execute a mute command on a track that is already muted, the track will remain muted.

Action: Playback parameters

Target objects for which this action is available:

• Cue
• Category

Item name	Description
Playback Parameter Type	The type of parameter to change for the target object.
Target Parameter Value	You can set the value of the playback parameter type.
speed to target	You can set the amount by which the value of the playback parameter type changes per second.
Start Time	You can set the time when the command will be executed.
Curve Type	You can set how the parameter changes until the target parameter value.
Curve Strength	You can set the extremes of the parameter change. The closer to 0 the value, the more linear the change. The closer to 2 the value, the more the change will be based on the curve type setting.

For details on curve types and curve strengths, see Types of Graph Curve .

Action: Set selector label

Target objects for which this action is available:

• Cue

Item name	Description
Selector Label	You can set the selector label that will be set when the command is executed.
Start Time	You can set the time when the command will be executed.

Action: Specify Block transition destination

Target objects for which this action is available:

• Cue

Item name	Description
Block transition Destination	You can set the destination block for the next transition.
Start Time	You can set the time when the command will be executed.

Display in Inspector

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Name	Description
Scope Type	Scope of the target of the action track (only when the target is a Cue). If you select "Global," the action will have an influence beyond the sound object. If you select Sound Object, the action will only affect the player that is associated with the sound object.
Target Object Type	Object type affected by the action track.(Unable to edit)
Target Object	Object that is affected by the action track. The target is a Cue or a Category.(Unable to edit)
CueSheet Name	Name of the CueSheet to which the target object belongs. (Unable to edit)
Cue ID	Cue ID if the target is a Cue.(Unable to edit)
Track Index	Track index when the target object is a track.(Unable to edit)

In the Action Track Inspector, you can set the scope.
In addition, you can check the information about the target object.

Action Track and Action

When you double-click on a Cue that contains actions, the timeline shows the action track and each action.

On the timeline, it is possible to:

• Create Action
  You can create and place an action on the Action track.
  
  
• Configure Target Object
  You can set a target by dragging and dropping a Cue onto the Action track.
  
  
• Move the triggering position of Action
  You can move the action on the timeline by selecting it and dragging it to its new location.
  
  
• Delete Action track and its action
  You can remove them by pressing the Del key or selecting [Delete] from the context menu.