@mamomo, what script did you try? I'm guessing that scripting is going to be your answer in this case.

@mamomo

There's a tool in HOS, FxAssist that would enable you to do this. Here's a screen grab of the dialog.

The Fx Track Compressor with the Preset Soft Limited could be saved as a Favorite and then applied to either all or selected audio tracks as shown.

Aside from the above, If you create an FX chain with the comp/limiter, the comp settings should come up, when you re-open the chainer preset.
A script would probably be best, Writing it would be @jetdv area of expertise.

Thank you very much for the answers...

The truth is that the payment option does not interest me, I think I have already spent a lot on Vegas and also in Vegasaur.

By the way, does anyone know if with Vegasaur could do what I need?

@mamomo, explain your exact needs and we'll write you a quick little script that does that.

Do you want to just pick that one preset on the default Compressor effect on all selected tracks?

Add a compressor with that preset?

Please state your exact needs.

@mamomo

Since you already have Vegasaur, you're in luck.

I will try to explain it in another way because it might not have been understood.

There are several processes that I frequently perform, and I like to optimize the workflow to make everything faster.

I need to create a button or shortcut to execute an action, in my case, applying a sound adjustment to the current track or, if all tracks are selected, specifically using the "Soft Limiter" setting of the track compressor.

I know it's an adjustment that is easily done, but as I mentioned, I do it many times, and it would be great to just press a simple button.

This should work for you. Note that it works only for selected audio tracks. Here's a demo.

And the code for the script.

using System;
using ScriptPortal.Vegas;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.IO;public class EntryPoint
    {
        public static Vegas myVegas;
        public void FromVegas(Vegas vegas)
        {            
            myVegas = vegas;
            try
            {
                foreach (var track in myVegas.Project.Tracks)
                {
                    //check if track is video or not selected
                    if (track.IsVideo()) continue;
                    if (!track.Selected) continue; 

                   //remove existing track compressor fx
                    for (int i = track.Effects.Count - 1; i >= 0; i--)
                    {
                        var ef = track.Effects[i];
                        if (ef.PlugIn.Name == "Track Compressor")
                        {                            
                            track.Effects.Remove(ef);
                        }
                    }
                   
                    //add new track compressor fx and set preset
                    var presetName = "[Sys] Soft Limiter";
                    PlugInNode plug = myVegas.AudioFX.GetChildByName("Track Compressor");
                    Effect eff = new Effect(plug);
                    track.Effects.Add(eff);
                    eff.Preset = presetName;

                    //update vegas ui
                    myVegas.UpdateUI();                   
                }
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
            }
        }
    }

To install, copy the above code, open any text editor and paste it. Then save it with a .cs extension. You can name it anything you like. Then add it to the script menu folder. Eg. for V21, it would be C:\Program Files\VEGAS\VEGAS Pro 21.0\Script Menu". At that point you can add your own icon, and launch it from the Vegas toolbar or create a keyboard shortcut.

At the moment it does not work for me, the following error appears to me

"The value cannot be void"



Can it be because Vegas is in Spanish?

In your text editor, try changing "Track Compressor" and "[Sys] Soft Limiter" to their Spanish names.

@mamomo ( @wwaag ) Change this:

                    //add new track compressor fx and set preset
                     var presetName = "[Sys] Soft Limiter";
                     PlugInNode plug = myVegas.AudioFX.GetChildByName("Track Compressor");
                     Effect eff = new Effect(plug);
                     track.Effects.Add(eff);
                     eff.Preset = presetName;

to:

            //add new track compressor fx and set preset
            PlugInNode plug = myVegas.AudioFX.GetChildByClassID("23c9f225-40ec-11d2-9d36-00c04f8edc1e");
            Effect eff = new Effect(plug);
            track.Effects.Add(eff);
            eff.Preset = eff.Presets[2];

That will find the effect via the ID which is the same in all languages and pick the "second" preset (0 is the first one (Untitled), 1 is the second one [Sys] Default all parameters, and 2 is the third one [Sys] Soft Limiter) which is the standard "[Sys] Soft Limiter" preset.

Track Compressor - 23c9f225-40ec-11d2-9d36-00c04f8edc1e - (Untitled) - 1
Track Compressor - 23c9f225-40ec-11d2-9d36-00c04f8edc1e - [Sys] Default all parameters - 2
Track Compressor - 23c9f225-40ec-11d2-9d36-00c04f8edc1e - [Sys] Soft Limiter - 3
Track Compressor - 23c9f225-40ec-11d2-9d36-00c04f8edc1e - [Sys] 1.5:1 compression starting at -24 dB - 4
Track Compressor - 23c9f225-40ec-11d2-9d36-00c04f8edc1e - [Sys] 2:1 compression starting at -18 dB - 5
Track Compressor - 23c9f225-40ec-11d2-9d36-00c04f8edc1e - [Sys] 3:1 compression starting at -15 dB - 6
Track Compressor - 23c9f225-40ec-11d2-9d36-00c04f8edc1e - [Sys] 6:1 compression starting at -12 dB - 7
Track Compressor - 23c9f225-40ec-11d2-9d36-00c04f8edc1e - [Sys] 10:1 compression starting at -9 dB - 8
Track Compressor - 23c9f225-40ec-11d2-9d36-00c04f8edc1e - [Sys] Limit levels to -6 dB (hard limiter) - 9

By searching for ID and using an alternate method to pick the preset, it can be made to work with all languages.

I have changed those parameters and it doesn't work:

C:\Program Files\VEGAS\VEGAS Pro 21.0\Script Menu\_nivelar sonido.cs(29) : La mejor coincidencia de método sobrecargado para 'ScriptPortal.Vegas.PlugInNode.GetChildByClassID(System.Guid)' tiene algunos argumentos no válidos
C:\Program Files\VEGAS\VEGAS Pro 21.0\Script Menu\_nivelar sonido.cs(29) : Argumento 1: no se puede convertir de 'string' a 'System.Guid'
C:\Program Files\VEGAS\VEGAS Pro 21.0\Script Menu\_nivelar sonido.cs(32) : No se puede convertir implícitamente el tipo 'ScriptPortal.Vegas.EffectPreset' en 'string'

A datalle scheme the preset is called the same as in English, so perhaps the reference you have indicated is not necessary, although it may be that having some own presets, that may affect.

@mamomo - fully debugged now. Change out everything from the "foreach" to the "UpdateUI" lines to be this:

            foreach (var track in myVegas.Project.Tracks)
            {
                //check if track is video or not selected
                if (track.IsVideo()) continue;
                if (!track.Selected) continue;

                //remove existing track compressor fx
                for (int i = track.Effects.Count - 1; i >= 0; i--)
                {
                    var ef = track.Effects[i];
                    if (ef.PlugIn.ClassID.ToString() == "23c9f225-40ec-11d2-9d36-00c04f8edc1e")

                    {
                        track.Effects.Remove(ef);
                    }
                }

                //add new track compressor fx and set preset
                PlugInNode plug = myVegas.AudioFX.GetChildByClassID(new Guid("23c9f225-40ec-11d2-9d36-00c04f8edc1e"));

                Effect eff = new Effect(plug);
                track.Effects.Add(eff);
                eff.Preset = eff.Presets[2].Name;


                //update vegas ui
                myVegas.UpdateUI();

The actual updated lines are bolded above. And it should now work in any language.