playing_slot_index or fired_slot_index on group is null

orange_glass's icon

Just want to check I'm not not doing something daft here. If I observe 'property playing_slot_index' of a normal track I get back the index of what clip is playing. However a group track will never return anything? Is this by design?

I'm guessing it's because you could feasibly have 2 playing clips in a group track?

ShelLuser's icon

It is by design. My theory is that a group track simply can't contain any clips; thus those clips also cannot be fired. Same applies to the Master track for example.

orange_glass's icon

OK thanks, I've managed to work around it.

Denim's icon

I have the same problem.

I am trying to observe the "playing_slot_index" of a group track.

It works on normal audio tracks, but not on group tracks. Do you guys have a solution?

Denim's icon

Here is my workaround. Is there a better way to do this? I hope so! Any Ideas?

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