Search and Bus – Reaper script to create sends by searching for a track

Noisebud, 2024, November 72025, May 27

The final update for today is for Nick’s Search and Bus script.

Updates v4.03:

Added a loop that checks if a track (or tracks) are selected
Added an error message if no track or all tracks are selected
The selected track/tracks are not shown in the search results
Made a blinking cursor to make it clear that it’s a search box

We all want Nick to use Reaper for mixing, don’t we? To make him do that he needs the script ‘Search and Bus’ that I just made (instead of watching Netflix during lunch).

This script is handy in large projects where you have 100+ tracks and want to create a send to one of your trillion FX buses.

Here’s how you use it:

Select the track where you need to add a send.
Run the script, preferably with a key shortcut that you created. You will now see a list of all available tracks.
If you type a part of the receiving track’s name, such as ‘Reverb,’ the list will be updated to show only tracks with ‘Reverb’ in their name.
Click the track that you want to create a ‘send’ to from the list.
Done!