[Dale McClelland] "Will Production Assistant's batch processing work in this way with Mercalli?"
No, it will not. This is because the processing in Mercalli is a separate step that involves interaction with the plug-in because you must open the plug-in and press the "Analyse" key. Production Assistant will not be able to do this. It only works with plug-ins that have presets that can be applied with no further interaction.
~jr
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