Can I automatically split clips every N frames?

I'm working on a project that has 12 different takes of nearly the same scene, all shot from exactly the same perspective. The scene is nearly 16 minutes long, and I need to jump between each of the 12 takes about every 3 seconds throughout the full 16 minutes.

I know this is an odd setup, and is a strange request, but is there a way to ask DaVinci to split a clip up every n frames? All the footage is at 24fps, so ideally I'd want to split up all 12 clips at exactly every 72 frames, then go to town deleting all the clips I don't need, leaving the jumps between clips that are supposed to stay. The end result is that it should show take 1 for 3 seconds, then take 2 for 3 seconds, then take 3, then 4, 5, 6, ... 11, 12, then back to take 1 and repeat the whole pattern.

I've been using DaVinci for about 3 years, and have worked on some kindof complex timelines, but this is a new stretch for me.

So far the best I've found is to manually move the playhead to the frame number I want to split, do the split, the manually move to the next frame number, lather, rinse, repeat.... more than 300 times.

Is there any way to automate this?

Thanks!

I don't think there is a way to do this automatically.

Here is a workaround to make it a bit faster:

Place an adjustment clip on top and make it 72 frames long, copy and paste it multiple times until is 16 minutes long.

By pressing the down arrow key you can move the playhead to the next adjustment clip, then press the split keyboard shortcut and repeat.

I don't think there is a way to do this automatically.

Here is a workaround to make it a bit faster:

Place an adjustment clip on top and make it 72 frames long, copy and paste it multiple times until is 16 minutes long.

By pressing the down arrow key you can move the playhead to the next adjustment clip, then press the split keyboard shortcut and repeat.

Brilliant workaround! I hadn't even thought of using something like an adjustment clip to make chopping things up faster. Thank you!