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Old 07-20-2012, 08:03 PM   #80
Lawrence
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Let me try to put this in better context not using midi editing at all. The issue is "compartmentalizing", too narrow an editing focus in some places, unnecessary invisible borders.

MSore's general philosophy was right (imo) in that often times when we edit data we actually do want a very narrow focus, and it's very helpful in those cases, but it shouldn't be the default, it should always be something that you can narrow down to taste from a wider scope.

Another example of that is automation envelopes across tracks. Like multiple midi clips you can see more than one but you can only "grab" one at time. It's really an artificial design limit... an invisible editing border that doesn't exist in most other major daws.



As great an editor as Reaper is in so many other ways those varying invisible editing borders just really seem out of place and make those things a bit more difficult than they really should be.

Last edited by Lawrence; 07-20-2012 at 08:09 PM.
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