Old 04-01-2015, 02:00 PM   #161
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Aaah I get it now. It's because of REAPER 4 remembers the track ID only globally, right?

So I always have to first select the track and then click on the Track ID button in the Reader? I was a bit confused because I thought it still worked with manually typing in the ID. This is much better though!

EDIT: If I save the settings, I can restart the Reader without having to adjust again.. so it works as expected

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Old 04-01-2015, 02:24 PM   #162
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mmm ok. I know what is happening. For REAPER 4 I may need to adjust one thing. It makes no sense to store a global GUID. This feature was introduced with REAPER 5 in mind, which is able to store the settings in each project and it is not totally compatible with REAPER 4.
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Old 04-05-2015, 04:00 AM   #163
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It is still not fully ready but the gif says it all

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Whaaat? Hahaha! Now the can of worms may never be closed :P
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Old 04-05-2015, 04:40 AM   #165
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@HeDa
OH MY GOD !!
So now REAPER is a karaoke maker ?
Excellent !
It seems pretty handy to use too
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It is still not fully ready but the gif says it all


Hi,

How can I create the text notes inside the lanes ? I am using Reaper 4.

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@sdancer75
The basic way is to create a time selection and make Insert -> Empty item, and then double click on it.
I strongly advice you to use the SWS extensions Note reader, as it allows notes editing without double clicking.

I have create scripts.for creating text items in a lot of different ways (from regions, items notes, take names...) but it is for v5.

Ps : don't need to quote all my post if you answer :P

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Old 04-06-2015, 01:51 AM   #168
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It works like a charm, but it was a little tricky !!! :-)

Thank you !
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@sdancer75
Yes, they are not very known items, but they are really powerful, especially since the HeDa's Note READER !

when you will be ready to get further (with REAPER v5 pre, or when v5 will officialy came out :Scripts (LUA): Create Text Items Actions (various) ) :P
You may also consider take a look at how to format them. :P
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Old 04-08-2015, 08:25 AM   #170
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Maybe I will be having more time to continue the work on the Karaoke feature. Right now it has some bad bugs. The track below the lyrics track will be the karaoke track. This works only in single track mode. It just draws text on top of the other text reading the words from the karaoke track with a different color which could be the karaoke's track color. I was doing the split words and syllables scripts in Lua, so only for REAPER 5, but maybe it could be translated into EEL if there is interest. But I am starting to use REAPER 5 pre20 in some production works. I think it is safe to use.
In the split scripts, there is a small issue that you have to select the track where the Karaoke words are before running the script. It seems that Creating the empty item it always uses the last touched track, instead of the selected track (if selection is done by script it doesn't work and it will create the item in last touched track by the user) I want the empty items to be always in the track below the Lyrics track, and in the splitting syllables one I want them always created on the track containing the words items no matter which track the user has selected before.
@X-Raym, do you know a way to create the empty items on a specific track instead of in the last touched track? Or maybe create them and then move them to a desired track?... mmmmm.
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Tell me what you need

You want me to take a look at the split script ?

The track thing isn't an issue,

(EDIT: in fact, all my text item creations scripts works on first selected track as destination )

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Old 04-08-2015, 08:39 AM   #172
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Basically I need to create the empty items always in the track I want, the karaoke one which I have its variable "karaoketrack", even if the user touched another track before. By creating the empty item with the main_oncommand, it always creates the track in the last touched track instead... :/
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Old 04-08-2015, 08:45 AM   #173
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Oh yeah !

  • Optional: backup track selection (store in array or use SWS actions)
  • Return track that you want in a variable (it can be via name, idx, or what you want)
  • set it to only selected: SetOnlyTrackSelected()
  • used "Track: Set first selected track as last touched track" action
  • Optional: Restore track selection (store in array or use SWS actions)
You will be able to use main_oncommand with that !

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thank you!
I was at the point of SetOnlyTrackSelected()
thinking that the item would be created in the selected track. but I didn't know about the action "Track: Set first selected track as last touched track"
Issue solved
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Old 04-08-2015, 08:55 AM   #175
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My pleasure :P
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Track: Set first selected track as last touched track
It is very useful ! I redesigned the SRT exporter arround that :P
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Old 04-09-2015, 01:26 PM   #176
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@heda
I was thinking...
... as empty items can have image in background....
... do you think they can be could as background in you already HUGE Note Reader (keeping proportion or with optional crop) ?

I don't even know if someone use background item at this time.
But with a nice note window it can be great... ! imagine displaying full size music score pages in a second monitor
Just ideas :P
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Old 04-09-2015, 03:16 PM   #177
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heheh good thinking. yes I had that in mind, I use images in items to display chords in the video window. One thing I don't like about using images in items is that they repeat in the item. As described here http://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=158091 but it seems nobody care. So I thought it could be nice to display them in the Reader, like a virtual Track where the images are shown only once. Or also fitting the reader window. I thought it would be nice because we could have more options to show the image and leaving the video window free for videos.
But first I started with the karaoke thing which still has bugs
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Old 04-13-2015, 05:43 AM   #178
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I finally got the Karaoke working
Still need to clean some things but it is working now

But again.. today I opened a project where I had some settings for Notes Reader stored in the project in the <EXTSTATE > section
and there are not there... All the <EXTSTATE is missing in the rpp file. It has happened to me previously too. But I still don't know when it happens... How could it be ? This is using 5pre20 and sws 2.6.3. Maybe SWS rewrites that final part of the RPP file and erases EXSTATE data somehow?
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@heda
Choose a catchy song, pick a mic, and make us a demo haha ^^

(Ok for the exstate. Will keep an eye open on this).
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hahah.. I may ask my partner who is the singer... I'm definitely not the singer. It would be cool to make some videos in the making of the new album, and how are we using the Notes Reader.


Could it be SWS overwriting the last part of the RPP file, not respecting the <EXSTATE> which follows <EXTENSIONS>? Maybe, or maybe not. It shouldn't. So how can I catch this bug? It's difficult because I don't know when it happens. I think it has to be a REAPER bug and not related to Notes Reader.
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@heda
hi !

Could we imagine a word-wrap function for the note reader ?

Thanks !
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Old 05-24-2015, 04:41 AM   #182
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Yes we could imagine it

But I normally do short sentences, that fit with a reasonable font size. If a sentence is too long, I split the item in two items again. Normally in a SRT subtitle files, sentences are short enough to fit in the screen too since subtitles don't even adjust the font size to fit. Why do you need long sentences?

For now you can manually insert new lines in the text in two or three or any number of lines, in the item's notes.
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Hi :P

I need long sentences for another usages than subtitling.

It is for another usage than subtitles: music score intentions, to send to the composer of narrative projects (audio or video).

There is a small paragraph for each "moment" of the story, describing what is needed; no SRT export needed.
Preserving long item notes will allow to updates indications more easily, to really have one item only per music moment, and to display all infos at the same time, and to use the progress bar to show the next kind of music moment.
I also use color on these text items, so using your Note Reader is really the tool of choice.

Yes, word wrap would be awesome !

Are you interested ?
Do you think it is possible, considering technical implications and time available for you ?
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Ok I understand. I am fully working in the loudness meters script, now(killing a lot of bugs ) but I will have a look at it if it is not too complicated. I don't have enough hours for scripting. LOL I understand Cockos now
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@heda
Thank you for considering this feature

Be sure that your work on Loudness script will be very appreciated as well :P
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Thank you Heda for this nice tools ;-)
But I can't dock the window (right click tittle bar etc.) + the window doesn't "remember" his position when i close it.
Do i miss something?
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Thank you Heda for this nice tools ;-)
But I can't dock the window (right click tittle bar etc.) + the window doesn't "remember" his position when i close it.
Do i miss something?
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In the latest version, the dock position and settings are only saved when you press the Save button in the options.

Now that Cockos solved a bug causing settings to be lost, I may change it back to automatically save the settings as it was before.
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In the latest version, the dock position and settings are only saved when you press the Save button in the options.

Now that Cockos solved a bug causing settings to be lost, I may change it back to automatically save the settings as it was before.
thank you, but i tried it without success with 0.96
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thank you, but i tried it without success with 0.96
One question. When you close the Notes Reader, how do you do it? Do you click the x button in the tab of the docked window? Or do you just run the Notes Reader again and terminate the script?
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I didn't forget about Notes Reader.
I've created a video tutorial of how to use the Karaoke feature of the next upcoming version 0.97. which is almost ready to be released.
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At least, we will hear you singing...
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^ lol.. no no.. I wouldn't be so evil to torture you with my singing Priscilla, the one in the track icon will be singing
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One question. When you close the Notes Reader, how do you do it? Do you click the x button in the tab of the docked window? Or do you just run the Notes Reader again and terminate the script?
The problem is that i can't dock this Note window: right clik doesn't give "access" to the dock option, only settings.
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The problem is that i can't dock this Note window: right clik doesn't give "access" to the dock option, only settings.
oh... the right click menu is not finished yet, but you can right click in the title bar of the window to dock it. I'm not sure if that works in mac.

For next version I will finish the right click menu.
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oh... the right click menu is not finished yet, but you can right click in the title bar of the window to dock it. I'm not sure if that works in mac.

For next version I will finish the right click menu.
Thank you Heda, yes i confirm right click on title bar doesn't work on mac.
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Hi heda :P

Have you ever thought about a side scrolling mod (aka, rythmo-band), just as with ADR softwares ? (exemple)
Phonations
Synchronos

This may be very different, as it has to look for a certain time window, the text would have to side scroll, there should be fixed cursor position indicator, and be able to stretch text (is that even possible ?), and display one track per "row" (simpler for actors).

This is just ideas I'd wanted to share, but the word-wrap and all your work on the loudness graph is of course more important.

I'm curious anyway, do you think it might be possible ?

Thanks !
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maybe it could be possible, but I find it more difficult to read with the text constantly moving. I guess this is for professional dubbing, where they already know the text and they just have to synchronize. I don't really need this, but I guess it could be a good example of a Patreon Goal. For example if companies that would use this pledge, and reach some amount in total, NotesReader 2.0 could include side scrolling But I don't know if it is possible to change the proportion or kerning of the text to make that scrolling at a constant speed.. It's a difficult feature. But keep them coming
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Yeap, I'm agree it is less readable but It seems to be what the industry have choosen, it may have some advatages.
When we think about it, it is a bit a Guitar Hero for voice :P We may habe a better sens of flow and speed this way, and it case of several short line one after the other, we can see several of them before they came below cursor pos That's it, it allows to see the duration of the next items. Cool for live performance.

Looking at the API, it seems there is no way to stretch text (just draw at X and Y position), I will open a FR for that. Maybe it will be implemented when you will have 1000 patreons which would allow you to work on it :P

It it become possible, REAPER could be a full ADR solution (from time synch, to recording, mixing, and subtitles possibilities). How cool is that !

EDIT: FR here !

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Old 06-06-2015, 05:59 PM   #199
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Heda... this is a kewl tool... nice of you to keep working on it.

I was wondering this: [perhaps a set-able option]

let's say we have a few items but they are not adjacent to each other... there are gaps of no item between them...

the current note reader goes to white in that case... [I like to use the item color btw]

So I'm wondering if it could go to black instead of white?
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Thank you
you mean black background? Yes it is be possible.
In the meantime you can always try the fill gaps script add-on in the first post, that fill gaps with empty item. and then manually add a second line of text in them with this line in their notes:
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<background="#000000">
it should work
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