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Old 04-28-2012, 02:17 PM   #66
Tom Drinkwater
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It's a grid issue rather than a midi issue, but the two are closely related -

number one deal breaker issue for me with reaper is the complete chaos when handling odd time signatures and time signature changes.

time sigs and tempo changes need to be separated.

time signature changes should only be applicable on the first beat of a bar, tempo changes can be anywhere.

in a piece with multiple time sigs and a constant tempo I should be able to change the tempo by typing one number somewhere.

when timebase is set to beats, markers should stay on the beats they were put on when tempo or time sig is changed.

if a time signature change ever ends up anywhere other than the first beat of a bar regardless of what the user does that is a bug.

there's no point in even reporting the numerous buggy behaviours in handling time sigs and tempo changes until the basic conceptual framework is correct.

everything in midi needs to be tested in odd time signatures.

ideally odd time signatures should be definable with subdivisions, ie 3+2+2/8 as a more defined version of 7/8 to define strong grid lines, beat snapping behaviour, and beam grouping should a notation editor ever be added.

currently it is impossible to define a traditional 12/8 bar with 4 beats of 3 quavers each. you have to use 4/4 with triplets. that's not really suitable if the next bar is 7/8 with the same quaver/eighth note length.
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