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Old 02-05-2011, 03:28 AM   #37
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v4 Media Explorer feature requests, brainstorming and discussion. If anyone has any other ideas, please add them below and I can organize them in to the list.

PITCH/TIME-STRETCHING

  • Pitch/transpose knob: MIDI SUPPORT. Left-click increases by one semi-tone, right-click decrease by one semi-tone.
  • Tempo Match flexibility. The current half, 1 and 2x are fixed options, /2 and x2 are functions (which could just as easily be 0.25 or 8x while taking up the same UI space).
  • Option not to have tempo-match not applied to really short files (i.e. drum kits), or really long files.
  • Dropdown to select the pitch/time-stretching algorithm as the material dependent limitations/strengths of different algorithms are really obvious with the more extreme stretching and pitch-shifting we can now do.
  • Display playrate information in BPM format when the timebase is BPM (percentage is not as musically helpful).
  • Playrate-based (don't preserve pitch) mode for stretching to fit (drums can easily turn to shite with any time-stretching algorithm).
  • Checkbox to have 'stretch to fit' apply to the whole item or just the selection. For example this would allow selecting only 2 bars of a drum loop after it has been correctly stretched based on the whole loop. Especially useful with files for existing tempo information.

FOLDERS / FILE BROWSER
  • Folder search (with sub-dirs option).(example)
  • Favorite folders reorganization/renaming.
  • Integration with ReaBays.
  • Collapsible folder browser (for width challenged side-docking)
  • Ability to set a default 'home folder' (i.e. "C:\Sample Libraries").
  • Metadata/tag support for media files (allow searching/filtering by file details [comments, genre, artist etc.]).
  • Right-click: Open current folder in Explorer (for things we can't do in the ME)
  • Right-click: Open file in primary/secondary external editor.

WAVEFORM PREVIEW/AUDITIONING
  • Precise numeric entry of selection range.
  • Action to play and insert at playback cursor (assignable to MIDI or keyboard shortcut).
    (see: http://forum.cockos.com/project.php?issueid=3151)
  • Tab/show/snap to transients in the waveform preview (optimally with sensitivity knob). (example)
  • L/R channel selection.
  • Routing to tracks, rather than just physical outputs. This would allow hearing the selection in the context of the song (track FX), and quickly previewing MIDI files through the desired VSTi.
  • When the project is playing and 'Start on bar' is enabled, clicking a new file continues playing the current file until the start of the bar. This is similar to 'smooth seeking'. (current behavior stops playback of the current file, leaving silence until the bar starts)
  • Scroll-bar with zooming capability.
  • Replicate the arrangement zoom speed with a modifier for the current behavior (fine-tuning).
  • Reverse.
  • Additional 'Start On Bar' flexibility. Perhaps a drop-down menu along the lines of the nudge dialog, so previews can start on beat and bar multiples.
  • Looping regardless of selection length. Currently Reaper with only loop sections of a certain length and will pause before the playback is restarted.
  • Allow the waveform preview to be fully collapsed and replaced by a thin bar to show playback position and allow selection (useful when re-sized to a low height).
  • Volume handle on waveform preview (so we can more easily see low level material).
  • Insert the media item at the volume it was previewed at.
  • Slipping the preview with Alt + drag so loops can be started at places other than the first beat, yet still loop.
  • Allow Media Explorer actions to be assigned to mouse-clicks with separate contexts depending on the selection. (see post #2)
  • Media Explorer specific .reapeak cache directory.

DOCKING
  • Ability to make the Media Explorer thinner for side docking.(example)
  • Multiple instances of the Media Explorer for multiple dockers ("I got two Media Explorers and a microphone..." ). Multiple explorers with collapsible browser would allow us to stick a bunch of explorers in a docker set to our favorite folders. Being able to rename the instances (drums, fx, etc.) would be pretty helpful for telling them apart.

REX
  • Show/snap to individual slices of REX files.
  • 'Gaps mode' for adapting REX files to the project tempo without applying any time-stretching.
Totally agree with these Thanks for posting!
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