REAPER v7.02 - October 25 2023

[smandrap]

v7.02 - October 25 2023

• + Actions: fix behavior of action to paste at mouse position when mouse is over track spacer [t=284042]
• + Accessibility: fix API issue with MIDI editor last_clicked_cc_lane
• + Color theme: rename 'Inactive take overlay color/mode' to 'Inactive take/lane overlay color/mode' to clarify that these elements affect inactive fixed lanes (lanes that are not playing)
• + Comp areas: fix action to create comp area at mouse when track is not selected [p=2725233]
• + Comp areas: fix behavior when deleting edge between two adjacent comp areas [p=2723290]
• + Comp areas: fix left-click mouse modifiers to set loop points to comp area [p=2723284]
• + Comp areas: fix resync button display when track is small or unsynced items are overlapping
• + Comp areas: handle re-comping media items that are fully faded in or faded out [p=2725217]
• + Comp areas: respect project item locking when editing comp areas
• + Comp areas: respect track grouping when re-syncing media items [p=2724215]
• + Comp areas: when resyncing all edited media items, consolidate overlapping items
• + Comp areas: when resyncing individual media items, do not resync overlapping items
• + Comping: update comp areas after replacing media [p=2724687]
• + FX: fix crash when single-FX-chain mode enabled and dragging FX from chain to nowhere [t=283777]
• + Grouping: improve behavior of dual edge editing when media items are grouped [t=283998]
• + JSFX: add options: prealloc=* or prealloc=size, useful if a plug-in wants to force memory to be allocated at compile-time
• + JSFX: fix bug with top channel in channel_mapper [t=283773]
• + JSFX: improve watch window filtering, allowing both REAPER filter logic plus expressions such as refs=1 or value>1 etc
• + JSFX: do not set image dirty when using gfx_measurestr/etc
• + Lanes: add lane collapse button right-click menu item to disable/re-enable fixed lanes
• + Lanes: add track setting to show/hide lane buttons (right-click or alt-click lane collapse button)
• + Lanes: allow clicking above or below lane button to initiate dragging/reordering lanes without changing lane play state [p=2725245]
• + Lanes: display razor edit comp area control differently when clicking would re-sync rather than comping
• + Lanes: enable option to record into first available lane even when layering lanes [t=283867]
• + Lanes: handle section/reversed media properly when comping [t=283957]
• + Lanes: improve display of lane names in lane button menu
• + Lanes: improve display of overlapping media items when a fixed lane track is taken out of fixed lane view [p=2723489]
• + Lanes: improve lane area display and mouse interaction with non-100% layouts
• + Lanes: improve shift+click selection behavior on fixed lane tracks
• + Lanes: respect setting to record into the first available lane when recording multiple loops into an empty track [p=2724969]
• + Lanes: when 'record into first available lane' is enabled, skip comping lanes if any
• + Lanes: when disabling comping, handle special case where a 2nd empty lane is displayed and autoremove lanes is enabled [p=2725237]
• + Lanes: when showing only one lane, support switching to any other lane via lane button right-click menu
• + macOS: fix file extension when exporting mouse modifiers as ReaScript
• + macOS: fix Sonoma routing window combo box bugs [t=283872]
• + Media items: actions to set item colors also clear any per-take colors [p=2723344]
• + Media items: display tiny items on collapsed folder tracks when item selection indicator is enabled
• + Media items: hide item selection indicator when track height is small
• + Metadata: do not discard currently-being-edited metadata when the user clicks away [t=284012]
• + MIDI: fix export timing issues [t=283898]
• + MIDI: increase retroactive recording history size from 128KB to 1MB
• + MIDI: when option enabled to set channel for new events when clicking a note, ensure the new channel passes the MIDI filter [p=2723907]
• + MIDI editor: fix inconsistent text colors of CC lane description
• + MIDI hardware: better support user-generated reaper-midihw.ini files with whitespace around equal signs [p=2721555]
• + Mixer: fix embed FX layout bugs [p=2723714]
• + Preferences: fix changing media item background/peaks display color when theme does not override [p=2725825]
• + Preferences: support setting track lane buttons hidden by default
• + Razor edits: support relative snap [t=283820]
• + Razor edits: if snapping to grid at any distance, also snap to the original, unsnapped position
• + Razor edits: remove razor edit areas when hiding envelopes [t=284003]
• + ReaComp: fix reset of RMS size via doubleclick [p=2723224]
• + ReaLimit: fix 1-pixel incorrect drawing error on odd embedded-UI widths
• + ReaScript: fix GetSetMediaTrackInfo("C_LANEPLAYS:N") when setting value [p=2724132]
• + ReaScript: fix setting media item bottom half mouse modifiers from API
• + ReaScript: GetThingFromPoint() returns 'spacer_N' for spacer before track N
• + ReaScript: do not set image dirty when using gfx.measurestr/etc
• + ReaScript: fix gfx.circle rounding [t=284033]
• + Super8: improve performance when starting recording on multiple channels simultaneously
• + Super8: use new prealloc feature for improved initial realtime performance
• + Theme: inline editor and item hidpi fixes, MCP indenting fixes
• + Toolbars: add preference to disable all toolbar animations
• + Track panels: refresh when setting/changing MIDI hardware outputs in various contexts [t=280959]
• + Track reordering: improve folder behavior when dragging over a track that has envelopes visible
• + Track reordering: make folder-creation drag/drop behavior closer to that of 6.81
• + Tracks: if inserting a track at the end of the project and the last track is a folder with hidden collapsed children, add the track outside the folder
• + Track spacers: fix various behaviors when spacer size is customized
• + Track spacers: improve behavior when manually adjusting height of track that is displaying big lanes and track spacer height has been customized to a large value [p=2724027]
• + Virtual MIDI Keyboard: show all available keyboard assignments [t=283801]
• + Windows: fix RAM use metering on Windows 11 [t=284006]

Changelog

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[EpicSounds]

[smandrap]

Originally Posted by EpicSounds

FWIW, i still think this should be optional (7.00/01 mode vs 7.02 mode). But nevermind, i'll adapt

[EpicSounds]

Originally Posted by smandrap

FWIW, i still think this should be optional (7.00/01 mode vs 7.02 mode). But nevermind, i'll adapt

I had just gotten used to the last change.


the advice of 'look for the folder cursor change' is still better than 'look for the 3 pixel grey line under the track to move 12 pixels to the right'

[Edgemeal]

Thanks for the updates!

[Justin]

Originally Posted by EpicSounds

I had just gotten used to the last change.


the advice of 'look for the folder cursor change' is still better than 'look for the 3 pixel grey line under the track to move 12 pixels to the right'

next release will have more configuration relating to this

[IXix]

Thanks devs!

[fricia]

Reposting from last release thread as it might get overlooked there:

Regarding alternate keyboard sections:

Is the inteded behaviour that when momentarily setting an override to an alternate keyboard section and pressing a modifier (shift, ctrl, etc.) that override is cancelled? This makes using shortcuts with modifiers impossible when a momentary override is used. Instead the action bound to that shortcut in the section that was active before the override is run.

[fricia]

Originally Posted by smandrap

FWIW, i still think this should be optional (7.00/01 mode vs 7.02 mode). But nevermind, i'll adapt

Agreed, I really liked the new behaviour.

[synkrotron]

Originally Posted by Justin

next release will have more configuration relating to this

thanks, that's good to know

I will wait for the next release

[Justin]

Originally Posted by fricia

Reposting from last release thread as it might get overlooked there:

Regarding alternate keyboard sections:

Is the inteded behaviour that when momentarily setting an override to an alternate keyboard section and pressing a modifier (shift, ctrl, etc.) that override is cancelled? This makes using shortcuts with modifiers impossible when a momentary override is used. Instead the action bound to that shortcut in the section that was active before the override is run.

oops, looks like that got broken at some point, thanks, fixing!

[buter]

I noticed that one thing that works a little differently in version 7 is the "Show guide lines when editing" feature. The checkbox has 3 positions, I always had it in partically-checked mode, and it didn't show guide lines between tracks. Now it always shows guide lines when dragging and dropping an item from the media explorer, but stops showing them when I'm moving the items. I don't think it should show them at all if I selected the middle setting (partically-checked checkbox). Or at least I'd like to be able to disable the display of only the guidelines between tracks.

[CoalMinerAudio]

Is there any way to export each track lanes space in a region? I'm experimenting with using tracks lanes to work with variations for sfx, and I'd love the option to export all track lanes.

[Cobrango]

I've just ordered the manual in hard copy from Lulu and it's version 7.01, so please stop all updates at least until I've had the chance to read through the whole 462 page manual, okay? 💁‍♂️ 🤣

Great to see these updates, Reaper is awesome!

By the way the link for the hard copy of the manual is broken from the "Download User Guide" section on the forum, here:

https://www.reaper.fm/userguide.php

But, I found it using a search on Lulu, it's here:

https://www.lulu.com/shop/geoffrey-f...e=1&pageSize=4

Hope I get some forum points for this, as I've officially achieved my first contribution to this forum from pointing out this broken link. You can thank me later, but I'll be waiting.

[schwa]

Originally Posted by Cobrango

You can thank me later, but I'll be waiting.

We can't just thank you now?

[mschnell]

The Lulu Page says the 7.01 user guide was published May 15, 2008.
They have been really fast

[MonkeyBars]

Heads up that I found a 7.02 bug where a comp area edit was not possible to undo – every time I tried to undo, Reaper immediately executed a redo afterward! I had to go back a few steps in the Undo History to get out of it. Was in the middle of production... will try to recreate

[Bruceqld]

Thanks for the update devs! It gets better and better.

There seems to be an inconsistency in placing spacers in the TCP depending on the track type order. If you have, for example, a track at the top of the TCP, then a folder, then another track, and you select the bottom two (the folder and track) and run insert spacer before track, the spacers are inserted correctly above both the folder and the track. If you move the bottom track up, so that now the order is track, track, folder, and select the bottom two (track and folder) then run insert spacer before tracks, no spacer is inserted above the folder. So effectively, any time that there is a track above a folder in the TCP and you select multiple tracks/folders, no spacer is inserted above the folders upon running an insert command. This is true for all insert spacer commands.

I hope that makes sense

[Multibomber]

Originally Posted by smandrap

v7.02 - October 25 2023
[*]+ Grouping: improve behavior of dual edge editing when media items are grouped [t=283998]

Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!! Can’t wait to try it out!

[schwa]

Originally Posted by Bruceqld

the order is track, track, folder, and select the bottom two (track and folder) then run insert spacer before tracks, no spacer is inserted above the folder

Hmm, I'm not seeing this, the spacer seems to be inserted correctly when I follow the steps. Any chance of a screencap?

[Bruceqld]

Originally Posted by schwa

Hmm, I'm not seeing this, the spacer seems to be inserted correctly when I follow the steps. Any chance of a screencap?

I will try and do one in the studio tomorrow Schwa.

[Bruceqld]

Originally Posted by schwa

Hmm, I'm not seeing this, the spacer seems to be inserted correctly when I follow the steps. Any chance of a screencap?

A gif showing what seems to be inconsistent behaviour. Spacers between consecutive folders work consistently, but a mixture of folders and tracks do not. Nor do consecutive tracks. I am running V6 theme, but it is the same under V7 Default.

[keaton]

Hello, congrats on the new release, it's brilliant! Think I have a possible bug though: The 'Add lanes' option for recording overlapping items does not work with 'Record mode: auto-punch selected items'.

[schwa]

Originally Posted by Bruceqld

Spacers between consecutive folders work consistently, but a mixture of folders and tracks do not.

I see, thanks for the screencap. For the action 'insert spacers before and after tracks', the behavior is to add spacers before and after every group of consecutive selected tracks. In your case, there are hidden unselected tracks within the folders, so that's why you get spacers in the (apparent) middle of the selection. Probably the logic should ignore hidden tracks.

[schwa]

Originally Posted by keaton

Hello, congrats on the new release, it's brilliant! Think I have a possible bug though: The 'Add lanes' option for recording overlapping items does not work with 'Record mode: auto-punch selected items'.

The behavior is intentional, although it could really go either way. Auto-punch time selection will add lanes, but auto-punch selected items will always add takes to the selected items. We'll think about whether the current behavior is ideal!

[Bruceqld]

Originally Posted by schwa

I see, thanks for the screencap. For the action 'insert spacers before and after tracks', the behavior is to add spacers before and after every group of consecutive selected tracks. In your case, there are hidden unselected tracks within the folders, so that's why you get spacers in the (apparent) middle of the selection. Probably the logic should ignore hidden tracks.

Hey Schwa. Thanks for taking a look. I was actually using just the insert spacer before tracks action. I guess the logic is the same? Why would you select a group of tracks if you only wanted a spacer above the top one? I wrongly assumed if a group of tracks were selected it would insert a spacer before each one, just as it does with folders.

Certainly not much of an issue of course It doesn't take long to select them individually and insert spacers where needed. Just seems a bit quirky.

[nvk]

I've noticed that reaper.get_action_context() gives incorrect values when used with the new Main action section override feature. Using it for a scrollwheel script always returns -1 for the val output.

[wfavero]

I hope this has not already been discussed. However, having had a license for Reaper for what seems like forever, I was surprised that I needed to pay for the Version 7 upgrade. I am not sure I have ever had to pay to upgrade before. Is this a new thing or have I just been asleep all these years?

[fladd]

Originally Posted by wfavero

Is this a new thing or have I just been asleep all these years?

The latter.

[keaton]

Originally Posted by schwa

The behavior is intentional, although it could really go either way. Auto-punch time selection will add lanes, but auto-punch selected items will always add takes to the selected items. We'll think about whether the current behavior is ideal!

I see, thanks for clarifying. I'd have thought if 'add lanes' was ticked it would do just this regardless of the record mode but appreciate it's up for reconsideration. No biggie.

[vxzerg]

What happened with vertical space between tracks?
1st screenshot - v6.83


2nd screenshot - v7.02



Same appearance settings

[schwa]

Originally Posted by vxzerg

What happened with vertical space between tracks?

The space is to make room for the new selection indicator, which you can disable here:

[vxzerg]

Originally Posted by schwa

The space is to make room for the new selection indicator, which you can disable here:

Thanks!

[EpicSounds]

Video about 7.02 changes (and more) just published

https://reaper.blog/2023/10/702-update/

[hexSPA]

Everything I'm using is working fine, thanks for the update. I was worried because of all the forum activity but it's fine on the surface level going from the last v6 to this one.

[User41]

Originally Posted by Justin

next release will have more configuration relating to this

As a regular user, I and others found it easy to adjust. My issue with the 6.83 change was that is wasn’t intuitive and confusing for new users.

The simple drag and drop behavior was one of my favorite discoveries when I originally migrated to reaper.

[Daodan]

There is a bug introduced in 7 version

https://forum.cockos.com/showthread....38#post2729038

[EpicSounds]

Originally Posted by Daodan

There is a bug introduced in 7 version

https://forum.cockos.com/showthread....38#post2729038

possibly related, there is user that couldn't preview notes when clicking or dragging a note, but it works on the keys and when adding a note. All note preview options are enabled. I could see the key highlight wasn't happening for him either.

[KChristopher]

Hello friends! I was upset with the fact that the pan and meter values were removed in the default layout of Reaper 7. I use these values a lot during mixing...
With some changes to the "rtconfig.txt" file, I managed to return the Pan and Meter values for layouts A and B.

https://forum.cockos.com/attachment....3&d=1699031074

https://forum.cockos.com/attachment....2&d=1699031020

It would be excellent if there was the possibility of having a button or a script that did this automatically, that way it would work for all users and would not need to be changed with each new update...

[Multibomber]

Originally Posted by Bruceqld

A gif showing what seems to be inconsistent behaviour. Spacers between consecutive folders work consistently, but a mixture of folders and tracks do not. Nor do consecutive tracks. I am running V6 theme, but it is the same under V7 Default.

More importantly, how did you make such a nice, large, clear gif? And where did you host it? Every time I try to make a gif to show some issue I'm having, I get an error saying my gif file is too large and I have to lower the resolution until its barely watchable.