Can note glue be changed to all editable take?

[dangguidan]

Note glue is very easy to use and often used.can only be used on active take at present. Can this function be used on all editable take?

[dangguidan]

It has been implemented in script.

local editor=reaper.MIDIEditor_GetActive()


takeindex = 0
take=reaper.MIDIEditor_EnumTakes(editor, takeindex, true)
while take~=nil do

reaper.MIDI_DisableSort(take)
 tb={}
 idx=-1
 integer = reaper.MIDI_EnumSelNotes(take,idx)
 
 while integer~=-1 do
 
 retval,selected, muted,startppqpos,endppqpos, chan, pitch, vel = reaper.MIDI_GetNote(take, integer)
 
  if tb[pitch]==nil then 
  tb[pitch]=integer
  idx=integer
  else 
  reaper.MIDI_DeleteNote(take , integer)
  reaper.MIDI_SetNote(take, tb[pitch], NULL, NULL, NULL, endppqpos, NULL, NULL,NULL, false) 
  end
 
 integer = reaper.MIDI_EnumSelNotes(take,idx)
 
 end -- while end

reaper.MIDI_Sort(take)

takeindex=takeindex+1
take=reaper.MIDIEditor_EnumTakes(editor, takeindex, true)
end -- while take end

[mccrabney]

moreover, can all midi actions please work on all selected and editable content without users having to script each one?

[dangguidan]

Not necessarily. In fact, many actions do not support multiple take, which is very troublesome in MIDI editing.
I have written many alternatives to support multiple take.

[mccrabney]

yes, sorry - my post was a request, not an inquiry. i'm very aware of several of the actions that don't work on editable but non-active takes.

[dangguidan]

It may not change. Fortunately, there is this function MIDIEditor_EnumTakes now. Scripts can make up for the problem of multi track editing.

[mccrabney]

Scripts can make up for the problem of multi item editing.

i usually have no problem with scripts fulfilling FRs and shortcomings, but this situation strikes me as unsatisfactory.

out of the box, REAPER cannot properly edit multiple items at the same time, despite language that would leave the user expecting such behavior. AFAIK none of these actions specify "active take only," indeed lots refer to "selected content" while dutifully ignoring content selected in other items.

relying on users to write wrapper scripts for these actions is going to continue to disincentivize folks from pursuing multi-item editing - which is NOT an advanced workflow, corner case, or otherwise outlandish expectation -- particularly in the case of multiple in-track items. plenty of phrases, pickups, and musical structures may occur over item splits, and it's perfectly normal to expect to edit these notes together.

been banging on about this for several years now. i do appreciate the work script writers perform, but it's discouraging to see that multi item editing isn't being supported without scripter intervention