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09-13-2019, 04:36 AM
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Time selection not available in MIDI editor
Hello,
I'm facing a problem since more than a week now. Although I tried many things to resolve it (actions, preferences, mouse modifiers), and after posting on the FR forum (which was not successful), the issue is still here.
When I'm in the MIDI editor, I can't drag and drop (with the left click of the mouse) the below area of the ruler to set a time selection : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oan...Es1xfaWsM/view
I think that the problem could be related to a second strange behaviour: the play cursor disappears when reaching the end of the MIDI item (but continues to "live" in the arrangment window, so the music still plays).
I checked a fresh new portable version of Reaper and it should work: I should be able to set a time selection inside a MIDI item in order to set a custom loop or just to change the time selection of the arrangment (if I decide they are linked).
Thank you for your advices,
creal.
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09-13-2019, 07:09 AM
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Check your mouse modifiers in MIDI ruler, left drag context. Default action there is Edit loop point (ruler) or time selection (piano roll). Yours seem to act more like the default for the MIDI marker/region lanes, which is hand scroll. If you do move the mouse cursor down from the marker lane, do you see the cursor change from the hand cursor to something else? That would be the point where the ruler mouse modifiers will become active.
As for your second problem, it sounds like View: Toggle auto-view-scroll on playback is off.
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09-14-2019, 03:45 AM
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Hello xpander,
Thank you for your message,
My mouse modifier for "left drag" action in MIDI ruler is "Edit loop point ruler or time selection", but the hand scroll icon is here wherever I hover the mouse on the ruler, from the top to the bottom.
Concerning the second problem, the option you talk about is already "on".
Any other advice, please?
creal.
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09-16-2019, 08:29 AM
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hover the mouse a tiny bit lower...
a little up you get the hand
just below that you get the I bar that will drag out a time selection
below that you enter notes with yet another cursor
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09-16-2019, 02:40 PM
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Just to note, alternatively (maybe sometimes even more handy) you can also set time selection in MIDI editor by dragging on the horizontal CC divider lines.
https://i.imgur.com/QEx6b2U.gif
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09-17-2019, 03:38 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by nofish
Just to note, alternatively (maybe sometimes even more handy) you can also set time selection in MIDI editor by dragging on the horizontal CC divider lines.
https://i.imgur.com/QEx6b2U.gif
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Yes, I know I can (it works with the portable version I tested) but it doesn't work on my custom version of Reaper. Take a look at this:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1GU...u504bO-2Fax0x8
It makes me crazy.
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09-17-2019, 03:39 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by hopi
hover the mouse a tiny bit lower...
a little up you get the hand
just below that you get the I bar that will drag out a time selection
below that you enter notes with yet another cursor
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Unfortunately, it doesn't work:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1GU...u504bO-2Fax0x8
I don't know what to do. There must be a "hidden" option somewhere.
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09-17-2019, 07:24 AM
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Do you have time selection locked by chance?
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09-17-2019, 12:21 PM
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No, the time selection is not locked. Nothing is locked actually.
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09-17-2019, 10:50 PM
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so it works as it should in a fresh portable as you tested
but not in your 'custom' install
so... start a detailed comparison of the pref's settings between them
it has got to be that you changed something in the custom install
also in mouse mods for Ruler... see what you have as the Default for left drag
is it Edit loop point?
Last edited by hopi; 09-17-2019 at 10:57 PM.
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09-18-2019, 02:37 AM
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Hello,
I already did a comparison before posting both in the french forum and here. My default left drag for MIDI ruler is indeed "Edit loop point (ruler) or time selection (piano roll)".
I will do another comparison of all the preferences, just to be sure.
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09-18-2019, 11:35 AM
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After checking all the preferences on both the fresh portable installation and my personal version of Reaper, the problem remains. Some options were not the same, but nothing was related to this strange behaviour (when I was suspicious, I tried to reset a specific option just to test it, but with no luck).
Maybe there is a clue here: I cannot extend the edge of an item end from the MIDI editor. Normally, you can do it with a simple drag and drop with the mouse, but this does not work anymore in my version of Reaper:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1qb...Ljtb-Ji508ycCJ
The three problems (time selection, play cursor, item edge) could be related, don't you think?
Did you encounter this behaviour? If so, give me an advice please
If not, is there a way to "debug" Reaper (for example, just reset all the mouse modifiers without affecting the other options)?
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09-18-2019, 01:41 PM
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Just a thought, are you running some script(s) on the background?
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Originally Posted by creal
If not, is there a way to "debug" Reaper (for example, just reset all the mouse modifiers without affecting the other options)?
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In the mouse modifiers window, Import/Export button top right. Clicking it you'll get a menu where there are Reset modifiers to factory default in this context and in all contexts.
If you want to reset only the MIDI editor mouse modifiers, make sure you are in the appropriate MIDI editor context window and use the in this context action. Repeat for all the MIDI editor modifier contexts you need to reset.
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09-18-2019, 02:47 PM
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This has happened to me too, several times: time selection in the MIDI editor just stops working. I have no idea why. IIRC, the problem goes away after re-installation and upgrading (to the newest dev version, usually) Perhaps I also rebooted my DAW.
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09-19-2019, 02:04 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by xpander
Just a thought, are you running some script(s) on the background?
In the mouse modifiers window, Import/Export button top right. Clicking it you'll get a menu where there are Reset modifiers to factory default in this context and in all contexts.
If you want to reset only the MIDI editor mouse modifiers, make sure you are in the appropriate MIDI editor context window and use the in this context action. Repeat for all the MIDI editor modifier contexts you need to reset.
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No, I don't have a project/global startup action. It happens all the time, even when I create an empty project (which is the case when I launch Reaper).
I reset all the mouse modifiers and the problem remains. I should do the same thing for the preferences and the installed scripts via ReaPack (even none of them is running). Is there a easiest way to do it without exporting configuration and select one element each time, please?
Thanks for your advices. I'm going to make it!
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09-19-2019, 02:05 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by juliansader
This has happened to me too, several times: time selection in the MIDI editor just stops working. I have no idea why. IIRC, the problem goes away after re-installation and upgrading (to the newest dev version, usually) Perhaps I also rebooted my DAW.
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I tried to re-install the same version of Reaper (because I already run the last version) but nothing changed. So I tried the last dev version and the problem remains too
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09-19-2019, 02:21 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by creal
Is there a easiest way to do it without exporting configuration and select one element each time, please?
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It's moving in the right direction. I tried to import the config subfiles one by one category, and I found the one that causes the problem: it's the "configuration" part.
So I took 37 screenshots from the preferences, I did a factory reset and I changed the options one by one to see if it changes something. But the problem remains...
Now I'm going to compare each of the files associated with the "configuration" part of the config export (37 for my version, 13 for a fresh install).
EDIT : okay, this is the Reaper.ini file that is "corrupted"
Last edited by creal; 09-19-2019 at 03:10 AM.
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09-19-2019, 03:41 AM
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I found the "corrupted" line inside the Reaper.ini file. It is:
lasttimebase=4
placed just below [midiedit]
If I remove this line, the three problems are solved!
Last question: can I remove this line safely? What is it supposed to do?
Thanks.
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09-19-2019, 05:55 AM
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Cool you finally found the issue!
Afaik Reaper rewrites the .ini file as necessary so I think it should be save to remove it (but no guarantee )
You could remove it, start Reaper, do something in MIDI editor, close Reaper and then check if it reappeared.
Your finding may be worth a bug report.
Last edited by nofish; 09-19-2019 at 07:45 AM.
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09-19-2019, 08:32 AM
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great job on the detective work! what a PITA but you found it!
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09-19-2019, 04:36 PM
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Good job finding the problem!
Quote:
Originally Posted by creal
I found the "corrupted" line inside the Reaper.ini file. It is:
lasttimebase=4
placed just below [midiedit]
If I remove this line, the three problems are solved!
Last question: can I remove this line safely? What is it supposed to do?
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That line seems to tell what timebase you have set the last time for the MIDI editor piano roll. Number four is for the source beats and true enough, if you set the piano roll timebase for that, you'll get behavior like you had. Some bugs with that timebase setting, maybe?
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09-20-2019, 02:06 AM
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Thanks for your messages, I will submit this behaviour via the bug report section.
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12-22-2019, 04:40 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by creal
I found the "corrupted" line inside the Reaper.ini file. It is:
lasttimebase=4
placed just below [midiedit]
If I remove this line, the three problems are solved!
Last question: can I remove this line safely? What is it supposed to do?
Thanks.
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I just had the same problem and have deleting the code worked for me anyway. Although i am worried about whether or not this might have a knock on effect to something else.
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03-10-2020, 01:57 PM
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Confirmed that this is still an issue in the current 6.05 rev 527 eef.
I also could not select a time range in the MIDI editor. Did some searching and found this thread.
As the OP suggests, in reaper.ini I deleted the line lasttimebase=4 and then was able to make selections again.
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03-10-2020, 02:11 PM
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Instead of editing the ini file, you can set the timebase inside the MIDI editor -> View -> Piano roll timebase.
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