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Old 10-17-2008, 03:17 PM   #1
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Default Auto-Create New Track on Item Move...chill dude!
Reaper is in such a hurry to create new tracks.

I'm dragging an audio or midi item around on the bottom track in a session. If I happen to drag (while still holding left-click) the item just a LITTLE bit down, a new track is created...even if I release the item to the original track.

Shouldn't the new track go away if the item is not actually moved to that new track?
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Old 10-17-2008, 05:28 PM   #2
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Reaper is in such a hurry to create new tracks.

I'm dragging an audio or midi item around on the bottom track in a session. If I happen to drag (while still holding left-click) the item just a LITTLE bit down, a new track is created...even if I release the item to the original track.

Shouldn't the new track go away if the item is not actually moved to that new track?
I thought this only happened to me. I agree with you. If the item that is dragged isn't dropped onto the new track, the new track should dissappear.
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Old 10-17-2008, 09:49 PM   #3
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Hey CPC...
Whew, a compadre! Yeah, this is an odd one. I'm tired of deleating those extra tracks, and being that careful when dragging does slow me down.

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Old 10-18-2008, 11:21 AM   #4
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+1, only create the new track if I drop the clip into the empty space
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Old 10-18-2008, 02:19 PM   #5
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+1 ... chill out Reap!
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Old 10-18-2008, 06:17 PM   #6
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Old 10-27-2008, 10:26 AM   #7
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++1 on this...this stuff slows us down.
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Old 10-27-2008, 11:21 AM   #8
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This feature is the key to worldwide peace and everlasting prosperity for all humans *.

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* Not really, but this is my catch phrase of the day, and... this feature would be seriously kick ass.
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Old 10-27-2008, 11:45 AM   #9
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Yeah!!

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Old 10-27-2008, 02:23 PM   #10
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Shouldn't the new track go away if the item is not actually moved to that new track?
This new track shouldn't get created at all in this case. Hate it too.
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Old 10-27-2008, 03:26 PM   #11
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This new track shouldn't get created at all in this case. Hate it too.
This wouldn't bother me, if it goes away immediately if I don't place items there. It could even be the case, that you want to place an item there. How would you do this? You'd have to create a track first, but this would inhibit the workflow. As it is right now, you can just take an item and place it on the automatically created track.



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Old 10-27-2008, 04:26 PM   #12
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what about a small "magnetic" barrier, that (i really love the snapping behaviour in Reaper) would inhibit you from dragging too far? and IF you really want to create a new track, just keep on moving.
no clue if this is possible at all )))))))))))
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Old 02-20-2009, 05:22 PM   #13
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+1 on this older thread. It still hasn't been changed and it still bugs me a lot.
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Old 02-20-2009, 06:52 PM   #14
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optionally, please.


i love it as is.
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Old 02-21-2009, 10:28 AM   #15
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I agree, it's a slight annoyance.

OTOH, it's handy when you want to move stuff out of the way, without going through the hassle of creating a new dummy track.
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OTOH, it's handy when you want to move stuff out of the way, without going through the hassle of creating a new dummy track.
Yes, but it should create a new track on mouse button release, then there wouldn't be accidental new tracks.
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Old 02-21-2009, 11:40 AM   #17
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Yes, but it should create a new track on mouse button release, then there wouldn't be accidental new tracks.
Yeah that's right. I think everybody could live with that.
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agreed.

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Old 02-21-2009, 02:48 PM   #19
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While we're at it...

If you are Alt+dragging (the move contents within the item) and accidentally move the cursor below the bottom of that track, that also creates a new track.

Can't see any reason for that at all! But hey.. it's the weekend, so I'm chilled. Just thought I'd mention
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Old 02-21-2009, 02:52 PM   #20
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optionally, please.


i love it as is.
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Old 02-21-2009, 07:01 PM   #21
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Yep. That's definitely an annoyance, and IMO it should be the default that no track is created if you don't drop anything there.

For the ALT+drag behavior that's just buggy.
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Old 02-21-2009, 07:37 PM   #22
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+1 Masarin for this.

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