"overlapping media items in lanes" annoyance

[James HE]

"Show Overlapping media items in lanes" is automatically checked on If you activate FIMP (free item positioning mode) for any tack. And it cannot be unchecked. Therefore all you non-FIPM tracks become a staggered mess if they have crossfades. And you have to switch to FIPM mode for those tracks to get it back to a single lane.

This is rather annoying , I really hate that feature. yuk. I don't really get it??? why does this even need to be on for FIMP to work?

I'm hoping there is something I'm missing here, can I turn it off?

[IXix]

Ah, that's interesting. I have a project, maybe a couple, where I can't turn off items in lanes. FIPM isn't active for any tracks but it's an old project and I think that at one point I may have dabbled with FIPM but decided it didn't suit me. Maybe that's why I can't get single lanes?

Edit: Well, activating FIPM for all track and then turning it off didn't help. Something's stuck somewhere. FIPM might be the cause but it's not the solution.

[James HE]

Hmm... seems I am wrong about the cause.

This might be an old issue, and only effects old projects. There might actually not be a problem.


Anyone else had a problem with the overlapping lanes being stuck on?

[FnA]

yes..

[James HE]

Originally Posted by FnA

yes..

any idea of the cause?

[IXix]

Originally Posted by James HE

Hmm... seems I am wrong about the cause.

Yeah, turning activating FIPM on a track in a new project doesn't activate items in lanes (IIL) and I have no problem toggling IIL on/off.

The project (s?) I've noticed this issue with are very old, started before REAPER 4.0. Maybe that's a factor. I wonder if the issue would persist if I copy/pasted the whole thing into a new project...

Edit: Yeah, pasting and saving into a fresh project fixes it. I can toggle IIL on/off again.

[James HE]

Originally Posted by IXix

Edit: Yeah, pasting and saving into a fresh project fixes it. I can toggle IIL on/off again.

OK great. I was going to try the same thing.

so... nothing to see here. carry on.

[FnA]

Don't really know. It's not just old projects. But maybe it was on old track templates. I think I've seen it when FIPM was not involved. I don't use it much but do so occasionally. Maybe a month or so I've been noticing it? Will pay more attention...