Improve channel naming/mapping

[Jogeir]

- Make it possible to move/re-arrange several channels simultaneously. (multi select and move)

- Make the window resizeable (now it's locked and will only show 16 channels).

- Auto scroll when moving selected tracks all the way up/down in the list.
Now I have to select, drag, scroll, drag (often several times if moving my last channels to the oposite side).

- Separate/improve Edit alias/channel mapping so you can "Tab to next channel alias" for quicker naming of i/o.

When naming and arranging my i/o to be organized in a logical manner to my analog setup, I found it very time consuming.

I was not able to move channels in blocks (multi select and move), the window was very small and not resizeable and the scrolling didn't follow when the tracks were selected. I found that I had to do this one track at a time.

It was also time consuming to name the channels, as I could not "tab" to next channel alias, without several additional steps.

Thanks.
J

[Skamm Goodiez]

THIS!!!

[Skamm Goodiez]

bump!

[Supersloth318]

Big thumbs up for this request. The current menu is not great, I find it to be incredibly time consuming. In addition to everything you listed above, having an option to cascade routing so you don't have to go through one at a time would be absolutely incredible.

[Gass n Klang]

yes, and: move the naming/mapping settings to the device page and link it to the interface. Names are completely dependent of the interface used. I'm working with at least 4 different interfaces regularly, depending on working in stereo, dolby atmo, on the road or with my live mixing desk. These settings should be automatically recall with the interface used. Every project should have the possibility to recall an interface setting and overwrite the defaults. When I'm mixing in Atmos, I always need the "Dolby Atmos Bridge" as audio interface. If I work in stereo, then it's my RME Madiface. The use of interfaces is often project dependent and having to change that manually every time is a bit cumbersome (Same thing for the "First" and "last" channel settings)

[juan_r]

Originally Posted by Gass n Klang

yes, and: move the naming/mapping settings to the device page and link it to the interface. Names are completely dependent of the interface used.

(snip)

The use of interfaces is often project dependent and having to change that manually every time is a bit cumbersome (Same thing for the "First" and "last" channel settings)

This.

[More Sound]

+1

[BIAM]

+1

- Stereo/mono select/hide option would be great to reduce size routing matrix and channel input select.

https://forum.cockos.com/showpost.php?p=2720291

[BIAM]

Supplement;

- In Preferences; Audio Channel naming/mapping setting I would like to see a Mono/stereo hide option for unused mono and stereo in/out channels for audio interface.

No stereo channels in mono channel select mixer and matrix and visa versa (no mono in stereo selection)

This makes it clearer, especially using 24+ channels.

[BIAM]

Originally Posted by BIAM

Supplement;

- In Preferences; Audio Channel naming/mapping setting I would like to see a Mono/stereo hide option for dedicated mono and stereo in/out channels for audio interface.

No stereo channels in mono channel select mixer and matrix and visa versa (no mono in stereo selection)

Example;

Input Channel Alias/Mapping;

. . . . . . . . . . . mono stereo
hw analog in 1 . x
hw analog in 2 . x
hw analog in 3 . . . . . x
hw analog in 4 . . . . . x
hw analog in 5 . x
hw analog in 6 . x
hw analog in 7 . . . . . x
hw analog in 8 . . . . . x


Output Channel Alias/Mapping:

. . . . . . . . . . . . mono stereo
hw analog out 1 . x
hw analog out 2 . x
hw analog out 3 . . . . . x
hw analog out 4 . . . . . x
hw analog out 5 . x
hw analog out 6 . x
hw analog out 7 . . . . . x
hw analog out 8 . . . . . x


Mixer in mono tab;

hw analog in 1
hw analog in 2
hw analog in 5
hw analog in 6


Mixer in stereo tab;

hw analog in 3 (L) + hw analog in 4 (R)
hw analog in 7 (L) + hw analog in 8 (R)

[Gass n Klang]

I think this whole thing should be organized differently. If you work in different rooms with different interfaces the current state can be quite painful. Remapping ALL THE TIME. Many companies use virtual outputs as a layer of routing. So from your reaper project you shouldnt route directly to the hardware output but to a virtual output that is then routed to a hardware output. These virtual output to hardware outputs could then be organized with presets.

Pro Tools does it that way. You route to bus outs and then decide in a global window to which hardware outs these are mapped. Many interface manufacturers use the same method. RME for example. At the moment, if you have a big project with lots of hardware outs you have to remap them every time. That sucks and mistakes happen fast. Ideally this new concept integrates a control room as well to be able to output multiple formats at the same time (surround + stereo downmix for example). Yeah I know it could be done at the moment using multiple channels on the master track but if you wanna use some different plugins for stereo and surround it is just chaos.


But to complete the whole image, reaper needs to become a lot easier to use regarding multichannel formats (surround, atmos #native panner, atmos workflow, rendering multiple formats at the same time…)

[BIAM]

Are there more users who would like to see this feature integrated in Reaper?
Or maybe I didn't make myself clear enough?

I just can't belief I'm the only one who likes to see this feature possible.

Originally Posted by BIAM

Example;

Input Channel Alias/Mapping;

. . . . . . . . . . . mono stereo
hw analog in 1 . x
hw analog in 2 . x
hw analog in 3 . . . . . x
hw analog in 4 . . . . . x
hw analog in 5 . x
hw analog in 6 . x
hw analog in 7 . . . . . x
hw analog in 8 . . . . . x


Output Channel Alias/Mapping:

. . . . . . . . . . . . mono stereo
hw analog out 1 . x
hw analog out 2 . x
hw analog out 3 . . . . . x
hw analog out 4 . . . . . x
hw analog out 5 . x
hw analog out 6 . x
hw analog out 7 . . . . . x
hw analog out 8 . . . . . x


Mixer in mono tab;

hw analog in 1
hw analog in 2
hw analog in 5
hw analog in 6


Mixer in stereo tab;

hw analog in 3 (L) + hw analog in 4 (R)
hw analog in 7 (L) + hw analog in 8 (R)