A simple reason for why this request is a good one.
Minimizing management tasks is one way to save time, and these two OSC requests would save me a lot of time.
Feedback on the mixer cannot be very large without sacrificing functionality. If you use
too big a font for your MCP send/insert/parameter knob section, it limits how many Reaper will draw for you.
This MCP view is also one of the few locations where it's practical to view feedback of multiple plugin parameters.
To maximize how many parameter knobs I could see, I copied and modified an MCP layout to have one complete column of mixer track space dedicated to this send/insert/parameter knob view. (
Screenshot)
Add to that, the send view is rather small, which is fine for many folks, but it's not enough for my work. The I/O window isn't all that helpful either. Just its layout is visually ok for reference, but not for fast visual scanning.
I
require speedy access to send mutes and levels without a mouse. For that reason I dedicate an entire page of my Lemur layout on an iPad to send control of selected tracks.
But the part of the layout page (
Screenshot) that controls the volume of sends,
won't work on selected tracks, but only on the last touched track.
The send mutes in this Lemur layout are in fact bound to Reaper actions. They don't use the OSC config at all. And because of this, the Lemur layout cannot present any information on whether the send is muted or not. But at least I can control send mutes on selected tracks.
So what do you give up ? Feedback , or functionality ?
This request about getting both.