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Old 12-07-2019, 04:04 AM   #1
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Default Faint peaks in the MIDI editor...?

It would be great to be able to have faint peaks in the MIDI editor. I'm thinking like, I select an audio item while the MIDI editor is open, and I get faint peaks drawn in the MIDI editor, just like I can now have for a folder. And optional, of course.

This would be very helpful when aligning MIDI events to the audio.
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Old 12-07-2019, 04:42 AM   #2
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Old 12-07-2019, 05:36 AM   #3
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Currently we can do this:
https://forum.cockos.com/attachment....1&d=1335470869

Putting ME in a docker, setting opacity of docker less than 100%, sync timebase to arrange view)

(I know, not the same as this FR, just maybe a workaround for now.)
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Old 12-07-2019, 03:31 PM   #4
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Currently we can do this:
https://forum.cockos.com/attachment....1&d=1335470869

Putting ME in a docker, setting opacity of docker less than 100%, sync timebase to arrange view)

(I know, not the same as this FR, just maybe a workaround for now.)
Yeah, that's a nice workaround.

But as you say, it is not the same. I would want to keep the ME docked at the bottom of the arrange view. But for now, I'll have to do with this. Thanks.
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Old 12-08-2019, 06:32 AM   #5
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+1 but i'd prefer to be able to select a track and use its peaks (or cumulative ghost peaks like in buss tracks)
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+1 but i'd prefer to be able to select a track and use its peaks (or cumulative ghost peaks like in buss tracks)
Yes, that was exactly my idea. Faint peaks are drawn representing all currently selected audio tracks, just like what can be drawn for folder tracks. Maybe I was unclear on that.
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Old 12-20-2019, 12:19 AM   #7
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Currently we can do this:
https://forum.cockos.com/attachment....1&d=1335470869

Putting ME in a docker, setting opacity of docker less than 100%, sync timebase to arrange view)

(I know, not the same as this FR, just maybe a workaround for now.)
Yeah, this looked like a good idea. Unfortunately it doesn't really work, unless you manage to adjust all of the MIDI events in one sitting. Reaper doesn't save the position of the floating docker so the overlay on the audio does not stay the same between sessions.

I realize this now, having adjusted two thirds of the MIDI events in two settings, now when open up to do the last third of them, I realize that if I move the docker to align the first third of the items to the audio, the second third does not align, and the other way around.

Reaper does not open the project in the exact same state that it was saved. The ME comes up closed, the visible audio item is not the one that was visible when the project was saved, and opening the ME opens it in the docker attached to the main window. Even the opacity of the docker is not saved. All of those settings I expected to be restored to what they were when the project was last saved, but not so.

So... devs, please give us faint peaks in the ME.
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Old 01-20-2020, 02:09 PM   #8
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Here is a workaround I just stumbled on by accident. I don't know why I did not think of this earlier...

Put the audio that you want to align the midi to on a track that is a child track of the track where the midi item is. If "Draw faint peaks in folder tracks" is turned on, you now have faint peaks under the midi item. Now open the inline midi editor (default E), and now you have faint audio peaks over which you can manually align your midi events.

This works quite nicely, actually!
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Here is a workaround I just stumbled on by accident. I don't know why I did not think of this earlier...

Put the audio that you want to align the midi to on a track that is a child track of the track where the midi item is. If "Draw faint peaks in folder tracks" is turned on, you now have faint peaks under the midi item. Now open the inline midi editor (default E), and now you have faint audio peaks over which you can manually align your midi events.

This works quite nicely, actually!
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Old 02-11-2022, 04:00 PM   #11
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I would still like to see this feature request actioned.

The workaround of having a semi-transparent, floating, full featured midi window synced to the audio track underneath was great until it was broken in Reaper 6.03 or so. The inline editor is lacking in features like turning on note/cc names so you can realistically use the drum editor mode, and having the custom toolbars that people use regularly for midi workflow.

For me simply having faint peaks of a chosen audio track show in the midi editor would be so damn useful!
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