Host->Plugin Audio Drag & Drop

[FapFilter]

Hi,
audio item drag & drop from Reaper's timeline into third party samplers via cmd+option+drag does not work anymore on Mac for third party plugins
it's only still working into Reasamplomatic for me.

not sure wether it's just a devilish thingie since i'm on 6.66 on Mac, but it is working on my Windows machine, which is still running a slightly older version of Reaper

[FapFilter]

this feature is still broken in 6.69 on Mac.

[awelex]

Bumping this since it's honestly a workflow killer.

macOS 10.14
Reaper v6.70

Here are the steps to reproduce:

1) Open any plugin that accepts external files via drag'n'drop (you can confirm that they can actually do it by dragging a file from Finder). I've tested with Altiverb and MCabinet.

2) Drag the item onto the plug-in while holding down whichever modifier keys you have configured to Render the item to a new file.

Note that dragging items this way into a Finder window or the Desktop still works.

Would love to see this fixed -- right now the only way to do this is to manually render the item, reveal the source in Finder, and drag it from there. Really takes you out of the flow compared to just dragging within Reaper.

[Justin]

hmm how do I get MCabinet to allow drag/drop from finder? It's not letting me do that...

[Justin]

hmm -- does it work if the FX is in the chain view rather than floating?

[awelex]

Originally Posted by Justin

hmm how do I get MCabinet to allow drag/drop from finder? It's not letting me do that...

Yeah, I'm realizing I should have picked a more intuitive plug-in to demonstrate this! You have to click the Edit button at the top, and then in the cabinet section you can drop the file onto the profile.

Originally Posted by Justin

hmm -- does it work if the FX is in the chain view rather than floating?

Not quite, but it feels like it's getting closer. But the behavior also seems different now depending on the plug-in:

MCabinet: I got it to work once or twice, but most of the time it doesn't. However, at least I get the actual render status to show up once I drop the item into the profile section.

Altiverb: no dice here -- render window won't even show up; once I let go, the file icon immediately moves back to the item.

Kontakt: Similar to MCabinet -- Render window shows up, but the file never makes it into Kontakt.

With all of these plug-ins drag'n'drop from Finder is working as expected, so I think this is a Reaper issue?