Bypass non-item automation option causes irreversible changes to plugins (FIXED)

[TorlanDelta]

What you have:

At least 2 tracks with same plugins on them.

On track 1 - a MIDI item with some plugin FX automation on it.

"Bypass underlying envelope outside of automation items" option is ON (it's in actions list. Yeah, surprised me as well :P)

What you do:

Drag MIDI item from track 1 to track 2. The parameter of plugin on track 2 changes according to the envelope.

Press UNDO. The item moves back to track 1, but the change in parameter on track 2 is not undone.

I think it's apparent that such behavior can massively screw up a project in very unexpected ways, given that you have any automation and you decide to drag any item across your tracks. And you cannot undo it!

Here is a .GIF that shows what's happening - https://imgur.com/a/G4sUD8a

I really think this needs a fix. After all, changes to plugins are logged to undo history if done manually.

A workaround mentioned to me is - never drag stuff. Use draw and copy/paste wherever possible. But that still leaves a big possibility to mess up your stuff if you forget about it. And I haven't found a global "never drag items to different tracks" setting.

Also to anyone interested there is a script in attachments that will let you with just one keystroke (or a mouse modifier) paste selected items anywhere - it's not mine and was shared to me on awesome Reaper discord server. ^^

[Justin]

Thanks, fixing/improving this!

As a workaround, you can actually get the parameter values back; you just need to tweak the parameter, then undo that tweak, and it will go back to the last value recorded.

[TorlanDelta]

Originally Posted by Justin

Thanks, fixing/improving this!

As a workaround, you can actually get the parameter values back; you just need to tweak the parameter, then undo that tweak, and it will go back to the last value recorded.

Thank you! You guys are amazing <3

Cool! Did not know that. Normally you might have at least some idea what parameter could have changed based on what envelopes you have on other tracks, so now I know how to make super sure that everything is in order.