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issueid=12 06-13-2009 03:28 AM
Human being with feelings
Drawing empty midi item bug (pencil mode).
Can't draw an empty midi item, pencil always creates a copy of last selected item.

Can't create an empty midi item via pencil tool. It always draws a copy of last selected item, even if none of them is actually selected.

Expected: pencil tool draws an empty item if no items selected.
Issue Details
Issue Type Closed Issue
Project Deprecated REAPER issue tracker
Category Editing behavior
Status Fixed
Priority 7
Affected Version 3.02
Closed Version 3.04
Yes votes 5
No votes 0
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06-13-2009 03:34 AM
Human being with feelings
 
only if you're drawing on the same track though.
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06-13-2009 03:39 AM
Human being with feelings
 
Yes, confirmed by many. Detailed discussion for the pencil tool here:

http://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=36098

Besides fixing the duplicate item bug, it would be great to include the two tweaks discussed in the thread above. Namely:

1) Item loop length defined by length of drawn item (currently fixed to 1-bar loop)
2) Double-click with the pencil tool duplicates Insert->New MIDI item

and a fresh new FR for the pencil tool

3) Allow drawing items from right to left (click, drag to the left, draw from the end of the item to the beginning).
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06-13-2009 04:36 AM
Administrator
 
I would have said this is more an FR than a bug, but if the manual says it should draw an empty item, then it should do that :)
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06-13-2009 04:46 AM
Human being with feelings
 
Maybe there's a bug in the manual then? :D

In the end it boils down to improving a potentially very useful tool for common MIDI tasks.
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