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Originally Posted by sockmonkey72
v7.09+dev0124 - January 24 2024- + Media Explorer: apply customized channel preview to MIDI item when inserting
- + Media Explorer: restore most recently used channel mapping when reloading a file that was previously previewed
- + Media Explorer: support previewing specific MIDI channels
- + Media explorer: display channel count for MIDI files (may require re-reading metadata from media)
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Some feedback from MIDI channel testing:
-After using the channel settings Reaper no longer asks whether to split the file into individual tracks.
-Most of the multichannel MIDI files I've made + GM files will follow similar mappings so when browsing a directory I'd like the ability to keep the same channel selection (when possible), instead of have re-doing it for every item.
-Inserted files contain all the notes from the original file, visible on the timeline and in the midi editor, and while they play if clicked on, they're silent on playback.
This was very confusing until I realized it was using a setting in the source properties I didn't know existed.🤷♂️
It also feels off when what's displayed on the timeline might be entirely different than the same item in the midi editor.
This example shows 4 versions of the same file. The top 3 used different channel filter settings and the bottom is without filtering, but each item is displayed identically when opened in the midi editor.
The filtered display of only the selected channel(s) is exactly how I expect it to look in the Media Explorer, but this can only be seen after the item is inserted.
The top section of the
Event Filter is more the functionality I'm hoping for. It will already be familiar to a lot of users (though has the opposite problem in that
the arrange item doesn't match visually filtered/soloed channels.)
A useful Event Filter tweak when previewing is using the channel selection dropdown for the output of active channels rather than for
Draw events...
That way it's easy to audition the active preview channel(s) through any part of a multi-timbral VSTi and not need to make sure single instruments are in omni receive mode (all without leaving the Media Explorer
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My Media Explorer is always docked in the top-right above the mixer which isn't a problem with audio, but this LICEcap shows the scaling inconsistencies at different heights, and the importance of visually filtering to the active MIDI for clarity.
A Media Explorer version of "View: Zoom to content" would be helpful (that's the first thing I press after opening an item in the midi editor.)
(*I tried to keep the images small, but it's hard at 4K)