MIDI Inline Editing CC with External MIDI files.

[worldwideweary]

With [in project] midi clips, a user can edit a MIDI clip via inline editing *along with* the CC lanes while in the [Arrange view]: a useful feature; but if using external .midi files [Preferences->Media->Midi], it seems that inline editing can't be accessed. This also means that there aren't any CC controls of a .MID File clip that can be edited in the arrange view. Is there a way to enable these functionalities while maintaining .MID files rather than MIDI Items? If not, is this intended behavior by the development or merely a missing feature?

[xpander]

You should be able to access the inline editing just the same with .mid files (e.g. with shortcut E). CC lanes can also be accessed and edited once you have dragged the dividing bar up from the bottom of the item. And if you right-click over the dividing bar/line, you'll get a menu to set and add CC lanes.

[worldwideweary]

Originally Posted by xpander

You should be able to access the inline editing just the same with .mid files (e.g. with shortcut E). CC lanes can also be accessed and edited once you have dragged the dividing bar up from the bottom of the item. And if you right-click over the dividing bar/line, you'll get a menu to set and add CC lanes.

Agreed that I should be able to, but I can't. The fact of this is made explicit by switching back and forth between in-project setting versus external .midi files and seeing the difference by having 'E' work and then not work. Is this not implemented but merely 'should' be? Maybe there's another setting of which I am ignorant? P.S. thanks for the right-click tip of dividing bar/line for CC lanes. It works when in-project midi is used.

[xpander]

Originally Posted by worldwideweary

Is this not implemented but merely 'should' be?

It's certainly working on my end. Could you maybe post a short example file which has this problem? Doesn't have to even have any notes in there, as long as it produces the problem on your end.

[worldwideweary]

Originally Posted by xpander

It's certainly working on my end. Could you maybe post a short example file which has this problem? Doesn't have to even have any notes in there, as long as it produces the problem on your end.

Sure thing. Here's a .zip including the involved blank .midi file and project .rpp.

1) Load .rpp in to Reaper
2) Click MIDI item
3) Press 'E'
4) Here it does nothing.

For a moment it was entertained that since you say it works on your end that maybe it was because Linux is being used here, yet upon verification: on Windows & different machine the fact remains: no inline editing of external midi clips have worked thus far.

[xpander]

Thanks for the example files. Upon further testing with several files and settings, I found out something interesting.

It seems that if Reaper is set up to import existing MIDI files as .MID file reference, the files can not be opened in inline MIDI editor if they are of Type 0 MIDI files. IOW, only MIDI files which are of Type 1 (multitrack), can be opened and edited in inline editor with that condition.

I went back to Reaper v5.0 with the same results, so if it has ever worked, it would've been even earlier. I think this requires a bug report, or if it never was a feature, feature request at least.

edit: I filed a bug report about the issue;
https://forum.cockos.com/showthread....66#post2200966