Hi again Justin,
One last thing... and I'm only bringing this up since you have your head in MIDI record coding... not trying to distract from this thread
Is there a way you could
Record MIDI during Count-In (not to be confused with pre-roll)?
One critical feature missing from Reaper for anyone doing MIDI (or any recordings where there are tempo changes) is the ability to
record during the Count-Off (
NOT to be confused with Pre-Roll). Honestly, this should also be available (mirrored) in AUDIO too.
Currently, there is no way to record during the Count-In to record a lead-in (for example) or if you ride the CC before the downbeat.
The problem with pre-roll is if there is a different tempo in the previous measure, resulting in coming at the wrong tempo on the downbeat of the punch-in measure.
Now... with regards to Audio recording during Count-In:
Nuendo/Cubase have a simple record buffer in seconds and using it in conjunction with a count-in solves all these issues.
Having done this for 20+ years… it’s clear to me this count-off
pre-record amount should be in seconds or ms, NOT tempo based. The benefits are that each recording will have the same amount of pre-record no matter what meter or tempo and makes comping and editing in other DAWs as well as Reaper
MUCH easier since all the recordings have the exact same amount of pre-record.
I would also assume it’s easier to implement (coding-wise) if the pre-record buffer is always the same (fixed) time-based amount (not tempo or meter dependent).
Hoping this is possible and easy to implement.
BTW... I made this feature request ages ago here:
https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=225328
Thanks for listening. I'm immensely grateful for all your (and the dev team's) hard work.
Cheers,
Andrew K