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Old 03-20-2019, 12:01 PM   #1
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Default How we do to reduce the length of midi notes ?

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Old 03-20-2019, 01:26 PM   #2
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what is the question exactly?

there are many diff ways to do it
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Old 03-20-2019, 03:03 PM   #3
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Sometimes, I try to drag the edge of the MIDI note, but the note edge doesn't move anymore. Nobody complains about that, so I think I don't understand how to resize a MIDI note.


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Old 03-20-2019, 03:20 PM   #4
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It's usually because snap to grid is turned on. You can set up mouse modifier so that you can hold shift and drag the edge and resize the note ignoring the snap. This mouse modifier would be under the midi note I believe.

Or you can manually toggle snap to grid.
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Old 03-20-2019, 03:23 PM   #5
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It's usually because snap to grid is turned on.
Not in my case. You can see the snap icone (OFF) on the left. How do you do to be able to always reduce the length of yours MIDI notes ?

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Old 03-20-2019, 05:39 PM   #6
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strange... It works as expected on my system win7-64 reaper 64

with snap off I can drag more or less to any amount....
with snap on I can drag according to the grid but can drag longer forever

there is another tool you might try
in the midi ed., hit Control+F2
that works on the selected note

of course if you want a given size to start with you can set that at the bottom of editor.. set the grid and the note size there
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Old 03-20-2019, 05:51 PM   #7
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So, you will be able to reduce thoses notes only with the mouse drag ?
(thx for the tips)
https://stash.reaper.fm/v/35901/bug2.rpp

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Old 03-21-2019, 12:07 AM   #8
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So, you will be able to reduce thoses notes only with the mouse drag ?
(thx for the tips)
https://stash.reaper.fm/v/35901/bug2.rpp

Got the rpp and I see something...
I'd say you indeed found half a bug [hahahaha]

as the project is, I cannot drag them smaller... but
IF I set the grid to 1/128 or smaller,[set grid to 1/128 then use actions to divide grid by 2 a few times] then I can drag them down to
a length of 0.0.001 which cannot even be seen unless you zoom in a crazy amount

you can rt clk on a selected note and bring up the Note properties dialog [Control+F2 on my PC ]

So it can be done but not with the grid at 1/16 and that IS a bug
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Old 03-21-2019, 02:29 AM   #9
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Funny I I just responded in your other identical thread! To amplify, I set my grid at 1/32 and THEN when you turn the grid on or off you wont see this weird behaviour.

I dont see this as a bug, since it is one of a set of grid/snap options that offers the user a LOT of flexibility.

If you want to really control a groove, as I often do, I put it down to 1/64 but usually any editing of note length or note position will be done in relation to the shortest "regular" note you are going to be playing. With it set to 1/64 its a whole new ballgame.

More like back when I used PROPER sequencers on my Amiga 1200 and routinely edited at 192 ppq!
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Old 03-21-2019, 05:29 AM   #10
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IF I set the grid to 1/128 or smaller,[set grid to 1/128 then use actions to divide grid by 2 a few times] then I can drag them down to
a length of 0.0.001 which cannot even be seen unless you zoom in a crazy amount
And do you think to have change the grid to reduce the note length is better than directly reduce the note length ?

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Old 03-21-2019, 05:43 AM   #11
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I dont see this as a bug, since it is one of a set of grid/snap options that offers the user a LOT of flexibility.

If you want to really control a groove, as I often do, I put it down to 1/64 but usually any editing of note length or note position will be done in relation to the shortest "regular" note you are going to be playing. With it set to 1/64 its a whole new ballgame.
My english is not my first language. Could you say with other words why it's better to have to change the grid to have the possilibty to reduce the notes length ?

I don't understand why It would be done in relation to the shortest regular note.

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Old 03-21-2019, 05:56 AM   #12
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I just checked and I you can assign your mouse modifier to "move note ignoring snap" if you like. I have mine set to the shift key.

I also have left drag to select notes.



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Old 03-21-2019, 06:24 AM   #13
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I hit d on my qwerty and it does it.
This is my line from vimper_bindings.lua

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  ,MidiEditor.runAction(MidiEditor.DeleteTopNote) -- very usefuldeletes top note then shortenes single line notes 
DeleteTopNote is defined in actions.lua as
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  ,DeleteTopNote externalAction('_RS7d3c_58817abe0a3534da887d6dd3767e170752d087f8'
it is one of master Kawa's scripts.
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Old 03-21-2019, 07:36 AM   #14
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And do you think to have change the grid to reduce the note lenght is better than directly reduce the note lenght ?
that is why I called it 'half a bug'... hahaha maybe it's a "Hug"

so no, I think even with the grid set at large values AND with snap off, we should be able to drag to the smallest amounts...

but at least now we all know the workaround
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My english is not my first language. Could you say this with other words why it's better to have to change the grid to have the possilibty to reduce the notes lenght ?

I don't understand why It would be done in relation to the shortest regular note.
IMO with Snap OFF, we should NOT have to change the grid
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Old 03-21-2019, 07:43 AM   #16
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I just checked and I you can assign your mouse modifier to "move note ignoring snap" if you like. I have mine set to the shift key.

I also have left drag to select notes.



In my exemple, there is no snap. But, we can't move the lenght.
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Old 03-21-2019, 07:46 AM   #17
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yeah i think i'm wrong about snap, I think it's the lengths that are tied to the midi editor grid so you have to setup the modifier to ignore snap which is really ignoring the grid I think. Give it a try ! :-)
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Old 03-21-2019, 08:05 AM   #18
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In Midi Actions, if I set "Set lenght for next insert note : grid" to ON, the reduce length issue disapears... Very strange.

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ok don't try my way
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Old 03-21-2019, 08:42 AM   #20
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If "Options: Drawing or selecting a note sets the new note legnth" is set to ON, the issue appears when the lenght of created note is less large than the grid...

The question: Why?

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Old 03-22-2019, 06:39 PM   #21
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I don't know... I saw your bug report and I still think it is a bug.. or at least a buglett
by the time ver. 7 comes out it should be fixed
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Old 03-22-2019, 09:17 PM   #22
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Its better to use the grid only when the note lengths you inquire are longer for notes in comparison to note lengths which can be set down to grid units. Therefore this is a bug, but in terms of producing music, I'd say the 1/64 grid is the best recommendation, however in terms of editing, its a minor bug that may continue to be overlooked.
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Old 03-22-2019, 09:25 PM   #23
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Its a bug, I've witnessed it, I extend these particular notes one grid unit until its a size I'm comfortable with. This is an sws action. I think its, extend notes one grid unit. (I use this to resolve it) Of course you have to select the note. This is also why I personally set my editor's note lengths to grid, and use a cycle action to toggle through the grid settings, this way you can always modify where you want that note to be in length. I also think its a great idea to use doubleclick in the piano roll as a mouse modifier to change the grid while cycling a "set grid to" cycle action.
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Old 03-22-2019, 09:28 PM   #24
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I think overall what you're asking (based on your title) is that they add truncate notes one grid unit, or 1ms, or 1px.
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Old 03-25-2019, 06:37 AM   #25
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Someone may traduct this, please ?

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allow resizing right edges of notes down to note insert size if lower than grid size

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Old 03-25-2019, 02:02 PM   #26
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traduction

permettre de rétrécir la taille de la note depuis le bord droit plus loin que la longueur de la note insérée si celle ci était plus petite que le grid

en gros, si tu entre une note qui fait X de long, tu peux réduire la longueur plus bas que X
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Old 03-25-2019, 02:51 PM   #27
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C'est bien ce que j'avais traduit. Je croyais que je m'étais trompé de traduction devant le peu d'empressement qu'ont les deux développeurs a corriger leur rustine.
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cela dit, je n'arrive pas à reproduire ton bug... moi, je peux définir la longueur de la note comme je veux...
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Old 03-27-2019, 08:09 PM   #29
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According to Reno, it's a bug only in the beta version.

Next time, please try on the release version before starting a thread.
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! Now I feel a bit silly - I had forgotten I too was on the beta when I tried it!
.. Sorry if my contribution muddied the waters.
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