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Old 11-07-2014, 05:37 PM   #201
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+1 and bumping
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Old 01-16-2017, 05:37 AM   #202
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me bump too! This thread is almost 10 years old but this still isn't implemented. I in fact just posted about it in the main forum before I found this.

This would solve the problem I'm having with the REX files.
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Old 01-16-2017, 06:04 AM   #203
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Yes it is. It's called subprojects.
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Old 01-16-2017, 07:02 AM   #204
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Nope, that's not what this is thread seems to be about. But I can understand the confusion, it sometimes sounded like that to me too until I read this below. Couldn't be any clearer and this is what I want to! ;-)


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Old 01-16-2017, 07:04 AM   #205
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That is exactly what subprojects are. Except it opens a new project tab instead of a MIDI editor-like thingie.
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Old 01-16-2017, 07:21 AM   #206
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Sorry, but I certainly would not say that this is EXACTLY what subprojects are and the 'except' is a pretty major difference.

Ok, you can +- less get the same result but the workflow and number of steps involved is the major difference that makes this a worthwhile feature, in my opinion anyway.

Not sure how satisfied tallisman and bitbybit are with subprojects as a replacement but my guess is that it doesn't quite cut the mustard.
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Old 01-16-2017, 07:55 AM   #207
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You can get EXACTLY the same result, not +/-. Number of steps involved? Just run an action and subproject gets created. Big deal.
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Old 01-16-2017, 09:02 AM   #208
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Well, it isn't as 'bad' as I thought it might be :-)
I still need to fool around a bit more with it but it does come pretty close.

However, unless you've already done it, I think the setting up is not as simple as a single press of a button or key as you mentioned. There are quite a few steps involved, some I can foresee won't be that easy to setup if possible at all.

Mainly, it's the popup menu that prompts you to name & save the subproject that AFAIK, cannot be automated by an action. so it would still be at least 3 step process to setup + every time you want to close the subproject, you need to save again because if working with several REX files, I can see the crowding at the top of the screen with all the submenus quickly becoming a bit annoying and confusing.

So, I'd still like to see something like the Reaparts/Amalgamation but at least Reaper always has a solution that comes pretty close! ;-)
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Old 01-16-2017, 10:11 AM   #209
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Hmm...I'm already encountering some differences that make it trickier to work with:
I create a subproject for the REX file and then modify the newly created file in the main project. That works well, cut, split, move, all that works as with a wav file. When I then go to the subproject, I in fact see and hear all my edits.

Then I closed the subproject - so had to save it - and when I later wanted to re-edit the file in the main project, I double-clicked the file and it opened the subproject as it should, but the REX file is now back to it's original state when I imported it in the main project!
Basically, the connection between the main and subproject is now lost.

Since I'm fairly new to this, maybe I did something wrong or there is something I need to know...?
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Old 01-16-2017, 10:52 AM   #210
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You did something wrong... this all works fine here.
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Old 01-16-2017, 10:59 AM   #211
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Possibly. There is definitely something strange going on. I can't get the main & subproject to sync. If I edit in the main, changes are no longer reflected in the sub and when I save in the sub, it doesn't change anything in the main. It's basically like having two completely separate projects.

Any idea what could be wrong?


(BTW, I solved the action issue. It will now open in one click, cool! :-))

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Old 11-17-2023, 11:28 AM   #212
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My script Superglue might offer some of what was desired here...

It doesn't support pure MIDI yet, however – it will render MIDI with a VI into audio.

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