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Old 08-04-2007, 06:00 AM   #1
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Default UI Hell: One click assign all selected FX inputs and/or outputs

It's sheer user interface hell setting up effects' inputs and outputs to, say, input 3/4 and output 5/6.

The number of unnecessary clicks boggles the mind.

Click, move cursor, click - turn input 1 off
Click, move cursor, click - turn input 3 on
Click, move cursor, click - turn input 2 off
Click, move cursor, click - turn input 4 on

Click, move cursor, click - turn output 1 off
Click, move cursor, click - turn output 5 on
Click, move cursor, click - turn output 2 off
Click, move cursor, click - turn output 6 on

16 clicks, 8 cursor movements for one plug-in

That's 160 clicks and 80 cursor movements for 10 plug-ins, not counting clicking the plug-ins to select them.

Tell me there's an easier way.


DONE for one plug-in (2.202), multiple selected plug-ins and plug-ins on multiple tracks not done.
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Old 08-04-2007, 06:13 AM   #2
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Tell me there's an easier way.
What would you suggest?

I don't understand how one click could do all that.
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Old 08-04-2007, 06:38 AM   #3
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Select all plug-ins.

Click the stereo output pair from a drop down list.
Click the stereo input pair from a drop down list.

or

Ctrl-click in either the input or output drop down list for setting both inputs and outputs.

May not be optimal.

One click is possible like this:

1 click and hold
2 move cursor to select the input/output
3 release button

Or you can activate the drop down list with a click and up/down arrow or mouse scroll wheel. By pressing Ctrl while you do that, both input and output would change.
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Old 04-16-2008, 05:11 AM   #4
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This is great to add to REAPER...

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Old 04-16-2008, 11:13 AM   #5
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+1
the way we deal with this today is really cumbersome

would be great if we had something like the routing matrix for this


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Old 04-16-2008, 01:07 PM   #6
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Default FX I/O Matrix

+1. Totally rockin'.

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Old 04-16-2008, 02:05 PM   #7
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the way we deal with this today is really cumbersome

would be great if we had something like the routing matrix for this
Or just have visual, general modular rack routing:

http://www.cockos.com/forum/showthread.php?t=14718
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Old 04-16-2008, 02:51 PM   #8
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the way we deal with this today is really cumbersome

would be great if we had something like the routing matrix for this

drool

++1

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Old 04-16-2008, 03:10 PM   #9
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Would be common sense...
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Old 04-16-2008, 04:44 PM   #10
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There's still the need to assign multiple plug-in IO in one go. Otherwise it's still clickety click click.

The user interface should make it possible to perform any task with one click or one key command (even if it means heavy macro utilization). That's the job of the UI.

A well designed tool has an intuitive UI where all action is concentrated on performing the task at hand, not preparing or setting up or cleaning up after it. All extraneous tasks should be automated or designed out. If it takes more than the minimum number of steps it's an UI that shouldn't have been implemented in the first place.
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Old 04-16-2008, 06:04 PM   #11
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so, General, and how about this?

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Old 04-16-2008, 07:12 PM   #12
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You need it all: for selected plug-ins and selected tracks.
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Old 04-16-2008, 08:42 PM   #13
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one more try



tho this would not work for plugins that don´t have the IN and OUT options
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Old 04-22-2008, 09:49 PM   #14
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Huh? What? Done? Where? Not in 2.202
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