MIDI editor display actions
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Actions which change the display of REAPER's MIDI editors.
View : Toggle grid (Cmd ID 1017)
Section: MIDI Editor
Toggles visibility of the vertical grid lines. See also: MIDI Editor grid actions
Options: Toggle window docking (Cmd ID 40018)
Sections: MIDI Editor, MIDI Event List
The MIDI editor window can be shown as a tab in Reaper's docker or be a floating window. This action toggles it to and fro.
Mode: Piano Roll (Cmd ID 40042)
Sections: MIDI Editor, MIDI Event List
Switches to the common MIDI editor view with those fancy piano keys on the left hand side.
Mode: Drum Map (Cmd ID 40043)
Sections: MIDI Editor, MIDI Event List
This is called "Mode: Named notes" in the View menu. It turns the Piano keys on the left side of the MIDI editor into equal rectangles which can be filled with user-friendly names either by the user or automatically by plugins which support it.
REAPER will automatically switch to this mode when View: Hide unused note rows (Cmd ID 40453) or View: Hide unused and unnamed note rows (Cmd ID 40454) are triggered in Piano Roll mode.
See also:
Rename current note,
Load note names from file,
Clear all note names,
Save note names to file
Mode: Event list (Cmd ID 40056)
Sections: MIDI Editor, MIDI Event List
Switches the MIDI editor into Event List mode showing the MIDI events and their properties in detail.
View: Show events as rectangles (normal mode) (Cmd ID 40449)
Sections: MIDI Editor, MIDI Inline Editor
The common way to display note events in a piano roll editor. Rectangles that visualize position and length of each note.
View: Show events as diamonds (drum mode) (Cmd ID 40450)
Sections: MIDI Editor, MIDI Inline Editor
When editing MIDI drum material, most often you don't need to see the note lengths (Note Off positions). This view shows them as diamonds right where the Note On event occurs, disregarding where the Note Off event is.
View: Show events as triangles (drum mode) (Cmd ID 40448)
Sections: MIDI Editor, MIDI Inline Editor
When editing MIDI drum material, most often you don't need to see the note lengths (Note Off positions). This view shows them as diamonds right where the Note On event occurs, disregarding where the Note Off event is.
View: Cycle events view rectangles/triangles/diamonds (Cmd ID 40407)
Sections: MIDI Editor, MIDI Inline Editor
Cycles between the three styles in which REAPER can display notes.
View: Toggle show velocity handles on notes (Cmd ID 40040)
Sections: MIDI Editor, MIDI Inline Editor
REAPER can display vertical handles on each note to drag edit the note's velocity. This action switches them on/off.
View: Toggle show velocity numbers on notes (Cmd ID 40632)
Sections: MIDI Editor, MIDI Inline Editor
REAPER can display numbers on each note to indicate the note's velocity. This action switches them on/off.
View: Toggle show note names (Cmd ID 40045)
Sections: MIDI Editor, MIDI Inline Editor
REAPER can display names on each note icon in the note area to indicate it's pitch or custom note name. This action switches them on/off.
View: Hide unused note rows (Cmd ID 40453)
Sections: MIDI Editor, MIDI Inline Editor
Hides all note rows (pitches) that don't have a note event. REAPER switches to "Named notes" (Drum map) mode.
If you are interested in custom note names, you might want to see also: Rename current note, Load note names from file, Clear all note names, Save note names to file
View: Hide unused and unnamed note rows (Cmd ID 40454)
Sections: MIDI Editor, MIDI Inline Editor
Hides all note rows (pitches) that don't have a note event and no custom name. REAPER switches to "Named notes" (Drum map) mode.
View: Show all note rows (Cmd ID 40452)
Sections: MIDI Editor, MIDI Inline Editor
Brings back note rows that were hidden by View: Hide unused note rows) or View: Hide unused and unnamed note rows.
Load color map from file (Cmd ID 40498)
Sections: MIDI Editor, MIDI Inline Editor
Spawns a dialog window which lets you load a *.png file. Direct it to a file inside a REAPER theme's image folder called "midi_note-colormap.png" and let it load.
A lot of REAPER themes come with such an image. It defines how the note and CC blobs are looking and how they are colored for different MIDI channels, velocities and pitches. With this action you can load a different look for your notes to the current item. Not only each item can have it's own file, even each take in one single item can.
Clear color map (use default) (Cmd ID 40499)
Sections: MIDI Editor, MIDI Inline Editor
Unloads the color map file you have loaded with Load color map from file. Reverts to the colors and looks of the currently loaded theme.
