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• I'm Shooshie, and I've been contributing features to MOTU Products since Professional Composer Version 1 (1984) and Performer version 1.2 (≈1987). Dozens of my suggestions were used in a release of Performer and Digital Performer in December, 1997. I try not to bother you much, but things really need some fixing and improvement. Please give proper consideration to the following 7 suggestions for the MIDI Graphic Editor Window.
  
  1) We desperately need some keyboard shortcuts for the MIDI Graphic Edit Window, specifically for:
  • Lines Mode
  • Bars Mode
  • Points Mode
  
  2) and most of all:
  • Quickfilter
  
  3) Meanwhile, up the window a ways, we need something to tell us the track in which any selected data event is located. Select a note, see its track name in addition to the note info, such as:
  • [Solo Violin] 4|1|240 G5 \110 — 1/240
  4) And when we are showing multiple tracks in the MIDI Graphic Edit Window with a note or group of notes selected, please give us a command to hold down, such as CAPSLOCK, then drag the "active track pencil" to another track, to MOVE the selection to another existing track.
  
  5) Add the OPTION key to the same motion described above and COPY the selected data to an existing track. Add the SHIFT key to MOVE the data to a Similar New Track. OPTION-SHIFT-CAPSLOCK, would COPY the selection to a similar new track.
  
  6) When using the Reshape Tool, it should reshape only SELECTED & VISIBLE data. If data is hidden by Quickfilter, it should have no effect on it. Currently it reshapes hidden data too. It should not be necessary to set the data type in the menu to use the Reshape Tool. Just select from the visible data, and start reshaping. The data type menu could work for Reshape, if the data is not selected. Generally, the data type menu should be for the Pencil Tool.
  
  7) In addition to all the above, the following items should appear in a Graphic Editor Contextual Menu under the Control-key / right-click:
  • a) Quickfilter toggle (1st on list)
    b) Continuous data display mode (points, bars, lines)
    c) Continuous data view filter
    d) Insert Event Type
  
  Thank you for considering these features,
  Shooshie

People of MOTU,

Please add a key command for "Set To Selection Bounds." It is sorely needed.

Thank you

People of MOTU,

I need some plug-ins to always stay on top of the other DP windows, please add a Float on/off checkbox to the plug-ins windows.

Thank you

Automatic cross-fades

People of MOTU,

I had to do some work in another DAW the other day [gasp], and there was one feature that I really liked. When editing soundbites in a track, as soon as the edges of two soundbites met, an automatic cross-fade was created (the default type and length was set in the preferences). This saved tons of time. Please consider adding this feature.

Of course, others may not like this feature, so maybe it should be a preference that can be turned on/off.

Thank you

Of course, others may not like this feature, so maybe it should be a preference that can be turned on/off.

Thank you

stubbsonic wrote:I sent this feedback eons ago, to add a preference for the MIDI Graphic Editor to allow that ALL lasso selections are free (not snapped to grid).

I'm really good at lasso'ing what I want, and I NEVER EVER need DP to correct my selections for me. Never.

As it is set up right now, I must either ALWAYS hold down command for selections, or almost always hold down command for dragging. I remember the sweet days when selecting with my mouse didn't always require a keystroke.