KVR Audio

Chris-S · Post by **Chris-S** » Sat Mar 25, 2017 10:44 am

Hi,
does somebody know a script (or action) which left-aligns the selected notes?

My current workaround is: select notes, hit ctrl-F2 (notes properties), enter "2.1.0" into note position.

No_Use · Post by **No_Use** » Sat Mar 25, 2017 11:44 am

How about using Reaper's native quantize notes function, or you don't want to use it for some reason ?

EvilDragon · Post by **EvilDragon** » Sat Mar 25, 2017 11:59 am

Yeah that's what quantize is doing.

Chris-S · Post by **Chris-S** » Sat Mar 25, 2017 12:03 pm

Mmh, yes that works when the notes are somewhat on a similar spot.

EvilDragon · Post by **EvilDragon** » Sat Mar 25, 2017 3:27 pm

Well, not really. Depends on how you adjust the quantize settings, there's plenty of them (Quantize dialog: Settings - Manual). In your case, you will want quantize grid to be 1/4 or 1/2, and only have "Move left" checkbox enabled.

Chris-S · Post by **Chris-S** » Thu Mar 30, 2017 5:08 pm

Ok, as an exercise in LUA (which seems to be a very nice scripting language) I'll try to develop such a script.

EvilDragon · Post by **EvilDragon** » Thu Mar 30, 2017 5:16 pm

Sure you can do that, but why bother when Quantize really sorts it out very easily.

bustedfist · Post by **bustedfist** » Thu Mar 30, 2017 5:23 pm

Surely there's a Snap To Bar/ Beat or a Move To Cursor function in Reaper?

replicant X · Post by **replicant X** » Sun Apr 02, 2017 2:23 pm

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Chris-S · Post by **Chris-S** » Thu Apr 06, 2017 7:13 pm

Another issue:

Can some confirm this is a bug?

I have setup buttons for following standard actions to the MIDI editor's toolbar:

(a) Quantize note position to grid
(b) Double note length

Grid: 1/4, Snap to Grid is on, quantize note ends is off.

I enter a quarter-note, hit (b) one or several times, hit (a).

Expected behaviour: nothing, because note is already on grid.
Actual behaviour: Note length jumps back to 1/4.

LawrenceF · Post by **LawrenceF** » Thu Apr 06, 2017 10:30 pm

Re: The original question... I don't edit midi in Reaper much but I would think notes could snap to the play cursor.

Select the reference note, hit whatever command locates the cursor there, snap the other notes to the cursor, or if there's a command for that, fire it to move the other notes to the cursor. Things like that have nothing much to do with the grid.

bustedfist · Post by **bustedfist** » Thu Apr 06, 2017 10:47 pm

Quantize isn't the function you want. I'll look in my DAW to refresh what it's called in a while.

bustedfist · Post by **bustedfist** » Thu Apr 06, 2017 11:12 pm

Look for snap to cursor. Set cursor to desired bar and hit the command. If Reaper allows macros it could be possible to automate moving to the next grid line after the move. Lasso select and the KC seems fastest.

C-note · Post by **C-note** » Sun Apr 09, 2017 10:04 am

bustedfist wrote:Surely there's a Snap To Bar/ Beat or a Move To Cursor function in Reaper?

Ha Ha - there is no snap to cursor function in Reaper (like there is in Cubase for example - ctrl-L) Of course like most midi functionality in Reaper, you can write a script.

Guenon · Post by **Guenon** » Mon Apr 10, 2017 7:11 am

C-note wrote:Ha Ha - there is no snap to cursor function in Reaper (like there is in Cubase for example - ctrl-L) Of course like most midi functionality in Reaper, you can write a script.

Of course there is.

"Move left edge of note to edit cursor."

Bind any shortcut to it you desire, Ctrl-L is a good one

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Also related: "Trim left edge of note to edit cursor" and especially "Trim right edge of note to edit cursor", in case you wish to custom tidy up some notes after this, heh.

[REAPER] Align Notes - Looking for script