Add option to replace articulations in bulk

[Phfraiengngchkxzcs]

Hi Tack,

it's been a while. hope all is going well. I either wanted to request a feature, or find out if there is currently any way to do this: I would like to be able to select multiple program changes and change them all simultaneously. e.g., i have tried to map everything to make translation between libraries and parts as smooth as possible, but it's not uncommon that library A has staccatissimo and library B has staccato only. So, when copying parts, let's say i have a bunch of back-and-forth legato-staccatissimo articulation changes. When i copy the part to another library which only has the staccato articulation (and all staccato articulations are mapped to the same PC#) i would like to be able to select all instances of the staccatissimo articulation and globally change them to staccato. it seems like Reaper's event list should be able to do this. i select all the articulations (it'd also be nice if there were a shortcut for selecting all of the same kind of PC data) that i want to change and go to the event properties. there i change the PC number but it appears to change only the first of the selected articulations. Is there another way of achieving this?

[jtackaberry]

I'm not really aware of a way to do this, I'm afraid.

But I understand the use case. How about a workflow something like:

1. Select an instance of the articulation you want to replace
2. Click[*] the articulation you want to replace it with
3. A popup menu opens, where you have the option to "Replace all occurrences of selected articulation on track" or "Replace occurrences of selected articulation on track in time selection"

[*] Where "click" needs to be worked out, perhaps some sort of right-click with a modifier key like ctrl (because right-click by itself right now is a fairly well established shortcut to insert the articulation), or perhaps a new UI element that appears when you hover over an articulation that you can click on to open the contextual menu.

Would that work?

[Phfraiengngchkxzcs]

That’s exactly it, Tack! That would be a fantastic addition to the software. Which, again, is already amazing. Thanks!

On May 23, 2020, at 10:04 AM, Jason Tackaberry notifications@github.com wrote:

I'm not really aware of a way to do this, I'm afraid.

But I understand the use case. How about a workflow something like:

Select an instance of the articulation you want to replace Click[] the articulation you want to replace it with A popup menu opens, where you have the option to "Replace all occurrences of selected articulation on track" or "Replace occurrences of selected articulation on track in time selection" [] Where "click" needs to be worked out, perhaps some sort of right-click with a modifier key like ctrl (because right-click by itself right now is a fairly well established shortcut to insert the articulation), or perhaps a new UI element that appears when you hover over an articulation that you can click on to open the contextual menu.

Would that work?

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[Phfraiengngchkxzcs]

Hi Tack, I had another thought on this, and maybe this is a new thread, but i'm noticing another thing that i keep coming across is that it would be really handy to use reaticulate across tracks for the same articulations. is that a possibility for the future? Assuming that the tracks have the same articulation setups, being able to select Violins, Violas, Cellos and Basses and insert a staccato articulation into all of them at the same spot would be really helpful, since often those groups of instruments would change together in an arrangement.

[jtackaberry]

This could get tricky. Articulation names aren't special to Reaticulate. But Reaticulate could insert the same program number in multiple MIDI items, which means the same articulation on the different tracks would need to use the same program number. This works if they're actually the same bank on the different tracks (e.g. Cinematic Studio Strings - Section) or if they followed the UACC numbering convention recommended by the documentation.

Would you expect Reaticulate to insert in the multiple items based on multiple MIDI item selection, or multiple track selection?

[Phfraiengngchkxzcs]

That seems like it could work. If it's just the program number would that work for something where maybe it's not the same bank on different tracks, but different banks with largely identical numbering systems? if 15 is staccato in all my Berlin strings would that be enough to simply send PC 15 to all of them? it seems to work fine when i copy parts, like just dragging an item from Violin I to Violin II.

and to answer your question, for me it would work best on multiple MIDI item selection. Thanks!