Why MIDI blocks are merged during D&D to DAW?

[Eric Samson]

Hi there,

I just bought EZKeys last week.
All in all, I like the product, but I have a few problems/questions.
(I’m a noobie, sorry for the stupid questions)

I’m using EZKeys from Reaper.
I create a sequence of MIDI blocks in EZKeys.
I drag and drop them into Reaper.
My problem is that the blocks are merged into a single block in Reaper.
Is that normal? Is there a way to avoid this? Is that an issue with Reaper?
Maybe I’m using the product incorrectly?

It makes replacing just a part of the song in Reaper really tedious.
I have to locate the part, then manually split the single MIDI block in 3 blocks, delete the incorrect one and replace with a new one.

Would be great of we could keep the MIDI blocks separated when dropping them in the DAW.

Thanks in advance for your help with this.

Ciao, Erix.

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[Henrik Ekblom]

Unfortunately, that is not possible (becuase of how DAWs works). DAWs (Reaper for example) can only import one MIDI blocka at a time, so if the user is dragging multiple MIDI blocks from EZkeys they have to be merged. So there is nothing we (or any other plug-in developers) can do about it…

Henrik Ekblom - User Experience Designer
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[Eric Samson]

I undersatnd your answer, but this is really annoying…

[Scott Eshleman]

@erix said:
I have to locate the part, then manually split the single MIDI block in 3 blocks, delete the incorrect one and replace with a new one.

Would be great of we could keep the MIDI blocks separated when dropping them in the DAW.

I understand your frustration. I was surprised when I first encountered this.
But then you’re only talking about 3 blocks.
Just drag each of the 3 blocks into Reaper one-at-a-time to keep them separated.

Or, just leave the blocks in EZKeys to play (and re-edit) from within your plugin.
(Assuming that you’re using EZKeys as a plugin within Reaper and not in standalone mode.)

[Eric Samson]

No I’m not talking about 3 blocks. A typical song has >20 MIDI blocks.
When I drag & drop them there are all merged into a single MIDI block in the DAW.
Then if I want to change a bar in the DAW, I need to split the block in 3 parts (before the bar, the bar and after the bar).

[Scott Eshleman]

Yeah, I apologize.
I misrepresented your illustration.

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