When inserting a new MIDI item under the edit cursor, set MIDI item colour to match the articulation colour in Reaticulate

[DoubleGrit]

When inserting an articulation on a selected track, Reaticulate creates a new item at the edit cursor if one doesn't already exist. I propose an optional behaviour that when it does this, it also sets the colour of this new item to that of the chosen articulation.

This allows user to recognise what articulations are enabled without having to read the PC names, when not using the MIDI editor.

Caveat: this only really makes sense when using Reaticulate to insert a new MIDI item. Existing MIDI items may contain multiple PCs already, so colour changing an existing item will be at best confusing, and at worst, detrimental to the user's project organisation.

My personal context here is that I'm now also using Reaticulate to control MIDI-to-DMX-controlled lights for live shows. I'm using different articulations to choose different RGB blends, so I'm matching articulation colour in Reaticulate to the colour the light actually changes to, for easy selection and viewing.

Thanks!
Jack

[jtackaberry]

Hm, this feels like a feature only useful for a very specific niche use case. But I could be wrong, there may be other general uses for it. If you can find two other users who want this feature, I'll implement it. :)

Perhaps ask on Reaticulate's thread in the REAPER forum?