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Source: this youtube video by Reapertips, which references this Seventh Sam article

Preferences

In Editing Behaviour→MIDI Editor:

• One MIDI editor per project.
• When using one MIDI editor per project:
  • check Active MIDI item follows selection changes in arrange view
  • check Selection is linked to visibility
  • check Selection is linked to editability
  • uncheck Close editor when the active item is deleted in the arrange view
• Adjust opacity for secondary media items

Dock

• Dock the editor for a Logic-like expereience. If you have two monitors, you can put arrange on one screen, and MIDI editor (possibly and mixer) on the other.
  • Open the midi editor, press the dock editor button on the toolbar
  • Use a screenset to save the layout. (See this Reapertips video on screensets)

Multi Track Edit

• Secondary Items
  • First item you select is active, others are secondary.
  • Secondary items are not editable
• If you want to edit secondary items:
  • Right click midi editor above keys, enable Options→CC events in multi...→Draw and edit on...
  • Action Options: Avoid automatically setting MIDI items from other tracks editable and add to MIDI editor toolbar. Set text icon SINGLE TRACK EDIT
  • View→Color Notes By→Track
  • Shortcuts for Activate next visible MIDI item and for previous

Workflow Example

• Use hand on ruler to scrub between chords to hear them
• Split notes to grid
• Drum view (how to get drum names?) See Reapertips How I Write Drums
• Action Edit: Adjust value for events (mousewheel/MIDI controller only