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Quickest way to create MIDI items

November 11, 2022

Nothing beats how easy it is to create MIDI items in REAPER! 💪

Let me show you my two favorite ways to go about it:

1. The simple way

Press ctrl/cmd while clicking and dragging anywhere in your timeline to create a new empty MIDI item.

By the way, if you have another item selected as you perform the above, it will start creating a copy of the selected item. Which is very handy in some cases as well!

2. The custom way

One other way that I like is double clicking to insert a MIDI item based on my selection or grid size.

It looks like this:

How to set it up:

  1. Go to Preferences > Mouse Modifiers > Context: Track | Double click
  2. Double click the default action and select “Action list…”
  3. Search for “Insert new MIDI item…” and select it. Hit apply.

Now you should be able to double click anywhere in the arrange view and create a MIDI item 🚀