New Raven user-List of issues and impressions

Does v-control not show up in your top menu bar?? Did you follow the instructions on the QuickStart video to have V-control launch at startup??





This is a great feature. I think some guys on the MOTU forum are doing something like this.

I only ever use one custom Raven default user session, I don't ever save different Raven session for different sessions. This way even when closing and re opening another session my layouts are always the same.


The record feature is great for "Mouse Clicks" but key commands can be hard to do, and some things need delay in-between. I would use key commands instead of recording for something like this.. Here is a BC I made that will transpose just using key commands. SET TRANSPOSE D3.ravbc (1.03 KB)

I will make a couple more and add them into the next update..


Did you hit the button on the top left of the floating mixer that toggles between the track status and the pans??



This button is just hitting "CMND S" we could add a "Are you sure", but we have never had any request like this. 




Can you say which BCs aren't working? Have you watch the BC quickstart video??





These use the "Apply Plugin" key command "OPT SHIFT CMND CNTRL \" which should have installed with Raven. Double check you have this key command setup?

Is the BC even opening up the Pitch plugin??? Maybe there is another pitch plugin that shows up in the search instead. After it applies the plugin, it will type in the name of the effect and should scroll down and select it..


Sounds like a complicated request, not sure if anything could be done about this..


Once you make the 4 panel, you can save it to the user quicklist, then open it up in an HTML editor and change the 4 to 8 and it will open on an 8 panel. Perhaps we can have the ability for any smaller size panel to open on larger one and just leave the extra 4 buttons blank. I will ask around.


Press "Restore Factory Default" in the Raven settings and this should re sync the iPad with the computer. You will have to edit BCs from Raven, you cannot open them from the iPad app. I have seen this crash before, but Restore Factory Default should fix it.


Glad you found this, I will add in more Bite Gain and Bite Volume BCs in the next update.


You can just touch the Batch Command button that you are editing and the window will close. There is "cancel" in the quicklist, but confirm is just a way to close the editor, its not gonna change any of the programing if you didn't edit the batch command.



You can save entire batch panels by holding down the name of the panel, then overwrite any existing panel. There is a section about this in the quick start video.


The Raven can gets sounds from the HDMI cable. Perhaps you can turn the volume down or mute the speakers on the back of the Raven on the right hand side, or try a different Power outlet?

Custom icons-
I tried to import some pics into the mix board and they didn’t load and there was no error message to say why. I suppose they are incompatible for some reason. But I came here today to find some additional custom icons such as flutes, horns, saxes etc. I will be looking around but can you chime in about if additional pics are available or, what photo requirements you have to import pictures into the mix board?
When trying to import a jpg, e slate browser “sees” it but one I load it, it does not appear in the palette. I did some research and found out where Raven keeps it’s custom icons in application support. I see all the icons in there that I have tried, but none of them show up in Raven’s “custom” icon window?
Also, once I started getting into these weird naming issues, and while trying to load icons, DP got really slow, and when I tried to move two track next to each other while the mixing board was open, DP froze.

Track names-
I am getting weirdness naming tracks.
Erratic behavior. For ex, one time, when I didn’t like the name that showed in the mixer, (only the last 4 letters of a name), I tried to change it and it would not change. Seemed stuck. Then I typed “FFFF” and it changed to that. After that, i typed another name for the track and it worked. But it is still weird- right now, trying to type “HiEdge” it puts in “Hdg”. Type in “Hied” get “Ied”?
Also, the icon selector box appears almost entirely on top of the picture boxes in the mixing board. There’s barely enough room to place an icon in the mixing board display box once you choose an icon


PANS-
****In floating mixer. DP manual shows pan amounts. In reality, the floating mixer shows NO pan amounts.

Did you hit the button on the top left of the floating mixer that toggles between the track status and the pans??

Yes, I hit the button. I see pan knobs and little blue lights. But NO numeric readout of pan amounts as indicated in the DP Raven Manual. Take a look at the picture in the manual, and then what’s available in the floating mixer. I do use numerics when making precise pan adjustments.
Save button-
This button is just hitting "CMND S" we could add a "Are you sure", but we have never had any request like this.
Could you make it user definable? Saving at the wrong time because a button is near another button is a recipe for disaster.

V Control-
Does v-control not show up in your top menu bar?? Did you follow the instructions on the QuickStart video to have V-control launch at startup??
t shows up AFTER I launch Raven. When I hit it BEFORE launching DP, there is no icon. Yes I read all manuals and quick start guides including those for batch commander.

Batch command Transpose-
The record feature is great for "Mouse Clicks" but key commands can be hard to do, and some things need delay in-between. I would use key commands instead of recording for something like this.. Here is a BC I made that will transpose just using key commands. SET TRANSPOSE D3.ravbc (1.03 KB)

I will make a couple more and add them into the next update..

Yes, because key commands can be hard to do, I suggested more vids with examples of complex tasks. The difficulty I ran into is when I recorded my “moves”, I recorded “command 9” which brings up the transpose window. But then, one of the two buttons will ALREADY be highlighted in the transpose window. So, I wanted to use “sharp”right? , so before recording maneuvers, I opened the window and put it to “flat” so that my recorded maneuver could at least change something. So after I set transpose to flat without recording, I went to batch command again and I hit record, then "command 9", the window opened and I hit the “sharp” button. Then I entered “2” in the cents button and hit record again in batch commander. Then I named it and recalled it as a user pre set. Evrytime I tried to use it after, the numbers entered in would be 22 instead of “2”., that being “sharp”. There are really few commands I need from batch commander at this point as I have so many key commands down pat. But transpose up or down a touch would be a great addition to my work flow.
I did load your command, very nice of you! Unfortunately, it did not work. It did all the steps, and the audio appeared to be edited, even showing a new region. But the pitch remained the same. By the way, the manner in which I use transpose for small increments in DP is to have DP’s pitch window open, highlight a pitch bar or little piece of pitch bar, and run command 9 on that. It works fine. Not sure if this info is needed for our purposes. By the way, I tried the pitch command you gave me on BOTH the waveform and the pitch bar in DPs pitch window. neither work, both appeared to do something but pitch didn’t change,

Canceling unwanted batch command options-
You can just touch the Batch Command button that you are editing and the window will close. There is "cancel" in the quicklist, but confirm is just a way to close the editor, its not gonna change any of the programing if you didn't edit the batch command.

Again, when messing around looking for things in batch command, you sometimes get deep into sub windows and find out you cant or don;t wish to do anything. Once you hit just about anything in the inner windows, whatever was there before is toast. I have never seen any thing like a programmable button that requires going into sub menus which does not ave a CANCEL button which will restore everything back to where it was before. In realty, sometimes a user will go into a batch command to try to improve or add something, and then , decide it cant be done or whatever, without CANCEL, I end up making a bit of a mess.

***Moveable command buttons
**** I would love to see the batch command buttons in a command block be made move-able, so I can just grab them and group them how I want instead of having to re program the block from deep inside.


You can save entire batch panels by holding down the name of the panel, then overwrite any existing panel. There is a section about this in the quick start video.

I dont think you quite got what I am asking. I am asking for the ability to change the ORDER of the buttons in a panel. Maybe thats a better term? As it stands now, if a user does not program buttons in the EXACT order he wants them forever, future changes require re programming the various buttons in a panel. Too much work. Any user will find that after programming, it would be better to have certain buttons next to each other etc. It would be great to just be able to move them into different orders within the panel.


Also, I could not figure out how to receive emails to know there is a reply to this thread?

Thanks for your patience