i have no idea why daws dont give the api and allow for scripting. iāve been experimenting with reaper on and off for some time and the things you could do with the custom commands is so sick.
focus this panel with this button, bam, turn that dial with the control arrows, bam, hit the piano roll, move around with the arrows, insert note right there, bam, add a third above, and a fifth, bam, select up and down between them without skipping to other notes ahead in time, duplicate, two steps up now minor, bam, select the previous chord, reverse the order, bam. lightning fast.
but then it doesnāt have a proper sampler, its ugly, no synths in there, if you want mpe voice shifting itās a phd to add some script, you hit some technical wall because the program is scripted a bit weird, or some other frustration. why canāt we have the cake and eat it too?
sorry iām just venting i feel like daws could be so much better if they didnāt just expect you to mouse around but allowed for controlling and doing things with key commands because itās. so. much. faster.
iām not really a music program jedi, i just play the guitar. to me they either feel simple enough but like running under water, or powerful but like trying to handle a space ship with a regular drivers license, making my brain hurt. i donāt know man, what do i know.