Q: reaper daw has that, along with scripting too... just wanted to let you know...
A: yes i know. i really need to switch to it. unfortunately there's never a good time to put the production schedule on pause for several more months. in the meantime, if anyone out there is in the mood to help me find some commands (from xraym's resources, probably) that would be helpful. Here's a major one: how to select the midi note nearest to the playhead, regardless of what track it's on, and play the sound of that note. then another script to travel to the next midi note forward in time, regardless of track, and play the sound of that one. Then another script to select the track of that note, and open the midi editor, with that note selected, and visible on the screen with a reasonable zoom range