Cut and Copy should remember the white space at the end of a range.

This will be used when you paste with Ripple; it maintains the whitespace that you chose in the selection.
Also fix default setting of Dim contol by storing the default(normal) value for MPControl Controllables.

gtk2_ardour/route_time_axis.cc

@@ -1521,7 +1521,7 @@ RouteTimeAxisView::paste (framepos_t pos, float times, Selection& selection, siz
 
 	pl->clear_changes ();
 	if (Config->get_edit_mode() == Ripple) {
-		std::pair<framepos_t, framepos_t> extent = (*p)->get_extent();
+		std::pair<framepos_t, framepos_t> extent = (*p)->get_extent_with_endspace();
 		framecnt_t amount = extent.second - extent.first;
 		pl->ripple(pos, amount * times, boost::shared_ptr<Region>());
 	}

libs/ardour/ardour/monitor_processor.h

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ public:
 	MPControl (T initial, const std::string& name, PBD::Controllable::Flag flag,
 	           float lower = 0.0f, float upper = 1.0f)
 		: PBD::Controllable (name, flag)
+		, _normal (initial)
 		, _value (initial)
 		, _lower (lower)
 		, _upper (upper)
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ public:
 
 	double lower () const { return _lower; }
 	double upper () const { return _upper; }
+	double normal () const { return _normal; }
 
 	/* "access as T" API */
 
@@ -114,6 +116,7 @@ protected:
 	T _value;
 	T _lower;
 	T _upper;
+	T _normal;
 };
 
 class LIBARDOUR_API MonitorProcessor : public Processor

libs/ardour/ardour/playlist.h

@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ public:
 	uint32_t n_regions() const;
 	bool all_regions_empty() const;
 	std::pair<framepos_t, framepos_t> get_extent () const;
+	std::pair<framepos_t, framepos_t> get_extent_with_endspace() const;
 	layer_t top_layer() const;
 
 	EditMode get_edit_mode() const { return _edit_mode; }
@@ -396,6 +397,8 @@ public:
 	void setup_layering_indices (RegionList const &);
 	void coalesce_and_check_crossfades (std::list<Evoral::Range<framepos_t> >);
 	boost::shared_ptr<RegionList> find_regions_at (framepos_t);
+
+	framepos_t _end_space;  //this is used when we are pasting a range with extra space at the end
 };
 
 } /* namespace ARDOUR */

libs/ardour/playlist.cc

@@ -256,6 +256,10 @@ Playlist::Playlist (boost::shared_ptr<const Playlist> other, framepos_t start, f
 		add_region_internal (new_region, position);
 	}
 
+	//keep track of any dead space at end (for pasting into Ripple or Splice mode)
+	//at the end of construction, any length of cnt beyond the extents of the regions is end_space
+	_end_space = cnt - (get_extent().second - get_extent().first);
+
 	in_set_state--;
 	first_set_state = false;
 }
@@ -315,6 +319,7 @@ Playlist::init (bool hide)
 	_frozen = false;
 	_capture_insertion_underway = false;
 	_combine_ops = 0;
+	_end_space = 0;
 
 	_session.history().BeginUndoRedo.connect_same_thread (*this, boost::bind (&Playlist::begin_undo, this));
 	_session.history().EndUndoRedo.connect_same_thread (*this, boost::bind (&Playlist::end_undo, this));
@@ -1104,6 +1109,10 @@ Playlist::flush_notifications (bool from_undo)
 
 		 in_partition = false;
 	 }
+
+	//keep track of any dead space at end (for pasting into Ripple or Splice mode)
+	framepos_t wanted_length = end-start;
+	_end_space = wanted_length - get_extent().second-get_extent().first;
  }
 
  boost::shared_ptr<Playlist>
@@ -1188,7 +1197,8 @@ Playlist::flush_notifications (bool from_undo)
 	 new_name += '.';
 	 new_name += buf;
 
-	 cnt = min (_get_extent().second - start, cnt);
+	// cnt = min (_get_extent().second - start, cnt);  (We need the full range length when copy/pasting in Ripple.  Why was this limit here?  It's not in CUT... )
+
 	 return PlaylistFactory::create (shared_from_this(), start, cnt, new_name, result_is_hidden);
  }
 
@@ -2242,6 +2252,14 @@ Playlist::get_extent () const
 	return _get_extent ();
 }
 
+pair<framepos_t, framepos_t>
+Playlist::get_extent_with_endspace () const
+{
+	pair<framepos_t, framepos_t> l = get_extent();
+	l.second += _end_space;
+	return l;
+}
+
 pair<framepos_t, framepos_t>
 Playlist::_get_extent () const
 {