This "feature" threw me for a while as well.

It's now turned off by default in the new theme.

In the menubar, choose Options, Themes >, and Theme Adjuster.

At the top of the Theme Adjuster, click the left or right arrow until you get the option Track Control Panel.

There, you'll see under what circumstances Reaper will hide your various controls. Remove the HIDE option for the states you want it to be seen.

Also note there are three layouts you can choose from, A, B and C, apparently just to make it even more confusing. frown


-- David Cuny
My virtual singer development blog

Vocal control, you say. Never heard of it. Is that some kind of ProTools thing?