[RWP] newbe with reaper, really stuck

[Raymond Grote]

Yes, I do hear the first track while recording. I tried all your 
suggestions, they helped but don't seem to be fullproof. Sometimes i get it 
to work, sometimes not.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <jinseng at yandex.ru>
To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2010 6:22 PM
Subject: Re: [RWP] newbe with reaper, really stuck


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> 14.08.10, 23:27, "Raymond Grote" <musicalman1 at comcast.net>:
>
>> Hi,
>>  I've tried reading the online docs, like the rreaper wiki, and the 
>> keyboard
>>  shortcuts, and what they say and what actually happens are two different
>>  things. I'll start from the beginning here.
>>  I go into reaper, press control t to start a new track, give it the name
>>  test, press down arrow to select it. Rea Access says track1 test. I 
>> press f7
>>  to arm the track, press r to record, then when I'm done, I stop. One of
>>  these three things happen.
>>  First, I stop the recording, I play the file, it plays fine.
>>  Second, I stop, then play, only the last second or so is heard.
>>  Or third, I stop, Rea access says play. Then when I press space to stop,
>>  then space to play again no sound is heard.
>>  Now, if everything worked okay and the whole file is able to be played, 
>> I
>>  unarm the first track, then start a second, setting it up the exact same 
>> way
>>  I did the first. But when I stop recording, it's always messing it up, 
>> doing
>>  the things I mentioned above. I have never gotten it to record a 
>> successful
>>  second track, and rarely a good first one either.
>>  The quick start on the reaper online user guide didn't help, it made it 
>> look
>>  like 1, 2, 3, and it certainly isn't working like that here. Is there
>>  something I'm missing or a document somewhere that could get me started 
>> with
>>  Rea Access with Reaper or something? The keyboard shortcuts and the 
>> Reaper
>>  help files are still not explaining this weird behavior.
>>  I hope I haven't confused you *smile*. I guess i'm so used to Gold Wave 
>> and
>>  a few other programs, I haven't used a multitracking editor yet.
>>
>>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>>  From: "Kevin Brown"
>>  To:
>>  Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2010 9:56 AM
>>  Subject: Re: [RWP] newbe with reaper, really stuck
>>
>>
>>  > You might want to try the online help files...
>>  >
>>  > Press "shift plus F1"...
>>  >
>>  > Kevin
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>>  Hi!
> Please examine a few items of Options menue.
> Record mode - normal is to be checked;
> Ripple editing - is to be turned off.
> Another thing which could be helpful at these first steps: Please look at 
> the time wher you are before and after recording. You can use Ctrl + J for 
> this.
> Do you hear your first track while are recording the second one?
> Keep on.
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