[RWP] Beginner Reaper questions

[Jayson Smith]

Hi again,

As for the silent recording issue, I'm actually surprised this hasn't come 
up before. I, for one, like to punch in and out manually when recording. The 
announcements of "Record" and "Play" make instant punching in and out 
impossible, without switching to Eloquence and hooking that up so it doesn't 
get recorded by the professional sound card. If I get my TranzPort working, 
will using its controls eliminate the announcements?

Speaking of the TranzPort, I added it, and it does show up in the Control 
Surfaces area of Preferences. I even went in and enabled its MIDI ports, 
figuring that was the problem. Still no go. Nothing I do on the TranzPort 
seems to have any effect at all. The TranzPort is working in APH Studio 
Recorder, so it's not the problem. On a similar subject, anyone know of a 
source for the TranzPort in the US? I assume it has been discontinued, since 
places that used to sell it no longer do. I've had a TranzPort destroyed by 
lightning, and I'd like to replace it.

Okay, here's something so simple it's totally stupid that I haven't figured 
it out. How the heck do you select the track you're sitting on now? I know 
how to shift+up/down and move, selecting tracks as you go. But how do you 
select the track you're sitting on right now? I used to use Sonar with Cake 
Talking years ago on an older computer, and there, you just hit Enter to 
select the current track, assuming you weren't on a mute/solo/arm field.
Thanks again for any help!
Jayson

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Chesworth" <scottchesworth at gmail.com>
To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 9:57 PM
Subject: Re: [RWP] Beginner Reaper questions


> Hi Jayson,
>
> 1. RPP files are quite comprehensive if you want to take a look at one
> in Notepad or some similar text editor. I have to confess though that
> I don't see the advantage of packing projects up into one file even if
> the functionality is possible to implement. When you start a new
> project you can choose where recordings specific to that project are
> kept. I usually have a folder for the project, the associated RPP's
> clearly named in there, and audio files tucked away in a subfolder.
> That way, I've got everyday access through explorer to every file in
> the project if I need it, and it's still tidy.
>
> 2. There's not a way of doing this with ReaAccess that I know of.
> Perhaps look in Options -> Metronome and prerole settings (or
> Alt+Shift+M), and try setting up a a 1 bar prerole or count in,
> probably the latter would be more appropriate for tracking from the
> very beginning of the timeline.
>
> 3. Weird, I've run it about 10000 times on this computer and haven't
> noticed my Menu options being altered. Is this a Windows thing rather
> than a feature of Reaper perhaps?
>
> 4. Does your TranzPort show up at all under Preferences -> Control 
> Surfaces yet?
>
> Hth
> Scott
>
> On 5/29/10, Monkey Pusher <monkeypusher69 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> for the start menu issue press windows key + R to get the run dialog
>> box .. does your dec talk synth have a headphones jack.
>>
>> On 5/28/10, Jayson Smith <ratguy at insightbb.com> wrote:
>>> Okay, here are my first several questions.
>>>
>>> 1. From what I understand, there is no option in Reaper to save a 
>>> project
>>> as
>>> one big file containing everything needed for the project. Would this be
>>> possible for a third party to implement? I.E. is the .rpp format 
>>> readable
>>> outside Reaper?
>>>
>>> When I hit the r key to record, it actually says "Record." Is there a 
>>> way
>>> to
>>> start recording silently? I use an external DECtalk Express synthesizer,
>>> and
>>> my microphone would pick up the "Record" announcement.
>>>
>>> After running Reaper a time or two, it puts itself on the start menu. 
>>> This
>>> would not be a problem, except that I like to hit start, run, then type 
>>> in
>>> something to run. Reaper being on the Start menu makes this impossible. 
>>> I
>>> have to hit Start, R twice, Enter, then type in the filename or website. 
>>> I
>>> went to Reaper in the Start menu, hit Applications, and selected "Remove
>>> from this list." That works, but it comes back after Reaper is run a few
>>> more times. Is there a fix? I'm running XP Pro SP3.
>>>
>>> I set Reaper up to use a TranzPort control surface. The surface works in
>>> other applications, but not in Reaper. Does it have to be enabled or
>>> something?
>>>
>>> Well, that's it for now. Thanks for any help!
>>> Jayson
>>>
>>>
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