[RWP] How could I do this?

[Monkey Pusher]

Reaper doesn't have an automation snapshot mode. I know in sonar this
would be perfect for something like this cuz instead of recording
fader movements each ssnapshot remembers what options were turned on
and off ect.

On 11/9/10, Derek Lane <derek at pdaudio.net> wrote:
> put g-snap on each item you want corrected, leave the rest untouched. the
> only annoying approach is that although you can bypass effects on a track
> easily enough, it is more complicated to do this for an item short of vey
> manually disabling each instance of the plugin.
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Simon Jaeger (Laptop)
>   To: Reapers Without Peepers
>   Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 1:12 AM
>   Subject: [RWP] How could I do this?
>
>
>   I normally don't ask questions out here because, quite honestly, I like to
> figure things out myself. But this one has me stumped.
>
>   I'm trying to mix down an audio project with some fairly standard effects:
> low pass filter to get rid of a hum, gate, an autotune plugin called gSnap,
> a compresser, slight chorus to get a better stereo image, and a free reverb
> plugin. My problem is this. At a few points, the vocalist uses some
> nonstandard notes that don't fall into the normal scale, which in this case
> happens to be b minor. My thought was that I could somehow use automation to
> fix this. In sonar, I know that turning automation write on and adjusting
> controls while the song is playing can allow for realtime, automated volume
> / parameter changes. Since it's kind of difficult to be precise when
> changing parameters involves clicking a button with NVDA flat review, I
> stopped the track and tried it that way. Sadly, it didn't work. The scale
> change affected the entire track from start to finish. So did the change
> back to the original scale.
>   I even tried bypassing the effect in automation and leaving that note,
> which was perfect anyway, not autotuned. No go. Anything I changed affected
> all tracks.
>
>   I found through some experimentation that adding an effect to a given item
> puts it before track effects in the chain. That is to say, if I added an
> autotune effect to a specific item, it would go before anything else. This
> would work, in theory. But what if I want it gated first, with a high pass
> filter? What if I don't want autotune first in the chain.
>
>   I tried pasting separate instances of all the effects on separate items,
> splitting at the points where there were notes which didn't work under the
> circumstances. That worked, but I could hear an obvious slight fade where
> the effects kicked out and back in, and it didn't at all sound professional.
>
>   So I guess what I'm looking for is a way to decide where the item effects
> fall in the chain. Either that, or a way to properly control automation. I'm
> not saying this isn't possible, simply that I have no idea how to do it. Any
> help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>   Thanks
>
>
>   Simon
>
>
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