[RWP] introduction and a question?

[indigo]

Joe, you get a learning mode for ReaAccess's shortcuts by pressing the 
F12 key.
Press F12 again to return to normal mode, where the shortcuts carry out 
their actions.
Besides the ReaAccess shortcuts, a few regular Reaper shortcuts also 
work, but some have been changed, R is for toggling looping in regular 
Reaper, while ctrl+R is to begin recording, just the reverse of ReaAccess.
Please don't mind if I say things you already know, there's no manual 
for us yet, and I hope we all share whatever we learn, to assemble a 
manual Wikki style.
Indigo L

On 3/16/2012 6:41 PM, Joe Paton wrote:
> Hello Indigo,
> Such detail. Thanks again.
>
> I'm trawling through a reaper manual at present, but heavens above its
> dry stuff. Not to mention that a large part of the data deals with mouse
> actions, and how tasks are achieved on the mac. Yes there keyboard
> shortcuts, but it takes a lot
> of time reading untill they come up in the text. Mouse actions and
> visuals are always dealt with first.
> So your detailed posts are invaluable and straight to the point.
>
> cheers for now.
>
> Joe P
>
>
>
>
>
> At 18:22 16/03/2012, you wrote:
>> Well, here's the way I'm working in Reaper right now.
>> Instead of rendering, you can insert an empty track.
>> Arrow to the empty track to select it, hit the I key to go to IO
>> routing, tab to add returns.
>> Arrow down to the bottom selection, add returns from all tracks.
>> This will cause all the tracks you've already recorded to send their
>> output to your blank track.
>> I believe you will need to add a send from your empty audio track to
>> your sound card, so you can hear it during recording and playback.
>> There is no okay button in IO routing, just hit escape to return to
>> track view.
>>
>> With the empty track selected, tab through its track properties.
>> Select all channels if your already recorded tracks are on several
>> midi channels.
>> Select record mode as input, record arm on.
>> Hit enter to save your settings.
>> Now here's something I found works to make sure you get a stereo
>> recording, if your already recorded tracks are in stereo.
>> Select the empty track.
>> ctrl+up arrow, then press applications key.
>> You will get another menu with more detailed properties for your empty
>> track.
>> Arrow down and you will find record mode input already checked.
>> Arrow farther down and you'll find a selection called Input Stereo.
>> Hit enter on it, then hit enter on okay, and you'll be sure to record
>> a stereo audio track in the empty track.
>> You may not need this extra step, so, if you don't, ignore it, but I
>> ended up with a mono track without this step.
>> Here's how to record your empty audio track in several different media
>> formats, so you don't need to render in Reaper's file menu.
>> Press alt+enter for Project settings.
>> Get on the Audio settings tab.
>> Arrow down to the format you intend to use for recording.
>> Select whatever format you want your empty track to record in, .wav,
>> flack, whatever, though I found mp3 doesn't work until you go online
>> to import lame MP3 into Reaper.
>> Select your bit rate, etcetera, then hit okay; and you are returned to
>> track view.
>> Select your empty audio track, press W to go to beginning of project,
>> press R to begin recording.
>> Hit spacebar, or press R again to stop recording.
>> Press ctrl+up arrow.
>> Press alt key and arrow down in the file menu to the selection: Save
>> Output to Disk Bounce.
>> Press enter and you get a very complete menu for saving your audio
>> track in its selected format.
>> When you are sure your settings are correct; tab down to Start; Press
>> enter and saving begins.
>> Now, I'm not saying you may not find easier ways, I hope you do; but
>> these steps are intuitive enough, and are working for me.
>> As I understand Reaper better, I'm sure I'll find quicker methods,
>> I'll probably eliminate steps that aren't actually required in all
>> instances.
>> Don't let Reaper's complexity spook you.
>> You don't need all its thousands of selections to do simple recording,
>> but they're waiting until you need them.
>>
>> Indigo L
>>
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>>
>> On 3/16/2012 12:01 PM, Joe Paton wrote:
>>> Hi,,
>>>
>>> Mine is beautiful right now, at least I can't hear any delay working 2
>>> guitar parts and 2 vocals four tracks. simple music, but still timing
>>> critical.
>>>
>>> Great you guys, thanks indigo. I know i'll be back with more.
>>> so here's more.
>>>
>>> Here's a quickie, can I save the four recorded tracks to say 1 stereo
>>> tracks, I know I can render the four down to a saved file, and I guess I
>>> could do a media file import to bring the song back to a stereo track
>>> but that seems round the houses a little bit. How do you use master
>>> tracks?
>>>
>>> seems like a life times work this stuff, and I've had more than I've got
>>> left.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Joe
>>>
>>>
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