[RWP] Mix Opinion, Please?

Tue Mar 20 23:02:39 EDT 2012

Roy, are you discovering these procedures by trying every kind of 
shortcut combination possible in each situation, or is there a list of 
shortcuts I'm not aware of.
I have what I thought was the complete shortcut list for ReaAccess, and 
don't remember these being there?
I'm going to need to try every shortcut move possible also, because 
hidden menus are certainly available.
My problem is that I don't always know how I got intoa particular menu, 
and can't find my way back. smile.

By the way, your control+up arrow cure for Reaper version 4 menus not 
dropping, also works in previous versions.
I have 4.15 on this machine, but on my music daw I use 3.78, only its 
file, edit, etcetera menus never dropped from the alt key.
I would need to press F10.
Maybe this is only true for Window-Eyes, and not true for Jaws and NVDA, 
I don't know yet.
I tried ctrl+up arrow, in Reaper 3.78 and once the menus drop, they open 
normally with the alt key from then on in that session.

Does everyone know that when you press ctrl+right arrow on a selected 
track; to bring up the first track item; then there are 3 menus exposed?
1 is a list at the tab key, 2 you get by pressing enter on the track's 
item, and 3 you get by pressing the applications key on that item?
These are not just item edit menus, but also seem to be take edit menus 
as well.
I haven't got into takes yet, will learn how take edit works when I do.

Maybe everybody knows all this already, or maybe I'm finding alternate 
ways to bring up lists and menus other users are reaching by other 
easier methods.
Once we pool our notes someplace where we can compare them, maybe we can 
weed out redundant and overly complicated procedures, like some of mine. 
Thanks again,
Indigo L
20/2012 5:20 PM, Roy Shtupler wrote:
> you're welcome! this also works in automation situations when the volume
> and pan envelopes are armed for recording.
> cheers
> Roy.
> http://elephant-dolphin.bandcamp.com
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "indigo" <33indigo at charter.net>
> To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 11:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [RWP] Mix Opinion, Please?
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>> Great, Roy!
>> Another very important tip to include in our Wikki Quick Guide, once
>> it gets going.
>> Thanks,
>> Indigo L
>>
>>
>> On 3/20/2012 12:13 PM, Roy Shtupler wrote:
>>> alt+left/right arrows control panning in realtime , while Alt+Up/Down
>>> control volume.
>>> cheers
>>> Roy.
>>> http://elephant-dolphin.bandcamp.com
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "indigo" <33indigo at charter.net>
>>> To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 4:26 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [RWP] Mix Opinion, Please?
>>>
>>>
>>>> I haven't found V U meters yet in Reaper
>>>> I need to learn where sighted users find them, and learn if they show
>>>> onscreen numbers.
>>>> Reaper is so full of numbers, it wouldn't surprise me to find V U
>>>> values expressed in numbers. smile.
>>>>
>>>> I'm just using my ears so far.
>>>> I've got adjusting midi track volume down pretty well.
>>>> I press control+right arrow on a selected track to show its first
>>>> item, then tab down to volume; in item edit; and set volume.
>>>> Then press enter to save changes.
>>>> I hear the immediate change in volume of that track.
>>>> So far, I haven't understood how to have the track playing so I can
>>>> hear changes as I tweak volume and other parameters.
>>>> I tried today to open item edit while a track was playing, and play
>>>> stopped.
>>>>
>>>> It's rough premixing in track view I'm doing so far, I'll get to the
>>>> mixer section later.
>>>> I just don't comprehend the difference in level; of what I hear while
>>>> recording; compared with what I hear playing the resulting file on
>>>> winamp later.
>>>> I also play other folks MP3's on that same winamp, and I sometimes get
>>>> my MP3's at decent levels and sometimes way too low.
>>>>
>>>> I've yet to learn how to find cymbal hits I want to zap on a midi drum
>>>> track.
>>>> I know there's some way to split a drum track into its instruments,
>>>> when the drum machine doesn't have a bunch of separate output jacks, 1
>>>> per instrument, each instrument on its own midi channel.
>>>> I believe there's an NTonyx utility that splits a drum track into its
>>>> instruments.
>>>> Indigo L
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 3/19/2012 9:15 PM, Chris Smart wrote:
>>>>> i wouldn't worry about perceived loudness yet, just make sure you like
>>>>> the mix and watch out for any clipping.
>>>>> Do we have access to the meters in Reaper?
>>>>>
>>>>> At 08:46 PM 3/19/2012, you wrote:
>>>>>> I'm learning a little more in Reaper each day, but I'm wondering if I
>>>>>> recorded this track too high in level, so the bass and kick
>>>>>> distorted,
>>>>>> and, if that's so, then why is my overall level so low.
>>>>>> It sounds right to me when I record it on my off line daw, then I
>>>>>> take
>>>>>> it over to this online computer and my track is way too low compared
>>>>>> to what others are doing.
>>>>>> I balanced relative levels of the midi tracks, and brought the bass
>>>>>> just under hearing distortion on it, and it seems proportionate to
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> piano and drums, but the track is still too low in level.
>>>>>> I haven't compress it yet, or used Waves l3 maximizer on it yet, I
>>>>>> can't believe those are going to bring its level up 3 or more
>>>>>> times in
>>>>>> volume, to where it should be.
>>>>>> This is still a rough mix, I'll remove those annoying cymbol hits in
>>>>>> the second half.
>>>>>> I want to use this as a basic rhythm part, and leave room for some
>>>>>> live sax and flute to take the place of the original vocal, , maybe a
>>>>>> shaker, some fun things, and I can hear the girl chorus doing that
>>>>>> little Still the Same chorus, I don't have a female singer, I guess
>>>>>> I'll have to fake it myself with AutoTune's gender bender. smile.
>>>>>> Please let me know your thoughts about whether it's recorded too hot
>>>>>> in the bass already, and how you yourself get overall levels up
>>>>>> higher.
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Indigo L
>>>>>> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/63003631/1Still%20the%20Same.mp3
>>>>>>
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