[RWP] Playing a selected part of a wave file.

Sat Mar 24 17:40:52 EDT 2012

Easier way to do it:

Set repeat with control r, then make a selection in Reaper. As long as a time selection is active, it will loop that selection. There is probably an action that makes this more useful if you don't want a loop.

On Mar 24, 2012, at 2:52 PM, indigo wrote:

> This was a proposed solution to the question: How to play a selected part of a wave file in Reaper.
> It's not saying you must close Reaper, then open Sound Forge to play a part of a wave file, but play the file without leaving Reaper.
> The instructions let you select a part of a wave file, pop into Sound Forge without leaving reaper, play the file, then pop back into Reaper and continue working.
> 
> Press ctrl+P to go to (Options > Preferences) and the very last item is
> > where you setup Reaper to open a wave file in the wave editor
> > of your choice; like your Sony Sound Forge.
> setup to open wave file on double click or a right click ; will pop up a
> > menu) and
> > you can select open wav in audio editor.
> Ctrl+Alt+E will do the same.
> Indigo L
> 
> 
> On 3/24/2012 12:41 PM, david hindmarch wrote:
>> Yes, thanks I use sound forge but I also wanted to use reaper.
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "indigo" <33indigo at charter.net>
>> To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2012 2:30 PM
>> Subject: Re: [RWP] Playing a selected part of a wave file.
>> 
>> 
>> I'm on this very area of learning in Reaper, so I googled the Cockos
>> forums for playing selected part of wave file, where users hit the
>> forums for answers, where there's almost always somebody who knows.
>> Here's a snip of the forum with someone asking a similar related question
>> It takes a bit of digging, but answers are in there somewhere; like this
>> answer, how to get a wave file or selected portion of a wave file to
>> play:, by taking it to Sound Forge or other wave editor:
>> When you're are finished and close Sound Forge, the file apparently
>> reappears where it was in Reaper.
>> snip:
>> It's in (Options > Preferences) and the very last item is
>> where you setup Reaper to open a wave file in the wave editor
>> of your choice... I have Sony Sound Forge
>> setup to open wave file on double click or a right click (will pop up a
>> menu) and
>> you can select open wav in audio editor.. yes Ctrl+Alt+E will do the same
>> snip.
>> Indigo L
>> Quote::
>> In Reaper v3.xx I could open a .wav file and edit it by double-clicking
>> on the track.
>> It would open in Audition 3 and I could edit it as needed.
>> This doesn't work in v4, how do I select a track in Reaper 4 so it opens
>> in Audition?
>> Sidebar question -- I use Audition for only a handful of things: change
>> pitch, change
>> tempo, fade-in, fade-out, cut-copy-and-paste, save parts of .wav file to
>> new wave
>> file, fairly simple stuff. Does Reaper 4 do all of these things as well
>> as or better
>> than Adobe Audition? I would love to abandon AA and do all of my editing
>> in Reaper.
>> thanks...
>> Nick Morris
>> 08-19-2011, 11:50 AM
>> so abandon it, and do it all in reaper.
>> Nick Morris
>> 08-19-2011, 11:51 AM
>> and yes it does all of these things
>> Veech
>> 08-19-2011, 02:27 PM
>> and yes it does all of these things
>> ahh, but does it do them as well as AA?
>> Nick Morris
>> 08-19-2011, 02:38 PM
>> as well if not better
>> alanofoz
>> 08-19-2011, 03:33 PM
>> Ctrl+Alt+E
>> Johnnny-5
>> 08-19-2011, 05:42 PM
>> @Veech, I don't believe Reaper has a built in wav editor. you must have
>> had Reaper
>> 3.X setup to open AA.. It's in (Options > Preferences) and the very last
>> item is
>> where you setup Reaper to open a wave file in the wave editor
>> of your choice... Also I don't know anything about AA BUT I have Sony
>> Sound Forge
>> setup to open wave file on double click or a right click (will pop up a
>> menu) and
>> you can select open wav in audio editor.. yes Ctrl+Alt+E will do the
>> same.. Reaper
>> can do alot of this but not quite as robust as a true wave editor such
>> as AA and
>> Sound Forge.. Hope this helps.. :-)
>> -J-
>> Veech
>> 08-19-2011, 09:45 PM
>> @Veech, I don't believe Reaper has a built in wav editor. you must have
>> had Reaper
>> 3.X setup to open AA.. It's in (Options > Preferences) and the very last
>> item is
>> where you setup Reaper to open a wave file in the wave editor
>> of your choice... Also I don't know anything about AA BUT I have Sony
>> Sound Forge
>> setup to open wave file on double click or a right click (will pop up a
>> menu) and
>> you can select open wav in audio editor.. yes Ctrl+Alt+E will do the
>> same.. Reaper
>> can do alot of this but not quite as robust as a true wave editor such
>> as AA and
>> Sound Forge.. Hope this helps.. :-)
>> -J-
>> I don't recall setting v3.x to open AA, I think it must have done so by
>> finding my
>> XP default setting. I will play around with Reaper's .wav editing
>> function, maybe
>> it'll be good enough for my needs.
>> Thanks for your response!
>> bilsner
>> 08-19-2011, 10:05 PM
>> I don't recall setting v3.x to open AA, I think it must have done so by
>> finding my
>> XP default setting. I will play around with Reaper's .wav editing
>> function, maybe
>> it'll be good enough for my needs.
>> Thanks for your response!
>> If you were fine using audition before (however it ended up being your
>> editor) why
>> not just set it up again, it's just a few simple clicks my friend.
>> OPTIONS > PREFERENCES > EXTERNAL EDITORS (scroll to bottom to find this)
>> > ADD >
>> Use browse button to locate your audition .exe in program files > OK
>> That's it. Now to open audio item in audition (or whatever external
>> editor you wish)
>> there are 2 ways (and yes they are different from reaper 3.x). You can
>> either [CTRL/ALT/E]
>> which I do not recommend as it doesn't give an option to open a copy
>> (found this
>> out just recently myself oops) or right click the audio item, select
>> "open items
>> in editor" and choose "open item copies in audition" ... ofc you can
>> open the original
>> in there as well if you wish.
>> You know the rest... edit, then save and your audio item appears back in
>> the project.
>> HTH
>> Veech
>> 08-19-2011, 10:19 PM
>> If you were fine using audition before (however it ended up being your
>> editor) why
>> not just set it up again, it's just a few simple clicks my friend.
>> OPTIONS > PREFERENCES > EXTERNAL EDITORS (scroll to bottom to find this)
>> > ADD >
>> Use browse button to locate your audition .exe in program files > OK
>> That's it. Now to open audio item in audition (or whatever external
>> editor you wish)
>> there are 2 ways (and yes they are different from reaper 3.x). You can
>> either [CTRL/ALT/E]
>> which I do not recommend as it doesn't give an option to open a copy
>> (found this
>> out just recently myself oops) or right click the audio item, select
>> "open items
>> in editor" and choose "open item copies in audition" ... ofc you can
>> open the original
>> in there as well if you wish.
>> You know the rest... edit, then save and your audio item appears back in
>> the project.
>> HTH
>> That helps a lot, thank you. As good as AA is, I don't like it nearly as
>> much as
>> Reaper. AA is a resource hog and is unstable. It will lock up and crash
>> after 30
>> - 40 minutes which of course is very irritating. Reaper has never
>> crashed on me,
>> it is so streamlined and efficient. I would love to say goodbye to AA
>> but it is very
>> robust and does a lot of things really well. I just wish it were more
>> stable.
>> I think it will depend on the quality of pitch and tempo shifting in
>> Reaper vs AA.
>> If it is acceptable, then I'll put AA on the shelf. If not, then I'll
>> follow your
>> steps to use AA as my default wave file editor.
>> Thanks again!
>> bilsner
>> 08-20-2011, 12:01 AM
>> I'm fairly new to reaper and I am using an external editor to transpose
>> audio by
>> semitones as I can't find a way to do it reaper without it stretching to
>> retain the
>> original tempo... unless I do it by alt dragging the item in the arrange
>> window.
>> This will produce a pitch shift with no stretching (if you deselect the
>> stretch to
>> tempo in item properties but it's not exact so fairly useless if I want
>> to transpose
>> a clip by a set amount of semitones. Frustratingly, the numeric option
>> in item properties
>> still stretches the audio even with the stretch option deselected. I
>> could probably
>> do without the external editor if there was a way to shift audio clips
>> by set musical
>> amounts without the stretch.
>> If you know a way, let me know please *hope*
>> EricM
>> 08-20-2011, 12:19 AM
>> I can't find a way to do it reaper without it stretching to retain the
>> original tempo...
>> shift+9 & shift+0 are the default keys I think, otherwise go in
>> Actions > Action List, find actions "pitch item up (down) one semitone"
>> and remap it to your favorite keyboard shortcut.
>> e
>> bilsner
>> 08-20-2011, 07:38 AM
>> shift+9 & shift+0 are the default keys I think, otherwise go in
>> Actions > Action List, find actions "pitch item up (down) one semitone"
>> and remap it to your favorite keyboard shortcut.
>> e
>> I'm afraid that doesn't work.... you change the pitch but the audio
>> stays exactly
>> the same length and so must be stretching/compressing :(
>> xpander
>> 08-20-2011, 11:14 AM
>> Change the pitch of an item, and let it stretch?
>> If you have not changed your shortcut keys;
>> Shift + 5 steps up in semitones
>> Shift + 4 steps down in semitones
>> Not working from the numpad, btw.
>> Or do like EricM suggested and go to Actions list, run the actions from
>> there or
>> set them up how you'd like.
>> Actions > Action List, find actions "pitch item up (down) one semitone"
>> and remap it to your favorite keyboard shortcut.
>> bilsner
>> 08-20-2011, 11:21 AM
>> Change the pitch of an item, and let it stretch?
>> If you have not changed your shortcut keys;
>> Shift + 5 steps up in semitones
>> Shift + 4 steps down in semitones
>> Not working from the numpad, btw.
>> Or do like EricM suggested and go to Actions list, run the actions from
>> there or
>> set them up how you'd like.
>> yeah thx I have found it altho it's 5 and 6 not 4 and 5 :)
>> xpander
>> 08-20-2011, 02:53 PM
>> Whoops sorry, right you are, shift + 5 & 6 it is for the semitones. Now
>> who messed
>> my defaults... ;)
>> ChickenPie4tea
>> 08-21-2011, 12:39 AM
>> I've never found an editor that cleans out background noise better than
>> Audition.
>> I keep it for that alone. I have even tried Ozone and it wasnt as good
>> as the built
>> in adobe tool.
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>> On 3/24/2012 7:39 AM, Kerry Hoath wrote:
>>> There is no known way to do this that Iam aware of.
>>> Audacity can do this and is also multi-track, 2.0 with enhanced
>>> accessibility has been released and is free and worth a look.
>>> 
>>> regards, Kerry.
>>> On 24/03/2012 7:21 PM, david hindmarch wrote:
>>>> Can any one please help. I want to play the selected part of a wave
>>>> file in reaper just as you can do in sound forge and sonar.
>>>> There are a number of ways to select a portion of a wave file in
>>>> reaper but I don't know how to simply play the selected area of the
>>>> file using a key command. I know that Alt plus space bar will skip
>>>> over the selected material and that it is possible to hear the
>>>> selected material by pressing the set repeat key, but I only want to
>>>> hear the selected part of the file played once. If any one knows how
>>>> to do this could they direct me to the right key command.
>>>> Best wishes David.
>>>> 
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