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

indigo 33indigo at charter.net
Sat Mar 24 23:36:41 EDT 2012 

I'm going to implement the open a wav file in an external audio editor, 
in Options/preferences.
Sonar has that; and Reaper also should have close integration with Sound 
Forge.

Well, so far; in version 4.20, I've only checked out the main midi edits 
I'm working on at the moment, and looked with Jaws 13 demo, NVDA and 
Wineyes; to be sure that Roy's ctrl+up arrow still unlocks the 
Applications key menu.
Up to 4.20, I've been habbily working in Reaper version 3.78 in XP.
I did install version 4.15 on this ancient online machine, but only to 
be sure major features hadn't left me too far behind so I wouldn't be 
totally misinforming someone.
But, with OSC here; I've got to try that.
Tonight I'll download 4.21 and install it over my old friend, 3.78.
Don't throw old installers away, just in case something gets broken.
Indigo L




On 3/24/2012 11:00 PM, Jim Snowbarger wrote:
> grin.
> Yes, I know the feeling! If it's good ... dot dot dot.
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> But, did you ever think, maybe his selections aren't that good. <grin>
>
> BTW, so far, can't make reaper just play the selected region in 4.21.
> but, I sure di din 3.77. Still puzzling that one out.
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "indigo" <33indigo at charter.net>
> To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
> Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2012 9:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [RWP] Playing a selected part of a wave file.
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> That did seem much easier, Patrick, and he admitted toggling loop
> onplayed the selected portion of the wave file, but only wanted to hear
> it once, for some reason. smile.
> If it's good, I like to hear it again, If it's good, I like to hear it
> again, If it's good, I like to hear it again, If it's good, I like to
> hear it again,
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> If it's good, I like to hear it again,
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> If it's good, I like to hear it again,
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> On 3/24/2012 5:40 PM, Patrick Perdue wrote:
>> 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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