[RWP] Setting Up Reaper as a Phrase Recorder

[Indigo]

Thanks, Roy, I'll check out autoPunch.

One of the main features needed for being a great loop maker is audio 
quantization, like Cubase's Beat Detective, Sonar's AutoSnap.
Reaper has an audio Snap to Grid procedure, but it's awkward; with many 
steps.
I'm looking at taking loops recorded in Reaper to Sonar for AutoSnap; or 
maybe  to Propeller Heads Recycle, for its amazing slicing on 
transcients, and its invisible crossfading to blend slices back together 
after slicing; or to Sound Forge's Snap to Grid, which almost no one 
talks about.
I found an excellent article on using Propeller Heads Recycle not just 
to get audio transcients aligned to the beat, but using Recycle to 
cyncopate or stutter transcients, or squash them in interesting ways.
I always liked Recycle, and it's not difficult to find its threshold 
sensitivity, time signature, or tempo fields.
In my experience, the absolute king of beat sensing is Sony Acid Pro; 
what a shame it has some real access difficulties.
One would think that Sony would apply Acid Pro's audio transcient 
sensing abilities to Sound Forge, but; in the forums I read that audio 
Snap to Grid was better in Sound Forge 8, but  partially broken in 
version 9; not sure if it was ever fixed in Sound forge 10.



On 11/17/2012 6:47 PM, Roy Shtupler wrote:
> on the Track or Options , there's a setting for the recording mode;
> there you can specify AutoPunch at time selection etc.
> hope this helps
> Roy.
> http://elephant-dolphin.bandcamp.com
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Indigo" <33indigo at charter.net>
> To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
> Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2012 3:44 PM
> Subject: [RWP] Setting Up Reaper as a Phrase Recorder
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>
>> I was just checking out a Roland phrase recording pedal, and I thought
>> Reaper should be able to do this.
>> I already know that selecting automation touch in record options
>> causes Reaper to wait until you press the first key on your keyboard
>> to actually begin recording; so the first beat always falls exactly
>> onto the beginning of the measure; but does anyone know how to get a
>> recording to stop at a set point, like the next beat, or the end of
>> measure?
>> When you press the stop button on the phrase recorder pedal, it
>> doesn't stop recording instantly, but waits until the next beat, or
>> the end of the measure, so the recording always loops perfectly.
>> When assembling your own loops into music, it's okay to have some
>> silence at the end of a recorded phrase, as long as that phrase ends
>> so that it stays in time with the other loops you have recorded.
>> So, question 1:
>> Can Reaper autoquantize an audio recording?
>> Question 2:
>> How do you get a recording to actually stop recording on the next
>> beat, or the next end of measure, although you have hit R; or the
>> spacebar; a little early?
>> Thanks,
>> Indigo L
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