[RWP] possibly my last question

Jim Snowbarger Snowman at SnowmanRadio.com
Sun Oct 7 22:14:19 EDT 2012 

I can't find that file, in the reaper foldre in program files, nor in 
docusments and settings.  Not sure why.  Running 3.78.
So, what does it say about shift+A?
The f12 list says it selects the item under the cursor.  But, it's not clear 
that it actually behaves that way.
Play with some combinations of control+rightArrow and shift+1, and things 
don't appear to add up.
Still trying to figure out exactly how reaper thinks.
And then, try to come up with a way to confirm your selections.   Seems like 
a pretty critical item.
I'll keep poking at it in available time.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Indigo" <33indigo at charter.net>
To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2012 9:21 AM
Subject: Re: [RWP] possibly my last question


> Thanks, gianluca.
> It's nice to know that the answer was right there in ReaAccess history, 
> only we didn't bother to read it. Smile.
> Indigo L
>
> On 10/7/2012 3:44 AM, Gianluca Apollaro wrote:
>> Hi Derek and everyone,
>> I would like to share with everyone a usefull document to read to review
>> some rea-access commands. In the reaper folder there is a file called
>> ReaAccessHistoryEnglish.txt in which you can find the shift+esc command
>> with a description: here's how it's written
>> - Stop multiselection and unselect all - Shift+Escape;
>> Hope that helps
>> Best regards,
>> gianluca from Italy
>> SkypeID: gianluca8815
>> Il 07/10/2012 06:39, Derek Lane ha scritto:
>>> Press shift+escape to exit multiselection mode. It took lots of random
>>> guesses Before I stumbled on to that particular combination
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Oct 6, 2012, at 6:03 PM, "Jim Snowbarger" <Snowman at SnowmanRadio.com
>>> <mailto:Snowman at SnowmanRadio.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ah, possibly his last,  I detect inaccessibility disphoria.
>>>> I think this multiselect mode is part of the mystery.
>>>> I don't have time a t the moment to poke further, and I don't use
>>>> reaper enough to get to be expert.
>>>> But, the behavior is quite different when multiselect mode is on.
>>>> What's bugging me at the moment is that I don't know how to turn it
>>>> off, once it is on.
>>>>  So, I can't quite characterize the exact behavior between the two 
>>>> modes.
>>>> Shift+space seems to put you in that mode.  It doesn't select the
>>>> current track.
>>>> But, it puts you in a mode where you can select non-contiguous
>>>> tracks.  Arrowing to a track when multiselect mode is on doesn't
>>>> select that track.  You have to press shift+space to select it.  And,
>>>> as you arrow up and down, you should hear the word, selected, when
>>>> you find a track that is selected.  Press shift+space to togggle the
>>>> selection.
>>>> However,  when mutiselect mode is not on, I think you can do the
>>>> shift+downArrow thing to select more contiguous tracks.  But, if you
>>>> up and down arrow in that normal mode, you will discard all track
>>>> selection except the currently focused track.  Up and down arrowing
>>>> in multiselect mode does not unselect anything by itself.
>>>> I dont' know what touched means, except that I've been occasionally
>>>> told that I'm touched.  I didn't know what that meant either.
>>>> So guys, how do you turn multi-select mode off?
>>>> This m
>>>>
>>>>     ----- Original Message -----
>>>>     *From:* chris flatley <mailto:cflat at hotmail.co.uk>
>>>>     *To:* rwp at reaaccess.com <mailto:rwp at reaaccess.com>
>>>>     *Sent:* Friday, October 05, 2012 8:24 PM
>>>>     *Subject:* [RWP] possibly my last question
>>>>
>>>>     Hi.
>>>>     Has anyone else experienced inconsistent and unpredictable
>>>>     behaviour in Reaper? I can't get anything done re copy paste, or
>>>>     learn from my mistakes because it doesn't behave the same
>>>>     way twice in a row. Normally this basic editing function takes 5
>>>>     minutes to learn in other audio editing progs, yet I haven't been
>>>>     able to get past it in days using reaper. Sometimes it will
>>>>     select items using control right arrow, or control shift right
>>>>     arrow for multiple selection, and sometimes it wont, and I have
>>>>     no idea what's changed. Whether or not the track itself is
>>>>     selected doesn't make a difference. I'll be selecting items to
>>>>     copy and paste with no problems, then without warning it'll stop
>>>>     selecting them and make it impossible to copy anything. While
>>>>     training mode is on, pressing shift down arrow says something
>>>>     like next track while keeping previous tracks selected, but it
>>>>     doesn't work, if I start at track 1 and press shift down arrow,
>>>>     all I get is a no entry thunk, and so I have to down arrow and
>>>>     then shift space everything.
>>>>     Sometimes after pressing shift space it says something like multi
>>>>     selection mode on, and sometimes it doesn't, and I have no idea
>>>>     what that means, or what I did differently. Even if I could get
>>>>     it to behave consistently for copy paste, I imagine it would be
>>>>     infuriating to have to select one item at a time, one track at a
>>>>     time for 10 tracks or more with punch in overdubs etc. Sounds
>>>>     like a nightmare scenario to me. If it were just guitar, it
>>>>     wouldn't be such a big deal because I could pretty much play in
>>>>     one take with just a few punched overdubs maybe, but keyboard
>>>>     stuff, I have to cheat by quantizing, copying an pasting.
>>>>     Hell knows what reaper's like for more complex functions. Doubt
>>>>     I'll ever get to find out. And this is what I'm curious about, is
>>>>     it just me that finds reaper counterintuitive and super
>>>>     frustrating? Aside from just hitting record and doing everything
>>>>     in a single take, I can't see how this program could be efficient
>>>>     enough to make recording a smooth experience.
>>>>     Apologies for the whinge, and I really do appreciate the help
>>>>     I've been given. I don't regret giving cockos 38 quid of my hard
>>>>     earned, but I think it's back to Sonar for me.
>>>>
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