[RWP] Cockos Wiki Selecting items, may help with selecting trax?
Jim Snowbarger
Snowman at SnowmanRadio.com
Sun Oct 7 22:14:48 EDT 2012
Roy,
does ReAccess do that query?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roy Shtupler" <shtupler at 013.net>
To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2012 9:24 AM
Subject: Re: [RWP] Cockos Wiki Selecting items, may help with selecting
trax?
> you can query Reaper's API to say which tracks are selected and which
> items on each track; at least with Reaper 4 , not sure about 3 though.
> best
> Roy.
> http://elephant-dolphin.bandcamp.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Snowbarger" <Snowman at SnowmanRadio.com>
> To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
> Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2012 5:47 AM
> Subject: Re: [RWP] Cockos Wiki Selecting items, may help with selecting
> trax?
>
>
>>I dont' know. I can't make much out of this mousey discussion. Thanks
>>for providing it. But, at the moment, it seems like there is a lot of
>>confusion on our part over what is selected, and what isn't at any one
>>time. We don't have any good way of querying reaper for that, do we?
>> You can select an individual item on a track, or the entire track, or
>> multiple tracks.
>>
>> So, knowingly stating some of the obvious, but just to try to summarize
>> what we know.
>> Arrow up and down just selects the track you land on.
>> Shift_downArrow selects the next track as well. So, now, 2 tracks, and
>> all items on each, or selected.
>>
>> What unselects them?
>>
>> Shift+escape unselects everything.
>>
>> To select non-contiguously, shift+space starts multiselection mode, and
>> selects the current track which, presumably, was already selected.
>>
>> Arrowint to a track in this mode does not select it. Only when you press
>> shift+space to toggle it's selection status.
>>
>> Again shift+escape cancels all that.
>>
>> It looks like item selection is a thing that you do only when only one
>> track is selected.
>> Assuming that only the current track is selected, It looks to me like,
>> if you have a track with 3 items, that if you go to the start of the
>> project, then use control right and left arrow to get to item 1, then
>> item 1 alone is selected.
>> If you now press control shift right arrow, then item 1 and 2 are both
>> selected.
>> However, if you had just pressed control right arrow, with out the shift,
>> the item 1 becomes unselected, and only item 2 would be selected.
>>
>> If you press shift+downarrow, What happens?
>> Do all items on the track you just left become selected? Probably so.
>>
>> Using a time selection. play to the start point, press
>> alt+shift+leftBracket, play to the end point and pause, press
>> alt+shift+rightBracket. Now you have a time selection established, on
>> the currently selected track or tracks.
>> If you now play, it will play starting at the right end of the selection.
>> But, if you left arrow back just a little bit, so your cursor is to the
>> left of the time selection, and then play, reaper will just play from the
>> cursor to the end of the time selection. You can then determine if a
>> time selection is present or not because, if not, then reaper won't stop
>> at the end of the selection.
>>
>> If you copy and paste that time selection, it just seems to create a new
>> track.
>>
>> I have managed to copy and paste a few bars of all tracks to the end, and
>> I did it without gluing items. But, I don't quite know how I did it yet.
>> But, I think it was jsut shift+down Arrowing, without thinking about
>> items. I think I got the first item of each track. So, there has to be
>> more to that.
>>
>> It seems to be that there are a lot of irregularities here, as chris
>> pointed out.
>> Stuff doesn't seem to do the same thing twice. But, I suspect it may be
>> due to our inability to accurately tell what is selected and what is not.
>>
>> I'll keep poking at this. I have to admit that not being able to
>> correctly identify stuff like that has me more than a little scared.
>> When I do projects in reaper, I save often, very often, just because I'm
>> sure I don't always know what I'm doing. And, losing the work isn't
>> something I can afford.
>> So, mroe as I learn it.
>> Meanwhile, if I have something wrong, or forgot about something relevant,
>> do flag me down.
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Indigo" <33indigo at charter.net>
>> To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2012 6:44 PM
>> Subject: [RWP] Cockos Wiki Selecting items, may help with selecting trax?
>>
>>
>>> AS usual, this is for mouse, but there can still be clues here:
>>> Contents
>>> 1 Editing in REAPER
>>> 1.1 Selecting Items
>>> 1.2 Split Items
>>> 1.3 Copy Items
>>> 1.4 Paste Items
>>> 1.5 Cut Item
>>> 1.6 Delete Item
>>> 1.7 Looping an Item
>>> 1.8 Fade In
>>> 1.9 Fade Out
>>> 1.10 Volume
>>> 1.11 Item Processing
>>> Editing in REAPER
>>> Item Editing in REAPER is non-destructive. Edits made to Items are
>>> unique per Item and do not alter the content of the Source file. So feel
>>> free to experiment knowing that your original recorded files are safe.
>>>
>>> Selecting Items
>>> ▪Select an Item by Left-Clicking on the Item. The color of the Item will
>>> change to indicate it has been selected.
>>> ▪Select multiple Items by using [Ctrl]+Left-Click.
>>> ▪Select adjacent Items by using [Shft]+Left-Click.
>>> ▪Select groups of Items by holding down the Alt key, then right-clicking
>>> and dragging a marquee around the Items: [Alt]+Right-Click & Drag.
>>> ▪Toggle the selection status of multiple Items by holding down the Alt
>>> and Ctrl keys, then right-clicking and dragging a marquee around the
>>> Items: [Ctrl]+[Alt]+Right-Click & Drag.
>>> Split Items
>>> ▪If no Item is selected, pressing S will split all Items on all Tracks
>>> at the Edit Cursor position.
>>> ▪If Item(s) are selected, pressing S will split all selected Item(s) at
>>> the Edit Cursor position.
>>>
>>> Copy Items
>>> There are several ways to copy Item/s in REAPER
>>> ▪Use Keyboard Shortcut Ctrl+C to copy any selected Items
>>> ▪Right-click on an item and select Copy selected items from the menu
>>> ▪Select an item, then select Edit > Copy selected items
>>> ▪Hold down the Ctrl key while dragging the Item(s)
>>>
>>> Paste Items
>>> There are several ways to paste Item/s in REAPER
>>> ▪Use Keyboard Shortcut Ctrl+V to paste an Item at the current cursor
>>> position. If a Track is selected, the Item will be pasted into the
>>> selected Track. If no Track is selected, the Item will be pasted into
>>> the last selected Track.
>>> ▪Right-click on a Track and select Paste from the menu. If a Track is
>>> selected, the Item will be pasted into the selected Track. If no Track
>>> is selected, the Item will be pasted into the last selected Track.
>>> ▪Select Edit > Paste. If a Track is selected, the Item will be pasted
>>> into the selected Track. If no Track is selected, the Item will be
>>> pasted into the last selected Track.
>>>
>>> Cut Item
>>> Cut removes the Item to the Clipboard. There are several ways to Cut
>>> Items.
>>> ▪Use Keyboard Shortcut Ctrl+X to cut selected Item/s.
>>> ▪Right-click on a selected Item and select Cut selected items from the
>>> menu.
>>> ▪Select Edit > Cut selected items.
>>>
>>> Delete Item
>>> Delete completely removes the Item from the project. There are several
>>> ways to Delete Items.
>>> ▪Use the Delete key to delete selected Item/s.
>>> ▪Right-click on a selected Item and select Remove selected items. This
>>> will delete any selected Items.
>>> ▪Select Edit > Remove selected items.
>>> NOTE: All selected items will be affected by these processes. The
>>> original items will remain, however, as Reaper is non-destructive. It is
>>> most important to remain aware of what you have selected or unintended
>>> consequences will follow e.g. deleting more items from the project than
>>> what you intended to delete.
>>>
>>> Looping an Item
>>> All Items except Empty Items can be Looped. The Loop point is defined by
>>> the duration of the source Media. If you insert an Item that is four
>>> bars long, it will Loop every 4 bars, if it is 8 bars, it will loop
>>> every 8 bars, and so on.
>>> To Loop an Item:
>>> 1.Mouse over an edge of the Item until the Cursor changes to a
>>> double-headed arrow.
>>> 2.Drag the Cursor to extend the Item. Each Loop Point will be indicated
>>> by a notch in the edges of the Item.
>>> 3.Extend the Loop as required.
>>> The length and play rate of the Looped Item will be displayed as you
>>> drag the edge of the Loop.
>>>
>>> Fade In
>>> A Fade In raises the output volume of an Item from 0dB at the start of
>>> the Fade In up to the Fader Volume of the Track at the end of the Fade
>>> In.
>>> To create a Fade In:
>>> 1.Mouse over the starting edge of the Item until the cursor changes to a
>>> Fade Cursor.
>>> 2.Drag the edge of the Item to the right to create the Fade In. The
>>> duration of the Fade In you are creating will be shown to the right of
>>> the Cursor as you drag the edge of the Item.
>>> 3.Release the mouse to complete the Fade In.
>>> You can also set a Fade In duration through the Media Item Properties
>>> window.
>>>
>>> Fade Out
>>> A Fade Out lowers the output volume of an Item from the Fader Volume of
>>> the Track at the beginning of the Fade Out down to 0dB at the end of the
>>> Fade Out.
>>> To create a Fade Out:
>>> 1.Mouse over the edge at the end of the Item until the cursor changes to
>>> a Fade Cursor.
>>> 2.Drag the edge of the Item to the left to create the Fade Out. The
>>> duration of the Fade Out you are creating will be shown to the right of
>>> the Cursor as you drag the edge of the Item.
>>> 3.Release the mouse to complete the Fade Out.
>>> You can also set a Fade Out duration through the Media Item Properties
>>> window.
>>>
>>> Volume
>>> Item Volume is independent of Track volume. Item Volume can be set per
>>> Item, or for multiple selected Items by adjusting one of the selected
>>> Items.
>>> To set Item Volume:
>>> 1.Mouse over the top edge of the Item until the cursor changes to a
>>> vertical double-headed arrow.
>>> 2.Drag the cursor to lower the Item Volume. The Item Volume will be
>>> shown to the right of the Cursor and the Peaks will be redrawn to
>>> reflect the change in Peak Volume as you drag the edge of the Item.
>>> 3.Release the mouse to complete the change in Item Volume.
>>> By default, you cannot drag the Item Volume above 0db. This behavior can
>>> be overridden by pressing the SHIFT key while changing the Item Volume
>>> or could be permanentely changed in the Media preferences dialog to have
>>> the volume range go from -inf to +6dB.
>>> You can also set Item Volume and raise it above 0db by using the Volume
>>> Fader in the Media Item Properties window.
>>> Item Processing
>>> The Item processing sub-menu can be found when you right click on an
>>> event and consists of Normalize Selected Items, Auto trim/Split Selected
>>> Items, Quantize Items Position to Grid and Move items to Source
>>> Preferred Position
>>>
>>> Normalization of an event in REAPER is non-destructive and is extremely
>>> useful for raising the overall volume of an event without having to
>>> touch the track's volume slider or use an envelope. Normalize will
>>> simply raise the volume of the event so that the highest peak reaches
>>> 0dBFS. Keep in mind that you can still lower the volume of the selected
>>> event by using the item volume adjustment tip above, and that event's
>>> peaking at 0dB will not produce audible digital clip noise unless either
>>> the master buss clips, or a plug-in overloads internally.
>>> The Auto Trim/Split function is incredibly flexible and useful for drum
>>> editing when combined with 'quantize item positions to grid'
>>>
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