[RWP] possibly my last question

Mon Oct 8 09:47:02 EDT 2012

ReaAccess history is in the ReaAccess installer, and comes up after you 
complete the installation.
Just continue to hit next after installing.

On 10/7/2012 10:14 PM, Jim Snowbarger wrote:
> 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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