[RWP] possibly my last question

Mon Oct 8 11:34:10 EDT 2012

Hi Jim and all,
Here's how I use shift+A key combination: it is useful when you have 
multiple tracks and you want to split an item only on one or certain 
tracks, in fact the action is called select item under edit cursor on 
selected tracks. So, let's say we have a 3 tracks project but wont to 
split only the first track? I select the first track with up/down arrow 
and then I do shift+A so that when I do The S key it splits the item 
only on that particular track, otherwise The S key would create an item 
in every track.
Hth,
Best regards,
Gianluca from Italy
SkypeID: gianluca8815
Il 08/10/2012 04:14, Jim Snowbarger ha scritto:
> 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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