[RWP] automating mutes and solos in Reaper 3.x

[Patrick Perdue]

I've done that. It works when it has to. I know people out there are 
doing it though. I read on some forums where people were automating 
mutes/solos in versions much older than 3.78, so I'm not sure what I'm 
missing.

On 8/19/2013 4:58 AM, Chris Belle wrote:
> This probably wasn't what you were looking for but you know how we
> decided automation was flaky and most folks were doing volume automation
> via items splitting and such?
> Why not just set volumes down all the way in your split items?
> for parts you want to mute.
> Not elegant, but it'll work.
> Automation in reaper right now is something that'll drive a blind fellow
> to substance abuse 'grin'.
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* Patrick Perdue <mailto:patrick at pdaudio.net>
>     *To:* Reapers Without Peepers <mailto:rwp at reaaccess.com>
>     *Sent:* Sunday, August 18, 2013 11:34 PM
>     *Subject:* [RWP] automating mutes and solos in Reaper 3.x
>
>     Hello:
>
>     I'm trying to figure out how to automate mutes and solos in a project
>     with Reaper v3.78. This doesn't happen by default with the actions that
>     are mapped to f5/f6, or even with my control surface (Korg Nanokontrol
>     in Mackie control universal mode) and it's mute/solo buttons. Is there
>     another action that works? I can automate other things, like master
>     volume, playrate change, track volume and pan, as well as effect
>     parameters, but so far, I've come up empty on doing the obvious and
>     successfully automating track mutes and solos.
>
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