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

[Patrick Perdue]

Oh well, at least I'm not alone.
Did you ever get this to happen at all, or was that the consistent part?

On 8/19/2013 5:12 AM, Scott Chesworth wrote:
> No need to set volume all the way down, there's a mute item action
> already in the virtual viewer thingamy.
>
> Sorry I don't have a better answer. I couldn't get this to work
> consistently either, was up against a deadline when I originally
> tried, so ended up going down the item-based route. Haven't quite
> worked up enough hatred to put time into rethinking things, yet.
>
> Scott
>
> On 8/19/13, Chris Belle <cb1963 at sbcglobal.net> 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
>>    To: Reapers Without Peepers
>>    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.
>>
>>    _______________________________________________
>>    RWP mailing list
>>    RWP at reaaccess.com
>>    http://reaaccess.com/mailman/listinfo/rwp_reaaccess.com
>
> _______________________________________________
> RWP mailing list
> RWP at reaaccess.com
> http://reaaccess.com/mailman/listinfo/rwp_reaaccess.com
>