[RWP] Update on record arm.

[Jackie McBride]

Gentlemen, just a thought. These lists oft have archives which are
available for public searching. If u want some1 searching for your
name i.e., about u, perhaps in order to work with u, to see that
you're associated w/these types of posts, have at it. If not... Just a
little something to consider, as searching the internet regarding
individuals is now fairly S O P.

On 8/19/13, Indigo <33indigo at charter.net> wrote:
> Sorry, Kevin, didn't mean it for you; but for old bring down daddy that
> hangs out here.
> I said, on another subject, expecting it not to be taken as referring to
> you.
> You, like most of us are here to learn.
> Okay, if you want your tracks always to be armed for recording, there's
> an option for that.
> I haven't used it; so maybe look under recording in Reaper's options.
> I wish I could help more, but my doggie is terribly sick; like maybe he
> was bitten in the mouth by a snake; and isn't getting better.
> The vet got the diagnosis all wrong; $180 paid for the wrong treatment.
> Sorry,
> Indi
>
>
>
> On 8/19/2013 6:40 PM, Kevin Reeves wrote:
>> Hey indie and all.
>>
>> First of all, I never meant to give off the vibe that I was somehow
>> sitting around and pointing out faults of reaper. Not sure where that
>> whole thing came from.
>>
>> Second of all, in Pro Tools, the default action is to turn monitoring on
>> for a track when it is armed. In sonar, there is a specific keystroke
>> that allows for the same actions to be performed.
>>
>> Because I'm dealing with tons of tracks when laying down vocals, ie 24
>> tracks of backing vocals, I need a quick way of navigating to a track,
>> hitting a key, having it arm and monitor, recording my phrase, hitting
>> said key again and moving to the next track: rinse and repeat.
>>
>> And with a bit of poking around, I found that reaper actually performs
>> this task quite nicely. The only thing I had to do was set the initial
>> state of the monitoring on the track, and it could be toggled on and off
>> with the arm hotkey all day long.
>> I went ahead and reset my arm key to shift r, as that's the key used in
>> PT, and the muscle memory is so entrenched that my workflow isn't at all
>> hindered.
>>
>> Now, all I need to do is research the best way to set all the tracks in
>> a given session to my preferred monitoring state, and I'll be all set.
>>
>> I think reaper is an exciting and amazing daw, and I plan to record an
>> entire album in it. But to do that, I need to take the time necessary to
>> set up my workflow so I'm working as fast and efficiently as I do in
>> Sonar and Pro Tools. No criticisms on this front.
>>
>> Kevin
>>
>>
>>
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