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

[Jim Snowbarger]

It does, because It must.  And, if it didn't, you would be having a good 
time, and we can't have that.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Patrick Perdue" <patrick at pdaudio.net>
To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 4:55 AM
Subject: Re: [RWP] automating mutes and solos in Reaper 3.x


> And I  might consider using Sonar if editing audio was as nice as it is in 
> Reaper. Considering that's mostly what I do, as I'm an audio guy first, 
> midi/softsynths  are way back there somewhere in priority, that isn't 
> currently happening. Why must everything suck on all platforms?
>
> On 8/19/2013 5:50 AM, Chris Belle wrote:
>> This is something that's just a no brainer in sonar.
>> Ah well, atleast we have a way to do it in reaper, even if it's round 
>> about.
>>
>>     ----- Original Message -----
>>     *From:* Scott Chesworth <mailto:scottchesworth at gmail.com>
>>     *To:* Reapers Without Peepers <mailto:rwp at reaaccess.com>
>>     *Sent:* Monday, August 19, 2013 4:12 AM
>>     *Subject:* Re: [RWP] automating mutes and solos in Reaper 3.x
>>
>>     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
>>     <mailto: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.
>>      >
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