[RWP] Update on record arm.

[Jim Snowbarger]

Kevin,
I think with the f8 key, you can choose how the monitoring works.  One of 
the three options is to echo the input only when it is armed.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin Reeves" <lists at kevinreeves.net>
To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 5:40 PM
Subject: [RWP] Update on record arm.


> 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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