[RWP] Best way to work with Reaper

[Indigo]

Moving tracks around is meant to be easy in Reaper, just like using a 
word processer, with standard copy, cut and paste shortcuts.
When you import a track, do you want it to begin at 000, or somewhere 
else on a particular track's timeline?
If you want to string imported tracks along a timeline, one after the 
other, you can import them onto their own track.
Then arrow to the just imported track with your up down arrows; then 
select the imported track's item with shift+A; then press ctrl+C charlie 
to cut it to the Windows clipboard.
Then arrow up or down to the track where you want to paste the imported 
track.
; arrow left or right to the place on the timeline you want the imported 
track to begin; , and press ctrl+V victor to paste it onto that track; 
exactly where the cursor is located when you paste
Remember, you always need to select a track by arrowing to it, and you 
also need to select that track's item with shift+A; then cut or copy 
that item to the clipboard, then arrow up down to the destination track; 
then left right arrow to the destination location; then paste the item 
at that point.


Just in case, you learn to love Reaper, and prefer to record on it; here 
are the basic instructions I just provided for my son for simple vocal 
recording:

Insert a track for vocal recording with ctrl+T tom.
You select a track by arrowing up or down to it.
Arrow to track 1.
  With a microphone in your preAmp; tab down to arm for recording, 
select on with your spacebar; then press enter to save your recording 
settings; which are specific for that selected track.
You will be returned to track view after saving track settings.
Press the letter R and recording begins.
Press R again; or press your spacebar to stop recording.
Press W to rewind to beginning of the track, or you can rewind with the 
home key.
Press the spacebar to play your recording.

Now, if you want to make a second track, or more after that, always 
arrow up to the previously recorded track; ; to select it.
, Then tab down to arm for recording; and select off with your spacebar.
Then press enter to save that track's recording settings; and you are 
return to track view.
Then arm the next track you want to record  with the same method you 
used for the previously recorded track.
If you forget to disarm the previously recorded track, you will record 
over the material you just recorded on the previously recorded track.
All these tracks will begin at 000, the beginning of the first measure, 
or the beginning of the recording time, and will be perfectly aligned 
with each other.
Hope this helps,
Indi

On 2/27/2013 8:15 PM, Crystal Dennis wrote:
> This may be a stupid question, but everytime I've tried to play with
> Reaper, I import tracks into the program and try to move them around
> with the controls (with no success).  I've been recording in another
> program, then trying to line up my tracks in Reaper, which is my only
> multi-track mixer.  I was just wondering, since I am fairly new to
> mixing the multi-track way, should I just try recording in Reaper with
> my track playing instead  of importing?  Would that be easier for a
> Reaper newbie to play with, or am I just not using Reaper right in the
> first place and should startsomewhere else.  I feel like I'm missing
> something major in terms of multi-track mixing, because everytime I
> try to do something small like select a track and move it nothing
> happens.
>
> Any help with any of these issues would be greatly appreciated!
>
> Crystal
>
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