[RWP] Best way to work with Reaper

[Crystal Dennis]

This helps so much!  Thanks a ton :)  I can't wait to have time to
play with Reaper now that I know what I'm supposed to be doing.

Crystal

On 2/28/13, Indigo <33indigo at charter.net> wrote:
> Oh, I forgot to say that you have a track volume at your tab key in
> track view.
> Just arrow up or down to the track to select it, then tab down to volume
> equals 0.00, or whatever it is, and set it with your arrows for single
> tenths of db's, or with the page up and down for larger increments, or
> home and end for blasting you out or absolute silence. smile.
> Always press enter after making changes in values to save them; and
> return to track view.
> Actually, while your track is playing, press J for a VU meter to display
> the volume of the left channel and K for a VU meter to display volume
> for  the right channel.
> You can set peak values, or other ways to read the meters, can't
> remember where to set that right now.
> If you google the word cockos, then reaper, then a few words about a
> problem, you will either get Reaper forums with plenty of posts on your
> same issue, or the Cockos Wiki, which is a collection of very nice
> documents, which, even though they are for sighted users,have plenty of
> useful info.
> Indi
>
>
> On 2/27/2013 10:47 PM, Crystal Dennis wrote:
>> Thank you Indigo!  That helped So so so much :)  The copy and pasting
>> part is what I was  missing.  The recording guide helps too!  I am
>> going to try this as soon as I have free recording time.
>>
>> Another question though:  If you want to add effects or lower/raise
>> the volume of the vocal or karaoke track, would you do that on the
>> track before you copy/pasted it to the other track?  And how do you
>> access the effects in general.  I've been having trouble with that.
>> I hope that made sense.
>>
>> Crystal
>>
>> On 2/27/13, Indigo <33indigo at charter.net> wrote:
>>> 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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