[RWP] Best way to work with Reaper

Thu Feb 28 21:12:08 EST 2013

Hi David,
I think I solved my problem of a midi loop from Alchemy Player, with 
such rediculously long tails on the delay that if I made an audio track 
from it; the delay tails would be  chopped off suddenly in the audio track.
The midi loop would repeat seamlessly with repeats toggled, because 
Alchemy Player was running, with its onboard delay.
I chose to copy and paste the midi loop the entire length of my proposed 
song, then record an audio track from that; so I could fade down at the 
end of the audio track and not hear the eventual chopping off of the 
delay tails.
The Cockos Wiki says to copy a midi loop; move back a little into the 
end of the midi loop; left click the mouse and drag to the end of the 
proposed song, then release the left mouse button; and the loop will 
copy itself as many times as required.
Maybe you know a simpler method than copy item, go to end of previous 
loop, then paste
That works quite well, but maybe somewhere there's a duplicate loop, 
with a number value to type in?
Thanks,
Indi

On 2/28/2013 2:34 PM, David P Shortland wrote:
> Hi & Greetings from the first day of Autumn in Queensland
>
> I do not wish to muddy the waters with to much choice, but an another
> way of moving an item around on the time line...
>
> 1 Navigate up and down to the required track
> 2 Select the Item that needs to be moved
> 3 Press Shift plus F2 ... This opens the Item Properties Dialog
> 4 TAB thru the incredible list of parameters that can be changed
>
> First on the list is Position...
>
> Be aware however, that this Dialog defaults to TIME, just TAB down twice
> and you will find TIME or BEATS, use whichever you prefer...
>
> There is also a Volume parameter in the list which can also be adjusted
> to taste, I use this to set an overall volume for that particular
> item... that way the Volume knob can be used for overall mix...
>
> Reaper is so good to use...
>
> Take care
>
> David P Shortland
> DragonScore Productions
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Crystal Dennis
> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 8:44 PM
> To: Reapers Without Peepers
> Subject: Re: [RWP] Best way to work with Reaper
>
> 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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