[RWP] Best way to work with Reaper

[Patrick Perdue]

Have you tried just extending the length of the item in item properties 
with "loop source" checked? I don't know if that works for midi, but it 
does for audio. If you have, say, a four bar loop that you want to play 
for 32 bars, just make sure "loop source" is checked, and change the 
length from four to 32 bars. Then you have one item that loops 8 times 
without copying and pasting. The way this works will change based on how 
item timebase is set, I believe.

I pretty much exclusively deal with audio in Reaper, not much of a midi 
person in general, so don't know if that will actually work.

On 2/28/2013 9:12 PM, Indigo wrote:
> 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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