[RWP] Some tsts were a little disapponting... ;)

[Indigo]

An item is a recording on a track, not a VST plug on a track.
A plug is either a synthesizer or an effect that changes the sound.
You can save many of your settings in your project settings, press 
alt+enter.
You need to study the terms used in all this, so google the word cockos, 
followed by the word glossary.
Copy that list of terms; paste it into your word processer; save it and 
study it, which will make it all so much easier.
Indi


On 7/7/2013 7:21 AM, Stephan Merk wrote:
> Hi Nadine,
>
> now thanks for your helpful tips. The issue with recording worked fine, but I'm confused that Reaper is not able to keep some settings as default for my general work. Like metronome on/off the feature with the track recording is disabled till I restart Reaper. Is there a chance to get some settings as the default? However, activating this feature brings me back to the time when I used Voyetra. Just in this way I expected Reaper to work. Great!
>
> The second regarding the looping tracks I could not understand really. So maybe I am confused to bring out in mind which are the differences between tracks and items. However, as I think is that an item is a placed individuum on a track, maybe a VST or so. To forward in this thought you mean that I have to create an item which is in fact a looped groove which I can set on a track? I am also thinking about to make some things with MPC and save them in an audio file and use them as track to finalize the sound or add some more instruments which I can easily crunch with Reaper.
>
>
> Viele Grüße
>
> --
> Stephan Merk, www.merkst.de
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: RWP [mailto:rwp-bounces at reaaccess.com] On Behalf Of Nadine Jahns
> Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2013 1:47 PM
> To: Reapers Without Peepers
> Subject: Re: [RWP] Some tsts were a little disapponting... ;)
>
> Hi Stephan!
>
> I hope i understood you right .. :)
> If you want to hear only the instruments on a selected track while you play your keyboard, go to the track menu and select: Set all tracks to automatic record-arm when track selected.
>
> On reaper, if you want to loop something, you can't set it for a track, but for an item, this is a recorded part of a track. There are maybe several different ways to do this, but here are my steps:
>
> First, i set the recording mode of the project to only record something in a selected item. This is in options menu/✓ Record mode: auto-punch selected items. After this, I create an empty item: Insert menu/Empty item. Then, I set the lengt of the item to, for example 8 beats. I think, on reaaccess, you can do it with the tab key, untill you hear item lengt and set the lengt with the arrow keys.
>
> Now, just record something nice and save the recording.
> Since an item is only a virtual part of a file, the real lengt of the recorded midi can differ from the item lengt. So, for a better looping, you maybe want to render the item to a new take. To do this, select the recorded item with ctrl+right arrow, press the context key and choose: Render items to new take.
> Now you can finally set the looping. If we stay at the 8 beats example, you can loop the recording 2 times by chosing 16 beats, 3 times by chosing 24 beats and so on.
>
> I hope, this is not so confusing, i sometimes have strange workflows, but it works quite fast, if you get used to it :)
>
> Nadine
>
> Am 29.06.2013 um 10:47 schrieb Stephan Merk <dl7fos at hotmail.com>:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Now I tried something out and found some issues which depend on my workflow.
>>
>> But I won't compare this with MPC, but with my Voyetra Sequencer.
>> There, if I recorded something, I crate e. g. a drum track on track
>> one, a bass track on 2 and piano track on 3.
>> If I go with cursor up and down, I can play the selected track using
>> my MIDI keyboard and record it starting record mode and go on.
>> In some cases I set the drum track 4 bars and activated Repeat so the
>> track runs through till I stop it. So I was able to set different
>> tracks with or without looping in different lengths.
>>
>> In Reaper I tried to create two tracks with the Korg Legacy Cell on
>> Track 1 and anoher analog synth on Track 2. If I go to Track 2, I
>> heared depending on my MIDI settings only one or all instruments while
>> playing. But not depending on selected track.
>>
>> Overall, I guess that Repaer is too complex in case what I wantto do
>> with it. ;) But maybe I made some mistakes.
>>
>>
>>
>> Viele Grüße
>>
>> --
>> Stephan Merk, www.merkst.de
>>
>>
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