[RWP] Midi Overdubbing

[Chris Belle]

This is one reason
I prefer sonar for midi and use reaper for audio editing.

But that's just me.


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Stephan Merk 
  To: rwp at reaaccess.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2013 10:26 AM
  Subject: [RWP] Midi Overdubbing


  Hi folks,

  as I searched the web to find anything out that helps me easier in
  overdubbing and looping Midi, it seems that the Reaper users in general take
  not really focus about that topic or in Midi in general. One user is
  confused with this as well with the fact, that nobody answered in his
  created thread. I tried to, but found no chance to do so, maybe because of
  the mobile view of the bulletin entry.

  However, I can't really understand that this feature as well as easy looping
  of beats seem not to be interesting for most users. So I ask myself, how do
  you create drum patterns or tracks? With addictive Drums, where each
  instrument is highly dynamic and I play the hi-hat and find it a little too
  strong, I can easy remove and re-enter the note while I'm hearing the loop.
  Not only the MPC Ren, also my microSTATION is able to do this in a nearly
  similar way of the MPC or any other sequencer: So it might not be so strange
  to work like this. Hold a key to delete a note, go back, play the note
  again, Two buttons on my MPC except transport field.

  As I guess that Reaper couldn't give me this workflow, I'll answer how do
  you create Midi track like drum grooves bass lines or something else and
  what you are doing if you miss a key. In the theory I know to remove or edit
  this mistake it takes minutes over minutes...

  Maybe Reaper developers are here and can explain how nobody seems to find
  that this is helpful, just as a solution in my mind which I will explain:
  1. R = Record armed track and play.
  2. P = Play the track and find out the mistake.
  3. then, maybe Shift+R = Record in overdubbing mode, hold Del and the key
  which should be deleted, backward and replay the notes.
  4. Ready and enjoy.

  This could be done in seconds. I am thinking about how I did this in Voyetra
  Sequencer. There was also no overdubbing mode but you could press E I think
  to reach the piano roll of a special track. Then you could walk through the
  timeline using arrow keys and hear instaid the rached note. If you are on
  this one you only had to press a special key, then you were able to move it
  around with arrows, up/down for pitch, left/right for position, +/- for
  length. Press enter and it was saved, press del to delete it. You also could
  insert one. This workflow I found also not really comfortable but more
  helpful. In Reaper, as I understood, this is possible, but not in such
  relative easy way.

  Maybe, does anyone knows another sequencer software which is very easy and
  can load VSTI's? I'll think that I have to divide my work to different
  machines. The general problem for me is, that many ideas were gone since to
  think and think how to realize them.

  At least, one of the famous workstations by Korg and Roland also have an
  intuitive memory for ideas and something else. Also the microSTATION is able
  to record in any situation if you simple press Record key. This is with
  Reaper possible, I think. Well, in general I like Reaper, but I would like
  it much more if some things were much easier to handle.


  Cheers
  Stephan
  --
  Stephan Merk, www.merkst.de



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