[RWP] Routing Tracks to master track

Tue May 21 17:36:49 EDT 2013

Sounds convoluted to me, I'm so spoiled by sonar's easy automation, but I'll 
have to experiment with that.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Patrick Perdue" <patrick at pdaudio.net>
To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 10:57 AM
Subject: Re: [RWP] Routing Tracks to master track

> If you split an item and change it's volume, then overlap it with an 
> existing item with the same actual content by extending the left edge of 
> your new item so that it's on top of the old one in just the right way, 
> it's a very smooth crossfade, no clicky poppy badness. Since you're 
> dealing with the same audio, you're crossfade turns into a relatively 
> linear gain change when needed. I've done it plenty of times. It's not 
> pretty, but it is effective. I've also recorded automation with a control 
> surface, which works as long as you don't want to actually edit stuff 
> after the fact, other than undo, assuming you're still at the point where 
> you can get away with that.
>
> On 5/21/2013 7:14 AM, Chris Belle wrote:
>> So your essentially splitting out bits of audio and then doing volume
>> gain on them?
>>
>> Well, I guess that'd work for small volume changes, but splitting out a
>> clop or item in reaper land and doing a big change would probably cause
>> problems with audible pops and such.
>>
>> We really do need a better way to do automation with reaper.
>>
>> That and midi editing is kind of what's kept me from going all the way
>> with reaper.
>>
>> But there are things to love about this little swiss army knive.
>>
>> And ofcourse sighted people can draw envelopes and all that with sonar
>> or reaper, it doesn't matter for them.
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Chesworth"
>> <scottchesworth at gmail.com>
>> To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 4:59 AM
>> Subject: Re: [RWP] Routing Tracks to master track
>>
>>
>>> Hey Chris,
>>>
>>> Using the latest version here. At one point I had a reason for that,
>>> but tbh it's been so long that I can't think what it was. Maybe next
>>> time I get a few days off I'll roll back to 3.78 and see what's
>>> missing. For now, I'm using item gain for volume and muting
>>> automation.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 5/20/13, Chris Belle <cb1963 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>> Hey, that's great.
>>>>
>>>> Are you using 378 or a later version?
>>>>
>>>> And what about working around things like automation?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Scott Chesworth" <scottchesworth at gmail.com>
>>>> To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
>>>> Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 4:09 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: [RWP] Routing Tracks to master track
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Tracking and/or mixing pretty much every day in Reaper now, for and
>>>>> with humans who are paying actual money.
>>>>>
>>>>> Just sayin'...
>>>>>
>>>>> Scott
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 5/20/13, Chris Belle <cb1963 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>>>> Patrick like you though I use reaper for just a few little things,
>>>>>> I've
>>>>>> chosen to stay with the 3.78 version for the better fit with the
>>>>>> static
>>>>>> access development, because nothing messes with work flow as much
>>>>>> as not
>>>>>> being able to do basic i/o stuff efficiently.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I always went for the latest versions before but I'm finding I can
>>>>>> actually
>>>>>>
>>>>>> do stuff now with reaper and it actually does what I told it to do.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What good is a newer version if you can't get to things, or it breaks
>>>>>> things
>>>>>>
>>>>>> that you had, and this is the worst kind of senario for new users,
>>>>>> even
>>>>>> old
>>>>>>
>>>>>> hats visiting a new set of tools.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I easily created a loop, tuned it and made it the speed I wanted, and
>>>>>> exported it, and whala,
>>>>>> no extra space in the loop, no why the hell didn't that work, with
>>>>>> 3.78
>>>>>> it
>>>>>> just works and everything talks right.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Of course when I get in to more advanced functions, i might take my
>>>>>> statement back, but for now I think I'll stay where your at.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Since you do lots of post production and have to do essential
>>>>>> repetitive
>>>>>> tasks real world
>>>>>> audio chores
>>>>>> I value your experience and I think your the only one maybe besides
>>>>>> Roy
>>>>>> who I personally know who's actually doing work with reaper.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Not to take away from the explorations others are doing and talking
>>>>>> about
>>>>>> but if there's a compelling reason to work with later versions and 
>>>>>> put
>>>>>> up
>>>>>> with the broken access, I haven't heard it yet.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Maybe the better midi editing?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>> From: "Patrick Perdue" <patrick at pdaudio.net>
>>>>>> To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2013 9:25 PM
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [RWP] Routing Tracks to master track
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Everything should already be routed to master, unless you
>>>>>>> specifically
>>>>>>> unrouted them all individually, or if your tracks are in a folder
>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>> isn't sending to the master send itself. That's how the default new
>>>>>>> project template works. All newly created tracks are automatically
>>>>>>> routed
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> to master. If you press shift+f5 (mute master track) and all your
>>>>>>> audio
>>>>>>> goes away, then you'll know all your tracks are, in fact, sending to
>>>>>>> master. You can also use shift+j or shift+k to read the peak meter 
>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>> left/right, respectively, of master track's output in real time.
>>>>>>> Assuming
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> you are using Reaper 3.78, where you can still fully access all the
>>>>>>> right
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> context menus for routing, unlike 4.x versions, pressing
>>>>>>> shift+context
>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> any highlighted track (it's a bit different for folders,) and one of
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> options is "master track." Check or uncheck that box to 
>>>>>>> route/unroute
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> selected track from master here.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 5/19/2013 9:08 PM,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Alexander Westphal wrote:
>>>>>>>> Hello all!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I have a compressor on the master track, but how do I now route
>>>>>>>> all my
>>>>>>>> tracks to the master?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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