[RWP] automation

[Patrick Perdue]

On that note, how about recording track mutes in automation? I can't 
manage to do this even with a control surface using Reaper 3.78, and I 
have seen forums referencing people doing this even with older versions 
than that.

On 5/27/2013 11:08 PM, Indigo wrote:
> Something must have got corrupted in the Reaper x86 version 4.4402 I
> keep on this machine, only for reference, so I reverted it back to
> factory specs and uninstalled and reinstalled it, just to be 150 percent
> certain.
> Now it loads the plugsit wouldn't before, and write and read automation
> work as expected from alt+up/down arrows.
> When you tried alt+up or down, did you try standing on the up down arrow
> to get quick changes
> I mean it's not super quick, but it's at least as fast a slope for
> fadeout as anybody would ordinarily use for a fadeout or fade in.
> In a couple of seconds I'm getting up around plus 20 and 30db, same with
> holding the down arrow..
> I didn't time it, but I could probably get to silence around minus 70db
> in five or six seconds, maybe less.
> I had the same experience here as others, I couldn't tell that read mode
> was recording anything.
> Touch mode also didn't seem to record.
> I wasn't totally certain about latch mode; once I thought it did, then I
> couldn't replicate that.
> Next time I'll try touch and latch, then look at undo to learn if it's
> saying undo automation?
> Maybe touch and latch are recording, but the recorded envelope is not
> playing back, because of some setting I don't know about.
> Also, for some reason the clear envelope points and other useful actions
> in track view/envelope subMenu are disabled.
> I couldn't find any way to enable them.
> I ran a clear envelope points action directly from the actions list, no
> joy.
> Yes, no need to activate volume in the envelope subMenu, it's
> automatically activated when you use alt+up arrow.
>
>
> Even standing on the button, , no way that clunky alt+up arrow is gonna
> be a tenth as agile as even the simplest fader on any old piece of gear.
> It's that old common sense sales pitch they use to sell you a control
> surface, would you rather crunch numbers or get real world hands on
> control of your music?
> Indi
>
>
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