[RWP] automation

Wed May 29 05:10:49 EDT 2013

Does anyone at all have contact with Ivan?
If he's lost intrest, been put in a position where he cannot develop 
reaaccess anymore, or is unable to be contacted, it would be nice to know.
If reaaccess is confirmed abandonware, we'll have a better reason to start 
over

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Belle" <cb1963 at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 4:47 AM
Subject: Re: [RWP] automation

> That issue of the routing thing you wrote about a couple of time which 
> makes you stay at 3.78 and me too for now, have others found a way around 
> that?
>
> I hope Roy will chime in here if he has.
>
> I know you'd probably like to be using the newer versions but being able 
> to route things right is so integral to any kind of mixing even simple 
> stuff.
>
> So we're stuck.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Patrick Perdue" <patrick at pdaudio.net>
> To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 2:37 AM
> Subject: Re: [RWP] automation
>
>
>> This problem doesn't exist in Reaper 4.X, by the way. Lots of things have 
>> been improved in that respect, except for that little minor issue of not 
>> being able to effectively use it with ReaAccess as it stands.
>>
>> On 5/29/2013 3:35 AM, Chris Belle wrote:
>>> That's just ridiculous though, having to extend an envelope and fill to
>>> the end of a track.
>>>
>>> To me, that's like bad design.
>>>
>>> How would you like to twist a knob on your board and when you let go it
>>> went back to where it was before you touched it?
>>>
>>> Reaper looses the vote on that particular feature.
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Indigo" <33indigo at charter.net>
>>> To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 2:18 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [RWP] automation
>>>
>>>
>>>> You have an action in the Reaper actions list, brought up with F4;
>>>> that writes the current envelope levels to the end of project.
>>>> In the search edit box at the top of the actions list you can type in
>>>> automation write and you'll get only automation actions in the list
>>>> you tab down to.
>>>> Arrow down in that list field.
>>>>
>>>> After selecting that action to fill the remaining part of the track
>>>> with the current written levels; assign a shortcut to that action.
>>>>
>>>> On 5/28/2013 5:18 AM, Derek Lane wrote:
>>>>> Write, latch and touch record with the keyboard.
>>>>> I can get volume and pan to record, but nothing else.  Also, the 
>>>>> instant
>>>>> I press stop, the volume/pan resets to the project settings.  Short of
>>>>> playing the project to its end, I know of no other way to make 
>>>>> something
>>>>> move and stay.
>>>>> I could record a demo if anyone would like.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 5/28/2013 2:18 AM, Chris Belle wrote:
>>>>>> Not managed to do that either, tried turning on write and doing f5 
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> then switching to read like I did with the pan and volume but it 
>>>>>> won't
>>>>>> work the same way.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick Perdue"
>>>>>> <patrick at pdaudio.net>
>>>>>> To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2013 12:04 AM
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [RWP] automation
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 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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