[RWP] automation

Wed May 29 22:35:23 EDT 2013

I speculated earlier about what might have happened to him.  But, it wasn't 
popular, as I recall.  <grin>

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Chesworth" <scottchesworth at gmail.com>
To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 5:06 AM
Subject: Re: [RWP] automation

> So far as I'm aware, nobody is in contact. Given that it's been that
> way for well over a year now, it seems safe to assume that we're using
> abandonware.
>
> Would love someone to chime in and tell me I'm misinformed at this point.
>
> Scott
>
> On 5/29/13, Derek Lane <derek at pdaudio.net> wrote:
>>
>> 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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