[RWP] Sidechaining in Reaper 4x

[Drew]

D'oh! I assumed that if I kept hitting down it would just add more sends, 
because I was pausing. That makes much more sense now! In return, I will 
find the preference you're talking about.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Chesworth" <scottchesworth at gmail.com>
To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2013 4:54 PM
Subject: Re: [RWP] Sidechaining in Reaper 4x


> In the I/O dialogue here Drew, it's possible to keep hitting down
> arrow on that add send combobox. Each press of down arrow skips to the
> next track, and if a number is spoken after the track name, it's to
> let you know how many existing sends are going there. The only catch
> is that if you pause for longer than a second or so on a track, Reaper
> will assume that's where you want a send to go. I saw a setting in
> prefs that'd stop that from happening, just haven't gotten around to
> going looking for it again yet.
>
>
> On 10/13/13, Drew <amockery at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Yes, that works the same in 4. I should have mentioned that step, but
>> forgot. The one part I can't figure out, as I said, is choosing the 
>> send's
>> destination track. You can just make sure where you want it to go is on 
>> top
>>
>> and then move it afterwards, but this obviously is less than ideal.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Patrick Perdue" <patrick at pdaudio.net>
>> To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2013 2:49 PM
>> Subject: Re: [RWP] Sidechaining in Reaper 4x
>>
>>
>>> OK. So, after looking at Reaper 3.78's native track routing matrix, 
>>> here's
>>>
>>> what I've found. I don't know if it's the same in 4.x.
>>>
>>> Once a send has been created from source (trigger) to destination
>>> (processor,) use your screen reader of choice's review stuff to find a
>>> line that says: "Audio:1/2 =>1/2" It should be below things like delete,
>>> post-fade, post-pan, etc.
>>> Now, change the latter half of that from >=1/2 to >=3/4 by clicking on
>>> >=1/2. A menu will appear.
>>> Now, if your destination track has been set up with four channels, and
>>> your source track is sending to channels 3/4 of destination, and ReaComp
>>> (or whatever compressor you're using for keyed input) is receiving from
>>> 3/4 rather than 1/2, you're good, barring the obvious bit of adjusting
>>> compression parameters to get your desired effect.
>>>
>>> On 10/12/2013 5:34 PM, Scott Chesworth wrote:
>>>> I must be missing something obvious. Seems like if I set this up with
>>>> sends, both signals will go into the same input of the compressor.
>>>> Granted, that'll sound different than if I hadn't done it, but that's
>>>> not the same as sending that secondary signal into the key input of
>>>> the compressor or whatever they call it in plugins nowadays so that
>>>> the compressor is reacting to it as a separate source is it? Been a
>>>> while since I actually patched in hardware, so forgive the potentially
>>>> rookie question.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>>
>>>> Scott
>>>>
>>>> On 10/12/13, Drew <amockery at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> You have to press i to view the track IO. Tab to the "sends: add new"
>>>>> combo
>>>>>
>>>>> box and press the down arrow. From there it's pretty much the same as
>>>>> in
>>>>> reaper 3. The only part I can't figure out is how to change where that
>>>>> send
>>>>>
>>>>> goes; it defaults to the top track or the second track if I'm already 
>>>>> on
>>>>>
>>>>> the
>>>>>
>>>>> top track.
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "Scott Chesworth" <scottchesworth at gmail.com>
>>>>> To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
>>>>> Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2013 11:05 AM
>>>>> Subject: [RWP] Sidechaining in Reaper 4x
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Does anyone have a workflow for getting this done in Reaper 4 with
>>>>>> NVDA? Struggling to get some weird arty atmospheric loops to sit in
>>>>>> the mix here, and I'm thinking some ducking triggered by the drum bus
>>>>>> might tie things together a bit better.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any tips appreciated...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Scott
>>>>>>
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