[RWP] Sidechaining in Reaper 4x

[Scott Chesworth]

Actually, I think I might've jumped the gun with that setting. Closest
thing I could find just now was Preferences -> Keyboard/Multitouch ->
Commit changes to some edit fields after 1 second of no typing. It's
unchecked by default, so yeah, that won't do it. Damn this imagination
of mine.



On 10/13/13, Drew <amockery at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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