[RWP] Sidechaining in Reaper 4x

Sat Oct 12 20:11:28 EDT 2013

I know, right? I went through track/send defaults, which appears to be the 
only thing that deals with this, and found nothing. Frustrating! That commit 
changes thing is actually something you might want to check, however it has 
nothing to do with this.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Chesworth" <scottchesworth at gmail.com>
To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2013 5:07 PM
Subject: Re: [RWP] Sidechaining in Reaper 4x


> 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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