[RWP] Listening to a selected area of a track

[Scott Chesworth]

Aha, good to know.

I don't have to hit apply before hitting ok here in Windows to get
changes to take hold. Wonder if it's a known Mac bug, or something
that only occurs when using VO?

On 10/22/13, TheOreoMonster <monkeypusher69 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey Scott, to follow up. The check box in question does work here. I forgot
> that when you make a change in preferences you have to hit apply then ok, if
> you just hit OK, changes don't seem to stick. So when i tried it previously
> it wasn't engaged. Now it is and i can delete the custom action i had for
> this task.
> On Oct 16, 2013, at 8:52 AM, Scott Chesworth <scottchesworth at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> How strange, that checkbox does the job here when making selections.
>> Got a feeling I checked something else to make it happen, but for the
>> life of me I can't think what at the moment.
>>
>> Play skipping selection sounds mega useful. I'll definitely find a
>> home for that.
>>
>> Scott
>>
>> On 10/16/13, TheOreoMonster <monkeypusher69 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Scott - I discovered that check box after posting my message last night,
>>> It
>>> only appears to work however when you have a selection and you change
>>> its
>>> start or end point and want to hear the playback at that point. It
>>> doesn't
>>> seem to work when you initially set the start and end point of the
>>> selection. I thought i could go undo my custom action, but it seems to
>>> still
>>> be useful.
>>>
>>> Jim - Yes go to start of time selection is the action i was referring to
>>> here. Yes while there is a go to start of time selection hot key, you
>>> will
>>> still have to hit spacebar to play after hitting Windows+leftbracket to
>>> go
>>> to start of time selection. If you created a custom action  that chained
>>> go
>>> to start of selection, and transport: Play, and say assigned it to
>>> Windows+Spacebar, you can then go to the start of a selection and play it
>>> in
>>> one  keystroke.
>>>
>
>>> There is also a play skipping selection action you may want to have a
>>> hot
>>> key assigned to which is handy for seeing how well to parts play
>>> together
>>> after the selection is removed.
>>>
>>> Though i think i will go assign hotkeys to go to start of selection and
>>> go
>>> to end of selection  for those  times i may need to move to those points
>>> to
>>> perform another action but not play from there. I believe the
>>> windows+left
>>> and right brackets was a shortcut ReaAccess brought along with it.
>>> On Oct 16, 2013, at 5:06 AM, Scott Chesworth <scottchesworth at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I had no idea that one existed Jim, cool!
>>>>
>>>> Oreo, you might want to try checking the "Move edit cursor to start of
>>>> time selection on time selection change" checkbox, it's the first one
>>>> in Preferences -> Editing behaviour. Think it does kinda the same
>>>> thing as your custom action, so it might free up that keystroke for
>>>> another custom action.
>>>>
>>>> Scott
>>>>
>>>> On 10/16/13, Jim Snowbarger <Snowman at snowmanradio.com> wrote:
>>>>> Actually, more about my now irrelevant previous post.
>>>>> That action, go to start of time selection, seems to be the same thing
>>>>> the
>>>>> cookie man was alluding too.  I did not realize there is already a hot
>>>>> key
>>>>> assigned to that.
>>>>> Windows+leftBracket jumps you to the start, and windows+rightBracket
>>>>> to
>>>>> the
>>>>>
>>>>> end of a selection.
>>>>> Duh.  But, you probably already knew that.
>>>>>
>>>>> I did not realize
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "TheOreoMonster" <monkeypusher69 at gmail.com>
>>>>> To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 8:20 PM
>>>>> Subject: Re: [RWP] Listening to a selected area of a track
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> To make the play selection feature even more useful, i created a
>>>>>> custom
>>>>>> action  consisting of the following actions.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Go to start of selection
>>>>>> Transport: Play
>>>>>>
>>>>>> chain these together and assign to a short cut key to play a
>>>>>> selection.
>>>>>> If
>>>>>>
>>>>>> you have the Stop at end of loop when repeat is disabled" check box
>>>>>> checked, it will play the selection once. If you have repeat  enabled
>>>>>> by
>>>>>> pressing the letter R to toggle it on and off, it will play  the
>>>>>> selection
>>>>>>
>>>>>> looped.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So  here's a question. When trying to fine tune the end of a
>>>>>> selection,
>>>>>> has anyone had any luck with using the move to next zero crossing
>>>>>> action?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Aug 10, 2013, at 1:11 AM, Kevin Reeves <lists at kevinreeves.net>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Here's some things to try.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> First, Make sure that the "Stop at end of loop when repeat is
>>>>>>> disabled"
>>>>>>> check box is checked. This will force reaper to only play the
>>>>>>> selected
>>>>>>> audio when a selection is present. This is the default soundforge
>>>>>>> behavior.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Second, you can hold down shift and scrub with the right arrow,
>>>>>>> which
>>>>>>> will allow you to make a selection.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm still the reaper newby, but hope this helps.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Kevin
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