[RWP] Looping

[Chris Belle]

I've seen this posted several times but it never works that way for me.

When I change to beats and make the number larger in an item on a track, and even nudged down it only seems to change the envelope or volume of the items after the item I changed, but not make the item longer.

I've tried this with ripple both on and off.

The only way I can loop so far is copying an item and pasting it at the end the number of times I want, so it doubles.

There's probably a better way to do this.


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Indigo 
  To: Reapers Without Peepers 
  Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2013 2:03 AM
  Subject: Re: [RWP] Looping


  You can loop an item in Reaper by first making sure the item is exactly 
  an even length, like 1, 2  or 4 measures, the most common loop lengths; 
  because if it is a fractional length; like 2.0.1  it will drift out of 
  sync with the rest of the music as it loops.
  Okay, say you have a 2 measure item to loop, select the item with 
  shift+A or ctrl+right arrow.
  Then go to Item Properties; select to display the item length in beats.
  Then multiply the item's length by a multiple; which will cause the item 
  to loop that many times.
  For instance, if the selected item is 2 measures in length, multiply its 
  length shown in the length field by 10 and the item will loop 10 times.
  You simply enter a new item length in the length field; then tab down to 
  OK or whatever the confirmation is; hit enter.
  It will occupy the new length on the time line, with the original 2 
  measure item repeated 10 times.
  Turn ctrl+R off, you don't need it to loop the item now.
  The standard method to loop an item for sighted users is to grab the 
  right end of the selected item with the mouse and stretch its length 
  out; like stretching a rubber band;  to the desired amount.
  This item length multiplication method in Item Properties does exactly 
  the same thing.
  Indi


  On 8/31/2013 1:53 PM, adriandavids404 at gmail.com wrote:
  > Hi Gold Fingers,
  >
  > I normally loop an item by setting repeat on with Control plus R.
  >
  > I'm not sure about loop recording as I haven't explored it yet.
  >
  > I hope I could have been of some help.
  >
  > Adrian
  > Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you!
  >
  > -----Original Message-----
  > From: Goldfinga Productions <goldfingas at gmail.com>
  > Sender: "RWP" <rwp-bounces at reaaccess.com>
  > Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2013 14:12:44
  > To: Reapers Without Peepers<rwp at reaaccess.com>
  > Reply-To: Reapers Without Peepers <rwp at reaaccess.com>
  > Subject: [RWP] Looping
  >
  > How does one go about properly looping a section? I have highlighted the item that I would like to loop, I also turn on loop but it still doesn't loop.
  > What other steps are necessary to loop an item?
  > And can you have one track looping while you record on another? Kind of like a drum machine?
  >
  >
  > GF
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