[RWP] Looping

Sun Sep 1 18:42:15 EDT 2013

That does work for me. I've done it lots of times. I'll check my settings when I'm near a computer again.

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On Sep 1, 2013, at 16:14, Scott Chesworth <scottchesworth at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hmmm, no idea to be honest man. When I tried this workflow and it
> didn't work last time, I assumed it was because the source media
> wasn't recorded in that session so Reaper didn't have so much of a
> handle on it, but thinking about it, that's probably a dumb thing to
> think. Anyway, I just tried it again to build a trailing vocal delay,
> and it didn't work here. I can tell that Reaper is extending the item
> length by the right amount, but the audio itself isn't looping, so the
> extention of length is just silence. The loop source checkbox is
> checked in item properties.
> 
> Anyone know where we're going wrong with this?
> 
> Scott
> 
> On 9/1/13, Chris Belle <cb1963 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> This was an imported file I had split in to a few items.
>> 
>> Just for gins, I did some manual de-essing by splitting out the sibalance
>> parts of words, and lowering item volumes,
>> on the offending parts, I had that handy so I selected one of the items with
>> control right or left arrows and pressed enter
>> and tabbed through item properties till I got to the beat and time settings
>> and such, and
>> lengthened
>> the time, and all it did was cause the volumes of the items down stream from
>> the item I was working on to be messed up,
>> like caused a jerk in the amplitude,
>> so something is definitely going on, but no looping.
>> /But when I copy an item and paste it right next to it,
>> it repeats or loops just fine.
>> 
>> But it'd be nice to hear a loop so you can see if you got it right, like
>> when processing a beat or some such.
>> 
>> Any thoughts?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>  ----- Original Message -----
>>  From: Scott Chesworth
>>  To: Reapers Without Peepers
>>  Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2013 2:24 PM
>>  Subject: Re: [RWP] Looping
>> 
>> 
>>  Chris,
>> 
>>  Was the source material you're trying to loop recorded in the same
>>  Reaper session? I've got a feeling that makes a difference to whether
>>  Indie's workflow will work.
>> 
>>  Scott
>> 
>>  On 9/1/13, Chris Belle <cb1963 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>> 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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>>>> 
>>>> 
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