[RWP] Looping

Chris Belle cb1963 at sbcglobal.net
Mon Sep 2 02:49:56 EDT 2013


We desperately need some good docs and some pre-defined ways to do common tasks.

But it is what it is for now, still a very useful tool.




  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Scott Chesworth 
  To: Reapers Without Peepers 
  Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2013 8:18 PM
  Subject: Re: [RWP] Looping


  Conversely, that's the cause of 90% of the Reaper related cursing that
  happens here most days lol.

  On 9/2/13, Goldfinga Productions <goldfingas at gmail.com> wrote:
  > This is true. That's the one thing I like about reaper is its versatility.
  > There's always more than one way to do the same thing.
  > On Sep 1, 2013, at 9:05 PM, Scott Chesworth <scottchesworth at gmail.com>
  > wrote:
  >
  >> True, but I'd imagine that most of the time, looping with Indie's
  >> method would still be quicker if I could get it to work. If you want
  >> to drop a stutter or some other detail on individual repetitions
  >> after, it'd be as simple as splitting that rep as its own item. Less
  >> button pushing and it follows the logic of how I tend to work better.
  >> Hopefully Patricks settings will give a clue as to why it works in
  >> some places but not others.
  >>
  >> On 9/2/13, Goldfinga Productions <goldfingas at gmail.com> wrote:
  >>> The advantage to the way that you do it Chris, is that you can go in and
  >>> edit each individual loop if you want. You could choose to drop some
  >>> effects
  >>> on one or two loops if you'd like just for variety. maybe a stutter
  >>> effect,
  >>> or some digital delay on a snare for accent. I've done it that way
  >>> before, I
  >>> was just wondering if there was another way to achieve looping without
  >>> having to copy a bunch of items…
  >>> I will try the way that was posted here and let you all know if that
  >>> works
  >>> for me or not.
  >>> The one thing about computers is that what might work for one person may
  >>> not
  >>> work the same way for another person, and may even have a different
  >>> effect
  >>> on a third person's machine.
  >>> Got a love that consistency… lol
  >>>
  >>>
  >>> On Sep 1, 2013, at 1:20 PM, "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
  >>>>>
  >>>>> Check me out on twitter
  >>>>> http://www.twitter.com/goldfingas
  >>>>>
  >>>>>
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