[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
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>>>>>
>>>>>
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