[RWP] Looping

Indigo 33indigo at charter.net
Mon Sep 2 20:39:59 EDT 2013


You know, Reaper uses so little of my CPU power, and projects stay very 
small for me, so I think I'll just copy and paste an item to loop it; a 
whole lot simpler.
Indi

On 9/1/2013 6:42 PM, Patrick Perdue wrote:
> That does work for me. I've done it lots of times. I'll check my settings when I'm near a computer again.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> 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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