[RWP] a newbie, not to the list but to reaper itself

[Ken Downey]

Reaper won't work with some of the Ladsva plug-ins. It's a pity too, because 
Palstretch and the phaser are two of the best.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Chesworth" <scottchesworth at gmail.com>
To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2014 7:29 PM
Subject: Re: [RWP] a newbie, not to the list but to reaper itself


> Hey Scott,
>
> Ah, you probably need to tell Reaper about that soundcard and pick
> which driver protocol to use. Those options live in
> Preferences/Devices. Devices is quite a way above VST in the tree
> view.
>
> Hmmm, odd that it either didn't rescan. or didn't pick up on those
> extra VSTs. You might try hitting the "Clear cache and rescan" button
> instead?
>
> On 12/1/14, Scott Lawlor <sklawlor at me.com> wrote:
>> Hi Scott.
>>
>> I have a couple more questions if it's alright.
>>
>> I'm not hearing any sound when I hit space to play an imported mp3 file 
>> and
>> the soundcard I have is a SoundBlaster live.
>>
>> Also, I told reaper to look in Audacity/plugins for some of the vst's 
>> that
>> I
>> use pretty regularly, hit rescan, then okay, but those vst's don't show 
>> up
>> under effects.  The count is the same as before I chose a second location
>> for vst plugs so I wonder if I missed a step?
>>
>> Thanks for further help.
>>
>> Scott
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: RWP [mailto:rwp-bounces at reaaccess.com] On Behalf Of Scott Chesworth
>> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2014 5:24 PM
>> To: Reapers Without Peepers
>> Subject: Re: [RWP] a newbie, not to the list but to reaper itself
>>
>> Hey Scott,
>>
>> That checkbox you've noticed to set VSTs to come up with a generic
>> interface
>> by default is pretty much the same deal as viewing the automatable
>> parameters, seeing as that's what the generic VST display is built from.
>> You'd be presented with those parameters in the FX window itself, but
>> personally I prefer the ReaAccess view you get by hitting Shift+P because
>> it's searchable, which comes in handy if you use plugs with hundreds of
>> automatable parameters and you want your arrow keys to last longer than a
>> week lol.
>>
>> To insert a file, Alt+I gets you to the Insert menu, and it's the first
>> option. From there, it's a standard open dialogue box to browse for the
>> file. You can select multiple files to bring in at once, and Reaper will
>> ask
>> whether you want them imported onto separate tracks or sequencially all 
>> on
>> one track... neat little function.
>>
>> Hth, happy exploring.
>>
>> Scott
>>
>> On 12/1/14, Scott Lawlor <sklawlor at me.com> wrote:
>>> Hi Scott.
>>>
>>> Thanks for the tips.
>>>
>>> I see something that says default vst to generic UI  instead of plugin
>>> UI.  Does this make a difference reguarding accessibility of vst's?
>>>
>>> Also, I tried to open up a .wav file and I'm guessing to do that I
>>> have to go to import or something.
>>>
>>> After the kids are down for the night, I'll take a look at the
>>> documentation but I thought I'd try some stuff anyway.  I'm actually
>>> more of an explorer than a manual reader which I'm sure will get me
>>> into some trouble.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: RWP [mailto:rwp-bounces at reaaccess.com] On Behalf Of Scott
>>> Chesworth
>>> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2014 4:41 PM
>>> To: Reapers Without Peepers
>>> Subject: Re: [RWP] a newbie, not to the list but to reaper itself
>>>
>>> Welcome back! Not sure how far you got with Reaper last time around,
>>> but just so you know, CTRL+T will create a new track which you'll need
>>> to name and press enter. Once you've done that, the F key will open
>>> the effects browser. If you choose a plugin that doesn't expose its
>>> user interface to a screen reader natively in that fx window (most
>>> don't), then one way to get at the automatable parameters is to hit
>>> escape to get back to the track control panel, then hit Shift+P to
>>> browse the automatable parameters for plugs on the currently selected
>>> track. If you find that some of your plugins aren't showing up, you
>>> can configure your VST paths in Preferences/VST.
>>>
>>> Hope that gets you going...
>>>
>>> Scott
>>>
>>> On 12/1/14, Scott Lawlor <sklawlor at me.com> wrote:
>>>> Hi there.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I was on this list a while ago when I was looking at reaper and I've
>>>> resubscribed.  I'm wanting to take a more serious look at reaper
>>>> specifically in terms of being able to access additional parameters
>>>> in vst plugins that may not be accessible in other limited
>>>> applications I've been using so far, if that makes sense.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I've been doing a lot of work lately with something called the one
>>>> sample dare, hosted over at ambientonline.org and I'm wanting to
>>>> expand my capabilities with manipulating samples to create different
>>>> soundscapes and ambient creations out of them.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> As cool as audacity and sound forge are, I'm hoping that reaper will
>>>> give me more capabilities for this kind of work that aren't possible
>>>> in the aforementioned hosts.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Well, that's my new intro, at least for now.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for reading.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Scott
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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