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

[Ken Downey]

Thanks. Will do that.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Chesworth" <scottchesworth at gmail.com>
To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2014 8:00 PM
Subject: Re: [RWP] a newbie, not to the list but to reaper itself


> Hey Ken,
>
> In Preferences/Editing or at least a category very close to that,
> you'll find a checkbox that controls whether Reaper moves the
> insertion point to the end of files when you insert them. Uncheck it,
> and it'll behave how you'd like.
>
> Hth
>
> Scott
>
> On 12/2/14, Ken Downey <KenWDowney at blindlabyrinth.com> wrote:
>> You'll also need to hit the w key before you hit play, I don't know why. 
>> It
>>
>> tells Reaper to start at measure 1 beat 1 but I think it aught to do that 
>> by
>>
>> default!
>> ----- 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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