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

Tue Dec 2 14:05:17 EST 2014

The types of playback you're talking about don't reference sound cards, they 
reference ways of playing back files. I have only the one sound card, and 
depending on my needs at the time I either play back through ASIO, 
(asio4all,) if I need extreme speed, or WMI if I need stability.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Lawlor" <sklawlor at me.com>
To: "'Reapers Without Peepers'" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2014 8:13 PM
Subject: Re: [RWP] a newbie, not to the list but to reaper itself


> wow, I just fixed it, apparently.  At least for playback.  It needed to be
> on wdm kernel streaming.
>
> One more question about playback.
> Is there a way to tell reaper to automatically track which device is the
> playback device for times when I'm switching soundcards, like when I'm
> working on something late at night when everyone else is sleeping and I 
> have
> to use headphones?
>
> sound forge does this but I notice that it doesn't happen with audacity or
> reaper that I can tell.
>
> It's not a dealbreaker or anything but I thought I'd ask in case there was 
> a
> way to do this.
>
> Thanks again for the further help.
>
> Scott
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: RWP [mailto:rwp-bounces at reaaccess.com] On Behalf Of Scott Chesworth
> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2014 8:01 PM
> To: Reapers Without Peepers
> 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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