[RWP] New Keymap file

[Ken Downey]

The accessible midi editor in Reaper is called Midi Access, and you get 
there by hitting control enter instead of control alt e. It allows you to 
audition your midi chord by chord. Using the keymap file and what I'll be 
showing you in the podcast, you'll learn, I think, that Reaper is way more 
powerful and useable than QWS. It just takes a bit of getting used to. By 
the way, you can just hit q for quantize, and I agree that overall the 
manual setting is better simply because of the extra control you have. 
Hopefully I explain all this a lot better in my podcast :).
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tor Tollhag" <tortollhag at gmail.com>
To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2014 2:44 PM
Subject: Re: [RWP] New Keymap file


> Hi.
> Interesting I see this now since today I've managed to record some midi.
> The way I did it was this.
> I created a new track and made sure that recording was set to the midi 
> input.
> Then I loaded a softsynth plugin on to the track.
> This Project already had a previous track with an audio item and
> Another plugin on it.
> Then I simply arm the new midi track and hit R to record.
> Then I selected the recorded midi item and Went into the items menu.
> Then I choose to open built in midi editor.
> This editor isn't very accessible, but after looking around a bit I
> tested and pressed alt E.
> That takes me to the edit menu. There you can choose to quantize your midi 
> item.
> The best thing is if you choose what's called to quantize manually.
> Then you get more options for what you want to quantize, and if you
> want it straight or with swing, and so on.
> After pressing ok I could then get out of the midi editor.
> Then if there's something that you want looped, like an Electronic
> kick drum or a repeating sequence of notes, you can simply split the
> midi item on the measures and then copy and paste the item multiple
> times on the track like you do with audio.
> Hope this helps someone.
> This key map file definetly looks interesting so might give that a try as 
> well.
> In that edit menu in the midi editor there's a bunch of other things
> you can do as well, I'll look in to that soon.
> Also I'll try to figure out how to take midi files and sequence in
> Quick windows sequencer using reaper as a plugin host, and then
> importing the midi files into reaper for small editing and adding of
> effects.
>
>
> 2014-11-25 16:53 GMT+01:00, Ken Downey <KenWDowney at blindlabyrinth.com>:
>> I have created a keymap file for step recording in reaper. the keymap 
>> file
>> allows you to instantly change grid sizes on the fly. You can get it at
>> www.blindlabyrinth.com/ChangeGrid.ReaperKeyMap
>>  any time. If you want to quantize your MIDI data or use the step 
>> recording
>> feature, you'll need this keymap file as routing the jaws cursor to the 
>> grid
>> and using the combo box is not very functional or fast. Here's the 
>> low-down
>> on quantizing and step recording. There will be a podcast forthcoming.
>> Quantizing can be done automatically as you record, but I don't recommend 
>> it
>> because there's no undoing, no changing. It's a sort of weird mix between
>> recording in realtime and step recording with no advantage I can see. 
>> Here's
>> how you quantize. First, assign a keystroke to select the item under the
>> edit cursor. I use shift a, which used to select the item under the mouse
>> cursor. Once your midi item is selected, hit control-alt-e and the 
>> built-in
>> midi editor will open. Press q and you'll get a dialog for quantizing. 
>> You
>> can then change the grid size with the keymap or quantize manually which
>> gives you more control. You can set strength, swing, and other parameters
>> here. Once that's done, click commit, then okay, and have a listen.
>> Step Recording
>> To use step recording, you'll first need to create an empty MIDI item,
>> which, of course, is done for you during real time. To do this, use shift
>> insert or do it from the insert menu. The midi item is only one measure
>> long, so you'll need to lengthen it by selecting it, hitting the context 
>> key
>> and selecting item properties, where you can set the item's length and
>> position. Be warned that no matter how pretty your song is, if you forget 
>> to
>> do this you'll only be recording its first measure. Also, don't forget to
>> arm the track, as you get no warnings during step recording.
>> Once your length is set, go to the beginning of your item, making sure 
>> it's
>> at measure 1 if that's where you want it, and hit control-alt-e again. 
>> Then,
>> go to options and check the box that says use all midi inputs for step
>> recording. Once that's done, you're all set, and you can start typing in
>> notes.
>> I have worked very hard on this keymap, and have had to create a lot of
>> custom actions for it, because for some reason the reaper team gave us
>> quirky note divisions, like 1/11, but they didn't give us dotted half
>> notes--or dotted anything--in the actions list, so please make sure that
>> everyone that you know who uses Reaper knows about this. Now I'm going to
>> sleep for about sixty years.
>> Ken Downey
>>
>>
>
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