[RWP] New Keymap file

[Scott Chesworth]

Yep, another person eagerly awaiting someone who can show off MIDI
tweaking being done efficiently in Reaper. Here, whenever I have done
it, there's been an awful lot of cursing involved lol.

On 11/25/14, Patrick Perdue <patrick at pdaudio.net> wrote:
> I'm sold if you can show replacing notes, editing velocity/controller
> values, etc. as fast and efficiently as you can in QWS. Also, QWS has a very
> nice progression tool that you can use to automate pretty much anything. I
> suppose you can get some of that functionality with plugins.
>  By the way, I haven't used QWS in years, and mostly do audio, but want to
> get back into all things midi.
>
>> On Nov 25, 2014, at 4:02 PM, Ken Downey <KenWDowney at blindlabyrinth.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> 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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