[RWP] New Keymap file

[Chris Belle]

That was one of the big stumbling block for me not switching to reaper 
from sonar.
much as i do like reaper's audio editing.

That and automation.

Now there is work being done on x3 by a dedicated scripter,
as well as dancing dots, but you know, the more choices we have, the better.


On 11/25/2014 4:46 PM, Scott Chesworth wrote:
> 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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