[RWP] a couple questions

[Tor Tollhag]

If I need a loop somewhere I usually do it the item based way.
First I create a time selection with start and end Points for what I
want to loop.
Then I set repeat to on and listen to how it sounds.
If it's not quite in time I nudge the left or right edge of the
selection, start and end Points either left or right until it sounds
right.
Then when Everything is right I press shift S to split at time selection.
Then I can remove the time selection, cause now I have the bit I want
to loop as a separat item.
I can now navigate to this item and do stuff to it, for example copy it.
Then I can paste it at wherever in the Project.
When you paste an item the play curser automaticly goes to the end of
the item so that means I can paste it a few times if I want and it
will be the audio I chose being looped at that Point in the Project.
Also if I know that the loop will be a part of a track and exactly so
many measures or beats long I don't do the time selection. I just
navigate to the right places and press s, first where I want the loop
to start and then where I want it to end.
I hope this helps you a bit.

2014-11-26 14:11 GMT+01:00, Scott Chesworth <scottchesworth at gmail.com>:
> It's not that you're using looping wrong at all man, just that we're
> using it for different things. I don't do much electronic stuff
> nowadays, so if I'm looping a portion of audio it's usually to get a
> bunch of takes down without stopping, and that's about as deep as I've
> gotten into it. To do that, you specify the start point of the loop
> with Alt+[, the end point with Alt+], hit CTRL}R for repeat and you're
> good to go. What you're talking about is item based looping, which is
> actually a lot more useful, I just don't know the workflow to get it
> going off the top of my head. If nobody gets an answer for you by the
> time I get home tomorrow though I'll have a tinker and write out some
> steps. If you want to experiment with it in the meantime, I think
> you'd need to split the portion of audio you want to loop into an
> item, then try extending the length in the item properties (Shift+F2).
>
> On 11/26/14, Oriol Gómez <ogomez.s92 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Oh, thanks very much for your answer man. :)
>> How is looping supposed to be used then? I just want to for example,
>> if I were to play a part of a song on guitar that needs to be put
>> somewhere else later on, how could I do this? I assume this would be a
>> loop.. or just copy paste.
>>
>> On 11/26/14, Scott Chesworth <scottchesworth at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hey Oriol,
>>>
>>> I'm not in front of Reaper right now, but off the top of my head, I
>>> think copying and pasting based on selection the way you're doing it
>>> applies across all tracks in the project by default. If you need it to
>>> apply to just one track, try hitting Shift+A to select the item under
>>> the cursor. Your screen reader will say something like "copied
>>> portions of item" when you hit CTRL+C to copy it if you've got the
>>> workflow right. Hitting the escape key will remove those start and end
>>> points you specified for selection and allow you to start over. Your
>>> screen reader should say "unselected" so you know it's been done. One
>>> thing that might come in handy for you is the shortcut Shift+S, which
>>> splits the selection you've made into an item. This way, if you need
>>> to come back to that bit of audio later on in the project, it's
>>> already split out for you based on the selection you made the first
>>> time around, so  you'll save time not having to redefine those start
>>> and end points etc. To navigate through the items on a given track,
>>> use CTRL+Left or CTRL+Right arrows.
>>>
>>> I use looping differently to what you're trying to do, so gonna have
>>> to let someone else walk you through that part.
>>>
>>> Hth
>>>
>>> Scott
>>>
>>> On 11/26/14, Oriol Gómez <ogomez.s92 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>> I have a couple questions regarding audio editing in reaper:
>>>> Why can't I copy and paste audio? I sometimes try it, and I am able to
>>>> choose the start and end time of the selection and then copy paste but
>>>> how do I remove this selection and start over? Because I am only able
>>>> to do it once.
>>>> And, is this on all tracks or just on one track?
>>>>
>>>> SEcond.. How can I go about looping? I have no idea about how to set
>>>> up a region for looping, choosing how many times I want to loop it
>>>> etc.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
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