[RWP] Assigning midi tracks?

[Ken Downey]

Thanks, I'll try that. Hopefully not too much other stuff got broken in 
Reaper 4 lol. By the way, I found out about control-up, and I interrupted 
jaws when it said it couldn't find the handle... so I didn't hear the new 
menu pop up.  Thanks for this!

I've already made two podcasts. I've just got to edit them down. My friend 
and I are in the planning stages of a conservatory of music for the blind, 
in which I'll be teaching the sound and music design component. The first 
podcast breaks down into five lessons: recording midi input, (with the 
shortcut of adding a virtual synth since I couldn't figure out those moves 
lol,) creating a basic software synth with ReaSynth, including parameter 
modulation, adjusting midi parameters through using sliders, numbers, and 
learned midi behavior, automating the effects using the already learned MIDI 
knobs, and, finally, just for fun, a demonstration of the radical things 
that can happen when you experiment. I use the ReaPitch plug-in, modifying 
the pitch shift full range and formant shift full range with the foot pedal 
and mod wheel, and play a short BlindLabyrinth promo clip through it so the 
listener can hear how the plugin works. Then I go back to parameter 
modulation and use it to modulate the formant, which makes the piano I play 
through it sound... phased? Like a wawa? Well, you can decide that.
In the second podcast, I assign some action keys. First, I remap menu 
customize to alt shift control c to make way for parameter modulate, which 
becomes alt-control-shift m. Also, since shift p doesn't work, I assign it 
to alt-control-shift p. Midi learn parameter becomes alt-control-shift-l, 
and show envelope becomes alt-control-shift-e. (Automation is easier than 
ever after that.) Then, I assign knob 12 to change last touched parameter. 
That way, if you're on something and can't see what it does, just turn that 
knob. Then, I assign knobs 13 to 18 to every parameter in the Ring Mod 
plugin, go back through, show how they work, and end by showing a parameter 
list (alt-control-shift-p) of the ReaPitch parameter and just how easy it is 
to adjust all the parameters just by using the list.
I wrote most of this stuff down for the gurus that don't need the podcast 
but can benefit from the info. HTH.
Ken

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Chesworth" <scottchesworth at gmail.com>
To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 12:51 PM
Subject: Re: [RWP] Assigning midi tracks?


> Hey Ken,
>
> Aha, you're using Reaper 4 then if you're seeing that behaviour. An
> API string changed when they revamped stuff for Reaper 4 and it broke
> the ReaAccess function to access the track context menu. A temporary
> fix is to hit CTRL+Up a few times (3 presses works here), then
> navigate to the desired track and hit your Application key as usual.
> Worth noting that the context menus are very context sensitive, hence
> why I made a point of saying navigate to the desired track before
> attempting to get the menu you're looking for. As you've already seen,
> hitting the Application key after making a move to the beginning will
> get you a totally different set of contextual options in that menu, as
> would navigating to an item instead of a track, as would a bunch of
> other moves. There's a whole rabbity network to disappear into here,
> not just a rabbit hole.
>
> Hth, and keep us posted
>
> Scott
>
> On 10/22/14, Ken Downey <KenWDowney at blindlabyrinth.com> wrote:
>> When I select a track and hit the context key, Jaws says handle of 
>> current
>> track not visible. When I hit w to get to the beginning and do it, I get 
>> a
>> selection menu, but nothing about inputs. The only way I've found so far 
>> to
>> do this is to insert, then delete, a virtual instrument.
>>   ----- Original Message -----
>>   From: Jim Snowbarger
>>   To: Reapers Without Peepers
>>   Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 4:09 PM
>>   Subject: Re: [RWP] Assigning midi tracks?
>>
>>
>>   Try this.  Select a track with arrow keys,  press the context key, and 
>> up
>> arrow in the menu to Midi Input.
>>
>>     ----- Original Message -----
>>     From: Ken Downey
>>     To: reapers without peepers
>>     Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 9:48 AM
>>     Subject: [RWP] Assigning midi tracks?
>>
>>
>>     OK, this is supposed to be so simple, but I'm not seeing it in either
>> reaaccess or the keyboard ninja hot key list. How do I assign a track to
>> record midi data instead of audio data? When I hit tab I get the Reaccess
>> stuff, and set record to midi output, but it doesn't seem to work. I've
>> tried sending output both to my keyboard and to the gs wavetable and 
>> nothing
>> either way, although it does tell me that I've recorded new midi items 
>> which
>> is odd. What am I missing here!
>>     Ken Downey
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