[RWP] Assigning midi tracks?

Thu Oct 23 03:30:58 EDT 2014

Shift+P doesn't work for you? What do you get when you hit that
keystroke? I've never heard of that being broken before.

Scott

On 10/23/14, Ken Downey <KenWDowney at blindlabyrinth.com> wrote:
> 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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>>>     and my podcast network at
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