[RWP] Assigning midi tracks?

Scott Chesworth scottchesworth at gmail.com
Thu Oct 23 13:23:30 EDT 2014 

No error message at all, not a ding sound or anything? Weird! You're
moving to the track with the plugin on it before pressing Shift+P
right? The keystroke works from the track view, not in the FX window
itself.



On 10/23/14, Ken Downey <KenWDowney at blindlabyrinth.com> wrote:
> Nothing whatsoever happens.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Scott Chesworth" <scottchesworth at gmail.com>
> To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2014 2:30 AM
> Subject: Re: [RWP] Assigning midi tracks?
>
>
>> 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
>>>>>     For a fresh perspective of Christianity, visit my blog at
>>>>>     longing4god.wordpress.com,
>>>>>     and my podcast network at
>>>>>     www.audioboom.fm/channel/honest2god .
>>>>>     For experimental electroacoustic music that is out of this world,
>>>>> visit
>>>>>     www.BlindLabyrinth.com .
>>>>>     Feel free to add me as a friend on Skype and Facebook. My user
>>>>> name
>>>>> is
>>>>> always the same, KenWDowney.
>>>>>
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