[RWP] Assigning midi tracks?
Ken Downey
KenWDowney at blindlabyrinth.com
Thu Oct 23 17:11:02 EDT 2014
Ah, that's what I did wrong. I didn't realize I had to be in track view,
although my keystroke works from within either.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Chesworth" <scottchesworth at gmail.com>
To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2014 12:23 PM
Subject: Re: [RWP] Assigning midi tracks?
> 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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