[RWP] Assigning midi tracks?

Scott Chesworth scottchesworth at gmail.com
Thu Oct 23 17:25:51 EDT 2014 

I haven't tried it, but your keystroke is probably pulling up a
different view of the automatable parameters then. At a guess yours
would be some sort of native Reaper view, whereas Shift+P pulls up the
ReaAccess attempt to display and organise those parameters. Not
knocking your approach man, use whatever works. Tbh it's good to know
that there is another way to get at that stuff if other ReaAccess
functions start to break further down the line.

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