[Rwp] Something seriously missing in Reaper.

[Scott Chesworth]

NO worries. Shout if you get stuck. I'm not the only person on here
who uses and likes ReaConsole so other people will probably chime in
too.

Scott

On 4/14/15, Jes via RWP <rwp at bluegrasspals.com> wrote:
> Thanks buddy, sure does help. I'll need to consolt the ReaConsole
> manual like you said.
>
> Original message:
>> You can use ReaConsole for this. It's part of the SWS extensions that
>> you can grab from www.standingwaterstudios.com
>
>> If you're still using ReaAccess, there's a little bit of config
>> required, as the C key which is assigned to open ReaConsole by default
>> is already assigned. You'll need to clear up that duplicate by
>> reassigning one of those functions that's currently mapped to the C
>> key in the actions list by hitting F4. Once that's done, hit whichever
>> key you've assigned to open ReaConsole, type a lower case s to toggle
>> selection of the track you're currently on, hit enter, then type
>> another s directly followed by the number of the track you want to
>> select and hit enter again. You should find when you hit escape to
>> close ReaConsole that keyboard focus has also moved to the newly
>> selected track. You could use CTRL+Shift+Space at each stage to verify
>> what's been done to the selection for extra reassurance when you're
>> getting started with ReaConsole, but after a while you'll probably
>> find the commands become second nature and you won't need to verify
>> common workflows. If you're no good with track numbers but you have a
>> consistent naming scheme, check the ReaConsole manual to learn the
>> syntax for referencing tracks by name rather than number. All of this
>> takes longer to explain than it does to execute, and it's probably
>> worth pointing out that I'm not the most efficient ReaConsole user
>> either. For example, I'd bet there's a way to chain those two
>> selection commands we used together into one that I just haven't
>> figured out.
>
>> Hth
>
>> Scott
>
>> On 4/14/15, Jes via RWP <rwp at bluegrasspals.com> wrote:
>>> Original message:
>>>> Hi list,
>
>>>> Reaper is awesome, but I think a feature that really really needs to be
>>>> in it is to jump to a specific track in a project. I'm working on a
>>>> project with 38 tracks on it, and it is very time consuming to have to
>>>> scroll up and down from track 37 to track 5 just to edit one single
>>>> drum item. I know there is control J to jump to markers, time
>>>> selection, measures and so on, so forth, but good Lord, couldn't the
>>>> devs have put that feature in?
>>>> Could I possibly be overlooking it?
>>>> Thanks.
>>>> Jes
>
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>>>> http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/rwpBy the way, I found that
>>>> this feature exists for midi tracks but apparently doesn't exist for
>>>> audio tracks, which is a pain in the neck.
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