[Rwp] With OSARA, how to manage volume / pan of items?

Mon Apr 20 17:04:12 EDT 2015

You can use escape to unselect items/tracks etc, but currently in
OSARA there's no way to report selected stuff.

Alex

On 4/20/15, Jim Snowbarger via RWP <rwp at bluegrasspals.com> wrote:
> Jamie: thanks for spelling this out.  This is a helpful thing to get on top
> of.  It's actually quite simple.
>
> List: So, in his example here,  an item that is  an entire verse, with one
> badd phrase, you would actually need to split the original item into 3
> items, do a split just prior to the offending phrase, and a second split
> just after it.  Now, you have 3 items, with the middle item being a small
> passage that contains the mistake.  Now, just select that small item,
> record
> new takes for that one alone,  and muck with it's takes.   If you have
> things selected correctly, and the record option set properly, your punch
> ins will affect only that small middle item.
>
>
> The key thing here for me is, making sure no item is selected, or
> determining which one is selected.  I have always found that confusing.
> Maybe I'm not doing it right.  But, I use control left and right to move
> around.  And, in doing that, I am apparently actually selecting the item.
> How does one best unselect all items, or query what item is, or items are
> selected?
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: RWP [mailto:rwp-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On Behalf Of James Teh via
> RWP
> Sent: Monday, April 20, 2015 2:09 AM
> To: Reapers Without Peepers
> Subject: Re: [Rwp] With OSARA, how to manage volume / pan of items?
>
> In short:
>
> First, when recording your takes, you can do it one of two ways:
> 1. Enable Options -> Record mode: time selection auto punch. For each new
> section you want to record, set a time selection accordingly.
> 2. Enable Options -> Record mode: auto-punch selected items. For each new
> section you want to record, make sure you have no items selected.
> After recording the first take, make sure you select that item so that
> subsequent takes will be added to that item.
>
> to comp, you just select an item and use the Take: Switch items to
> next/previous take actions (bound to t and shift+t by default). If you
> like,
> you can split items at any point and use different takes for the new items.
> For example, let's say you recorded an entire verse in one shot, you found
> the best take overall, but you didn't like that take for one particular
> phrase. No problem: just split the item at that phrase and change the take
> for that phrase as described above.
>
> In addition, you can rename and choose takes in the Item Properties dialog.
>
> Jamie
>
> On 18/04/2015 9:22 AM, theoreomonster--- via RWP wrote:
>> Likewise Willing to give it  a try too. Either Jamie or scott care to
> write up a brief scenario of how you comp multiple takes down to one master
> take. This will probably help e wrap  my head around whats going on and
> figure out how to execute this in OS X land.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>> On Apr 17, 2015, at 6:35 AM, Chris Belle via RWP <rwp at bluegrasspals.com>
> wrote:
>>>
>>> Cool beans, will try it.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 4/17/2015 4:24 AM, James Teh via RWP wrote:
>>>> Well, let's simplify. Each item is a section of time. Each item can
>>>> have
> multiple takes. Each take is one option for audio in that section. That is,
> takes are always the same length; they are bounded by the item. So, it's
> not
> so confusing after all.
>>>>
>>>> Also, this has always been accessible with ReaAccess. I'm not doing
> anything new here.
>>>>
>>>> Finally, as I said, if you prefer tracks, that's fine. I just disagree
> that they're less efficient. Understood well, takes have the potential to
> be
> many times more efficient. I've only been using REAPER for a few months,
> but
> takes are one of the main reasons I'm switching. I had to manage takes with
> tracks in my last project. Never again; far too time consuming and error
> prone.
>>>>
>>>> Sent from a mobile device
>>>>
>>>>> On 17 Apr 2015, at 6:48 pm, Chris Belle via RWP
>>>>> <rwp at bluegrasspals.com>
> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Oh my god, so we'd have bunches of stuff on a single track starting at
> different places, items and takes both.
>>>>>
>>>>> I think I'm better off making a separate track for everything and
> naming it.
>>>>>
>>>>> I usually can get it right in a few, and then take the best of what
>>>>> I got, but I know where it is, and then I end up just copying and
>>>>> pasting what I want to anothe track and cleaning up.
>>>>>
>>>>> I guess different strokes for different folks, but I got used to
>>>>> doing it this way because getting to layers in sonar was such a pain I
> never bothered.
>>>>>
>>>>> Maybe I'll like it better in reaper.
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyway, choice is good.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 4/16/2015 10:09 PM, James Teh via RWP wrote:
>>>>>>> On 17/04/2015 12:39 PM, Jim Snowbarger via RWP wrote:
>>>>>>> If takes are  manageable, and I haven't learned to do it yet,
>>>>>>> then it's definitely the way to go.  I am the master or re-take,
>>>>>>> and mastery of takes is something I really need to acquire.
>>>>>>> Truly talented people don't have to do this.  But, I do.
>>>>>> Join the club. :) In short, you move to an item and switch between
> takes with t and shift+t. Obviously, you'll probably want to split items at
> various points.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> to do this, do you first have to set punch in and punch out
>>>>>>> points, so that all takes use the same exact segment along the
>>>>>>> time line?My problem is that I get tons of item fragments lying
>>>>>>> around because my start and stop points for each take are ramdomly
> different from one another.
>>>>>> Right. The default recording mode in REAPER is "Splits existing items
> and creates new takes", so it'll create new items wherever the new
> recording
> doesn't line up with previous ones.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What's the best way to do that?
>>>>>> One way is to set Options -> Record mode: time selection auto punch,
> then set a time selection covering the area you want to record. There is
> also Options -> Record mode: auto-punch selected items, which I assume just
> records the area of the selected item, though I'm not certain.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jamie
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