[Rwp] [RWP] Silencing audio and a synth VST question

[Crystal Dennis]

I'm selecting audio and for some reason it isn't splitting - the
keystroke is just S for splitting, correct?  or is it shift S.

Thanks,
Crystal

On 2/2/15, Scott Chesworth via RWP <rwp at bluegrasspals.com> wrote:
> Select those bits of audio you want to silence either by specifying
> the beginning and end of selection or splitting them into items.
> Before you hit delete though, you'll want to make sure that ripple
> editing is switched off by hitting Alt+P to cycle through the ripple
> editing modes. When it's set to off, removing that audio shouldn't
> automatically adjust the position on the timeline of anything else on
> that track.
>
> Hard to know for sure without specific names of synths, but my best
> guess would be that the silent ones don't load a patch, preset, sound,
> or whatever you want to call it by default. You might be able to pick
> a sound yourself in the fx window, but if the native interface of the
> synth is inaccessible (sadly many of them are) then you're probably
> out of luck.
>
> Hth
>
> Scott
>
> On 2/2/15, Crystal Dennis via RWP <rwp at bluegrasspals.com> wrote:
>> Hello!  I have two questions so instead of sticking them in two
>> emails, I figured I'd just stick them both in here ;)
>>
>> I just finally started to figure out reaper - I've had it for a long
>> time, but something just clicked yesterday I suppose and I've been
>> navigating/figureing it out all last night lol.  But one thing I
>> haven't been able to figure out is - how do you silence audio at the
>> beginning/end of a track?  I want to be able to just select that
>> segment and silence it.  In audacity, there was a simple keystroke, so
>> I'm wondering if there is in reaper?  If not, then how do you do it
>> without messing up the timing of the track you're working with?
>>
>>
>> Also - Another question, pardon my synth noob-ness!  But I have some
>> synths that work right out of the box in reaper, and some that don't.
>> I'm wondering if anyone knows why that would be?  I load them on the
>> track and try to play them, and nothing happens, and I've never been
>> able to figure out why.
>>
>> Thank you in advance for the help!
>>
>> Crystal
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