[Rwp] automation without controller how?

[Derek Lane]

I like those small steps, as it means you can create some very smooth 
curves.
However, if you go to the actions dialog, you can create a custom action 
combining as many volume increases/decreases as you like.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Teh via RWP" <rwp at bluegrasspals.com>
To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at bluegrasspals.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2015 11:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Rwp] automation without controller how?


>I haven't figured all of this out yet, but it seems if you switch 
>automation mode to write and then make changes while stopped, REAPER just 
>writes a point at the position of the edit cursor. By default, this seems 
>to default to a linear curve. If you wanted it to snap instead, you could 
>then:
> 1. Switch back to trim/read;
> 2. Select the envelope you just created (OSARA will report this for 
> "Track: Select next envelope");
> 3. Make a time selection covering the area in which your point was 
> recorded;
> 4. On the Envelopes sub-menu of the Track area context menu 
> (control+applications in OSARA), select Select points in time selection;
> 5. Again in the Envelopes menu, you can set the shape of selected points 
> to square (or whatever you want).
> The key is step 2. Without knowing what Envelope is selected, you can't 
> manipulate it.
>
> Note that in REAPER 4, it's not possible for OSARA to do any more than 
> this; the API doesn't support querying or manipulating envelope points. In 
> REAPER 5 (currently preview), this is possible. However, I'm not sure how 
> useful it is to try to make the points accessible, as you'll end up with a 
> huge number of them and the values of the points may not make much sense 
> because they'll just be raw numbers due to the fact that we don't know 
> what type of parameter it is. For example, if I'm right, we probably 
> couldn't report -3 dB for volume; you'd probably get REAPER's internal 
> representation. Similarly, for 1% left in a pan envelope, you'd probably 
> get -0.01.
>
> I've also just noticed that changing track volume or pan via the API 
> doesn't count for automation, which means we're stuck with REAPER's 
> ridiculous 0.01dB nudges. This might be a total show stopper for me... and 
> I was very seriously considering switching to REAPER for good. :(
>
> Jamie
>
> On 8/02/2015 3:13 AM, Tomecki via RWP wrote:
>> I would like to make volume or pan or some fx parameter to change in 
>> defined time or gradually increased from defined start to end time. Is 
>> this possible in Reaper 4x with Reaaccess or Osara? yes, i can set 
>> automation to write, set MIDI controller etc but what if i do it exactly 
>> in defined time or if i would like to make envelope straight as soon as 
>> possible.
>>
>> Sorry for my english and regaards.
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