[Rwp] OSARA keymap
Chris Belle
cb1963 at sbcglobal.net
Tue Feb 24 00:48:00 EST 2015
Hey thanks, I did figure that out, and now is working as expected.
Excellent.
On 2/23/2015 12:41 PM, Gianluca Apollaro via RWP wrote:
> Hi Chris and list,
> Do you have sws installed? That's fundamental for ctrlI to work as
> expected. Here's what you need to do. Locate a file browsing your
> folder copy said file on the clipboard and then hit ctrl+I on your
> track. That should insert it directly into reaper.
> Hth,
> Gianluca from Italy
> SkypeID: gianluca8815
> Il 23/02/2015 18:23, Chris Belle via RWP ha scritto:
>> For some reason that control i doesn't work.
>>
>> But everything else does.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2/23/2015 3:14 AM, Gianluca Apollaro via RWP wrote:
>>> Hi James and list,
>>> I've been using Osara for a couple of weeks and Derek Lane and I are
>>> working on a keymap and we would like to share it with you all. This
>>> keymap overrides some actions rea-access assigned, so use it
>>> exclusively with osara.
>>> We also mapped some sws actions to keys, and chained others to make
>>> reapers behavior more familiar.
>>> For example, reapers default behavior when making a track is to
>>> simply create it, without giving the user the ability to name it,
>>> unless you choose to do so by pressing f2, But control+t chains
>>> creating and renaiming together, so that you have the ability to
>>> edit the tracks name, after you create it.
>>> Pressing alt+c brings up the reaconsole, which lets you adjust track
>>> settings from a command line.
>>> Pressing control+i will allow you to paste a file in the clipboard
>>> in to your project. There is a bug in this action though, which
>>> makes it ignore your ripple editing preference, so acts as if you
>>> have ripple mode off.
>>> As far as osara was concerned, we started by Taking the actions
>>> written in the documentation you provided and assigned them to keys
>>> we were using in rea-access, for example the function keys like f7
>>> for arming the last touched track, f5 to mute and f6 to solo. We
>>> also customized some actions to simulate some rea-access behaviour,
>>> like shiftHome and shiftEnd keys to select to start of project or to
>>> end of project, or ctrl left and right arrows to navigate to items.
>>> Then we added some other actions we think are useful like some Vary
>>> speed changing that changes the master playrate of a project by
>>> either a semitone or cents of a semitone. Those are assigned to Dash
>>> and Equals key if using an English keyboard, CtrlShift BackSpace
>>> resets the playrate to 1.0 and shift BackSpace toggles the pitch
>>> preserve when changing rate. We also mapped some sws actions like
>>> Play selected item once to CtrlAlt and The space bar, and chained
>>> some others for navigating to next or previous transient in item
>>> using tab and shift Tab respectively.
>>> Differences with rea-access:
>>> There are some things that are different from rea-access because
>>> either we thought our methods were more useful, or reaper and/or sws
>>> couldn't be used to emulate the behavior of rea-access.
>>> In our keymap when we move to an item the cursor starts playing,
>>> whereas in rea-access that didn't happen if the cursor was stopped.
>>> In Osara we don't have the virtual mode we had in rea-access, so we
>>> can't use it to increase or lower the item or take volume. Therefor
>>> we assigned changing take volume by one db to shiftPageUp to raise
>>> it and shiftPageDown to lower it.
>>> At the moment pressing the delete key will only delete tracks or
>>> items depending on focus. To delete a time selection we used a
>>> different keys that is alt+Shift+Delete.
>>>
>>> If you want, you can download this keymap from
>>> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5126017/DGKeyMap02-23.ReaperKeyMap
>>> To import it, go to the action list and choose import/export button.
>>> Hope you find it useful,
>>> Gianluca from Italy.
>>> SkypeID: gianluca8815
>>> Il 22/02/2015 22:47, James Teh via RWP ha scritto:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> The biggest point of contention between me and a large number of
>>>> the rest of you concerning a keymap seems to be the use of function
>>>> keys for mute, solo, arm, etc. I understand the argument concerning
>>>> the need for a single key press. However, for such an extremely
>>>> basic and common operation,
>>>> I really feel the function keys are counter-intuitive, difficult to
>>>> remember and slow for some users to find. I don't buy the "you'll
>>>> eventually get used to it" or "you can stick dots on your keys"
>>>> argument. Those are both workable solutions, but not elegant ones.
>>>>
>>>> So, I have several questions:
>>>> 1. Can we do better? Does anyone have an idea as to how we can
>>>> assign these actions to maximise efficiency and intuitive
>>>> experience without making other things less functional? I'm not
>>>> normally a fan of overriding built-in bindings, but we're already
>>>> doing that for track navigation anyway (given the default bindings
>>>> are just silly), so perhaps this is just something we need ot
>>>> accept for the sake of a good user experience.
>>>> 2. Am I seriously the only one who has an issue with the use of
>>>> function keys for this purpose? If so, I guess I can consider
>>>> conceding the point and just maintaining my own separate keymap.
>>>> 3. If (2) is the only option, does anyone want to volunteer to
>>>> maintain the keymap?
>>>> 4. As I understand it, the way ReaAcccess installs the keymap is to
>>>> simply override the user's existing keymap completely. This isn't
>>>> ideal, but it does allow for automated installation. The
>>>> alternative is to provide a keymap the user must import. Have there
>>>> ever been complaints from users about this keymap overriding or do
>>>> people tend to just accept this is what happens? I guess this is
>>>> okay for most, since they're probably new REAPER users.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Jamie
>>>>
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