[Rwp] Creating Items

[Patrick Perdue]

Remember that inserting a file on a track automatically creates an item. 
Keeping this in mind, here is my sort of rambley workflow for this sort 
of thing.
Insert the source file you want to use on a track, then use ripple 
editing for just that track, taking care not to make item splits on 
other tracks, cut and split items as necessary with that track soloed, 
so I don't have to care about other stuff on the timeline or on other 
tracks. Then, after making the splits necessary for the project, select 
and cut the items you want to use, then paste where they should go in 
context, killing off items you don't need. Depending on the situation, 
it sometimes makes sense to glue items so that just the relevant 
portion(s) of audio are rendered out as separate takes, and the rest can 
be discarded. Sort of a hybrid of destructive and non-destructive 
editing processes.

Or, sometimes I just can't be bothered with all that, and go into 
SoundForge.

Aren't options wonderful?

On 11/27/2015 6:15 PM, select all the relevant items and put them where 
Snowman wrote:
> Hi Guys,
> Yep, this one is boring too.  I'm trying to figure out the best way for
> doing what I need to do here, and wonder if you can think of a better
> way to do this.
> The project is one where I have lots of source files sent to me by
> several individuals, and I need to take isolated clips from each file,
> and put them into a nice, coherent reaper time line.  So, I imagine one
> track per contributor, with items sparcely scattered along it, with the
> clips from that particular person.
> Question is how to do this.  The obvious is to htake sound forge, and
> go cut out the part I want, and save it to a small file.  Then, go
> import that file into Reaper at the desired position.
> But, is there a better way?  One that might obviate the need to cut and
> save the small file?
> I wondered if I can just create a blank audio item, and then go fill in
> the file name, and the start and length information.   But, I can't
> figure out how to do that.
> Of course, you can't do anything convenient like select data in Sound
> Forge, and go paste it into reaper.  That would be too easy.
> Anyway, I would appreciate your thoughts on the best way to do this.
> Thanks a  lot.
>
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