[Rwp] Creating Items

Justin justinmacleod at hotmail.com
Sun Nov 29 17:05:01 EST 2015 

Oh. I didn't think the media explorer was accessible. And what's the 
project bay? I use control tab to switch between my two projects.

Thanks for the interesting tips,

Justin

On 29/11/2015 14:34, theoreomonster at reaperaccess.com wrote:
> This workflow can be eased if you use the project bay and set hotkeys for moving between the two projects. Also in the case of sound effect s or in a case when you need to insert a lot of sound effect etc, the media explore  makes having access to them in one place a breeze.
>> On Nov 28, 2015, at 9:33 PM, Justin <justinmacleod at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> When I'm starting a project that I know is going to include lots of sound effects, I create a scrap project and import all the sounds, then start the proper one. this means I don't have to do a lot of unnecessary soloing and unsoloing but all the sounds I like are in one place, readily accessible and can be played with without any risk of breaking the project that matters.
>>
>> Justin
>>
>> On 29/11/2015 00:19, Patrick Perdue wrote:
>>> I generally only use a separate project if I know lots of complex things are going to happen. I'm comfortable enough with general editing in Reaper to usually not bother, though sometimes I'll create a temporary track for editing, then kill it off later when it is no longer needed.
>>>
>>> On 11/28/2015 6:31 PM, Scott Chesworth wrote:
>>>> Separate projects works fine as a safety net, but you've still got to
>>>> go through the kind of unnecessary button bashing of saving those
>>>> separate projects as names you'll recognize when switching between
>>>> them. If I weren't racing against the clock with a job like this, I'd
>>>> like to think I'd have enough resolve to work a little more carefully
>>>> on this in a single project and improve my understanding/efficiency in
>>>> Reaper as a result. Practice makes perfect, even with OSARA helping
>>>> you to run faster, smell better etc. JMO, either way will get the job
>>>> done I guess, just thinking of the long game.
>>>>
>>>> Scott
>>>>
>>>> On 11/28/15, Snowman <snowman at snowmanradio.com> wrote:
>>>>> Ah,separate projects,  that's a good idea.  Keeps me from messing things up
>>>>>
>>>>> unintentionally.
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "James Teh" <jamie at nvaccess.org>
>>>>> To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at bluegrasspals.com>
>>>>> Sent: Friday, November 27, 2015 11:41 PM
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Rwp] Creating Items
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> It really shouldn't be much different in OSARA versus ReaAccess. One
>>>>>> difference I can think of is that ReaAccess unselects all items every time
>>>>>>
>>>>>> you move to a new track, which isn't what REAPER does by default (and
>>>>>> OSARA doesn't change that).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you want to avoid the potential pitfalls, though, why not just work on
>>>>>>
>>>>>> it in a separate project and cut the items between them? REAPER does allow
>>>>>>
>>>>>> multiple projects open at once. That way, it's closer to your SoundForge
>>>>>> workflow, only all within one app.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jamie
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 28/11/2015 1:16 PM, Snowman wrote:
>>>>>>> Thanks guys.  So, the solutin is generall to suck the raw file in as a
>>>>>>> whole, grab an item and move it elsewheree.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> And, the thing that makes me a little nervous is what Patrick said about
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> , "taking care not to make item splits on
>>>>>>>> other tracks"
>>>>>>> So, I expect this is different for Osara versus ReAccess, which I'm still
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> using at the moment.
>>>>>>> So, the way to make sure splis happen only on the current track? Up and
>>>>>>> down arrow first, to make sure only one track is selected? Move to the
>>>>>>> desired location and press shift+A to select item under the cursor?
>>>>>>> Then I can split with s, and only spit  the item on the current track.
>>>>>>> That should do it.  No?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick Perdue"
>>>>>>> <patrick at pdaudio.net>
>>>>>>> To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at bluegrasspals.com>
>>>>>>> Sent: Friday, November 27, 2015 6:17 PM
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Rwp] Creating Items
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 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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