[Rwp] Recording in stereo with reaper

[Snowman]

About splitting items...
I agree, this is a bit confusing.
Aren't there more subtle issues around this?
In Gavin's example, if you want to split item 2, you have to move to item 2 with control+rightArrow, then move your cursor further along to the right, so you are actually positioned inside item 2, and not just at the split point between items 1 and 2.  You need to be inside item 2.
The problem I have sometimes had is where reaper splits all items at the cursor position, on all tracks.
It's not clear how it decides  to work on all tracks, instead of the one I have selected.  But, I think I can force it to work on the current track just by doing uyp and down arrow first.  
So, given all this, when does one need to use the A key to select the item under the cursor?  That exists, and I presume it is when you are just moving around the track, such as with the arrow keys, or page up and page down.  In that case, I guess no item is selected, so you would need to do that to cause the item under the cursor to become selected.  
Key point is that you can not split an item unless that item is actually selected.
  
But, I have seen cases where I had a lot more items than I expected.  And, that problem seems to relate to what reaper calls Transients, which is a transition from a period of silence, to non-silence.  Is there some option to make reaper automatically split at such points?
Likewise, whetehr control+left and right arrow move from one transient to the next, or from one item to another.  I would love to have that cleared up.

  
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Gavin Grundlingh 
  To: Reapers Without Peepers 
  Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2016 1:30 AM
  Subject: Re: [Rwp] Recording in stereo with reaper


  Hi Brett,

  First, recording in Stereo. Are you using Osara as your access plug-in for Reaper? If so, move to the track you wish to record on, press the Applications key, scroll down to Input: Stereo, right arrow, and select the channels of your sound card you want to record from.

  Second, splitting items. I found this one to be a little tricky at first, but I eventually figured out how it works, so I'll give a step by step example to try and explain it. Again, this assumes you're using Osara for Reaper accessibility.

  Let's say I have three items on a track, and I want to split item two into three more items. I move to item two, and hit S. My track now has four items. I move to item three, then move my edit cursor to where I want to make the next split, and hit S again. My track now has the five items I wanted. If I had merely moved to item three and hit S, I would have heard "0 items added," because you can't split at a point where a split already exists.

  Hope this helps. Feel free to contact me if this is still unclear.

  Regards,

  Gavin



  On 2/2/2016 8:54, Brett wrote:

    Hi all,

    In the past I have used Sonar with Jaws, but since the Jaws scripts haven't been supported in a long time and they are having some issues with later versions of Jaws, I am trying to make the transition to reaper. Inconsistencies like being only able to make one split then when trying to split a different item, I am told no items added have frustrated me. Has anyone else seen this issue and know a workaround or what I may be doing wrong. Before trying to make the split, I am making sure the track I want to make the split on is the last touched track. 

    Secondly, is it possible to get reaper to record in stereo? If I connect the line out from my electronic drum kit to the line in on my sound card, Sonar records in stereo, but reaper only records in mono, which isn't what I want. I have looked in the I/O dialog for the last touched track by pressing the letter I and it shows that the track is set to two channels, but I am not really sure what I should be looking for? Does any one have any hints or suggestions for this one?

    thanks in advance,
    Brett.






     

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