[Rwp] envelope stuff

[Chris Belle]

Try writing some automation with the pan controls and then having a look 
at it with alt shift e and see what it writes for possitive values.


On 3/2/2016 3:21 PM, Patrick Perdue wrote:
> OK, another stupid question. When inserting pan envelope points, why 
> is it that I can't have positive values? I can go from -90 (far left) 
> to 0 (or center, interchangeable,) but attempting to put in any 
> positive number always results in a negative value. So, I can never go 
> right of center. If I manually put a plus sign in front of the value, 
> then press enter, + changes to -.
>
> I'm a bit confused here.
>
> Is this something I've perhaps changed a long time ago in Reaper's 
> preferences somewhere and forgotten about?
>
> On 3/2/2016 2:49 PM, Chris Belle wrote:
>> Hey Patrick?
>> Maybe I can help you a bit for a change 'grin'.
>> It's usually the other way around.
>> Ok, maybe the factor you're missing is you have to select the envelope
>> you want to work on.
>> the keys arre control l and
>> shift control l to move between envelopes.
>> Then you can insert an envelope point or 10 and work with them.
>> If you only insert one, then it's just at the value you have set it at,
>> and nothing will change.
>> If you insert two say 4 measures apart,
>> like a point at bar 1 and one at bar 4 and set the one at bar 1 to 0 db
>> and the one at bar 4 to -10 db then it will fade down.
>> YOu can put values in the middle to slow it down, and you can change
>> envelope shapes, if you use a square one as your first one then it won't
>> fade down so fast.
>> I'm still working and getting the hang of this myself, but it's great 
>> fun,
>> Here's a litle step by step.
>>
>> 1.
>> go to the track menu and the envelopes sub menu and toggle volue active
>> 2.
>> Hit control l and make that volume envelope active
>> 3.
>> Do alt shift e and set your envelope point like you want.
>> Move down stream and do the same with alt  shift e again.
>> You'll notice the chage if you have atleast two points set differently.
>> the nice thing is if you do it this way it seems to stay put,
>> till you set another point.
>> I hope this helps you out a bit.
>> It is just so kick ass to be able to edit automation this way, this is
>> the first time we've ever had it.
>> And if you use the alt shift e any where along the line where you made
>> your points, you can see where it's set at, and change it nudge it up or
>> down, and see what it does, change the shape so it changes the curve,
>> delete points, and all thkat good stuff.
>> Smart as you are, you'll catch on in a heart beat 'grin'.
>>
>>
>> On 3/2/2016 12:54 PM, Patrick Perdue wrote:
>>> OK. I'm way behind when it comes to playing with track automation,
>>> which I now need to make some use of.
>>> I get, just from playing a bit, that you need to make an envelope
>>> visible for the parameter you want to adjust, I.E. volume, pan, an
>>> arbitrary effect parameter, etc. There are keys to jump to
>>> next/previous envelopes, a key to edit an existing selected envelope
>>> point, but I am missing the incredibly obvious here.
>>>
>>> Let's say I have the volume envelope for track 3 visible. How exactly
>>> am I supposed to insert an envelope point for that control at cursor
>>> position? It seems to insert an envelope on the track, which affects
>>> the entire track.
>>> There is an action called insert point at current position, which was
>>> not mapped to a key, and didn't seem to do much when I ran it.
>>>
>>> I want to make a few smooth fades in specific places on a track.
>>> Nothing too fancy, but I figure the same deal applies to any type of
>>> envelope you happen to play with.
>>>
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