[Rwp] envelope stuff

[Chris Belle]

Oki, just had a look, don't puta plus sign but just numbers mine 
actually said center and then I made two points I put 90 and then 
further along put -90
it went from right to left.
So no plus sign and you should be good.


On 3/3/2016 2:13 AM, Chris Belle wrote:
> 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.
>
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> 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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