[Rwp] envelope stuff

[Patrick Perdue]

I figured out the problem. The envelope point editor doesn't like it 
when Reaper's pan fader unit display is set to -90dB .. +90dB rather 
than 100%L .. 100%R. This is how I have been using it for years, as I 
wanted a better idea of what pan was actually doing. With ReaAccess, 
using the track pan controls, it actually read those values while 
panning a track. OSARA always reads percentage, regardless of how that 
is set in preferences, so it doesn't make sense to use it that way anymore.


On 3/3/2016 3:17 AM, Chris Belle wrote:
> 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.
>>
>>
>> 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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