[Rwp] understanding Reaper's take system?

[James Teh]

On 14/03/2016 10:38 AM, Juan Pablo Bello wrote:
> So, I recently recorded several takes of a saxophone part. And then we
> did record only, say, the second section of that part.
The first thing to note is that REAPER divides audio into "items" and 
each "item" can have one or more takes. Only one take can be "active" at 
a time for an item. When you did your first take, there was one "item". 
When you recorded the second take, because you only recorded it for the 
second section, REAPER will have created a second "item". The first item 
is for the first section; the second item is for the second section. The 
second item will have two takes.

> 1. How do I hear the different takes, one by one?
Move to an item (control+rightArrow, etc.) and press t or shift+t to 
switch the active take.

> 2. How can I hear part of one take from the first section and another
> take from the second section?
You just change the active take for each item (as above) as you like.

> 3. Is there a way to put different sections of different takes into a
> single take?, or better, after I have the takes I am satisfied with,
> can I make those takes a final take or a final track for sending?
If you're working entirely in REAPER, you generally wouldn't combine 
items. You just set the takes the way you want them and you're done. If 
you want to export to something else, you'd generally "render" the 
project (whether that be the whole thing or a single track). REAPER does 
have options to glue items together, render as a new take, etc., but 
yougenerally wouldn't need to use those.

Jamie

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