[Rwp] understanding Reaper's take system?

[Chris Belle]

And there's also an action to play all takes.
it's a toggle.


On 3/13/2016 9:34 PM, James Teh wrote:
> 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
>