[Rwp] How to copy and paste time based selection?

[Juan Pablo Bello]

when that happens make sure that you set "items always mix " on the
project settings or at least for adjacent ones, and set their lengths
to something closer to what you want on the item properties dialog.

2016-03-22 0:33 GMT-05:00, Chris Belle <cb1963 at sbcglobal.net>:
> Just tried it on a very simple one item short piece of audio and all it
> did was chop off the end of the audio to the length of the time
> selection I set.
>
> So unless I'm just really thick this morning, I don't see how that will
> help.
> To me, fit to time means snugging audio down to fit in a smaller or
> larger space.
> I haven't tried the stretch one yet,
> but the one that loops if necessary just chopped off the end of my audio.
> Oh well, it was round about, but I got it to work another way anyhow.
>
> On 3/21/2016 11:49 PM, Juan Pablo Bello wrote:
>> that is exactly why i use the fit items to time selection, looping if
>> needed action
>>
>> 2016-03-21 22:54 GMT-05:00, Chris Belle <cb1963 at sbcglobal.net>:
>>> This is one area where reaper is totally not intuitive.
>>> I never got it to work with using strictly time selection.
>>> I did get a copy and paste to work using a combination of splitting
>>> items and then time base as well.
>>> When I did it strictly on time based selection it sort of worked but it
>>> over-wrote stuff I wanted to push over, even when ripple editing was on.
>>> Sheesh.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 3/15/2016 3:58 PM, Juan Pablo Bello wrote:
>>>> I htink reaper's paradigm is a Little different. The following
>>>> commands should be helpful
>>>>
>>>> copy selected area of items
>>>> cut selected area of items
>>>> fit items to time selection, looping if needed (I have it to control
>>>> plus
>>>> H )
>>>> fit items to time selection, stretching if needed
>>>>
>>>> the nice thing about the third one especially is that you can mark
>>>> your selection, then use that command and it will copy paste for you,
>>>> and assuming that you have say, a break on beat 2 of bar 34, it will
>>>> stop right there. so it does even the edit autoMagically for you, all
>>>> in a single keystroke.
>>>>
>>>> To do this on all tracks you set your time selection, then select all
>>>> tracks , then perform that command and I think it should work.
>>>>
>>>> also, try: 1. Setting your time selection, 2. selecting all tracks, 3.
>>>> control+c, 4. Pressing escape to clear your time selection (I think
>>>> this is the step you might be missing as reaper does not clear
>>>> selection when you cut copy or paste), 5. navigating to bar 34, 6.
>>>> pasting.
>>>>
>>>> 2016-03-15 14:41 GMT-05:00, Alan <alan.jdv at gmail.com>:
>>>>> Hi, guys,
>>>>> I'm feeling so stupid right now, after more than 30 minutes of
>>>>> testing,
>>>>> I cannot copy, for example, from bar 2 to bar 34 of a track to paste
>>>>> it.
>>>>> I'd like to copy from 2 to 34 of all tracks to duplicate the length of
>>>>> the recording, but I just cannot figure out how to do it.
>>>>> Reaper is copying my seven tracks all the time and pasting new tracks
>>>>> instead.
>>>>>
>>>>> How does it work?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks in advance!
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