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

[Juan Pablo Bello]

isn't there an action that says sws: Copy? what does that do?

2016-03-22 19:06 GMT-05:00, David Eagle via RWP <rwp at bluegrasspals.com>:
> I completely agree that copying and pasting could be much more
> intuitive with Reaper. It would be great if there was just a way of
> selecting audio, selecting tracks, then copying the selected audio on
> the selected tracks and pasting it where you wanted. It's the one
> thing I miss from Sonar.
>
> On 22/03/2016, Juan Pablo Bello <juanpisjaws at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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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