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

Wed Mar 23 14:09:10 EDT 2016

yes, I used that as well, but I still had to split items if I wanted to 
paste things in to the project and have other stuff move over.
With strictly time based editing, ripple did not work.
So if you want to build a project
by copying bits as you go, then it will take several more steps.
Cumbersome but doable.

On 3/23/2016 2:12 AM, Juan Pablo Bello wrote:
> well, the alt shift I command Works flawlessly to me . That's the
> select all items on selected tracks on time selection on.... oh,
> sorry. that one. Its just that extra step right before pressing
> control C
>
> 2016-03-23 1:21 GMT-05:00, Chris Belle <cb1963 at sbcglobal.net>:
>> Oh tell me about it, that sound on sound blend and easy copying of audio
>> was a sonar sweet spot.
>> I realize reaper's take and item system is more flexible in some ways,
>> but also more confusing and more steps to get an easy task done.
>> usually reaper's context ssensitive tendencies work out in ;your favor,
>> but when it comes to copying stuff, it seems to get retarded 'grin';.
>> the only way I made it work was to do a combination of splitting items,
>> as well as time selection when I wanted to say copying a mesure of stuff
>> on all tracks to a place further down stream, also keeping the audio
>> already there.
>> Ripple editing in other words.
>> In the mean time,
>> even though I do understand the basic concepts  of takes,
>> and items, when doing multiple bits of audio in the same time location,k
>> it can be very confusing to have multiple items and takes going on not
>> always in strict linear fashion and to figure out what's overlapping
>> what, and what's in front of or behind what.
>> So I have been using track folders, which I actually like in reaper,
>> better than sonar,
>> to separate out different parts of audio I want to keep together,
>> and share resources.
>> I see now why a lot of old school reaper guys liked these track folders.
>> yes, I can turn on the mix behavior to always mix items and play them
>> like sonar does, but it still get's messy,
>> because each time you make a new recording, you get a new item,
>> you have actions to slice your pie anyway you want it, one item with
>> multiple takes,
>> or to different tracks, but having things spread out on different tracks
>> so you can look at them and manipulate then with a same set of controls
>> is what I have done for ever,
>> that's the way i did comps in sonar,
>> so since we can have as many tracks as we want and still folder them
>> down to
>> make them easily navigatable,
>> then this is a nice work flow.
>> The power of reaper is that you can work a lot of different ways, so i
>> think while I'm getting used to reaper's crazy take system,
>> I'll fall back on this track folder method and put everything
>> on it's own track, where I can readily see it nad edit it on a linear
>> time line.
>> I have also discovered that blending and over-dubbing midi works out
>> nicely this way as well,
>> as I often want to play separate parts of midi but on the same midi
>> channel or on the same track, but if you try and record another
>> something on a midi track in reaper, it's default behavior is to
>> over-write it.
>> So, fun times.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 3/22/2016 7:06 PM, David Eagle via RWP wrote:
>>> 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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