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

Wed Mar 23 20:37:26 EDT 2016

There is a split at selection action. And also … custom actions. If you perform the same steps frequently enough make a custom action. 

> On Mar 23, 2016, at 2:09 PM, Chris Belle <cb1963 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
> 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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