[Rwp] Copying Multiple Items on Multiple Tracks

Wed Mar 30 14:32:14 EDT 2016

Ah I see, I know why I missed it because before it tells you that's what 
it is it goes on an on about pan laws and such.
Thanks you kindly.

On 3/30/2016 6:50 AM, James Teh wrote:
> The project default is in File -> Project settings -> Advanced -> Item 
> mix behavior.
>
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> On 30/03/2016 7:44 PM, Chris Belle wrote:
>> Hey is there any way to set project behavior to always mix items?
>> Just give me that sound on sound blend and leave me alone, don't make 
>> me have to fight that enclosing item behavior?
>> I know that's desirable in some cases, but I want the sonar like 
>> behhavior sometimes anyway.
>> Like when you want to drop a drum bit that has a crash on it, but 
>> reaper's default is to choke it off when the edges overlap.
>> I can press the button on an ction telling reper don't do that, but I 
>> want to set the default to never do that, and I asume there's a way 
>> to do that since it refers to project default, but I just can't find 
>> that project default setting.
>>
>>
>> On 3/30/2016 2:09 AM, Derek Lane wrote:
>>> Correct.
>>> This is one of those areas where reaper is, in fact, not context 
>>> sensative.  If audio exists which is has pasted audio plopped on it, 
>>> it uses your default item behavior.  If ripple editing is set to 
>>> all, and you have the split, its going to do what its told there as 
>>> well.
>>> If you are in a situation though where you do have to manualy 
>>> cut/copy/paste you'll need ripple to all on the first track you 
>>> paste, then off for everything else.
>>> Ripple being on initially carves out the spot for everything else to 
>>> go, turning it off lets you place other things in the same spot on 
>>> there respective tracks.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 3/30/2016 1:53 AM, Chris Belle wrote:
>>>> Yeh, that sounds right except why do you need to shift s again for 
>>>> the destination?
>>>> Oh I guess that makes sure you have a clean edge to line up against 
>>>> when you put your items there.
>>>> And yes, turning on ripple editing definitely.
>>>> I also have found that clearing your time selection when you paste 
>>>> makes a difference some times but haven't figured out exactly when.
>>>> or why.
>>>> Perhaps a timed selection copy alone would work
>>>> if you do a split at the destination.
>>>> Because I got it to work once,
>>>> but ripple editing won't work with only timed selections if you 
>>>> don't have items split.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 3/29/2016 11:07 PM, Derek Lane wrote:
>>>>> I managed it once by making a selection, pressing shift+S to make 
>>>>> sure everything was split in to items on each side,  copying, 
>>>>> going to where I wanted things to go, presssing shift+s to split 
>>>>> across everything, making sure ripple editing was set to all, then 
>>>>> pasting.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 3/29/2016 11:50 PM, James Teh wrote:
>>>>>> I don't have a direct answer to your question, but I suspect the 
>>>>>> trick is going to be to just think about item selection, not 
>>>>>> track selection. So, the last thing you select should be an item. 
>>>>>> It's also going to be easier to do this using non-contiguous 
>>>>>> selection, I think. Otherwise, you'll end up accidentally 
>>>>>> selecting stuff you don't want.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Note that while REAPER is itself very context sensitive, OSARA 
>>>>>> takes it even further. While it does have its drawbacks when 
>>>>>> dealing with complex stuff like this, the problem with not being 
>>>>>> context sensitive is that you need a lot of extra commands for 
>>>>>> each possible context.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jamie
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 30/03/2016 1:14 PM, Snowman wrote:
>>>>>>>     I have decided that I hate context dependent operations.  
>>>>>>> They only make sense if you are intimately familiar with the UI, 
>>>>>>> and it happens to appreciate your work flow.
>>>>>>> But, if you press one key out of sequence, then you and your 
>>>>>>> application are out of sync, and stuff happens that you didn't 
>>>>>>> intend.
>>>>>>> This business of whether I'm selecting tracks, or items, or 
>>>>>>> items on tracks makes me crazy!
>>>>>>> Tell the guys at cockos that...
>>>>>>> Anyway, has anyone finally figured out how to do this?
>>>>>>> The goal is to identify some portion of your mix with a time 
>>>>>>> selection, and to be able to jsut pick up everthing on all 
>>>>>>> tracks, and move it down the time line to some other location, 
>>>>>>> and paste.
>>>>>>> I can manage to get this to work, but only by moving one item at 
>>>>>>> a time, and working on one track at a time.
>>>>>>> Very tedious.
>>>>>>> So much so that I would rather do the rendering, and then go to 
>>>>>>> sound forge with the final mix, and hack it up instead.
>>>>>>> Anyway, if anyone has conquered this, I'd love to hear about it.
>>>>>>>
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