[Rwp] Copying Multiple Items on Multiple Tracks

[Derek Lane]

Multiple, and I wanted to do all tracks, so I didn't actively select any 
tracks, just time.


On 3/30/2016 10:45 PM, Snowman wrote:
> Derek,
> Was this on a single track?  Or, was it multiples.
> If multiple tracks, where does track selection live in the sequence of 
> events?
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* Derek Lane <mailto:derek at pdaudio.net>
>     *To:* Reapers Without Peepers <mailto:rwp at bluegrasspals.com>
>     *Sent:* Tuesday, March 29, 2016 11:07 PM
>     *Subject:* Re: [Rwp] Copying Multiple Items on Multiple Tracks
>
>     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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