[Rwp] Copying Multiple Items on Multiple Tracks

Thu Mar 31 01:49:08 EDT 2016

What a utopian idea.

On 3/30/2016 11:20 PM, Snowman wrote:
> Wouldn't it be cool if you could just up arrow to the master track, 
> set time selection, or just select an item, and copy.
> Then, Move to new location, and press paste.  And bingo, reaper just 
> takes care of all the screwing around with items, I'm thinking master 
> level now.
> So, Reaper, since you're all cute and context sensitive, why don't you 
> figure that out?
> But, it doesn't seem to work that way.  Or, aren't I doing something 
> right?
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Belle" <cb1963 at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at bluegrasspals.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 1:32 PM
> Subject: Re: [Rwp] Copying Multiple Items on Multiple Tracks
>
>
>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>> 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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