[Rwp] Copying Multiple Items on Multiple Tracks

Thu Mar 31 07:51:10 EDT 2016

Has anyone worked out what the Sws copy does? I've been in Australia for the last three weeks, but now that I'm back in the UK I'll be back to fiddling with Reaper and trying to master being able to copy and paste quickly.

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> On 31 Mar 2016, at 06:49, Chris Belle <cb1963 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
> 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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