Crop midi item

[keykeeper]

I am new to Reaper and I have a question I hope someone can help me with. How can I crop a midi item in Reaper? If you look at the screen shot I have recorded a long item. I then want to cut from the beginning and the end of this item to get a new shorter item. However if I drag the beginning and end in the old item seems to be retained. Then if I try to copy the shorter item by dragging the end it will just display the old larger item..

Can anyone please advise how I can create a permanent shorter item from a longer item?

[EvilDragon]

Use command "Trim selected items to selected area". That will crop your item to time selection.

[keykeeper]

I thought "trim" would do this too but I do not get it to work. See my second attached screenshot. Seems like it does not trim in the beginning?

[Fabian]

Key,
What is it that you want to do? Are you looking to "Loop source"? If so, see here http://www.cockos.com/wiki/index.php/Loop_Source

[keykeeper]

I quote myself " I then want to cut from the beginning and the end of this item to get a new shorter item.".. I want a new item where just the section I have selected is part of the item.

[Steindork]

First make sure this option is checked in the prefs:



Then make a time selection, select the item and use "Trim selected items to selected area". The new item should be looping properly.

[DarkStar]

.. it's working OK here:



@Steindork - that Preference is not needed here ?

[Steindork]

Not for the trimming, but for the looping (otherwise the loop starts with the part you just trimmed away).

[DarkStar]

D'oh

.. actually it doesn't work here - the section after the selected area is lost but the part in front of the selected are still appears in the loop

-- as in this:

Big pic:
http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/5111/r314dstrim02.png

-- I ended up Gluing the trimmed item then looping it.