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lozz · 09-03-2021, 05:32 AM

Recently I needed to play music tracks to air for our Olympic Broadcast from a large, complex file directory.
Reaper Media Explorer was fantastic for the task and worked rock solid to air.
But I have 2 problems with it.

1.If I set just a start selection other than 0, when I hit 'stop preview', that start selection disappears. (not the waveform, just the start point) . Therefore, after the first preview is stopped, I have to re-find the desired start point again.
If both Start and End point are selected, then they remain after hitting stop preview (both start & end points remaining is good, and as I would expect for start point only selected).
('Play Previous' is not a workaround as it's a different key to remember and the visual of where the start point is lost). and setting start and end points are not quick when all I want is to click on a start point once.

2. I am demoing the latest Reaper 6 version and would dearly love to upgrade except that:
When I am previewing media and select another new media file, preview stops. This behaviour is unlike the preferable behaviour in version 5 where I could continue playing media until I was happy with a new media selected, and then hit preview for continuous sound into the new media with no pause in between.

Further, If a crossfade ability were added between media items previewed, and playback logging, then I would emphatically recommend Reaper 6 as an on-air music playback system to many other broadcasters.

I have tried adding selections to the sampler as a possible work around, but it is too slow as the beauty of 'Reaper Media Explorer' is the efficiency to quickly locate and play media with a waveform display that shows play position in real time.

Thanks very much in anticipation of a solution.

09-03-2021, 05:32 AM	#1
lozz Human being with feelings Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 12	Reaper Media Explorer Recently I needed to play music tracks to air for our Olympic Broadcast from a large, complex file directory. Reaper Media Explorer was fantastic for the task and worked rock solid to air. But I have 2 problems with it. 1.If I set just a start selection other than 0, when I hit 'stop preview', that start selection disappears. (not the waveform, just the start point) . Therefore, after the first preview is stopped, I have to re-find the desired start point again. If both Start and End point are selected, then they remain after hitting stop preview (both start & end points remaining is good, and as I would expect for start point only selected). ('Play Previous' is not a workaround as it's a different key to remember and the visual of where the start point is lost). and setting start and end points are not quick when all I want is to click on a start point once. 2. I am demoing the latest Reaper 6 version and would dearly love to upgrade except that: When I am previewing media and select another new media file, preview stops. This behaviour is unlike the preferable behaviour in version 5 where I could continue playing media until I was happy with a new media selected, and then hit preview for continuous sound into the new media with no pause in between. Further, If a crossfade ability were added between media items previewed, and playback logging, then I would emphatically recommend Reaper 6 as an on-air music playback system to many other broadcasters. I have tried adding selections to the sampler as a possible work around, but it is too slow as the beauty of 'Reaper Media Explorer' is the efficiency to quickly locate and play media with a waveform display that shows play position in real time. Thanks very much in anticipation of a solution.