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Originally Posted by maa
Automated pre-roll is rather primitive, if quick.
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If you're recording/performing by yourself, the "quick" part of this is why it's such a great feature in PTLE. Also being able to turn it on/off on a whim.
For example, in PTLE, I control the transport with a remote control gamepad, so I can be on the other side of the room and track me playing, say, acoustic guitar. I'll use the gamepad to rewind/fast forward to where I messed up, turn on the auto preroll if it's not on, and then hit record.
With editing, sometimes having a preroll is good, so you can hear how things sound as it leads into the edit. That way, there's no need to rewind a bit and lose your place of where the edit is (assuming you're zoomed in pretty close).
Really, the ideal behavior is to be able to have a preroll *without* having to set a loop selection, and then being able to assign a key to turn the preroll on and off. And it shouldn't make a difference if you're in record or playback mode.
I realize this is an old thread -- has something like this been implemented in Reaper? Because it could kind of come in handy right now and I can't find it...