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11-01-2009, 07:06 AM
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Human being with feelings
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Recording multiple takes - stop "auto splitting" - help
I want to stop reaper from automatically splitting my prior take into separate items when I record a new take of a different length. To put it another way by example:
1)Record first guitar take of length 30 seconds
2)Rewind to beginning and record a second guitar take of say 10 seconds and then stop recording
Reaper automatically splits the first (30 second) take into 2 items of length 10 seconds and 20 seconds
If I rewind and record a 3rd take of say 5 seconds and then stop recording, Reaper divides takes 1 and 2 at the 5 second mark, creating a jumble of items. I suppose this makes selecting the best parts easier, but sometimes I just want to keep each take of a set length
HELP please
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11-01-2009, 10:58 AM
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Set ''enable free item positioning'' from the track's menu prior to recording....
I am pretty sure you won't like the effect on your workflow....
I bet you'll go back to as it was before within 2 days.
This ''splitting'' (and what it implies) is a topnotch feature I wouldn't want to work without ever again.
Last edited by Zee Wavesurfer; 11-01-2009 at 11:28 AM.
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11-01-2009, 11:41 AM
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As Zee says, free item positioning is not for the fainthearted...
To avoid splits, make sure all your takes are the same length. For instance, make a time selection and set Reaper to "Record mode: time selection auto punch " (right click the record button).
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11-01-2009, 12:51 PM
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I guess a lot of complaints about the splitting would stop if takes would arrange themselves in a smarter way.
This is a mockup I did a while back (with Reaper 2.x), the upper pic shows about what you get when you do something along the lines HiAMP describes:
The advantage is that things I recorded stay in a nice lane instead of getting teared apart with no clue what belongs to what originally.
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11-01-2009, 12:58 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gofer
I guess a lot of complaints about the splitting would stop if takes would arrange themselves in a smarter way.
This is a mockup I did a while back (with Reaper 2.x), the upper pic shows about what you get when you do something along the lines HiAMP describes:
The advantage is that things I recorded stay in a nice lane instead of getting teared apart with no clue what belongs to what originally.
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an option to sort them like this, can indeed be helpfull.
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11-01-2009, 01:05 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gofer
I guess a lot of complaints about the splitting would stop if takes would arrange themselves in a smarter way.
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Yes, I'm quite sure you are right. Maybe time for a FR again...
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11-03-2009, 05:08 AM
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Thanks for the help.
I've been playing around with autopunch, time selection highlighting, looping, etc to see the various behaviors.
I'll get the hang of it. Still, I think the automatic take splitting can have some downsides.
Cheers
HiAMP
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11-03-2009, 07:29 AM
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The good thing: We have the "heal" action to revert ...
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11-03-2009, 02:20 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gofer
I guess a lot of complaints about the splitting would stop if takes would arrange themselves in a smarter way.
This is a mockup I did a while back (with Reaper 2.x), the upper pic shows about what you get when you do something along the lines HiAMP describes:
The advantage is that things I recorded stay in a nice lane instead of getting teared apart with no clue what belongs to what originally.
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I would really like that option. If anyone FRs, give me shout to pile in would you please?
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11-03-2009, 03:10 PM
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Human being with feelings
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Location: Wellington, New Zealand
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I certainly don't mind the auto-splitting, but I would LOVE the takes to be re-arranged so that they follow Gofer's second image. I muck around with the auto-punch settings to get what I need for now, but it involves placing an item in the lane BEFORE I start doing takes, so that the subsequent takes stay in the same lane and loop to the end.
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11-03-2009, 03:20 PM
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+1 on Gofer's visual.
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11-03-2009, 03:45 PM
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no kidding. +1
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12-15-2009, 07:30 PM
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+1 from me
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01-11-2010, 09:04 PM
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+1 for me too.....come on Cockos, let's please do something about the aut splitting of takes !!
David Blackmon
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01-11-2010, 09:46 PM
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Just FYI/FWIW (and since you're a new user),
You can at least simulate "tape style" punch in/out by hitting Ctrl+L / unchecking Options->"Show all takes in lanes (when room)":
(sorry for the silence, had nothing on the input)
Of course that doesn't have much to do with take management as discussed in this thread but I guess that's often all people want, getting rid of (visible) takes entirely to avoid confusion.
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09-29-2019, 11:24 AM
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Human being with feelings
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This makes us all crazy.
Auto split when recording should be an option.
If not, them please give us an action called "heal splits across takes".
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