Reaper Trick: Fast making a Time Selection !

[vanhaze]

Dear Reapers,

I made a vid, how to quickly make Time Selections around Items:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrAUKUrCOPk

Hope this is useful to you !

[Judders]

Interesting... I just have the § key mapped so that it does a time selection around all selected items.

[vanhaze]

Nice !

[Paul99]

Nice, but is it possible to make it one action: select two different items and then one custom action which sets the time selection to the start of the first item and the end of the second item?

[Fergler]

There is already a native action:

Time selection: Set time selection to items, to do it with just hover you'd just combine into a macro:

Item: select item under mouse cursor (leaving other items selected)
Time selection: Set time selection to items

Then just mash that while hovering over items.

The video makes it more complex than it has to be by thinking of time selection start and end, when that is already covered by the items we're selecting.

[vanhaze]

Originally Posted by Paul99

Nice, but is it possible to make it one action: select two different items and then one custom action which sets the time selection to the start of the first item and the end of the second item?

No it's NOT the same.

Just program the 2 custom actions for yourself and test it;
The fact that you just have to hoover over (point on) an Item with these 2 custom actions
to make a Time Selection, makes the workflow way smoother and faster than first having to mouse click on Items.
Just my 2 cents though :0)

[vanhaze]

Originally Posted by TonE

The trick here is no need to select anything, only mouseovering, then hitting two different keys, one for the start, another for the end. mouseovering is the fastest workflow, no matter where.
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Now here is someone that actually totally understands it ..:0)

[vanhaze]

Originally Posted by Fergler

There is already a native action:

Time selection: Set time selection to items, to do it with just hover you'd just combine into a macro:

Item: select item under mouse cursor (leaving other items selected)
Time selection: Set time selection to items

Then just mash that while hovering over items.

The video makes it more complex than it has to be by thinking of time selection start and end, when that is already covered by the items we're selecting.

Thank you very much for your input.
I rest my case; your method is indeed even quicker, needing just 1 Action.
Hooray 4 U :0)

[Paul99]

Originally Posted by Fergler

There is already a native action:

Time selection: Set time selection to items, to do it with just hover you'd just combine into a macro:

Item: select item under mouse cursor (leaving other items selected)
Time selection: Set time selection to items

Then just mash that while hovering over items.

The video makes it more complex than it has to be by thinking of time selection start and end, when that is already covered by the items we're selecting.

Wow, that's what I meant. Thanks!
Unfortunately I have made a preference change so that I get a time select, but not in the ruler so it doesn't make a loop time selection. Now I have to figure out what preference setting I changed...

[REAmix]

ctrl+double click already does this for me. It's probably the default, because I always used alt+space for that, which was a cubase default macro of loop and play, and then I press space to stop it again, everytime, which makes it a stupid macro.

Ctrl+double click makes a lot of sense though. I gotta remember that.

[ashcat_lt]

Originally Posted by REAmix

Ctrl+double click makes a lot of sense though. I gotta remember that.

Ctrl+Doubleclick is "select item, set selection to items"? Or???

[vanhaze]

Originally Posted by Paul99

Wow, that's what I meant. Thanks!
Unfortunately I have made a preference change so that I get a time select, but not in the ruler so it doesn't make a loop time selection. Now I have to figure out what preference setting I changed...

In Preferences, do a search for "link loop points to time selection"

:0)

[Csabb]

Originally Posted by ashcat_lt

Ctrl+Doubleclick is "select item, set selection to items"? Or???

Actually it's shift+double click, but you can't easily add to that selection. It's good for single items though.

[Paul99]

Originally Posted by vanhaze

In Preferences, do a search for "link loop points to time selection"

:0)

Thanks!!! I would never have found that on my own!
I don't know why I turned that off? I just checked the portable version and there this option is turned on, so why did I turn it off? Age?
Anyway, thanks Rob!

[vanhaze]

UR Welcome ! :0)

[Paul99]

Originally Posted by TonE

If you want to do time selection based edits without changing loop, you might need to turn that off, but this does not happen that often for shorter loops, like 4 bars or so, for 16 bars or 8 bars you might use it, or even bigger loops of 1mins, e.g. looping entire intro section of song, while doing edits here and there, without jumping in the playback during edits. This you might need more for fine tuning, where you do not need to listen extra to those edits, e.g. muting 1 bar or beat kick or bass, here and there. For adding more variety.

Thank you, but unfortunately it doesn't ring a bell. I am afraid the real reason is I just forgot...

[REAmix]

Originally Posted by ashcat_lt

Ctrl+Doubleclick is "select item, set selection to items"? Or???

I may have changed it. My version of reaper is heavily custom.

[REAmix]

Originally Posted by Paul99

Thanks!!! I would never have found that on my own!
I don't know why I turned that off? I just checked the portable version and there this option is turned on, so why did I turn it off? Age?
Anyway, thanks Rob!

I have the toggle for this bound to 'L' because when I'm tracking, I will often want to set the loop area larger than the record area, for punching in takes, whether it is to fix something or to add backups or what have you.

That way I can have a nice loop that counts me in but I record smaller file sizes, and have less editing to do later.

You may have set it for that reason, or perhaps to use the time selection as an editing selection tool, without disturbing your loop range.