So whenever I try to import a MIDI file I bounced from Cubase, it won't import all of it into Reaper, and cuts it way shorter than it's supposed to be. The file imports fine back into Cubase, so there's no issue with the export - rather, I think the problem is that STUPID MOTHERFUCKING LOOP BAR THING in Reaper, god I hate that...help?
REAPER users - how do I make importing MIDI not suck?
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Nevermind, the problem was with the export 
(I tried it again disabling all the options you can choose to export, and it worked). BUT...that loop bar still pisses me off, how do I just make it normal?
(I tried it again disabling all the options you can choose to export, and it worked). BUT...that loop bar still pisses me off, how do I just make it normal?
Sloan
Sounds like shit!
Well when you try to extend a MIDI region to the right just in the edit window, these little triangle indentations appear on the top and bottom, which indicates that it's looping it, and when you double click on the region itself, you'll see this big ol' vertical bar that has to be dragged way over to the right to get it to stop looping - so I know a fix, but it's still fucking irritating!
Sloan
Sounds like shit!
i suck at all MIDI operations. but i guess it's good i'm hanging with my metal forum bros. LEARNIN' THE LESSONS.
Haha, yeah, I pretty much only use it for programming drums, but when I'm trying to extend a region and it loops, or when I copy-paste a region and notes that AREN'T IN THE FUCKING REGION PLAY ANYWAY (I'm pretty sure this stems from the looping thing as well), arrrggghhh - why can't they just operate like fixed, independent regions, like in Cubase?
Sloan
Sounds like shit!
raybrochill
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yeah that loop bar is annoying, but I'd imagine its good for making loopy repetitive electronic music-I've some mates that would love that feature.
doesn't help with importing but what I do to get around it when writing is just create a midi event wayyy longer than the little riff I'm writing
doesn't help with importing but what I do to get around it when writing is just create a midi event wayyy longer than the little riff I'm writing
TheDriller
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i'd recommend reading the manual.
when i started using reaper there was loads of shit like that which annoyed me,
i read the manual from start to finish and learned SOOO much.
when i started using reaper there was loads of shit like that which annoyed me,
i read the manual from start to finish and learned SOOO much.
Yeah, I'm usually good about R'ing TFM, but software is my weak point...you wouldn't happen to remember the solution to my woes from your reading of it though, would you?
TheDriller
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i dont remember specifically, i'm on Logic Studio these days.
what is the exact problem though?
i found that my problem was user error, not knowing how to handle the program.
a lot of Reapers options and stuff are hidden away in sub-menus and such. i think i improved a lot when i learned how to "handle" stuff like the loop-bar thing.
the manual is a quick read i must say. i tore through a lot of it in one evening.
what is the exact problem though?
i found that my problem was user error, not knowing how to handle the program.
a lot of Reapers options and stuff are hidden away in sub-menus and such. i think i improved a lot when i learned how to "handle" stuff like the loop-bar thing.
the manual is a quick read i must say. i tore through a lot of it in one evening.
Sloan
Sounds like shit!
Wait, your talking about the end of the midi item where it would start looping again?
I think you can just (shift, ctrl,or alt )+click and drag the end of the item and you can make it however long you want. IT'S AWESOME.
I think you can just (shift, ctrl,or alt )+click and drag the end of the item and you can make it however long you want. IT'S AWESOME.
TheDriller
Member
wait, ya, is this what ye'r talking about?
i thought we were talking about the loop-bar thing on the timeline.
I'm talking about when you double click on the MIDI region, and there's a very prominent thick vertical bar that determines when the region will loop when you try to extend it, rather than just extending emptiness (which is what I want). Shift, ctrl, or alt-clicking doesn't solve it (shift just defeats the snap-to-grid, I forget what control does, and alt seems like it time stretches/compresses it)
TheDriller
Member
alt click is indeed time-stretch.
hmm....
i'm sure i came across a soution to this before. perhaps you'll just have to move the thick bar outward.
as far as i know that bar denotes the end of the region, stretching the region beyond that point loops back to the start of the region.
is this a big issue for you?
what are you trying to do exactly?
hmm....
i'm sure i came across a soution to this before. perhaps you'll just have to move the thick bar outward.
as far as i know that bar denotes the end of the region, stretching the region beyond that point loops back to the start of the region.
is this a big issue for you?
what are you trying to do exactly?
Well that's what I've been doing, zooming out in the MIDI region view, and dragging that insufferable bar FAR to the right - it's just annoying, and also, often when I ctrl-drag a region to duplicate it later on, I find it will sometimes play notes that aren't supposed to be there, or actually shift the notes when it passes over a time/tempo change. Basically, I just want to disable all the loop functionality, cuz I think it's the source of the problems, and make regions a TOTALLY WYSIWYG affair like in Cubendo (and I have right-clicked on the regions and deselected the "loop items" thing, but it doesn't help
Torniojaws, you've done tons of MIDI work in Reaper, if you're reading this I'd appreciate your thoughts too!
Torniojaws, you've done tons of MIDI work in Reaper, if you're reading this I'd appreciate your thoughts too!
CatharsisStudios
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are you trying to write it in reaper, or import. say you go. from guitar pro into reaper. you take the midi track and anything you want to loop. i guess you would cut it. and hit the loop button and have fun. thats what i do. i love reaper to death.. and deaf haha
Nah, I'm talking write in this point - and yeah, except for this, I love Reaper too! (especially the price )
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CatharsisStudios
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oh for writting. to make that bar gtfo. you select how far you want 1 bar to be say like the whole entire project right. you exend your little selection tool to point from point. insert new midi item and then the bar isn't gay
so you could take a 2 bar part stretch the selection tool from 1 bar to the 2nd insert new midi item and bam
so you could take a 2 bar part stretch the selection tool from 1 bar to the 2nd insert new midi item and bam
