Reaper users, I need your support! (help make editing more like PT)

[Metaltastic]

Hey guys, I noticed what I at first thought was a bug in the newest version of Reaper (version 3.14159, the "Pi" version, ho ho ho ), but then discovered it was actually the result of a new editing feature they implemented. However, I took it upon myself to suggest a way to make it even better, so if you could head on over to this thread in the Reaper forums and voice your support (if you think it's a good idea of course ), I'd greatly appreciate it! Here's the vid I made outlining it:



And I explained it in that thread as well

EDIT: And if you actually click the youtube link and watch it in HQ, it's larger and thus easier to see the different cursors

 

[joeymusicguy]

vari audio in cubase 5 has "height" sensitive editing

i hate it

sorry, not trying to kill your idea. but i hate stuff like that!

 

[Metaltastic]

Well if you're switching to PT, ya better learn to love it! And the thing is, I can't think of any other way this could work (it's just annoying having to hold down the click first, then press shift when you want to extend an item/region, whereas for all other click+drag+modifier commands you can hold down the modifier first :Smug: )

 

[Ermz]

Well if you're switching to PT, ya better learn to love it!

+1. Half the love for that DAW is the smart tool.

 

[Zombietakeover]

vari audio in cubase 5 has "height" sensitive editing

i hate it

sorry, not trying to kill your idea. but i hate stuff like that!

what do you mean by this?

 

[joeymusicguy]

what do you mean by this?

if your mouse is up "here" then it does "this"
if your mouse is down "here" then it does "that"

with the difference between up and down being like 32 pixels

 

[AudioGeekZine]

if your mouse is up "here" then it does "this"
if your mouse is down "here" then it does "that"

with the difference between up and down being like 32 pixels

learn to love it Joey

switching tools is for noobs

 

[joeymusicguy]

learn to love it Joey

switching tools is for noobs

lol

nice

can't wait to see what i think of ptools

 

[jval]

you don't HAVE to use smart tool... all the old school guys hate it...

 

[AudioPhile777]

you don't HAVE to use smart tool... all the old school guys hate it...

I love that little fucker... if I could mate with it and reproduce with it and have the offspring infest all the other DAW programs, I definitely would.

 

[darthjujuu]

learn to love it Joey

fortunately, you don't ever need to use it at all if you don't want to, not sure if cubase gives the option. i was about three months deep in PT before giving it a shot...but once a few situations arise where it's useful and you get locked into a streamlined workflow, like doing intense DI editing with elastic audio where you'd need to constantly be switching from grabber tool / selector tool ... you begin to appreciate its virtures

 

[Metaltastic]

So no one has any thoughts on the actual reason this thread was started?

 

[Erkan]

I do Marcus!

I support your idea.. you just discovered another one of those REALLY stupid design "bugs" in REAPER. REAPER is totally full of that shit, I hate it but it's still a nice DAW. Those three guys who develop REAPER must really be thinking ENTIRELY different than us "normal" audio guys... errr "normal"

 

[CatharsisStudios]

there have been over 100 threads to fix reapers editing on their forum and at least 50 of em where like yours



also joeys editing method works perfect in reaper moving the audio in the regions with the pencil tool not the actuall region

 

[Metaltastic]

Could you elaborate Ryan? I don't quite understand - I'm not talking about moving regions/items, but rather trimming the edges (both when they're by themselves and when they overlap to form a crossfade)

And if there have been a ton of threads...why hasn't anything happened?

 

[LeSedna]

His method is to move the waveforms inside the regions, rather than moving the regions and so the waveforms with it. I think in reaper you can do it clicking with something like ctrl or maj or a combination

Correct me if its not that

 

[Metaltastic]

Yeah, that's what I figured, though like I said, not what I'm referring to here Thanks for the support in the Reaper thread btw dude!

 

[LeSedna]

Well, I've read your post (after bumping and then deleting my post from an old thread of yours ahah) and supported it, and the first thread listed by Schwa was really interesting, dunno if you have read it :

http://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=25077

I think the idea is interesting. With a PT preset, it would be fine for what you need. But seems a hard thing to implement.

 

[AdamWathan]

Reaper 3.15 Dec 12:
Media items: shift+drag edges bypasses snapping regardless of whether shift or drag happens first

Looks like you got your wish Marcus! If only they could be this fast at implementing FUCKING TRACK BASED EDIT GROUPS AND PROPER REGION OVERLAP BEHAVIOUR!!