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I feel dumb for not being able to figure this out.

Ok, I did a session where I recorded a singer/guitar player with 3 mics in single takes. Ten songs.

I was too lazy to open up all new sessions for each tune, so I basically let her track a song, then I'd put a little bit of space, then we went onto the next track. So there are literally 10 songs across 3 tracks.

When it came time to mix, all the songs actually required different treatment, depending on things like whether a pick was used or if the guitar was strummed...all kinds of little things.

So when I'd try to mix down one of the songs, I couldn't figure out how to do that without rendering the entire session. Is there a way to just highlight let's say 3 audio clips on 3 different tracks and mix those AND ONLY THOSE down to a stereo file?
 
I've never used Reaper. But I'd bet you can start at the last tune, high light it and cut it and paste it to new. Just whittle it down into individual projects.
 
Highlight the song you want to deal with. Do all your mixing on this.

When done, go to file/render, then select "render time selection". The radio button for this is above the spot where you select an output file.
 
Track Rat said:
I've never used Reaper. But I'd bet you can start at the last tune, high light it and cut it and paste it to new. Just whittle it down into individual projects.
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You're right...that would work. But I really wanted to keep it in one session instead of 10...I'm pretty lazy, and I didn't want to have to do the same FX in ten different sessions, even though it would be easy enough to save the FX chain and just import it, but I'd have to do it ten times. Did I mention I was lazy? And I wasn't sure the volume enveloping would transfer. But thank you for the post...

Wish14 said:
Post #3

Best way to split up long file into separate tracks to burn to CD? - Audio & Anarchy
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A good thread in a thread, lol. Thanks

gecko zzed said:
Highlight the song you want to deal with. Do all your mixing on this.

When done, go to file/render, then select "render time selection". The radio button for this is above the spot where you select an output file.
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I actually didn't have that option even after highlighting (grayed out), but your post pointed me in the right direction...I can just put the start and end times of the renderings of each song. Problem solved....no more waiting for 9 blank songs to render so that I could get one song!! Thanks everybody.
 
You should be able to highlight the area you want to render simply by dragging the mouse from start to finish, either along the top (where the bars and time are) or in the body of the screen where the tracks are, (but not on a track).
 
gecko zzed said:
You should be able to highlight the area you want to render simply by dragging the mouse from start to finish, either along the top (where the bars and time are) or in the body of the screen where the tracks are, (but not on a track).
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Yeah, I know what you're talking about, because I've done it (accidentally) in the past. Many times. But now left or right clicking on the timebar does nothing. I have a vague memory of turning time selection off, but honestly, it's not that big of a deal to me. It's rare that I record ten songs at once in the same session, and now I know how to mix down just parts by using the start/end time feature. Thanks.
 
If your to lazy to copy and paste i can only imagine what these tracks sound like
 
one guy said:
If your to lazy to copy and paste i can only imagine what these tracks sound like
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They're pretty awful. I'm a total hack at this stuff. Thank God I got an education so that I can spell things like "you're" and "too."
 
He's actually only missing the commas. He was referring to your (posessive) to lazy, your to copy, and your paste. The "are defined" in the middle of the sentence are implicit. He's probably a programmer.
"If your to lazy, to copy, and paste are defined, I can only imagine what these tracks sound like."
:D

Seriously though, putting all the songs in a single project is kind of weird.
 
VomitHatSteve said:
He's actually only missing the commas. He was referring to your (posessive) to lazy, your to copy, and your paste. The "are defined" in the middle of the sentence are implicit. He's probably a programmer.
"If your to lazy, to copy, and paste are defined, I can only imagine what these tracks sound like."
:D

Seriously though, putting all the songs in a single project is kind of weird.
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It's a bit weird, and perhaps unusual. But sometimes very practical. I've done the same thing. Just yesterday I had someone come in and record a heap of unaccompanied songs. The most effective way is simply to record them one after the other, then split them up afterwards. That way you can easily apply the same settings across all songs (as opposed to, say, loading up a template).

There is some difficulty when settings need to change between songs. Manslick said to use automation, which is an effective way of managing those changes. But the songs still need to be split up afterwards.
 
yeah so split them after and put them each in a different project would that not be easier then adding effects to individual sections? and easier to mix down.
 
chrisharris said:
I feel dumb for not being able to figure this out.

Ok, I did a session where I recorded a singer/guitar player with 3 mics in single takes. Ten songs.

I was too lazy to open up all new sessions for each tune, so I basically let her track a song, then I'd put a little bit of space, then we went onto the next track. So there are literally 10 songs across 3 tracks.

When it came time to mix, all the songs actually required different treatment, depending on things like whether a pick was used or if the guitar was strummed...all kinds of little things.

So when I'd try to mix down one of the songs, I couldn't figure out how to do that without rendering the entire session. Is there a way to just highlight let's say 3 audio clips on 3 different tracks and mix those AND ONLY THOSE down to a stereo file?
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Use - Render Loop Section or Render Custom.
 
@ Manslick . . . too slow! That was mentioned in the second post!

@one guy . . . there are many ways of solving a problem.
 
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