External Editor...do you use one?

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I had a Reaper fanboi tell me once that he had no use for an external editor with Reaper...I use one, basically for fades and to chop off the beginnings and ends of songs. I guess I could do that by specifying that Reaper only mix down the audio between 2 time markers, but that seems like a pain in the ass. I also use an editor to destructive edits that always work, like rolling off the lows on a vocal. I guess I could put the effect on the track and then mix down, then delete the original track and take the effect off...

Hrm...I started this thread with the idea that I was going to ask people how they use this program without an external editor...now I think I just want to know if you use one or not, lol.
 
When I used Logic, I double-clicked on a WAV which opened an editing window, then performed a variety of operations within that.

It took me a while to get out of that habit in Reaper, and for a while I regarded it as a Reaper deficiency.

However, by zooming in as far as I want to, I can do all the micro-editing I want within the main arrange window, and I am more than happy with that.

For fades and chopping of the beginnings and endings of songs, just zoom in and use the fade tool on the WAV.

For what used to be destructive edits (such as you describe), I use inserts . . . and like non-destructively being able to change my mind afterwards.

So the simple answer is: no, I don't use an external editor.
 
gecko zzed said:
For fades and chopping of the beginnings and endings of songs, just zoom in and use the fade tool on the WAV.
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Do you do that on every single track? Or are you talking about mixing everything in the session down to a file in Reaper somehow and then zooming in on that...?
 
both.

I will tidy up the starts and stops of takes and assorted tracks, do a render, then load the render into reaper and clean it up there.

However, what I have not yet been able to find in Reaper is a global analysis tool, and on occasion I will still load a file into an ancient version of Soundforge (Soundforge 4.5) for this.
 
Here's how hard I work.

When I render a file, I select "open."

Then I highlight the beginning and delete. Then I highlight the end and fade.

It's exhausting.
 
gecko zzed said:
both.

I will tidy up the starts and stops of takes and assorted tracks, do a render, then load the render into reaper and clean it up there.

However, what I have not yet been able to find in Reaper is a global analysis tool, and on occasion I will still load a file into an ancient version of Soundforge (Soundforge 4.5) for this.
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Me too! I've still got my old "go to" Sound Forge 4.0 and 4.5. Remember when it was a Sonic Foundry product before Sony?
 
gecko zzed said:
When I used Logic, I double-clicked on a WAV which opened an editing window, then performed a variety of operations within that.
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You can do that in Reaper; it launches your external editor if set.
I actually had to lower the double-click sensitivity in Windows because I kept on booting Audacity by accident.
 
gecko zzed said:
When I used Logic, I double-clicked on a WAV which opened an editing window, then performed a variety of operations within that.

It took me a while to get out of that habit in Reaper, and for a while I regarded it as a Reaper deficiency.

However, by zooming in as far as I want to, I can do all the micro-editing I want within the main arrange window, and I am more than happy with that.

For fades and chopping of the beginnings and endings of songs, just zoom in and use the fade tool on the WAV.

For what used to be destructive edits (such as you describe), I use inserts . . . and like non-destructively being able to change my mind afterwards.

So the simple answer is: no, I don't use an external editor.
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I read this and this is exactly how it was for me as well. No external editor for me.
 
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