Punching in Reaper

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Hey guys.

I have a bit of a problem. I don't like when I'm trying to punch in a part in reaper and it mutes the sounds behind wherever I'm recording, and it adds a new take. Is there any way I can set it so that it just layers the audio on top of the original take. I hate having to right click, go to take, explode all takes in place, trim the dub, and glue the items. Kind of annoying, no?
 
not real clear on the question, but i'm just about to leave work. quickly, create another track under the one that needs to be fixed. record the fix on that track. make sure there's a few seconds recorded before the cut and after the cut. after you're done recording, select both tracks and split on each side, then delete the bad take and drag the new one into the existing track.

is that what you're looking for, or exactly what the problem is? :D
 
ez_willis said:
not real clear on the question, but i'm just about to leave work. quickly, create another track under the one that needs to be fixed. record the fix on that track. make sure there's a few seconds recorded before the cut and after the cut. after you're done recording, select both tracks and split on each side, then delete the bad take and drag the new one into the existing track.

is that what you're looking for, or exactly what the problem is? :D
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That's pretty much what I'm trying to eliminate. I want to be able arm the track I messed up on, punch in my part, and not have it save to a separate take. I just want the dub to be on top of the original audio.
 
squibble94 said:
That's pretty much what I'm trying to eliminate. I want to be able arm the track I messed up on, punch in my part, and not have it save to a separate take. I just want the dub to be on top of the original audio.
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It won't. Just punch the new take, then right-click > take > "crop to active take" if it's a keeper. It's simple. You don't have to trim or glue or explode anything.
 
Try this:
Right-click track > Enable track free item positioning.

This will disable the takes system per-track and give you the functionality you're looking for. (ie: no need to explode takes, previous takes won't be muted, etc..)

if you want this as a default global setting:
Preferences > Project/Defaults > [check] Free Item Positioning
 
d.bop said:
Try this:
Right-click track > Enable track free item positioning.

This will disable the takes system per-track and give you the functionality you're looking for. (ie: no need to explode takes, previous takes won't be muted, etc..)

if you want this as a default global setting:
Preferences > Project/Defaults > [check] Free Item Positioning
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That's new to me. Sweet!
 
d.bop said:
Try this:
Right-click track > Enable track free item positioning.

This will disable the takes system per-track and give you the functionality you're looking for. (ie: no need to explode takes, previous takes won't be muted, etc..)

if you want this as a default global setting:
Preferences > Project/Defaults > [check] Free Item Positioning
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That's basically what I want, but it's still muted when I record. Thanks though! That will help a lot.
 
squibble94 said:
That's basically what I want, but it's still muted when I record. Thanks though! That will help a lot.
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i have no idea why you'd want to hear the mistake you're trying to fix, but if you do you're gonna need to record the fix on a seperate track as far as i know.
 
ez_willis said:
yeah, that would screw me up. there's a reason why i'm re-tracking it.
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It's not that I want to hear the mistake. I want to be able to hear what's before and after it. But now I'm just getting picky. :p
 
squibble94 said:
It's not that I want to hear the mistake. I want to be able to hear what's before and after it. But now I'm just getting picky. :p
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cut out the bad section, select the loop points between it, right click on the record button and select Record mode: time selection auto punch. drop the cursor before the punch and just play along.
 
And you will find record mode: time selection auto punch within the Options menu.
 
squibble94 said:
It's not that I want to hear the mistake. I want to be able to hear what's before and after it. But now I'm just getting picky. :p
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Wtf? I do punch-ins and can hear whats happening before and after. You have some settings all screwy.

Do what ez and gecko said.
 
ez_willis said:
cut out the bad section, select the loop points between it, right click on the record button and select Record mode: time selection auto punch. drop the cursor before the punch and just play along.
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And that'll do it! Thanks for your help guys.
 
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