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- 1OSARA Key Map
- 2The Actions List
- 2.1managing shortcuts
- 2.2what about the other buttons on the actions dialog?
OSARA Key Map[edit]
May 11, 2016 Teo Oliver September 25, 2015 at 6:11 am. I just started to migrating to Reaper from pro tools. The last two weeks i was changing all the shortcuts and mouse modifiers so Reaper feels and work like Pro Tools, but in this process i am discovering a lot of features the don’t exist in Pro Tools that are really handy, and Reaper offers a lot of better and different workflows that i will enjoy to. If you’re into rock or other genres that make heavy use of recorded instruments, then Reaper, Logic Pro X, Pro Tools or even Cubase might be a better option. This is entirely up to interpretation, however, as whatever works, works. It might be good to do a comparison between Reaper vs Ableton or Reaper vs Pro Tools. See what you prefer yourself. Pro tools follows the same basic workflow as Reaper and especially Logic. You should understand how to route basic inputs and such. Also if you decide to migrate stems from Reaper to Pro Tools, just know that each audio file will automatically import as stereo.
When installing OSARA, there is an option to install the OSARA Key Map. All keyboard commands described in this Wiki, unless specifically noted, will assume that you have this installed. A number of the OSARA bindings use actions that are from SWS, this is another reason to install SWS when installing Reaper and Osara.
Most of the Wiki content will include the Windows mapping, if you use Reaper on the Mac, then the below conversions will assist in finding the Mac version.
Windows to Mac[edit]
- Windows Control is Mac Command
- Windows Alt is Mac Option
- The Windows Key is Mac Control
The vast majority of keystrokes are mapped as per the above conversions. There are a few exceptions to this though. In some cases commands on Windows when converted to Mac, run into system commands or are problematic for other reasons. For example, the action 'Unmute all tracks,' is Control+F5, on the Mac, this is Command+F5 and toggles Voice-Over off an on. In these situations, the Mac Command Key is replaced with the Mac Control key. Another class of actions that have slight differences between Windows and Mac are those for adjusting the boundaries of time selections and item edges. To adjust the left boundary of these you use the Control key as the modifier on Windows and Option as the modifier on Mac. The right boundary uses Alt as the modifier on windows, and Command as the modifier on Mac.
As many of the actions in Reaper use the F-Keys, you may wish to change the default behaviour of these keys under System Preferences for your Mac. For example, by default F11 and F12 control volume. Go into System Preferences, Keyboard, and find 'Use F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys'. After checking this box, you can now use these keys as described, as standard function keys rather than controlling the hardware. If you still want to be able to use them to control hardware, add the FN key.
The Actions List[edit]
A really great aspect of Reaper is the Actions List. Essentially, anything that Reaper can do can be assigned to a keyboard shortcut or a button, knob, slider, pad or key on a midi keyboard or controller. This is excellent news for blind users. Even better is the fact that many of Reaper's actions are already assigned to keyboard shortcuts, and OSARA and the Sws extension extends this even further. We covered how to download OSARA and SWS in the Getting Started section. You will need OSARA in order to make Reaper accessible.
All possible actions, along with information about associated keyboard shortcuts, can be found in the Actions List. The way to immediately get to this is to press F4. The Actions List is a very powerful tool. The first thing you land on when you press F4 is an edit field that allows you to type in order to filter down your results. If you Tab a few times past the edit field, you will get to a list of actions, preceded by the associated shortcut. The keyboard shortcut, if there is one assigned, is read first, followed by the description of what that shortcut does. If there isn't a shortcut assigned to an action, but you would like there to be, you can easily assign one, but we will cover that in a moment. If you press enter, the selected action will be carried out and you exit the Actions List, if you press escape you will simply exit the Actions List.
managing shortcuts[edit]
To assign a shortcut to an action that does not have one, first locate it on the list of shortcuts by selecting it with the up or down arrow keys. If then the tab key is pressed once, another list will be announced, which contains the shortcut or shortcuts that belong to that action (there can be more than one indeed). Tabbing once more will place the focus on an add button, tabbing one more time will place the focus on a delete button.
adding shortcuts[edit]
To add a shortcut you can tab to the add button, and press enter or space on it. You can then press the desired key combination and then press enter. If the hotkey is already bound to another action, reaper will alert you of this fact and will ask you if you wish to override the mapping. If you answer no, changes are discarded and you are back on the actions dialog. If you answer yes, whichever action it is that had that key combination already in use will have it removed and the new assignment will be valid for the action for which you just added a shortcut.
If you tab inside the dialog in which you add a shortcut instead of typing in a hotkey or moving a midi controller to assign to an action, you will find a button called special key, enter, tab.. You can thus press enter on that button, press shift enter for example, then press enter once more, and your shortcut will be assigned to shift enter and you will be taken back to the actions list dialog.
deleting assignments[edit]
To delete a hotkey combination that has been assigned to a particular action you first have to select the action, then the assigned hotkey from the list that is before the add.. button, and then you can press enter or space on the delete button. There is no confirmation dialog!
what about the other buttons on the actions dialog?[edit]
There are two new.. buttons The first one of them will create a custom action and another one will be for making a new ReaScript. The 'load..' button will open a dialog that prompts for a reaScript file, and the import/export button will let you import and export reaper key maps. The menu editor will allow you to customize every aspect of the menus in reaper, including which actions will appear or disappear! from what menu and the order in which they appear, their names, titles ETC. And you can import and export all of those menu sets as well.
creating custom action macros[edit]
A custom action consists of a series of actions, bundled together into one single keystroke. There is no limit into how many actions you can have assigned to just one key. For example, one of the actions already present in the osara key map is assigned to the letter A, and its called
Custom: Select and split item under edit or play cursor
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- Xenakios/SWS: Select items under edit cursor on selected tracks
- Item: Split items at edit or play cursor
When you press the first 'new..' button in the action dialog you will come to the screen that lets you create custom actions.a description of this dialog follows
- the first edit box that you will encounter as soon as you open the dialog is for the action name.
- consolidate undo points: this checkbox lets you group all of the performed actions into one if you wish. Useful when you repeat one action several times and do not want your undo history to be cluttered.
- filter: enter here actions to search
- the OK and cancel buttons save and discard your changes or new actions
- the first list. Here, you will have a list of every action in reaper. if you used the search filter, you will see your results here
- list two, or second list: here is where your sequence of actions go, in order.
- Show in actions menu: this option lets you toggle the visibility of this custom action in the recently used actions menu.
So, how to add actions from the first list to the second list?What you will have to do is to select the desired action on the first list, and then use your screen reader's cursor routing functions.
- For jaws this is routing the jaws cursor to pc using jaws plus numpad minus (desktops), jaws plus left bracket (laptops) and then performing a double click.
- For NVDA, you have to move the mouse to the current navigator object insert plus numpad dash (desktops), alt shift M (laptops) and then use the keystroke that performs the default action on the current navigator object using NVDA plus enter. However if your navigator object follows your cursor, you just press NVDA plus enter without having to route the mouse.
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After you have double clicked the action it will show up in the second list. If you need to remove an action from that list, you first select it and then tab five times to find a button called remove action.
One obvious use case for custom actions would be to create two actions to navigate to the top of the track list, and then speaking the track name. Same for navigating to the bottom of the track list, then speaking the track name as reaper does not have such actions yet. To do this
- open the create custom actions dialog, and then give the action a name
- use the filter to search for the action Track: Select track 01
- tab to the list containing the results, and add this action to the second list.
- go back to the search filter and search for Track: Select last touched track
- tab to the list containing the results, and add this action to the second list. There should be two in this exact order.
- go back to the search filter and search for OSARA: Report track/item/time selection (depending on focus)
- tab to the list containing the results, and add this action to the second list. There should be three in this exact order.
- press the OK button, and you are ready to assign a shortcut as described above.
Opel antara service manual. To create an action that will go to the bottom of the track list, you will need to bundle all of the following:
- Track: Select all tracks
- Xenakios/SWS: Select last of selected tracks
- OSARA: report track/item/time selection (depending on focus)
There is also an audio tutorial available which describes how to make custom actions.
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Shortcut help[edit]
One very effective way to learn Reaper is by using shortcut Help. When in Shortcut Help, press any key or combination of keys on your computer keyboard to hear what action is associated to that key or key combination. For instance, if you press down arrow, you will hear, “go to next track.” If you press up arrow, you will hear, “go to previous track.” If you press control space, you will discover that this is to play and pause. You can enter and exit Shortcut Help by pressing F12. If you have a midi controller or keyboard and actions are assigned to any of its buttons, faders or knobs then pressing, fading or turning any of them will also read out the associated action.Lastly, there is a neatly compiled Reaper shortcut key list by headings which includes every reaper keyboard shortcut and lists them in terms of function.
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Learn the ins and outs of using Reaper to supplement your Pro Tools workflow – from a Pro Tools user perspective.
Though Pro Tools remains the industry standard DAW in the world of audio post production for sound editing and mixing, many sound artists have taken an interest in Reaper as a sort of “sound design sandbox” due to its powerful and flexible features.
One such sound artist is Bob Kellough(Spider-Man: Homecoming, Justice League). We asked Bob to share some tips and tricks for making sense of Reaper coming a Pro Tools background.
I’ve been using Reaper as a sound design DAW for the past few years and have found the transition from Pro Tools to be initially challenging but extremely rewarding.
The challenge was not due to inadequacies in Reaper (it is an extremely robust DAW) but more so in its GUI after years of working in Pro Tools.
So while this is by no means an exhaustive list of features, here a few things Pro Tools user may find useful in Reaper (and where they are located).
Let’s start with a seemingly simple menu with a few powerful sets of features: Hello neighbor ios.
1. Media Item Properties
The ‘Media Item Properties’ window in reaper allows you to edit the clip name, Fade in, fade out, cross fade, Pitch, length change, non destructive reverse, volume and clip effects. All nondestructively. To call up this window simply double click on the item. Voila! Nondestructive clip manipulation is now at your fingertips.
2. Pitching and Playback Rate.
Again, these tools are within the Media Item Properties window.
Playback rate is just that, faster or slower. If you adjust the rate it will speed up or slow down the media once you update the window by clicking ‘apply’. By default the ‘preserve pitch when changing rate’ is checked. This will change the playback rate without changing the pitch. If this unchecked the pitch will raise or lower according to playback speed.
Playback rate is just that, faster or slower. If you adjust the rate it will speed up or slow down the media once you update the window by clicking ‘apply’. By default the ‘preserve pitch when changing rate’ is checked. This will change the playback rate without changing the pitch. If this unchecked the pitch will raise or lower according to playback speed.
Pitch will adjust the pitch of the media while not adjusting the playback rate. Again, both of these commands are non-destructive and can be performed in real-time.
Note: Another little gem about Reaper is it comes bundled with its own plug-ins one of which is a powerful pitching tool called “ReaPitch”. It is listed in the fx listing and not only adjusts semitones and cents but also formants. This can be applied as a clip effect or on a track.
3. Nondestructive Reverse
This is also located in the Media Item Properties display. Simply select a piece of media, pull up Media Item Properties and reverse. If you select the ‘section’ it will reverse only section edited in the timeline. If ‘section’ is not selected the entire media item will reverse. For example, if there is a 1 minute clip and 10 seconds of that clip is in the edit, reversing that section with ‘selection’ ticked will only reverse the 10 seconds while unticked will reverse the entire piece of media.
4. Take FX
Clips based effects in Reaper are effects that can be added to a clip of media in real time, no rendering. Effects can be layered and manipulated while Reaper is in playback. An effect is selected from your VST and AU plugins, including plug ins that come bundled with Reaper. To find this locate take effects on the lower left of your Media Item Properties menu. Click on this and a list will be present with loaded VST and AU fx. You can scroll down the list, or type and search for plugin.
5. Instantly Convert Any Track to an Aux
Ok, getting away from the Media Item Properties for a minute let’s talk bussing. Within the edit menu is a powerful small folder icon. Selecting this will turn any track into an aux being fed by tracks below it instantly. No need to create a bus on the IO page, click this and you’re done. I find this very useful for creating quick groups that will be bundled together for compression, eq, verb, etc. The tracks are just as easily split apart by deselecting the folder icon or clicking and dragging a track out of the newly created group. There is a more sophisticated routing systems also built into Reaper where tracks can be re-assigned outputs on the fly. Beyond the scope of this quick overview but worth looking into within the Reaper manual.
6. Multiple Project Windows
Multiple project tabs with no track count limitation. One project for one idea, another for a second idea, perhaps a third for midi instruments. However you want to break it up, Reaper is very flexible with this. This command is located under the file menu – new project tab.
7. Media Explorer
Reaper uses this window similar to pro tools workspace. As a user the interface is simple to use and intuitive. Locate your drives / partitions and type in what you are looking for. Reaper will begin the search while you are typing and it is FAST. Not only can you audition clips in this window but also can have monitor fx enabled (top right) adjust play back speed, highlight and inserts clips directly to your Reaper timeline AND drag clips into your Pro Tools timeline. You heard right. Not only that but drag to your desktop. It’s pretty slick for those FX you know exist in a session from last year but is still labeled “Audio 3_rev”. Reaper can help you find it quickly. To pull up this window you can select it under “View”.
8. Price (AKA Brass Tacks)
Reaper is offered at two price points: $60 and $225 – the first for personal use, and the second for professional. Please refer to the Reaper website for specifics and end user agreement. For the price I find Reaper – a fully functioning DAW with powerful editing capabilities, flexibility and midi interactivity (future article) … not to mention Ambisonics capabilities – to be nothing short of excellent.
Oh – did you I mention you can assign your own key commands to any function? Or choose your own theme? Or the program is small enough to fit on a thumb drive?
I would also like to mention that Dave Farmer has manyIntroduction to Reaper YouTube videosthat are extremely useful. And theReaper manualis helpful and straightforward.
I hope you found these few initial pointers useful. And have fun exploring Reaper!
Bob Kellough is a supervising sound editor/re-recording mixer working on some of the most popular films and TV shows, including Justice League, Loving, and Spiderman: Homecoming.
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