3.20 Displaying Multiple Takes
Optionally, when you have multiple takes, you may choose to have them all displayed together.
Kind: concept (user-guide-section) Chapter: 3 Recording Audio and MIDI Source: REAPER User Guide v7.70
Optionally, when you have multiple takes, you may choose to have them all displayed together. This of course takes up more room on the screen, but has the advantage that it makes it easier to see for your various tracks which take is currently selected. This option is toggled on and off by pressing Ctrl L or by choosing Options, Show all takes (when room) from the Main Menu.
In the first example (shown right), three takes have been made of a vocal. The first and third are complete takes, the second is a punched-in overdub of only the middle section.
In this case, the option to Display empty takes (Options, Take behavior menu) has been enabled. This ensures that the short overdubbed section is given its own distinct space. This makes it easier for you to keep track visually of which parts of each take belong together.
In order to be able to choose the best parts from each take, we have split the media items. To do this, select the track, position the cursor at the required spot and press S.
We can then make our selection as shown above.
In this second illustration, we press Ctrl L to turn display of lanes off. Only those segments that we have selected can now be seen.
Note: When you create multiple alternative takes in this way you will later be able to easily pick the best passages from each of your takes and join them together as a single item. The method for doing this will be explained in Chapter 8 of this User Guide.