Old 08-11-2018, 08:41 PM   #1
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Having a hell of a time automating send volume because if they start at -inf no matter what I do they won't pass through the audio.

Simple example project
https://www.dropbox.com/s/1us099bk9h...0test.RPP?dl=0


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https://www.dropbox.com/s/5pviilszk1...o_bug.png?dl=0

video of various attempts to make it work. sorry no sound but you can see the meters on track 2 when it's working or not.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cppt7jTDOcE

In case it matters, I use global automation 99% of the time. Latch preview or read.

When I add the send envelope I expect it to start at it's current value, rather than at 0.


Example: I want to automate a vocal to send into a reverb for certain moments and silent for the rest of the song.
1 - I make the send
2 - I move the send fader from default of -6 to -inf.
3 - I make the track envelope visible (the send jumps to 0)
4 - I automate the envelope segment up to 0 (or any value)
result - send is silent.


My reaper.ini
https://www.dropbox.com/s/zhccnd8leo...eaper.ini?dl=0
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Old 08-22-2018, 12:01 AM   #2
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bump!

either I'm doing something wrong or automation for sends is very broken.
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Old 08-22-2018, 12:16 AM   #3
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you know, just last night I wanted to either have a send MUTE or UNMUTE via an Automation Envelope.. weirdness is that I was doing exactly as you say, wanting to send to a REV but only at certain points, for just a bar or two.

I could create the env. and create the automation. But as you say it would not work. I think it worked once but I couldn't get it to function for a good many tries.

I may not be on the same update, but it seemed broken to me. Just odd to see the same issue the very next night, here.
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Old 08-22-2018, 04:46 AM   #4
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Looks like Sends may not be behaving like the track volume control, which is what you're expecting.


The Send Volume has two volume parameters, just like Track Volume does. That's the Read/Trim send, and the envelope-driven send volume.



In the Reaper Preferences / Automation, there's a dropdown menu.

When adding volume/pan envelopes, apply trim to envelope and reset trim:

That only applies to track volume and pan, but not to Send volume. That's the difference here.

Justin, this is going to come up again and again. Maybe it's time the send volume/pan are handled the same way as the track volume/pan when their envelopes are added and armed by touching them in a latching/writing mode. Consistency. John didn't fall out of the Cubase tree just last week.
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Old 10-29-2020, 09:17 AM   #5
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Solution

Sends default -inf
Apply trim: Always

https://reaperblog.net/2020/10/apply-trim-sends/
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Old 10-29-2020, 09:34 AM   #6
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Quote:
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Solution

Sends default -inf
Apply trim: Always

https://reaperblog.net/2020/10/apply-trim-sends/
THanks for this EpicSounds, I've been looking for a solution for this myself.
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Old 11-13-2020, 05:13 PM   #7
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you know, just last night I wanted to either have a send MUTE or UNMUTE via an Automation Envelope.. weirdness is that I was doing exactly as you say, wanting to send to a REV but only at certain points, for just a bar or two.
Yep. Reported this as a bug in May. No response. See here https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=236722. problem since v5.
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