merge a second project into an existing one

[o_e]

Hi,

What is the best way to merge two projects, I have two projects from Vordio which contain Audio of a film project, the second are additional files, so I would prefer to put them on extra tracks. The second project contains ~100 files..

thanks for any advice!

[nofish]

Possibilities I can think of:
- open both projects in tabs, copy/paste tracks from one to the other
- this
- this (not used myself)

[bolgwrad]

[Make a copy of the project in its own folder, copying all media.]

Copy from one tab to the other is how I do it, but it depends on how complex the sends are as to how much of a headache it would be.

There used to be a menu option to open a new Reaper window - you might find it more helpful to open a portable version to manage the attached files, with your installed version as the main event. You can then see both Reaper windows at once.

The other thing I'd do in the target version is create enough new empty tracks to paste the new project in, so your new tracks don't overlap old tracks with important settings. Set you cursor to 00:00 on track 1 and paste!

[o_e]

Thanks for the tips!


I just start to work with the- open both projects in tabs, copy/paste tracks from one to the other- solution.
What I find a little worrisome was that when controlling my track per track copy& paste, sometimes the second of a bunch of items was pasted one frame to early, is that a known issue?
100% reliability is needed here..

[bolgwrad]

Originally Posted by o_e

Thanks for the tips!


I just start to work with the- open both projects in tabs, copy/paste tracks from one to the other- solution.
What I find a little worrisome was that when controlling my track per track copy& paste, sometimes the second of a bunch of items was pasted one frame to early, is that a known issue?
100% reliability is needed here..

I don't know. Snap-to-grid can be a little unforgiving. Check using a marker.

[o_e]

Originally Posted by bolgwrad

I don't know. Snap-to-grid can be a little unforgiving. Check using a marker.

What do you mean by that exactly?
Is it a bug or do I miss something, could it be a rounding error?

[bolgwrad]

Originally Posted by o_e

What do you mean by that exactly?
Is it a bug or do I miss something, could it be a rounding error?

If there was an actual snapping bug I think it would be all over the forums, but I find that I need to be very careful copying complex item groups with snap on. It may be my (default) timeline divisions are too fine. I wish there was an intermediate stage (like 'containers' which surfaced in the devs for a while) so you could lock such a group before copying it.