Old 03-01-2015, 09:15 PM   #1
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I'm recording a song on my guitar in small sections at a time then move and join the sections together in a main song track. How can I control or change the volume of a section so that it matches the section I am joining it to. I thought that having the volume slider set the same during recording would do it but it doesn't for me.
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Old 03-01-2015, 10:27 PM   #2
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If you split up the sections you can use clip gain (drag the top of an item) to change it's volume and enter precise volumes in the item properties.
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Old 03-02-2015, 10:52 AM   #3
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OR you can make pre-fx automations (click on the envelope button on the TCP and select the pre-fx one)
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.. enter precise volumes in the item properties.
You can? I can't (Reaper 4.77)
ItemProperties allows many things, exept adjusting exact vol-Levels .
Correct me if i'm wrong.
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Old 03-03-2015, 09:26 AM   #5
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Default item volume

I would try normalizing each item. You can do that in item properties. You can also normalize on the right-click menu on items.
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You can? I can't (Reaper 4.77)
ItemProperties allows many things, exept adjusting exact vol-Levels .
Correct me if i'm wrong.
Big section in the middle:

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Old 03-03-2015, 12:23 PM   #7
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hello, one thing to remember is that the fader does not effect recording level, it only adjusts the playback level. if you need to adjust record level you need to adjust before imputing to Reaper ... dave
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Old 03-03-2015, 04:04 PM   #8
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Big section in the middle:

count me in, i am not able to enter exact db's,
do you rightclick the fader like in mcp and tcp ?
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Old 03-04-2015, 05:31 AM   #9
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Sorry for my post above, tried to clear the possibilities in the ItemsProperties.
more exact db-level can be set when pressing CTRL (windows) while dragging the vol-fader

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I'm recording a song on my guitar in small sections at a time then move and join the sections together in a main song track. How can I control or change the volume of a section so that it matches the section I am joining it to. I thought that having the volume slider set the same during recording would do it but it doesn't for me.
when it's on the tape its on the tape. Always try to get equal recording levels
when recording stepwise.

vol-editing in reaper can be done in the items itself like Fergler tried to
describe above. You can set the vol-level in the items properties (f2) with the
slider.
You can set a vol-level in the item itself when dragging the line (typically in
the middle of the item when not changed) (this is another level than the level
in the item-properties) with the mouse. the cursor will change when near the line.
Or you can draw a more complex vol-curve. In items properties (f2) you find
"Take Envelope", where you can select Vol, Pan, Mute an pitch envelopes.
those will be drawn into the item and can be handled like "normal" automationcurves


As a compressor is nothing else than an automatic vol-leveler you can try it with
f.i. the ReaComp to get proper levels along the track.
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