music/daw/reaper/ ReaperTricks

Loops and Sections

Lurking in the right click menu.

reaper copy paste

To create a loop from an area of an existing item:

  1. Adjust time selection to contain desired area.
  2. Copy loop of selected area of items (Ctrl+Alt+L)
  3. Paste.

To just copy a section

  1. Adjust time selection to contain desired area.
  2. Copy selected area if items
  3. Paste.

Or also you can

  1. Put cursor at the start of the desired area.
  2. Ctrl+Drag in an empty part of a track to create a new item from the old

And to convert an item into a loop

  1. Select item
  2. Action: Time selection: Set time selection to items (I assign this to the Q keystroke as I use it often)
  3. Copy loop of selected area of items
  4. Set playhead to start of item (the Set time selection to items action will do this for you)
  5. Delete and paste.

With the Q keystroke defined as above, this reduces to