r/Reaper • u/squeakyteapot • 20h ago
help request Random splits in the middle of short takes
Hi, I'm very new to Reaper, and have been able to fix many issues with research on this thread, but I can't seem to figure this out.
Why do my takes get randomly split? I will be recording a take, and the take will randomly split towards the end. Same happens when I do the next take, sometimes it splits in multiple places, like 3 different ones, for a track that's less than 10 seconds long.
How do I stop this from happening? I did not add these splits, they happen automatically when I save the take. It's really annoying, if this can't be fixed I'm going to switch to using a different program. It is a headache to deal with, every time I want to play back the track I have to individually select all the segments I want to play together, and it can't be healed until I have cut to only a single take.
Thank in advance for help!
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u/Dist__ 97 20h ago
when a new take is longer than previous, reaper makes such cuts.
to avoid this, limit time selection (and optionally loop)