Transport Actions

The Transport Actions are fairly simple, and as a result, I often use them as "proof of life" actions when I'm first setting up a new surface mapping. If I can get a button on a surface mapped to the Play action, then I know I've got most of the basic setup for the surface working properly and I can move on to doing more advanced things.

The Transport Actions are:

• Rewind
• FastForward
• Play
• Stop
• Record
• CycleTimeline
• MCUTimeDisplay
• OSCTimeDisplay
• CycleTimeDisplayModes

Rewind

Rewind moves the Reaper Edit/Play cursor. The Rewind action in CSI has a latching behavior where a single button press starts rewinding until you press stop. A second press of Rewind causes it to Rewind at a faster speed.

Zone "Buttons"
   Rewind     Rewind
ZoneEnd

FastForward

FastForward moves the Reaper Edit/Play cursor. The FastForward action in CSI has a latching behavior where a single button press starts fast-forwarding until you press stop. A second press of FastForward causes it to FastForward at a faster speed.

Zone "Buttons"
   FastForward     FastForward
ZoneEnd

Play

Begins playback in Reaper.

Zone "Buttons"
    Play     Play
ZoneEnd

Stop

Stops playback in Reaper.

Zone "Buttons"
    Stop     Stop
ZoneEnd

CycleTimeline

Engages Reaper's "Toggle Repeat" (aka "Loop") mode.

Zone "Buttons"
    Cycle     CycleTimeline
ZoneEnd

MCUTimeDisplay

When paired with the appropriate FB_MCUTimeDisplay widget, the TimeDisplay action will display the time from Reaper, based on the time display mode.

Then that would be paired with the below action in the .zon file.

    TimeDisplay                 MCUTimeDisplay

OSCTimeDisplay

Use OSCTimeDisplay for displaying Reaper's time, including the various modes, on an OSC surface. This is basically the OSC equivalent of MCUTimeDisplay.

Zone "Buttons"
    TimeDisplay                 OSCTimeDisplay
ZoneEnd

CycleTimeDisplayModes

When combined with MCUTimeDisplay or OSCTimeDisplay, CycleTimeDisplayModes will change the time display mode in Reaper and surface. This action cycles through the following 6 modes: 1) Minutes/Seconds, 2) Measures.Beats/Minutes:Seconds:Frames, 3) Measure.Beats, 4) Seconds, 5) Samples, 6) Hours:Minutes:Seconds:Frames

    smpteBeats                  CycleTimeDisplayModes