
It will also be shown at the bottom of the "Actions" dropdown in the main toolbar. Now your custom action will show up in the Action list (you may have to search for it). Give you new custom action a name, then press "OK" to save it. To add more actions to your custom action, repeat: Filter > select action > drag to field on the right. If you do want to create a new custom action (which you do, if you want more than one action to happen using a single shortcut), press "New" next to "Custom actions", search for the action using the filter field.and drag the actions you want into the field on the right. In the "Keyboard/MIDI/OSC input" dialog, press the keys you want for the shortcut. Use the filter field to search for the action you want (in this case it's "Xenakios/SWS: Create markers from selected items.") If you just want to bind this one action to a key, click "Add", next to "Shortcuts for selected action" (if it already has a key assigned to it, it will show up in this field).

Here's a way to do that with custom actions: Go to Actions > Show action list. Let's say you want to create a custom action like the one mentioned above - you want to save item names to a text file, as an easy way to make a track list of a selection of items.
AUTORENDER REAPER SWS HOW TO
How to create a custom action & assign it to a keyboard shortcut: Save item names to a text file (handy for making a quick track list).ġ) "Xenakios/SWS: Create markers from selected items (name by take source file name)"Ģ) "Xenakios/SWS: Save project markers as text."Īrrange/modify items: You want to do this:

If you need a primer on how to use Reaper's action list to search for actions and their assigned shortcut keys, or how to create custom Reaper actions of your own, I have made a quick guide at the bottom of the page. All of these require you to have SWS-extensions installed. Many of them already have shortcut keys assigned, which you may or may not want to use. Reaper's actions and the ability to create your own custom actions are wonderful, but figuring out exactly how to do what you want - and whether it is even possible - can be tricky.īelow are some of the actions/custom actions I use all (or some) of the time.

My personal repository of Reaper actions I find useful when making sound effects libraries, what they do & how to set them up.
