Hi Peter,

Swing 16th and Straight 8th will often blend together. This is because the swing is based on triplet 1/16th notes, and a triplet of 1/16th notes occurs in the same time as a single 1/8th note.

Similarly, a Swing 8th will fit with a RT that's based on 1/4 notes.

The two tracks you list are a swing 8 one and a straight 8 one. These won't fit together too well.

How I would overcome this is to create loops based on chords. I'd take a bar of the swing realtrack and in Reaper, I'd use stretch markers to align the swing notes to straight 1/8th note beats. I'd do this for each chord in the song and then use these loops to create a backing. (If the song has 6 chords, then I'd have 6 loops of 1 bar each.)

I can't see an easy solution for you.

Regards,
Noel


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