bendish Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 Just started using REAPER... Its an amazing program but as a result quite hard to figure out how to configure the actions to suit your workflow. Anyone got any awesome tips and advise for REAPER converts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruising for burgers Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TubularCorporation Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 (edited) Get yourself the SWS extensions package, if only for the loudness analysis and better management of track and item colors (which are two of the most basic things it adds, but also by far the most used for me). http://sws-extension.org/ The Reaper Blog's Youtube channel is really useful. I'd say the top priorities would be learning your way around folders and the various routing matrices, then parameter modulation and the render matrix. I find the Paulie theme a lot nicer to use than the default theme. There are a bunch of variants now, I'm personally using Paulie CLR. That said, if you're new to Reaper it might make more sense to work with the default theme until you know it well. I didn't start using Paulie until I'd been on Reaper for a few years and decided I needed more efficient use of screen space. Also, I don't use it myself because my desktop never goes on line, but ReaPack seems like a really handy thing. Edited March 26, 2018 by RSP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendish Posted March 26, 2018 Author Share Posted March 26, 2018 (edited) yea thanks I got that...working through commands for basic zooming, rendering, bouncing etc just small things that drive me nuts like zoom track heights doesn't apply to foldered tracks etc paulie theme is nice Edited March 26, 2018 by bendish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entorwellian Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 I've actually had problems with REAPER too. 80% of the options are all about configuring your workflow. It's both its greatest and weakest strength, but REAPER updates their software like twice a week and things are being changed and added constantly so I never feel like I can understand the software 100%. It's frustrating to the point that I wish they would slow down their updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qualitycontrol Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 What workflow are you used to? You can search the forums and there are various keymaps to mimic other DAWs. I chose to just learn the standard reaper layout (I started using reaper with version 1.55) -- it takes several weeks but once you learn it it's easy. Best DAW ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entorwellian Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 (edited) Something similar to cooledit pro. REAPER feels more like somewhere I put finished work to arrange it into an album. I find that REAPER isn't as "destructive" as cool edit. Edited March 26, 2018 by Entorwellian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendish Posted March 27, 2018 Author Share Posted March 27, 2018 I've actually had problems with REAPER too. 80% of the options are all about configuring your workflow. It's both its greatest and weakest strength, but REAPER updates their software like twice a week and things are being changed and added constantly so I never feel like I can understand the software 100%. It's frustrating to the point that I wish they would slow down their updates. yep studio one is awesome cause its so simple and straight forward reaper is super deep and complex sometimes to its detriment theyve even got a protools theme which is bizarre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscillik Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 slight exaggeration there, two updates a week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbpete Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 Something similar to cooledit pro. REAPER feels more like somewhere I put finished work to arrange it into an album. I find that REAPER isn't as "destructive" as cool edit.Yeah that's exactly how I use it - as a mix down and mastering daw (and funnily enough also previously came from Cool Edit Pro for doing that kind of thing) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thawkins Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 slight exaggeration there, two updates a week Two updates a week, updates every two weeks - potayto potahto. I too use Reaper as a mastering DAW mostly, because most of my musicing is done in Live. I am not too good at mastering though and recently I just end up slapping Legowelt's tape machine thing on everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entorwellian Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 (edited) slight exaggeration there, two updates a week Thanks for fixing that. Yeah I meant two updates a month. I'm thinking of biting the ableton bullet at this point. REAPER is a decent mastering and multitrack recording DAW, but for composition and wav editing (or lack thereof), it's definitely lacking and absolutely requires the use of external wav editor .to have complete sample editing options available. I'm sure something like the Redux VST would facilitate it somewhat but it definitely cramps my workflow, ironically. There's adobe audition but later versions of it aren't that good unless you are doing video editing. It's probably just worth it to save up my money for the summer sale that Ableton and Cycling 74 are going to have for Ableton Live 10/Max 8 Edited March 28, 2018 by Entorwellian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendish Posted March 30, 2018 Author Share Posted March 30, 2018 i think reapers editing is damn good... renoise still has the best sample editor but being able to do things on items with one key command on reaper like pitch slides reverses pan etc is awesome the more im banging my hed against the wall learning shortcuts the better it gets u can reconfigure literally everything...ableton is very nice but damn 220 for suite upgrade.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruising for burgers Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 (edited) i'm getting used to using just one midi editor for all midi tracks on a project and it's so so handy, banged my head a bit to get used to it but now it's priceless... i know it's a feature that's been around for some time in fruity loops and maybe other daws but i'm late to the party as always... what's missing in the wav editor? edit: just watched a redux video, ok i get what's missing, an internal sample editor like redux... Edited March 30, 2018 by THIS IS MICHAEL JACKSON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendish Posted March 30, 2018 Author Share Posted March 30, 2018 not sure what you are referring to in reaper here? i'm getting used to using just one midi editor for all midi tracks on a project and it's so so handy, banged my head a bit to get used to it but now it's priceless... i know it's a feature that's been around for some time in fruity loops and maybe other daws but i'm late to the party as always... what's missing in the wav editor? edit: just watched a redux video, ok i get what's missing, an internal sample editor like redux... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruising for burgers Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 (edited) not sure what you are referring to in reaper here?regarding the midi editor? Edited March 30, 2018 by THIS IS MICHAEL JACKSON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruising for burgers Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TubularCorporation Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 i think reapers editing is damn good... Since I switched from Pro Tools (which I've never liked but had to use for work for a while) to Reaper I pretty much stopped using Wavelab because it's almost always more convenient to do everything in Reaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendish Posted March 31, 2018 Author Share Posted March 31, 2018 the lokasenna shit is awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entorwellian Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 (edited) I think if you use real instruments, vocals, external synths, etc... REAPER is perfect for what it does. Renoise and Max are polar opposites, where they are both great for sample manipulation and sequencing. I dunno... I feel better off working with something that meets at both ends for the stuff I need to do (that isn't Bitwig). I was kind of staying away from Ableton for the longest time because it uses granular techniques for pitch and speed stuff whereas I've always been used to old school Nyquist frequency problems and getting dirty when playing with the playback speeds. Live looks powerful but, like a poster mentioned in the Live 10 thread, they seem to always be targetting idiots who stumbled upon a midi controller. However REAPER is a beautiful multitrack recorder and it should continue to develop on that strength. I feel like I'll continue to use it for live recording stuff because it's easy to set up. Edited March 31, 2018 by Entorwellian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruising for burgers Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 not sure what you are referring to in reaper here???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendish Posted March 31, 2018 Author Share Posted March 31, 2018 not sure what you are referring to in reaper here???? yea man I get it now Good stuff...gott figure out how to colour notes per instrument now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruising for burgers Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 (edited) not sure what you are referring to in reaper here???? yea man I get it now Good stuff...gott figure out how to colour notes per instrument now just click on the colored square or right click on track -> track color Edited March 31, 2018 by THIS IS MICHAEL JACKSON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendish Posted March 31, 2018 Author Share Posted March 31, 2018 has reaper got a timestretch mode like lives beat stretch or cubases custom algo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruising for burgers Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 (edited) has reaper got a timestretch mode like lives beat stretch or cubases custom algo? you can configure the default timestretch mode somewhere in the options... to time stretch easily just press alt + left click on the end of a sample and stretch it... or just configure your own shortcuts on options -> mousse modifiers... Edited March 31, 2018 by THIS IS MICHAEL JACKSON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now