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REAPER 6 Explained

  1. Introduction
  2. Starting a New Project
  3. The Tracks
  4. The Track Manager
  5. Recording Audio
  6. Basic Editing
  7. The Grid and Snapping
  8. Fades and Crossfades
  9. The Sends
  10. Plugins and FX
      1. Folders
      2. Track Grouping
      3. VCAs
      4. Track and Project Templates
      5. Locking
      6. Takes and Comping
      7. Item (Take) FX
      8. Item Grouping
      9. Markers and Regions
      10. Stretch Markers
        1. Ripple Editing
        2. Media Item Properties
        3. Envelopes and Automation
        4. Midi
        5. Media Explorer
        6. The Project Media/FX Bay
        7. Rendering
        8. Video
        9. Actions
        10. Themes & Layouts

Latest Videos

        • NEW: Spectral Editing
        • NEW: Finding the Song Tempo - MIDI
        • NEW: Vocal Dynamic Processing
        • NEW: ReaVerbate - Reverb
        • NEW: Printing FX
        • NEW: Linking Master Limiter Parameters
        • NEW: Automation Items
        • NEW: Inverse Volume Grouping
        • NEW: The Plugin Pin Connector
        • NEW: Dynamic Delay
        • NEW: Tuning Vocals with ReaTune

Setting Up Shop

Set Up

        • Audio Device and Channel Mapping
        • Import/Export Configurations
        • Naming Inputs & Outputs
        • Pre-Fader Metering
        • Creating a Portable Install
        • Using the Docker
        • One Channel Side Mixer
        • Show in Track Controls
        • Song Length and Bar Numbers

Views

        • The Master Track
        • The Mixer
        • The Transport
        • Solos and Soloing

Media Items

        • Media Item Defaults
        • Media Item Buttons
        • Media Item Labels
        • Peak Files Storage
        • Using Pan Law
        • Using Pan Modes
        • Track Timebase - Tempo

Features

        • Web Interface
        • Screensets - Window
        • Screensets - Track Views
        • The Virtual MIDI Keyboard
        • Spectral Peaks in v5.32
        • Colors
        • Track Icons
        • Folders vs. Busses vs. Groups vs. VCAs

Preferences

        • Track Defaults
        • Send and Hardware Output Defaults
        • Seeking Preferences
        • Recording Preferences
        • Mouse Preferences
        • Save Preferences & Auto Save
        • MIDI Editor Preferences
        • Automation Preferences

Editing Preferences

        • Moving the Edit Cursor
        • Linking Loop Point and Time Selection
        • Zoom Centers
        • Locked Items and Ripple Editing
        • Misc. Preferences

Customizing

        • Switching Layouts Quickly
        • Custom Actions
        • Editing the Default 5.0 Theme
        • Customizing Menus
        • Customizing Toolbars

Mouse Modifiers

        • Introduction
        • Media Item
        • Media Item - Others
        • Ruler
        • Track
        • Arrange View
        • Envelope Point
        • Envelope Segment
        • Midi Ruler
        • Midi Piano Roll
        • Midi Notes
        • Midi Notes II

Recording

          • Proper Recording Levels
          • The Monitoring Modes
          • Stop and Delete all Recorded Media
          • Hands-Free Punching
          • The Virtual MIDI Keyboard
          • Recording the Output of a Track
          • Recording Bk Vox - Stacking
          • Multi-Channel Recording Using One Track
          • Multi-Channel Recording Using Multiple Tracks
          • Headphone Mixes
          • Metronome - Click Track
          • Talkback Mic
          • Visual Click & Big Clock
          • Drum Machine Style MIDI Recording

Editing

General

          • Zooming
          • Scrolling
          • Using Modifiers
          • Moving the Edit Cursor without Losing Selections
          • Area Selection Editing

Items

          • Nudge - Set Items
          • Glue Items
          • Move Edge without Changing Fade
          • Copy Loop of Selected Area of Items
          • Selection Sets

Transients

          • Tab to Transient Sensitivity
          • Dynamic Split
          • Drum Editing - Stretch Markers
          • Drum Editing - without Stretch Markers
          • Stretch Marker - Transient Guides

Grid

          • Changing the Grid Settings - On the Fly
          • Swing Grid
          • Relative Grid & Snap Offset Editing

Tracks

          • Render Tracks
          • Freeze Tracks

Volume

          • Media Item Volume Control v5.30
          • Media Item - Volume Control (Old Version)
          • Controlling Volume

Time + Tempo

          • Finding the Song Tempo
          • NEW: Finding the Song Tempo - MIDI
          • Time Signature Changes
          • Tempo Mapping
          • Matching a MIDI Performance to a Click
          • Song Length and Bar Numbers

Tools

          • The Hand Tool
          • The Marquee Tool
          • The Smart Tool

Editing Preferences

          • Moving the Edit Cursor
          • Linking Loop Point and Time Selection
          • Zoom Centers
          • Locked Items and Ripple Editing
          • Misc. Preferences

Useful Techniques

Techniques

          • NEW: Vocal Dynamic Processing
          • Cleaning Up Voiceover
          • Gain Staging
          • Avoiding Clipping
          • Text and Pictures
          • De-Essing Vocals
          • Comping Vocals as Tracks
          • Splitting Stereo Tracks to Mono/Combine Mono Tracks to Stereo
          • Exploding and Imploding Takes
          • Solos and Soloing
          • Replacing Sounds
          • Drum Sound Replacement
          • Drum Sound Replacement - MIDI
          • Trigger a Drum Sample using ReaGate
          • Recording Bk Vox - Stacking
          • Separating Multiple Song Projects
          • Copying Sends
          • Creating Sends with Real Faders
          • Headphone Mixes Real Faders
          • Sub Projects
          • Creating a Channel or Band Splitter
          • Creating Pumping Synths
          • Folders vs. Busses vs. Groups vs. VCAs
          • Fading Out a Mix
          • Hide Tracks
          • Propagate Items & Takes
          • Pencil Mode & Pooling MIDI
          • Removing Background Noise
          • Removing Clicks and Pops
          • Stop Playback at Stop Point (Pause)

FX Techniques

          • Parallel Processing
          • Apply FX Destructively
          • NEW: Printing FX
          • Bypassing Master Buss FX
          • Automating the Playrate - Start & Stop Tape FX
          • Reverse FX
          • Metronome - Click Track
          • Talkback Mic
          • Visual Click & Big Clock
          • Drum Machine Style MIDI Recording
          • Creating a Custom Multiband Compressor
          • Frequency Specific Compressor
          • NEW: Linking Master Limiter Parameters

MIDI & Virtual Instruments

MIDI

          • ReaSynth
          • Input Quantize
          • MIDI Step Recording
          • The Notation Editor
          • MIDI Editor Preferences
          • Drum Machine Style MIDI Recording
          • Matching a MIDI Performance to a Click
          • Separate Drum Software Outputs
          • Recording MIDI Drums to Separate Tracks
          • Creating Keyboard Zone Splits
          • Creating a Drum Machine
          • Multi-Channel Output for the Drum Machine
          • The Virtual MIDI Keyboard
          • Re-Mapping MIDI Notes - Drum Pads
          • Custom MIDI Note Names
          • Logic X as Sound Module
          • Multi-Channel Routing and MIDI Tracks
          • Pencil Mode & Pooling MIDI
          • External Keyboard

MIDI Control

          • ReaControlMIDI Plugin
          • MIDI Transport Control
          • MIDI Control Surface
          • MIDI Plugin Control

Automation

          • NEW: Automation Items
          • Using Faders to Control Parameters
          • Linking FX Parameters on Multiple Tracks
          • Griffin Powermate
          • Automating Sends
          • Automating FX Parameters
          • Automation Preferences
          • Take Envelopes
          • Moving Envelope Points with Media Items
          • Snapshot Automation
          • Latch Preview Mode
          • Switching the Automation Modes - Quickly
          • 4 Point Envelope Action
          • Trim Envelopes
          • Advanced Automation - Actively-Writing Envelopes Actions
          • Trim Automation - VCAs
          • NEW: Inverse Volume Grouping

Parameter Modulation

          • Recording Parameter Modulation
          • Audio Control
          • LFO
          • Link from FX Parameter
          • MIDI

FX & Plugins

Using FX

          • The FX Window
          • Input FX
          • NEW: The Plugin Pin Connector
          • Creating a Custom Multiband Compressor
          • Frequency Specific Compressor
          • Adding FX Quickly
          • Default FX on New Tracks
          • Default FX Presets
          • Apply FX Destructively
          • Creating FX Sends & Returns
          • Using Folders for FX Sharing
          • Monitoring FX
          • Bypassing Master Buss FX
          • Show FX in Track Controls
          • Rename Plugins and Instances
          • FX Chains
          • A-B or Comparing Settings

FX & Plugins

          • EQ with ReaEQ
          • The Tilt EQ
          • ReaComp Compressor
          • ReaXComp Multi-Band Compressor
          • Linking ReaXComp Parameters
          • ReaVerb Part I - Drums
          • ReaVerb Part II - Vocals
          • NEW: ReaVerbate - Reverb
          • ReaDelay - Delay Part I - Slapback Delay
          • ReaDelay - Delay Part II - Musical Delays
          • Delay Throws - Automated Delays
          • NEW: Tuning Vocals with ReaTune
          • Chorus & Flanger FX
          • Tremolo FX
          • Vibrato FX
          • Panning FX and Auto-Panning
          • Exciter FX
          • Auto Wah & Dynamic Filter FX
          • ReaGate - Gate
          • Creating a Side-Chain Gate
          • Ducking Using a Side-Chain Compressor
          • Audio to MIDI Drum Trigger
          • ReaVocode
          • ReaPitch
          • ReaVoice
          • Transient Controller
          • Super 8 Looper
          • Channel Time Delayer

Rendering & Exporting

Exporting

          • Save Live Output to Disk (Bounce)
          • Consolidate & Export Tracks
          • Batch File/Item Converter

Rendering

          • Creating a Master Mix
          • Creating Stems
          • Adjusting the Region Bounds
          • Selected Media Items
          • Presets
          • The Render Queue

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