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- NEW: Razor Edit - Fast Mode
- NEW: Using a Notes App
- NEW: MIDI Accented Notes
- NEW: FX on the Master Track
- NEW: Rea-Melodies Plugin FX Chain
- NEW: Render Normalization
- NEW: The Batch/File Item Converter
First MIDI Song
- Intro - Piano Melody, Chords & Pad
- Recording the Drums
- The Bass & Chorus Synth
- The Song Arrangement
- The Verse, Pre & Verse 2 Synth
- Fade In Synth, Slap FX & Reverse
- Finger Cymbal, Noise & Splash
- Mixing Down the Song - Rendering
Recording Your Band
- Intro - Setting Up Tracks & Inputs
- Plugging in the Drum Mics
- Getting The Drum Levels
- Getting Kick & Snare Sounds
- Getting Toms & Overheads Sounds
- Recording the Bass Guitar
- Recording the Acoustic Guitar
- Recording the Electric Guitar
- Recording the Vocal
- Setting up Reverb FX
- Setting up Delay & Echo FX
- The Click Track & Headphone Mixes
- Recording the Basic Track
- Recording Overdubs - Part I
- Recording Overdubs - Part II
- Rendering a Rough Mix
Loop Based Production
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- How to Watch My REAPER Videos (New Users)
- Why REAPER
- What's New in REAPER 6
- Top 5 FX Plugins You Need to Buy
This is REAPER 6
- Intro
- Starting a New Project
- The Tracks
- Recording Audio
- MIDI
- Editing - Basics
- FX & Plugins
- Sends & Busses
- Folders
- Track Grouping
- Markers & Regions
- Envelopes & Automation
- Video
- Actions
- Rendering
FREE Virtual Instrument Plugins
- Sitala
- Separate Outputs for Sitala
- Spitfire Labs
- Komplete Start - Komplete Kontrol
- Piano One
- MT Power Drum Kit 2
- SSD 5.5 FREE
- UHE Synths (Zebralette & Podolski)
- Vital Synth
- Stochas VST Sequencer
- Free Samples & Loops
- Free Ample Bass P Lite II
- Free Ample Guitar M II Lite
Setting Up Shop
Set Up
- Using a Computer Audio Interface
- Adjusting Recording Latency
- Using a MIDI Keyboard Controller
- Aggregate Devices (for Mac)
- Audio Device and Channel Mapping
- Keeping Project Folders Organized
- Naming Inputs & Outputs
- Project Templates
- Track Templates
- Import & Export Configurations
- Controlling Rewind and Fast Forward
- Printing Keyboard Shortcuts
- Pre-Fader Metering
- Creating a Portable Install
- Using the Docker
- One Channel Side Mixer
- Show FX and Sends in Track Control Panel
- Show in Track Controls
- Insert Multiple New Default Tracks (Menu)
- Remove (Filtering) Plugins from the FX List
- The Search Filters
- Song Length and Bar Numbers
- Adding Space (Measures) to the Song Start
- Media Cues
The Default Keyboard Shortcuts
- File Menu Actions
- Edit Menu Actions
- Other Editing Actions
- View Menu Actions - Part A
- View Menu Actions - Part B
- Insert Menu Actions
- Item Menu Actions - Part A
- Item Menu Actions - Part B
Views
- The Media Explorer - Part I
- The Media Explorer - Part II
- The Track Manager
- Track Wiring
- The Routing Matrix
- Default Toolbar Buttons
- Preference Toolbars
- The Master Track
- Viewing the Master 2 Buss Meter
- The Mixer
- The Transport
- Solos and Soloing
- Mute and Solo Preferences
- Display Item Rulers
- Multiple Zero Points or Timestamps
The Project Media-FX Bay
Themes & Colors
- REAPER 6 - Theme Introduction
- Themes & Track Colors
- The Theme Adjuster - Track Control Panel
- The Theme Adjuster - Mixer Control Panel
- Global Theme Color Controls
Media Items
- Media Item Defaults - Fade In/Out
- Media Item Defaults - Looping
- Media Item Buttons
- Media Item Labels
- Peak Files Storage
- Using Pan Law
- Using Pan Modes
- Track Timebase - Tempo
- Pitch-Time Shifting Algorithms
Features
- Trim Content Behind Media Items When Editing
- Looping
- Free Item Positioning
- Web Interface
- Screensets - Window
- Screensets - Track Views
- Spectral Peaks in v5.32
- Colors
- Track Icons
- Folders vs. Busses vs. Groups vs. VCAs
- MusicXML Files
Preferences
- Track Defaults
- Send & Hardware Output Defaults
- Seeking Preferences
- Recording Preferences
- Mouse Preferences
- Save Preferences & Auto Save
- MIDI Editor Preferences
- Automation Preferences
- Mute and Solo Preferences
- Video Preferences
Editing Preferences
- Moving the Edit Cursor
- Linking Loop Point and Time Selection
- Zoom Centers
- Locked Items and Ripple Editing
- Misc. Preferences
Customizing
- Custom Actions
- Switching Layouts Quickly
- 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 (Part 1)
- Midi Notes (Part 2)
Recording
- Recording Your First Vocal Track
- Direct Monitoring (Zero Latency)
- Adjusting Recording Latency
- Auto-Arming Tracks
- Proper Recording Levels
- The Monitoring Modes
- Stop and Delete all Recorded Media
- Recording Modes (Punching)
- Hands-Free Punching
- Audio Track - Recording Modes
- Main (alt recording) Actions Section
- Recording The Output of a Track
- Recording from One Track to Another
- New Recordings That Overlap Existing Items
- New Recordings That Overlap Existing MIDI Items
- Recording Bk Vox - Stacking
- Multi-Channel Recording Using One Track
- Multi-Channel Recording Using Multiple Tracks
- Headphone Mixes
- Talkback Mic
- Metronome - Click Track
- Custom Click Track with ReaSynth
- Custom Click Track Sounds
- Visual Click & Big Clock
- Drum Machine Style MIDI Recording
- Recording the Output of a Track
Editing
- Razor Editing
- Razor Editing Within Envelopes
- Razor Editing with Left Drag
- Razor Edit - Fast Mode
- How I use Grid and Snapping
- Adding and Removing Time
- Saving and Recalling Time Selections
- Ripple Editing
- Custom Actions for Ripple Editing
- Ripple Editing - Remove Equal (Correct) Space
- Zooming
- Marquee Zoom
- Zoom Presets
- Scrolling
- Reversed Navigation (Scroll and Zoom)
- Modify Mousewheel Sensitivity
- Automatic and Continuous Scrolling
- Jogging and Scrubbing
- Using Modifiers
- Moving the Edit Cursor without Losing Selections
- Editing Without Affecting Playback
- Select Track Under Mouse
- Area Selection Editing
- Locking
- The Phase (Polarity) Button
- Edit Audio File (New Tabs) While Recording
- Time Selection Editing
Media Item Properties
Items
- Solo and Mute Items
- Fades & Crossfades
- Item or Take Markers
- Item Grouping
- Quickly Trim Audio
- Nudge - Set Items Window
- Glue Items
- Normalize Audio Files
- Item Channel Mode & Channel Mapping
- Finding & Replacing Lost Files
- Move Item Contents with Snap
- Move Edge without Changing Fade
- Copy Loop of Selected Area of Items
- Selection Sets
- Spectral Editing
- Using an External Editor
- Item Fades Affect Video
- Editing While Recording Audio
- Adjust Item Volume With Your Mousewheel
Takes
Transients
- Tab to Transient Sensitivity
- Dynamic Split
- Dynamic Split - Equally Spaced Items
- Stretch Markers
- Drum Editing - Stretch Markers
- Drum Editing - without Stretch Markers
- Stretch Marker - Transient Guides
Grid
- The Grid & Snapping
- How I use Grid and Snapping
- Changing the Grid Settings - On the Fly
- Swing Grid
- Relative Grid & Snap Offset Editing
Tracks
Volume
- Media Item Volume Control v6.14
- Media Item Volume Control v5.30 - v6.13
- Media Item - Volume Control
- Controlling Volume
- Vocal Dynamic Processing
Time & Tempo
- Finding the Song Tempo
- Finding the Song Tempo - MIDI
- Time Signature Changes
- Tempo Mapping
- Tempo Mapping a Full Song
- Increase/Decrease the Project Tempo Globally
- Matching a MIDI Performance to a Click
- Song Length and Bar Numbers
- Adding Space (Measures) to the Song Start
Tools
Editing Preferences
Why and How to Use
Useful Techniques
- Top Down Mixing
- Automatic Gain (Vocal) Riding
- Convert Samples into Tracks
- Using a Notes App
- Create Smooth Endings from Finished Tracks
- Avoid Clipping Your Mixes
- How to Make Your Mixes Louder
- Adjusting Narration or Voiceover Timing
- Splitting Audio Based on Volume
- Retrospective Record
- How to Tell if a Sound is Mono or Stereo
- Align Vocal Tracks
- Import Settings from Tracks for Mixing
- Matching a MIDI Performance to a Tempo/Click
- Matching an Audio Performance to a Tempo/Click
- Creating a Lyric Video
- Replacing Updated Media or Mixes
- Opening a File or Location
- Ripple Recording
- Perfect Eighth Note Guitar Parts
- Chopping Up Sustained Notes
- NINJAM
- How I Adjust Volume Automation
- Smooth Automation Envelope Adjustments
- Switching Guitar Sounds Quickly
- Dock Your Master Track (with Metering)
- Creating a Mixing Template
- Audio to MIDI Converter
- Layering Guitar with MIDI Instruments
- Playing MIDI Chords with your Guitar
- Recording MIDI Notes with your Voice
- Creating Instrument Presets (FX Chains - Track Templates)
- Gain Reduction Meter
- Matching Audio File Volumes
- Cutting Up and Record Start-Stop Vocal Samples
- Podcasting
- Recording the Mac Computer Audio
- Creating a Looper with One Track (Layers)
- Multi-Track Looper
- Multi-Track Looper - MIDI
- Replacing Audio - Drag & Drop
- Adding a Pitch to a Kick Drum
- Mid Side Processing
- Mono and Stereo Sends
- Working With YouTube Tracks
- Cleaning Up Voiceover
- De-Essing Vocals
- De-Essing Vocals with Automation Items
- De-Essing Vocals with Dynamic EQ (ReaEQ)
- Removing P Pops or Plosives from Vocals
- Gain Staging
- Avoiding Clipping
- Text and Pictures
- Comping Vocals as Tracks
- Splitting Stereo Tracks to Mono/Combine Mono Tracks to Stereo
- Exploding and Imploding Takes
- Replacing Sounds
- Drum Sound Replacement
- Drum Sound Replacement - MIDI
- Trigger a Drum Sample using ReaGate
- Adding White Noise to a Snare
- Separating Multiple Song Projects
- Copying Sends
- Grouping 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
- Checking for True Stereo Tracks
FX Techniques
- Upward Compression
- Parallel Processing
- Apply FX Destructively
- Printing FX
- Drum Crush Buss
- Vocal Dynamic Processing
- Stuttering Vocal Effect
- Triggering Audio Patterns with a Sequencer
- Reverse Reverb
- Gated Reverb
- Stuttering or Cut Up Reverb FX
- Bypassing Master Buss FX - Reference Mixes
- Automating the Playrate - Start & Stop Tape FX
- Reverse FX
- Frequency Specific Compression
- Linking Master Limiter Parameters
MIDI & Virtual Inst.
First Drum Machine Beat
Creating a Live Drum Kit
Creating a Bass Guitar Track
First Synth Part
Creating
- Simple EDM Chords
- The Chord Gun
- MIDI Rhythmic Patterns
- Playing MIDI Chords with One Key
- Drum Machine (ReaSamplOmatic5000)
- Individual Outputs for the Drum Machine
- Program Drums with Swing
- Programming Ghost Notes
- Programming a Track - Free Style
- Creating 808 Basses
- Creating MIDI Sends
- MIDI Choke Plugin
- Instrument Presets (FX Chains - Track Templates
- MIDI Sequencer for Drums
- MIDI Sequencer for Synths
- MIDI Arpeggiator
- MIDI Chords - Painting
- MIDI Legato Notes
- Drum Sample Library
- Musical Instrument Multi-Sampling
- Multi-Velocity Based Sampling
- Keyboard Zone Splits
- Logic X as Sound Module
- Multi-Channel Routing and MIDI Tracks
- External Keyboard
- Syncing a Drum Machine
Tools
Recording
- MIDI Track Recording Modes
- Step Sequencer with the MIDI Editor
- Input Quantize
- MIDI Step Recording
- Drum Machine Style MIDI Recording
- Recording MIDI Drums to Separate Tracks
- Recording Multiple MIDI Drum Parts on One Track (Layers)
- Controlling MIDI Input Velocity
- MIDI Continuous Controller (CC) Input Filter
- New Recordings That Overlap Existing MIDI Items
- Multi-Track Looper - MIDI
Editing
- MIDI Editor - Named Notes View
- Quantizing MIDI
- Strength Quantize
- Transpose MIDI
- MIDI Accented Notes
- Compress the MIDI Velocities of a Performance
- Re-Adjusting MIDI Item Looping
- Randomize MIDI Notes
- MIDI Track Offset
- Humanize MIDI
- The MIDI Modes (Editors)
- MIDI - Filter Events - Part I
- MIDI - Filter Events - Part II
- The Notation Editor
- The In-Line MIDI Editor
- MIDI Editor Preferences
- MIDI Note Properties
- MIDI Note Colors
- Custom MIDI Note Names
- Snap to Key - MIDI
- Linear Ramp Continuous Controller Events
- Separate and Merge MIDI
- Fading in and Out MIDI
- Creating MIDI Beat Slices from Loops
- Invert Voicings - MIDI
- Matching a MIDI Performance to a Click
- Separate Drum Software Outputs
- Re-Mapping MIDI Notes - Drum Pads
- Exploding MIDI Items By Note
- Pencil Mode & Pooling MIDI
MIDI Control
- Arturia BeatStep Pad Controller
- Using a MIDI Controller to Control Functions
- ReaControlMIDI Plugin
- MIDI Transport Control
- MIDI Control Surface
- MIDI Plugin Control
- Setting up an FX PlugIn Controller
- Re-Assign MIDI Controllers (Learn)
Automation
- Automation Preferences
- VCAs or VCA Lead & Follow Tracks
- Audition Mode
- Grouping Automation Envelopes
- Inverse Volume Grouping
- Vocal Dynamic Processing
- Automating Sends
- Automating FX Parameters
- Quickly Finding an FX Parameter - Automation
- Ducking with Latch Preview
- Take Envelopes
- The Pitch Envelope
- Moving Envelope Points with Media Items
- Snapshot Automation
- Using Track Faders to Control Parameters
- Using Track Faders to Control Synth Parameters
- Linking FX Parameters on Multiple Tracks
- Griffin Powermate Controller
Automation Modes
- Toggle Touch and Trim Automation Mode
- Latch Preview Mode
- Switching the Automation Modes - Quickly
- Trim Envelopes
- Advanced Automation - Actively-Writing Envelopes Actions
- Trim Automation - VCAs
Automation Items
- Part I
- Part II
- Creating Automation Patterns
- Creating LFOs with Automation Items
- Layering Automation
- Linking FX Parameters with Automation Items
- De-Essing Vocals with Automation Items
- Automating Repeating Sections with Automation Items
Envelope Editing
- Manually Input Automation Points
- Adjusting Envelope Segments
- Smooth Automation Envelope Adjustments
- Reduce Number of Points (Envelope)
- Invert Envelope Points
- 4 Point Envelope Action
Parameter Modulation
- Audio Control
- LFO
- Link from FX Parameter
- MIDI
- Sidechain Parameter Modulation
- Recording Parameter Modulation
FX and Plugins
Using FX
- The FX Window
- How & Where to add FX
- Item or Take FX
- Open One FX Window at a Time
- Floating FX Windows
- Embedded FX
- Input FX
- Delta Solo Feature
- Insert FX using Keyboard Shortcuts
- Opening FX With Keyboard Shortcuts
- Adding FX to Multiple Tracks
- Drag & Drop FX from FX Browser
- Creating FX Slots for Plugins
- Adding FX (Chains) with Toolbars
- Creating a Multi-FX Rack
- FX List on the Track Control Panel
- Bypass FX on Multiple Tracks (Same FX)
- The Plugin Pin Connector
- Focus (Solo Frequency) with ReaEQ
- Creating a Custom Multiband Compressor
- Frequency Specific Compression
- Adding FX Quickly
- Quickly Adding FX to Items
- Default FX Presets
- Default FX on New Tracks
- Apply FX Destructively
- Creating FX Sends & Returns
- Using Folders for FX Sharing
- Rename FX & FX Instances
- Monitoring FX
- Bypassing Master Buss FX - Reference Mixes
- Show FX in Track Controls
- Rename Plugins and Instances
- FX Chains
- A-B or Comparing Settings
- Quickly Finding an FX Parameter - Automation
- Preset Specific FX (FX Chains)
- Editing JS Plugins
FX & Plugins
- FX on the Master Track
- Rea-Melodies Plugin FX Chain
- JS: Loudness Meter Plugin (LUFS)
- Guitar Amp Simulators
- EQ with ReaEQ
- ReaEQ - Advanced Controls
- Dynamic EQ (ReaEQ)
- Plugins & FX Order - EQ & Compression
- Multiband Dynamic EQ
- De-Essing Vocals with Dynamic EQ (ReaEQ)
- The Tilt EQ
- ReaComp Compressor
- General Dynamics
- General Dynamics - Multiband Compressor
- JS - 1175 Compressor
- ReaXComp Multi-Band Compressor
- Linking ReaXComp Parameters
- ReaLimit Limiter Plugin
- JS - Transient Controller
- ReaVerb Part I - Drums
- ReaVerb Part II - Vocals
- ReaVerbate - Reverb
- Layering Reverbs
- Lo Fi Reverbs & Delays
- Gated Reverb
- Stuttering or Cut Up Reverb FX
- ReaDelay - Delay Part I - Slapback Delay
- ReaDelay - Delay Part II - Musical Delays
- Filtered Delays
- Regenerating Feedback Delays
- Delay Throws - Automated Delays
- Dynamic Delay
- Dynamic Reverb
- Tuning Vocals with ReaTune
- Telephone or Transistor Radio Vocal FX
- Chorus & Flange FX
- Phaser FX (4-Tap Phaser)
- Tremolo FX
- Vibrato FX
- Panning FX and Auto-Panning
- Exciter FX
- Auto Wah & Dynamic Filter FX
- Rotary Speaker (Leslie Effect)
- ReaGate - Gate
- Creating a Side-Chain Gate
- Ducking Using a Side-Chain Compressor
- Ducking using ReaGate
- Ducking with Latch Preview
- Audio to MIDI Drum Trigger
- ReaVocode
- ReaPitch
- ReaVoice
- Transient Controller
- Super 8 Looper
- The Channel Time Delayer
Video
Video Presets
- Transitions
- Basic Helpers
- FX
- Overlay - Picture in Picture & Text
- Item Fades Affect Video
- How to Separate Video & Audio
- Using Takes For Video
- Creating a Lyric Video
Rendering & Exporting
Exporting
- Save Live Output to Disk (Bounce)
- Setting the LUFS Level
- Consolidate & Export Tracks
- Send a Project to a Mixing Engineer
- The Batch/File Item Converter
- Quickly Batch Convert a File
- Multitrack Audio Files vs Stems
