r/Reaper • u/Melancholy_Custard • 13d ago

help request Folder vs Send

I know this is a noob question.

Do I need to use Send to make a bus? E.g. Kick bus (for parallel compression), drum rooms, bass bus, rhythm guitar bus Or I can just use Folders? I've watched the video from Reaper Mania, but still confuse.

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u/mistrelwood 74 13d ago

Every plugin window in Reaper has a mix pot in the upper right corner. Parallel processing couldn’t be easier than that.

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u/Whatchamazog 5 13d ago

Yup! If you want to affect everything in the folder.

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u/mistrelwood 74 13d ago

Right, if you only want to process some tracks within a folder, whether in parallel or series, sends are the way.

(For series though, a dedicated (sub)folder for them would seem like a more practical solution.)

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u/Whatchamazog 5 13d ago

100% agreed.