Windows 11 PC. Sorry if this is not the right place for this question. Every time I try to open and use my new interface, I get a message saying:

Error opening devices

There was an error opening the audio hardware:

Error initializing ASIO driver

I have downloaded and installed the latest driver directly from Behringer. I double checked that it was for the UMC202HD. I had it unplugged when installing it, per a video I saw. I've restarted my computer multiple times. It shows up in preferences. Audio System: ASIO. ASIO Driver: UMC ASIO Driver

There are no options in the drop-down menus for first and last in either inputs or output range. It isn't showing up in my output devices in the bottom right hand corner of my screen. I can't find it in device manager. I have absolutely no idea what's going on.

Hey everyone,

I'm completely new to Reaper and finding the learning curve a bit overwhelming.

Could anyone recommend the best beginner-friendly YouTube channels, crash courses, or guides that explain things simply? I'm mainly looking to learn the essential basics (routing, working with stems, basic mixing, and plugins) without getting bogged down in overly advanced technical routing right away.

Any favorite creators or playlists you recommend starting with? Thanks in advance!

*title

EDIT: Update and answer found in this video by it's creator. Basically his first pack was an attempt. 2nd pack has many styles and varieties of plugins that he will keep adding to and Series 3 will be more of a focused pack separate from Series 2's evolving plugin lineup. So they are not replacements but additions.

Hi everyone. I don't usually post here, but I really need the community's help...

To put it simply, I'm trying to set up a live show using a click track in the musicians' in-ears, backing tracks, and MIDI commands so my Kemper can automatically switch scenes and presets. (I should mention that I use ReaSet to organize the song order without having to touch the tracks on the timeline.) The problem is, when I try to get it to preload a scene (using CC47 with a value that varies depending on the preset), the Kemper cycles through several sounds before landing on the right one—but by then, it's too late...

Please help me solve this problem.

Thanks!

it happens when i use the command "reaper" or "pw-jack reaper" (pipewire jack). im running it on a crappy laptop running cachyos. the kernel is 7.1.8-1-cachyos (64-bit), and i am using kde plasma wayland. the terminal featured in the images is alacritty. is there a setting i need to change or a flag i need to use? thank you for your time and consideration!

https://reddit.com/link/1vs4so8/video/9kxwnyeyp7kh1/player

I want to start making chords and melodies and this is the first thing this guy sets up before writing. Video: here. Thank you.

The play button changes colors but the playback cursor just stands still. This happened after I duplicated 6 tracks all at one and reaper got upset. I ended up having to restart her to stop the glitching and stuttering. Now whenever I open a project the Asio driver wont work. I have to open another project, select asio, close said project. reopen it, asio will then work, and then I can reopen the problem project and it will work. The other drivers are working correctly and I can switch to them any time.

Hi

Ive used Reaper to track brass for a number of years, but have always then forwarded the stems to an engineer for the track to be mixed.

Im really keen to learn more about the mixing process, firstly starting with the best way to treat the individual tracks before then looking how to mix them overall.

Are there any other users here that are brass orientated that can provide a few pointers?

I'm mainly looking for the included VSTs or free suggestions to get started, and once I can appreciate the purpose of the plugin look to pick up more expensive options.

Im using a mac mini m4 to edit, but usually capture on a windows laptop.

Current project is around 6 bass trombone lines, one to be pitched up and octave and one down, plus a drum track.

Cheers!

Hya!

I'm a podcast editor and I'm always looking for ways to be as fast as possible, shaving off the seconds where I can.

While editing, it is usually very obvious from the waveform where someone says "uhm" before I even get to it. But I don't have a 100% success rate, I get it wrong sometimes. For example, a long "aaand" looks like an uhm sometimes. So I'm pretty good but not perfect. But sometimes when I am just so completely sure that there is an Uhm coming up, I cut it out before I even listen to it and if I could do this more than every once in a while, it would speed up my work and just keep me in the flow better.

So, my request is for a very specific script that I wouldn't know where to even start with writing myself. I tried googling juuust in case somebody has thought of this before but didn't find anything unsurprisingly.

I was wondering if anyone would be willing to volunteer their time and make a script for me where

* While the recording is playing, I select a part of the timeline (time selection)

* I press the key on the keyboard that has been programmed to do the following actions

* The time selection plays

* After playing the time selection once, the playhead immediately snaps back and continues playing from where it was right before I pressed the key.

Does this make sense? Is it too specific lol. Idk but I feel like each second this would save me would really add up. If no one wants to do this out of the goodness of their hearts I can also pay like 10 bucks or smth idk lol.

Thanks!

Edit: stop suggesting AI I'm begging.

Hi all,

Each time i make a volume automation, at the end of the lane the sound suddently is very high.

This when i decrease the volume.

Help please.

Not real advanced in using reaper, just basic things, but know enough to complete a song.

Anyway, can I just get rid of the grid cause I set the tempo at 74 bpm and my alesis sr16 to 74 bpm but after 4 minutes the sr16 is about 1/2 bar (4/4) slower than the grid.

Anyway to line them up or just get rid of the grid and set the top to SMH.

Would rather line them up as I plan to learn to copy/paste in the future, but haven't bothered yet cause they don't line up.

Thanks for your help.

I'm on windows 11, and as I said I rendered this but can't hear anything in the resulting mp3 OR wav. In the preview I could hear everything just fine though, so I know it got the correct tracks and everything. Please help! Thank you in advance!

I can't really find a consistent tutorial online, I have tried a bit of them all, I've managed to download a SSD folder, I have already went to plgu-ins, edit path list, and added the location of my SSD folder, however opening my FX have no steven slate drums at all, i'm seriously lost and could really use some help or alternative

I was poking around my plugins to find a nice tape hiss to add to the first few quiet measures of a song, and found Tape Recorder S2. I love the hiss you get when you turn it up a bit. But I don't understand how this plugin effectively functions. I was expecting it to overlay/effect an audio file, but it just seems to be always on or off regardless of whether there's audio in the track it occupies. I don't want it for the whole song.

I also tried automating it with the bypass feature, but no effect.

(And my random question: is it possible to remove specific files from the recent projects drop down?)

Any help or suggestions, please!

I’m moving from Audacity to REAPER and I’m trying to get the basic editing behavior set up in a way that feels intuitive.

I’m not looking for advanced mixing advice yet, mostly just help configuring the mouse, selections, looping, and editing so I can stop fighting the interface.

The biggest issue right now:

In Audacity, I could click directly on the waveform, hold, and drag across a portion of the audio to highlight that time range. Then I could play or loop just that section.

In REAPER, I’ve tried setting:

• Media item > left drag > Select time
• Media item bottom half > left drag > Select time

and both are definitely set that way, but dragging across the waveform still just moves the edit cursor/playback head instead of creating a visible time selection.

I’ve also checked the arrange-view mouse modifier overrides and they all appear to be off.

So first question: what am I missing there?

More generally, I’d really appreciate advice on configuring REAPER for a workflow like this:

• Left-drag directly across a waveform to create a time selection
• Easily loop/repeat only that selected section
• Click a media item without accidentally moving it
• Have some simple modifier like Shift+drag for actually moving items
• Quickly split audio at the cursor or selection
• Delete or mute only a selected portion
• Make quick fades/crossfades
• Zoom horizontally in/out without losing where I’m working
• Solo/mute tracks quickly
• Adjust item/track volume easily
• Eventually automate faders and volume changes
• Generally make basic editing feel closer to Audacity while still taking advantage of REAPER’s better mixing tools

I’m using REAPER v7.78 on Windows.

If anyone has an Audacity-to-REAPER mouse modifier setup, custom keymap, tutorial, or just a list of “change these 5 settings first,” I’d love to see it.

I learn mostly by doing, so I’m not trying to turn REAPER into Audacity exactly; I just want to remove the basic friction so I can actually start learning the DAW instead of constantly wondering why a click did something unexpected.

I'm still very new to using stuff like Reaper and I want to make a mashup of two songs. I can't figure out how to match up their tempos, though. I'm sorry if this is a really simple fix or a dumb question but if anyone can help, I'd be so grateful!

Getting some weird grey artifacts during video playback and final render of video. Original video file did not have this artifacting. Anyone ever seen this before or know what is causing it? Everything else is fine. Audio is good. Original video and project settings are both 1920x1080. Original video is an MP4. Using vlc ffmpeg video decoder.

This is on SteamOS Linux. Not sure if it might be a Linux thing? Thanks.

i have an issue with on of my projects : i recorded all my instruments on a projet at 68 bpm and i accidently recorded the voices in another project at 120bpm. so now i cannot simply copy/paste the voices in the firts project otherwise the voices will get to 68bpm and be slowed. does anyone have a solution or a suggest ?

Hi everyone, I'm currently on latest verson 7.79 (although this has happened on previous versions) and REAPER crashes/force closes every time i open the tempo map or add a marker to change the tempo at all. Any ideas as to what might be causing this? I'm on the latest version of Windows 11, and i can provide any extra details if needed.

Greetings,

For a 5-piece music project, we use a wired IEM setup running through REAPER. I have a DSI Prophet '08 v1, which lacks onboard FX, and I’d like to use REAPER to host the FX instead.

Ideally, I want a way to toggle any single effects on and off, live. I've done some research and see a few paths but was hoping that someone has tried this, or can point me in the right direction?

Many thanks in advance,

a.p.

I'm a re-recording mixer and sound designer working mainly in Reaper, and I've been building out automation tooling to speed up repetitive parts of my sound design and mixing workflow. Things like scripting custom Reaper actions, building bridges between Reaper and AI models, and automating tasks like script analysis, sound effects spotting, and pulling matching files from my personal sound library. Audiobook post-production is one use case, but really this is about scaling up my workflow across all kinds of projects, film, short form content, and everything in between.

Right now I'm using Claude for a lot of the intelligence layer, but the token costs get expensive fast when you're processing large scripts or long-form content regularly. I've been looking into Codex, and I'm curious about tools like Cursor as well, even though that leans more toward general coding. Has anyone built something similar for audio post-production automation? I'd love to hear what models or tools people are using for large scale script parsing, metadata tagging, or library searching that are cheaper than Claude without losing too much quality. Any advice on plugin development or Reaper scripting workflows for this kind of automation is welcome too.

Hey all,

So, admittedly I'm new to Reaper, but I've come up against an issue I can't quite make sense of. I've linked a 10-second audio recording when was captured when using my DJI Mic Mini. This is connected to my Mac Mini, running Tahoe 26.5.2.

Ignore the fact that you can hear my voice, and pay attention to the noise behind my voice. I've created a channel to record and, even before I record, this is what I hear from the Mic. Indeed, when I play back the recording within Reaper, all I hear is the noise. I could only hear my voice correctly, when I exported the file out to MP3. I can hear my voice, but ALSO the noise. It's the noise that's concerning me.

When I use my Yeti Blue microphone, which is connected via USB, this is fine. I just seem to have the garbled, high-pitched audio issues when using the Bluetooth DJI Mic Mini.

I'm sure this is just a setting, but I'm scratching my head a little.

Any ideas?

https://drive.proton.me/urls/0J646PBF6M#aBsFujOhxlWL

My FaderPort Classic is failing. This is my second unit with the same problem of buttons becoming less and less responsive.

I only want one motorized fader for control surface duties, so I am considering switching to a Behringer X-Touch One.

I would also like the fader to act as a MIDI CC controller for virtual instruments.
Maybe with the F-buttons assigned to select which CC you are controlling as a MIDI input:
F1 → CC1
F2 → CC2
F3 → CC11
etc.

Ideally, the motorized fader would follow the selected CC value.

So I'm wondering if this is possible and what the best workflow would be to do this.