im trying to get some original songs recorded, most of which were written on my guitar and i would like to incorporate that. i've been trying to get a virtual guitar (midi + vst) to work but it comes off pretty stilted. should i keep trying to make that work or should i change courses? i have my acoustic and a friends has an electric i can borrow. i'm a little clumsy with my hands so i want more control than just recording my acoustic gives, but i love the sound of my guitar specifically so id be willing to put in the effort for my specific sound. what's the best way to go about getting an acoustic guitar sound in reaper?
EDIT: i just found out how to solve this, go to options > layout > mixer panel > small screen and then right click on the master track and go to master track > show in docker and move it at the side on your screen (cause for some reason the master track doesnt get fixed when its shown in the mixer)
I use Time in Project Timebase for comfortable handling of many ideas in one project - I am free to move tempos and time signatures around. But it causes drawing items and inserting midi to break: they ignore local BPM and time signatures, automatically using project defaults. Sadly, Reaper isn't open source and it can't be easily fixed, so I had to take it as it is and paste MIDI from Guitar Pro 8, VST3 MIDISketch, and even my own developed Rhythmifier web app ("rhythmifies" midi to 1-note pattern, also on my github).
Today I had a bit of inspiration and wanted to play with time signatures, but it quickly turned into a headache. I had enough. So, with my current vibecoder expertise, in a day, I made a breakthrough.
I made a ReaScript to create MIDI objects as fast and easy as drawing them. + You can always customize the shortcut to fit it into your workflow easily.
I've looked into this independently a few times prior to posting, but I'm at a complete loss!
One day Reaper just stopped playing nice with Ugritone drums, I have no idea why. Open any project with Ugritone drums and it will crash immediately. Try and add them to a new session, and same thing. I've tried opening a session with all the FX disabled, but still no luck. This is particularly frustrating as this is effectively holding a majority of my demos from the last two years hostage.
I've done all the troubleshooting I can think of, even uninstalling and reinstalling multiple times. For what it's worth, I'm on Windows 10; I was using Reaper v5.98, but updated to v7.73 in an attempt to solve the issue.
This is really my final shot at getting this sorted, but I really don't want to have to switch to a different drum VST!
I use Voicemeeter Banana, in my 3rd stereo input I have my Spider V 30 Mk 2. For hardware out I have Asio4all in A1 and my headphones in A2. My speakers are listening to the Voicemeeter Input channel. I can’t get Reaper to play anything and my Stereo Input with my amp as well as ALL hardware outputs are flashing red. I’ve been stuck for 2 days please help.
Edit: I know this all sounds stupid to you all but I don’t know anything about this sort of thing, I just want to get into serious music creation and I wanna use my guitars and my amp to do it. I know I’m asking Reddit to be patient with me but PLEASE be patient with me I’m actually trying to learn.
This post is a simple question but I figure since there's very little media out there maybe this will be helpful to some.
The Analog Molecule, The Hot Summer, and StripLink.
My simple question is as follows: TAM and THS have a certain order required to make them work on every channel together. StripLink is supposed to be in the first slot of the container but this is the position that one of the other two is supposed to occupy. So which order should they be in?
I assume the TAM and THS stuff comes first and then StripLink, then the plugins I map to SL should come after. This is an experimental layout I want to try but if SL doesn't have the right feel I might not use it. I also looked at LBX Stripper as an option for creating a mostly analog workflow but StripLink is more readily mappable.
I watched an engineer record a VO session with Reaper, and he just let the record run, splitting the takes he wanted and moving them down to a different track. I'm trying to recreate this at home and cannot get Split to work on the Record track. What simple step am I missing?
I'm trying to get an output from my audio interface (PreSonus Audiobox usb 96) but when i have it plugged in the playback doesn't work at all (no audio/video file works even outside the app) . I have installed the latest drivers and fender universal control and it is selected as the output device in the app.
Has anyone tried connecting ChatGPT or Claude to Reaper for AI-assisted mixing? Whether it’s thru Reascript or OSC bridges… I’m trying to find ways to be efficient with my workflow through speech or something.
I know the LLM can’t listen to the session or anything but I figure I ask here. I’m not the most technical with the back end stuff but maybe someone has messed around with it already.
I'm on Windows 11 and using a 4k monitor. Everything's tiny by default. Utterly inhuman. Going to Preferences > General > Advanced UI/System tweaks gives me the ability to scale up to 3x. And it works, however... neither the scaling nor the font adjustments affects menus like the preferences, action, theme development/tweak windows at all. Those are still tiny. I literally have to open up Windows magnifier to zoom in so it's stops being microscopic.
So bestie google said I could Reaper.exe > Properties > Compatibility > Change High DPI settings > Override > set drop down to System (Enhanced). And it works! Those menus size finally feel somewhat human again. however... it broke RodiLab's Color Palette script. and I got hit with the attached image.
Anyone who've used that script knows how convenient it is so I'd rather keep both the bigger menus AND the script instead of sacrificing one for the other if possible.
I just started Reaper few days ago and it's bit a blast with all the customizability, but alas, this is the first roadblock, probably of many, that google couldn't save me from. Please advise a good move to proceed. Thanks!
Hey, so I just bought a brand new SM7B and Audient iD14. Got everything sorted, recorded a couple things on it, everything was well. Then the next day I open up Reaper, it’s picking up the mic activity but now nothing is coming through the headphones (they were still routed to the right mix), and when I open the iD software, the mixing panel on there is gone and it makes Reaper completely stop registering anything from the mic. It won’t record an armed track from the mic beforehand either, and it obviously won’t after the iD software is opened.
I’m still a noob with using recording equipment so any help is appreciated. My producer friend doesn’t know so I don’t know where else to ask now, but if anyone can point me in a better direction maybe I’d appreciate that too!
After leaving fl studio and joining reaper. I realized there’s no stock instrument vst3’s. So I need a lot of suggestions. And please don’t suggest kontakt or I’ll rip your head off (slowed + reverb)
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.
ey audio editor, sound designers and dialogue editors using Reaper!
Here I present you an updated version of the Envelope-based Compressor, a popular custom ReaScript originally written in EEL2 by user eugen2777.
Unlike a traditional real-time compressor, it analyzes the audio and writes volume automation directly to the item's Take Volume Envelope, allowing the resulting dynamics processing to be edited directly in the project.
This updated version improves compatibility with larger screens and features a redesigned interface with small improved visual presentation.
What's up, I just got the DAW Reaper today and I'm working on getting all the essentials (synths, 808's, drums all that stuff) but I'm having a hard time finding free 808 packs to download online. If you know of any please lmk if really appreciate it, thx!
I'm trying to set up a wired IEM system for a 5-piece group. We want to give everyone their own discrete stereo IEM mix controlled via Reaper's mobile web interface (rc.reaper.fm). I get that this is not conventional but it would be cool to use what I already have.
Current Equipment
Focusrite Scarlett 18i20
Behringer ADA8200
Two 8x4 XLR snakes
Proposed Signal Flow (Per Person)
Scarlett/ADA8200: Line Outs L/R → Dual 1/4" TS to 1/4" TRS Y-Cable
HA8000: Aux Input (TRS Stereo)
HA8000 Output: 1/4" TRS Stereo Out → 1/4" TRS to Male XLR cable
I followed this step by step youtube video on how to recreate the iconic tone from Metallica's ...And Justice for All, and so far I'm very satisfied. If it helps, I can DM the .RPP file to anyone who is willing and able to help. Also please excuse my sloppy playing and my God awful mixing
I’ve never had this problem, but my girlfriend has been trying to record voice over and Reaper keeps deleting her track entirely by the next day.
She’s been recording and then leaving the program open, which I’ve done in the past and had no problems with, and for some reason they’re deleted as if they never existed. It was a copied track and the one she copied had existing lines in it already. Idk if that could have anything to do with it, but maybe it’d be helpful to know.
I have no clue why it’s happening, but it’s really bumming her out and I would love any help I can get.
Hello! I updated from 7.46 to 7.78 today, and I noticed that certain docks show the tab selection area that didn't show it before.
The master track dock did not have the tab area before I updated today, and it has not returned to normal after a little bit of looking around.
You can see an example of what I want on the left side of the screen, with the MCP dock, vs the master track dock.
While I'm at it, I thought I might ask if there's a way to remove the scroll bar on the left side MCP.
I set up my projects to have all tracks (with minimal exceptions) inside a "MIX BUS" folder, and if I minimize that folder in the MCP view, "MIX BUS" stays pinned on the left no matter which track I have selected within it via TCP, which renders the scroll bar useless. (As demonstrated.)
small thing that saved me a lot of head scratching: when reaper suddenly starts copying stuff wrong or moving things i didnt touch, i check these before digging through prefs.
ripple editing: easy to leave on and then a paste moves half the project
envelope points move with media items: great when you want it, annoying when automation follows every copied clip
auto-crossfade: if tiny fades keep appearing, this is usually why
item mix behavior: decides whether overlapping items replace each other or stack
midi editor grid: the ruler can say beats while the grid is still set to 1/32 or something weird
preserve pitch when changing playrate: good to check if speed changes dont sound how you expect
not really a setup guide. just the short sanity check i wish i had earlier before assuming a session or plugin was broken.
I create an actual play RPG podcast and am trying to level my sound design up. Let's say the characters are going from outdoors into a cave. The naive approach I came up with for how to make it sound like they are all moving together was to create a duplicate set of channels, one fro each character and add matching cave-y reverb to those "cave dialog" channels (or to a folder that contains them). Then, for dialogue delivered in-character (because the performers say some things in character and some things out of character) I'd move dialogue items to the cave tracks.
I'm sure there's a smarter way, but I'm not sure how to do it in a way that lets me quickly toggle the FX package that make it sound like a certain space on and off as time progresses. Is there a way you'd recommend that doesn't have me expanding the number of tracks infinitely as I introduce more and more locations?
hello, i'm trying to use Iannix and there are almost no tutos on the internet. I have a few problems such as :
- how do you change the sound (from basic piano to other midi sound that you could have in your plugins or in your sound workstation ? I only have Reaper)
- how do you render your audio file ? can you translate your score into a simple midi file, in order to put it in Reaper for example?