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Old 04-10-2017, 12:49 PM   #1
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Hello guys! Im New, at the start i would like to say Hello to everybody! and my question is:
What advice would you give me for setting up Reaper 5 for working with midi/vst instruments/ a lot of samples, no external gear, pure itb, im used to Ableton workflow, but i dont like it anymore, i somehow feel a lot better in Reaper, but looking for advices how to set it up(Scripts, some plugins)

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Old 04-10-2017, 02:18 PM   #2
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Welcome aboard! Be careful, the Reaper itch grows FAST

4 advices:

1- Get the SWS extension
2- Get the Reapack extension
3- Watch Kenny Gioia's reaper videos. (Google it)
4- Check Out reaperblog.net
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Old 04-11-2017, 03:28 AM   #3
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Hello and welcome to these forums. You'll find many helpful people here and a lot of useful information. Make sure that you:
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As for advice - don't try to learn all of Reaper at once (you would be gone some time). Pick one of your Ableton (sequential) projects and recreate it in Reaper - learning one step at a time.

Plug-ins? Any third-party ones that you used in Ableton. Reaper's own FX. But don't get any more until you really need them. Then ask for specific suggestions here.
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Old 04-11-2017, 05:29 AM   #4
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Woah! Thanks for help! Reaper community is so kind
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Old 04-11-2017, 05:24 PM   #5
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Hello and welcome.

I don't know how Ableton works but the best advice I got about REAPER was RIGHT CLICK EVERYTHING. Not a very structured approach but it's amazing what you will find...
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Old 04-11-2017, 05:50 PM   #6
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Coming from Ableton you will probably be missing the drum rack and the playlist features most. Other than that things are pretty similar.
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Old 04-11-2017, 10:15 PM   #7
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If you really like the Session View Thing, here's something you might want to look at.


http://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=149712
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Old 04-11-2017, 11:52 PM   #8
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No! i never used session view for production.100% arrangement view, and yes! things i miss the most are drum rack, and sampler/simpler plugin, but i will find the way to go through it!
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Old 04-21-2017, 03:51 AM   #9
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+1000 for Kenny's Video, the channel name is "Reaper Mania" but you can also find it in the homepage of Reaper

For Drum Racks, slicing, etc... I use Geist 2, yes it's a third party plugin. You can definitely achieve similar results with reaper plugs but it could be a pain in the ...

(I switched from Live too and I'm super happy)
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Old 04-21-2017, 05:42 AM   #10
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If you are going to use many vst instruments I recommend you to organize them in track templates ready to use with all routings assigned etc.
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