Video Tutorials - REAPER Features

[Kenny Gioia]

I've created a bunch of videos showing off REAPER's Tips and Tricks & Features.

Enjoy.

• Removing Background Noise in REAPER (ReaFIR)
  
• Parallel Processing in REAPER
  
• Creating a Portable Install of REAPER
  
• Using the Smart Tool in REAPER
  
• Rendering in REAPER – Creating a Master Mix
  
• Rendering in REAPER – Creating Stems
  
• Rendering in REAPER – Adjusting the Render Bounds
  
• Rendering in REAPER – Selected Media Items
  
• Rendering in REAPER – The Presets
  
• The Render Queue in REAPER
  
• The Batch File/Item Convertor in REAPER
  
• Mouse Modifiers
  
• Media Item - Mouse Modifiers
  
• Mouse Modifiers - Media Item Bottom Half, Edge, Fade and Stretch Markers
  
• Track - Mouse Modifiers
  
• Ruler - Mouse Modifiers
  
• Envelope Point – Mouse Modifiers
  
• Envelope Segment – Mouse Modifiers
  
• Midi Notes – Mouse Modifiers
  
• Midi Notes II – Mouse Modifiers
  
• Midi Ruler – Mouse Modifiers
  
• Midi Piano Roll – Mouse Modifiers
  
• Arrange View – Mouse Modifiers
  

Thanks for the support.

[Tod]

Originally Posted by Kenny Gioia

Just created a video for showing off the Smart Tool in REAPER.

Thanks Kenny, I didn't know about that.

It must be just for the arrange area, it didn't seem to work on tracks in the TCP and MCP?

[Kenny Gioia]

Originally Posted by Tod

It must be just for the arrange area, it didn't seem to work on tracks in the TCP and MCP?

What's not working?

[Kenny Gioia]

Just tried it. Yeah. It doesn't seem to work on ANY action.

[Tod]

Originally Posted by Kenny Gioia

Just tried it. Yeah. It doesn't seem to work on ANY action.

Yes, I was just talking about the tracks themselves, but I only tried a couple. When I get more time I'll try some others.

Still I'm glad to know about this, I've actually got a client in the studio right now who I've got editing a bunch of tracks. When he gets done I've got some ideas how to test this out.

Once again, thankyou.

[lachrimae]

Thanks for sharing Kenny.
I can't tell you how many times I wondered what the right-clicked highlight on the toolbar icon did... but I never got around to looking into it .

Reaper has more nooks and crannies than a 500lb hooker.

[Garrick]

Very cool tut Kenny thanks

[dayvyg]

I knew about the smart tool, I think from one of your other videos. However, I hadn't spent any time on thinking about using it creatively, until now. Always enlightening. Thanks Kenny. One day I'm going to track you down and buy you a beer. I may even splurge on imported.

[Fran Guidry]

Originally Posted by Kenny Gioia

Just created a video for showing off the Smart Tool in REAPER.

Check it out Here

Thanks for the support.

Mercy sakes, as my mom used to say, that was very enlightening. Maybe the best part is that it illustrates how deep this program is when approached with an open and creative mind. Like yours, Kenny.

Mahalo nui loa,
Fran

[Kenny Gioia]

Thanks for the support guys.

[Jeffsounds]

Always learn something new when watching a Kenny video. The De-Esser is WAY cool! Keep up the good, no, GREAT work, Kenny!

[Kenny Gioia]

Just added a bunch of tutorials about using Rendering in REAPER:

• Rendering in REAPER – Creating a Master Mix
  
• Rendering in REAPER – Creating Stems
  
• Rendering in REAPER – Adjusting the Render Bounds
  
• Rendering in REAPER – Selected Media Items
  
• Rendering in REAPER – The Presets

[Jeffsounds]

Hey, Kenny! I'm getting the same video no matter which link I choose. Is it just me?

[Kenny Gioia]

Originally Posted by Jeffsounds

Hey, Kenny! I'm getting the same video no matter which link I choose. Is it just me?

Fixed. Sorry about that. It was linking to a playlist that played all the videos instead.

[Jeffsounds]

Originally Posted by Kenny Gioia

Fixed. Sorry about that. It was linking to a playlist that played all the videos instead.

Yer fired!

[mirceablue]

Hey sorry for maybe a silly question, but how can I change the text in the video processor, title overlay preset where it says "This is a title" and also how I can change the font ? because editing in the code are it does not change anything in the video window.

Thank you.

[Kenny Gioia]

Just added another video:

The Render Queue in REAPER

[Kenny Gioia]

And another one:

The Batch File/Item Convertor in REAPER

[Kenny Gioia]

Just added another one:

Creating a Portable Install of REAPER

Thanks

[europa_man]

Originally Posted by Kenny Gioia

Just added another one:

Creating a Portable Install of REAPER

Thanks

Hi Kenny,
Thanks for sharing all these great videos!
You are on a roll!
After many, many years recording with Roland VS hard disc recording the transition has been made so much easier with your videos. They are coming out so quickly now it hard to keep up! I just bought a new computer Core 17 and I feel like I'm on solid ground with all stuff I've learning from your videos. It's great to have your videos to fall back on when I get stuck.
I feel a million seller is in the works!
Keep up the good work it is appreciated!
Eric

[Kenny Gioia]

Originally Posted by europa_man

Hi Kenny,
Thanks for sharing all these great videos!
You are on a roll!
After many, many years recording with Roland VS hard disc recording the transition has been made so much easier with your videos. They are coming out so quickly now it hard to keep up! I just bought a new computer Core 17 and I feel like I'm on solid ground with all stuff I've learning from your videos. It's great to have your videos to fall back on when I get stuck.
I feel a million seller is in the works!
Keep up the good work it is appreciated!
Eric

Thank you. More to come.

[Kenny Gioia]

Added another one:

Parallel Processing in REAPER

Thanks

[Jeffsounds]

Nice, Kenny! As usual. I'm surprised though, at the amount of compressed drums you use. I've been doing it the exact opposite. I set the un-compressed fader and bring up the compressed under that. I'll try it your way though. Also, never thought about the EQ-compression either. Good tip!

[Kenny Gioia]

Originally Posted by Jeffsounds

Nice, Kenny! As usual. I'm surprised though, at the amount of compressed drums you use. I've been doing it the exact opposite. I set the un-compressed fader and bring up the compressed under that. I'll try it your way though. Also, never thought about the EQ-compression either. Good tip!

I do it your way as well. I'm not advocating using as much compression as I did either. This video was showing you a technique. Not a final result that should be used.

[Kenny Gioia]

Added a video showing how to Remove Background Noise in REAPER using ReaFIR

Check it Out

Thanks for the support

[themixtape]

These are all incredibly awesome, Kenny. Thank you!

[Kenny Gioia]

I made a bunch of tutorials on the Mouse Modifiers.

I didn't get to all of them yet but these are the first 5.

Thanks for the support.

1. Mouse Modifiers
   
2. Media Item - Mouse Modifiers
   
3. Mouse Modifiers - Media Item Bottom Half, Edge, Fade and Stretch Markers
   
4. Track - Mouse Modifiers
   
5. Ruler - Mouse Modifiers

[zacki]

Hi Kenny. All I can say is THANK YOU! This is so generous

[europa_man]

Originally Posted by Kenny Gioia

I made a bunch of tutorials on the Mouse Modifiers.

I didn't get to all of them yet but these are the first 5.

Thanks for the support.

1. Mouse Modifiers
   
2. Media Item - Mouse Modifiers
   
3. Mouse Modifiers - Media Item Bottom Half, Edge, Fade and Stretch Markers
   
4. Track - Mouse Modifiers
   
5. Ruler - Mouse Modifiers

Hey Kenny!

Can't wait to download these new videos.
I have been studying your pass videos on same topic.
Just downloaded your "Recording Bass" from Groove 3.
Really enjoyed that one too!
You're no Paul McCartney but you did good. :-)
Keep them coming!

Eric
Nova Scotia

[Kenny Gioia]

I added a bunch more Mouse Modifier tutorials. Whew. Done with that topic for a bit.

Thanks

• Envelope Point – Mouse Modifiers
  
• Envelope Segment – Mouse Modifiers
  
• Midi Notes – Mouse Modifiers
  
• Midi Notes II – Mouse Modifiers
  
• Midi Ruler – Mouse Modifiers
  
• Midi Piano Roll – Mouse Modifiers
  
• Arrange View – Mouse Modifiers
  

[Indemuse]

Great stuff as always Kenny! Your tuts have really helped me to improve my workflow.

[vanhaze]

↑↑↑↑ This !

[Kenny Gioia]

Thanks guys. It makes me happy knowing that people are learning and using everything that the great team has put in the program. More to come.

Thanks

[themixtape]

Hey Kenny, I was wondering if you could do a video on Region Playlist, with the SWS Extensions, and creating custom actions for such?

For instance, I set up my Reaper for live looping, to an extent... say I wish to play along with random loops, or multiple tracks, within a region... creating an on-the-fly jam session of sorts... this is great for ambient music or layered/textured stuff.

Here's what I did (and maybe one of your videos could REALLY help a lot of users explain this better than I'm about to):

1. Obviously, I installed SWS Extensions.

2. Then, I set up my Behringer FCB1010 to send MIDI notes (or whatever MIDI controller I might want to use-- including an Alesis Controlpad, when I'm sitting at my drumkit)

3. Then, I created custom actions, that are assigned to the MIDI notes-- these actions are:

CUSTOM ACTION
- Go to/select Region 01 (obeys smooth seek)
- Regions: Go to region 01 after current region finishes playing (smooth seek)

I name this "PLAY REGION 1 AS INFINITE LOOP"

I repeat the steps for four regions and name them accordingly (more can be added if modifying a certain Reaper .ini file, which I can't remember right now)... I have a total of 10, in my Reaper Custom Actions.

4. I set up regions in my Reaper Project, and set them all to "Toggle Infinite Loop"

5. I make sure Reaper's "Toggle Repeat" (the green light on the transport) is set to ON.

6. I assign a MIDI pedal or pad to "Transport/STOP"

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I'm able to step on pedals or hit my Controlpad with a drumstick (depending on what instrument I might be playing) and I can loop regions easily... infinitely... and when I'm tired of them, I can hit a different pedal or pad, and as soon as that region is done playing, it jumps to whatever one I triggered.

This is also GREAT for jamming along to "drumless" tracks... and not ever being bored.. as a drummer, I can tell my "Band" (Reaper)... to play whatever part I want, whenever I want.

Super, super useful thing.

I'd love for you to possibly do a video like this... Region Playlists are AMAZING!!!!

Thanks for all the amazing work you do, Kenny.

[G-Sun]

Originally Posted by Kenny Gioia

[*]Using the Smart Tool in REAPER

Thank you so much for this! I didn't know about it.

[TheWhistler]

I can´t get a mouse modifier to work, that selcts time and/or loop from within the midi editor.
Maybe I have some global setting switched false.
I did exactly as shown in the video (thanks for sharing kenny)
It does not work, hm....

Tried it via midi-ruler and piano roll.
It moves somehow, but it always seems to ignore snap and the time selection is not displayed in the midi editor

If someone could give me a hint that would be much appreciated, thanks

[Kenny Gioia]

Originally Posted by TheWhistler

I can´t get a mouse modifier to work, that selcts time and/or loop from within the midi editor.
Maybe I have some global setting switched false.
I did exactly as shown in the video (thanks for sharing kenny)
It does not work, hm....

Tried it via midi-ruler and piano roll.
It moves somehow, but it always seems to ignore snap and the time selection is not displayed in the midi editor

If someone could give me a hint that would be much appreciated, thanks

You know that Snap in the Midi Editor is separate from the one in the TCP. Right?

[TheWhistler]

Originally Posted by Kenny Gioia

You know that Snap in the Midi Editor is separate from the one in the TCP. Right?

Hi Kenny, thank´s for your reply.
It is not a snap thing. As you can see in the sc-shots:
I don´t have any loop points or time selections in my midi editor.
It has always been like that. I did just learn that changing ts and lp is possible in ME by your video.
Am I doing something wrong?

My Midi-Editor


Your video shows ts and lp in the ME, hm....???

Your Midi-Editor


I´ve been through global settings for a while but couldn´t find anything.

BTW: The mouse-modifier ist working, but it is only displayed in the arrange-view.

[TheWhistler]

I´ve got it sorted (at least kind of).
I searched the forum a bit and found out, that it could have to do something with the ini-file of REAPER.
So I placed the ini-file to my desktop and let REAPER create a new one with the next start -> everything works as intended.
I see the time-selection-borders in my midi-editor, which is great.

The downside of doing so, is the loss of settings in the ini-file.
I tried to just delete (without any knowledge of programming) the entries in the ini that were named midi-editor.
REAPER did not like that and rewarded me with all set to zero at the next start (looks as if I deleted the ini-file).

So seems, I have to do it the hard way and get my settings together again with a fresh ini-file, hm.....

[LightOfDay]

just found these.

genius! dont know what more to say.

ah, I know: thank you! :-)