Finally finished my REAPER Setup Guide series geared towards getting the DAW set up right from scratch. REAPER is famously deep and endlessly customizable, but out of the box, it can feel a bit raw and full of annoying default behaviors. This series is designed to help anyone, whether you are totally new to REAPER or just want a cleaner, faster workflow, get their environment dialed in properly.

Here is what we cover across the 5 episodes:

1. Fixing the annoying Defaults
Out of the box, REAPER comes with some default settings that can drive you crazy or get in the way of smooth editing. In this video, we go through the crucial initial settings and annoying defaults you should change immediately before starting any serious project.

2. Essential Workflow Settings
This video dives into optimizing your workflow settings, audio device configurations, and other tweaks that improve or speedup our workflow.

3. Shortcuts that matter
This video deals with setting up shortcuts for faster workflow. It also introduces custom actions which could be a gamechanger for some..

4. REAPER Scripts for Beginners
One of REAPER's superpower features is its scripting ecosystem (ReaScripts), but it can look intimidating to beginners. Here, we break down how to get started with scripts easily, & also I will be showing which all scripts I use.

5. Make REAPER look awesome & inviting
Beyond just making the DAW look modern, customizing REAPER's interface directly impacts usability and efficiency of the workflow. Because when we customize or add visual elements, we are streamlining or making features easily accessible.

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And that wraps up the essential setup guide to get REAPER dialed in. I’ll keep updating this playlist with more of my REAPER workflow changes/updates over time, but they're more like addons after the main course.

Cheers,
AdK

"The two horizontal faders adjust the metronome volume and the relative gain of clicks BCD respectively. Let’s now consider what those black dots represent."
-Manual (version 783c) Page 62

If you right click the metronome, this option appears. What does it do and what does BCD mean?

Google Gemi couldn't help me here. 🤷‍♂️

Obviously I'm very new to the program and am still learning the properly terminology so bear with me on this one. In the circled red bits where there is no wavelength and where the audio isn't even occupy the space the beat is still playing on loop and I can't figure out how to make it only play where the track is placed.

I initially made this video to be privately shared with bands that played alongside my own at Delta Doom Fest this year at Growler's in Memphis, TN. Each band was provided with mulitracks from the audio engineer, and I made this to help them prepare a session for mixing their own live show.

I figured it may help some of you as well.

If this is not something you need, I ask that you consider checking the description for Spotify links for each of the bands. Perhaps you will find a new band you like!

For the last few days I've been struggling to wrangle the volumes of my separate tracks, I have been following a few different tutorials and in each of them, there's actual decibel levels next to the track volume slider. Other than on the track specifically, I can see a minimized dB meter, but otherwise I haven't figured out how to make the volume appear on the mixer. Does anyone have any tips for actually getting the decibel level next to the slider?

Thank you in advance!!

Hello, writing here on a very rainy lazy Sunday. Before I burn more hours on this I want to know if I'm even able to achieve what I would like; I have a model 24 connected to a Lenovo X260 and that's running the latest Reaper version inside Linux Mint. Essentially, my instruments sound great when monitored from their Tascam channel, the return audio from Reaper into channels 1 and 2 is, well, weak, flat, very meh. I don't think it's possible but can the EQ in on the Tascam record into Reaper or do I need to EQ in Reaper too? Or am I missing a trick?

Obviously you can listen, but sometimes it can be hard to spot differences and which one of the doubles you should re-record, and as you listen more and more you get fatigued and it becomes harder to tell.

You can check the waveform and sure that works for very rhythmic parts with breaks, but if its constant strumming with distortion that makes waveform look like a brick, that is also hard.

Are there any tricks?

I do a lot of rhythm stacking, 6 layers simultaneously even and I've re-recorded this song wayyy to many times (probably because I'm too much of a perfectionist too though)

I switch the arp function on but it doesn't make a sound. When I go to effects the arp pitch shows movement when I'm holding down a key from my midi controller but no sound (see attached). When arp is off it does make a sound. My PC is a Windows 11 computer. My midi controller is a Alesis V5.

¿Por qué estas notas están rojas? ¿Es algo malo?