[Rwp] new to reaper - where to get started?

Mon Mar 21 05:17:07 EDT 2016

Hey Chris thank you for your support now I know something more
Do you helping out of list aswell? Can we talk privately 

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> On 20 Mar 2016, at 15:16, Chris Belle <cb1963 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi Ralph?
> Reaper does work with midi, and though I have used reaper more for audio than midi, there have been accessibility improvements that make reaper more midi friendly.
> For instance, the piano role now will play notes as you arrow through them and you can easioy change the note or velocity or start time of the notes, quantize and the like.
> There is also a dedicated event list.
> So reaper is getting there, I really like the velocity audition feature whre you can hear the note as you change velocity so having layered drums for instance you can easily audition what layer you are on.
> Vsts are nicely dealt with, sonar only lets' you see 4 parms at once with the inspector which you have to keep switching out, but reaper gives you the whole list at once.
> it's also easier to move fxs around in the chain, and by-pass fx.
> and automation is wonderful, since you can edit envelopes, actually change after the fact if you didn't like what you did.
> with sonar we had to fly by the seat of our pants, and re-do automation if we messed it up.
> Reaper let's you see all your envelopes, nicely named, on the fx parms volumes, pans, what ever, and you can easiouy move between envelopes, select and modify them.
> I am getting my first wave of reaper students, and we are happily learning together.
> The more I use reapr, the more I like it.
> Yes, it's a steep learning curve, and those coming from sonar will be challenged by reapers sometimes seemingly non-intuitive and crazy alien interface, it is not traditional bus and aux send architecture,
> like a board like many
> DAW's are simulating, but once you get a few basics down, reaper really starts to shine, and persistance and patience has paid off.
> Reaper will also be more affordable for more people,
> and though it's
> early days, I am changing my mind about the thoughts that no-one will pay for reaper training, or to have tools made for reaper,
> we are off to a nice start here.
> Much as I love sonar, and will continue to use it, reaper is a more modern DAW, and supports the newer technologies like vst3,
> and better compatibility with modern operating systems, don't get me wrong, I am not one of these who have to run the latest and greatest,
> I use many lagacy and older tools, but there comes a point when one has to move things wear out, or are no longer supported, and reaper I think is the best and most flexible and affordable tool going forward,
> the weakness in reaper is the lack of built in instruments, there is a basic analog synth, and a sampler, but if you want accessible sampling sforzando with the sfz format is your best shot, also some work has been done with the kontakt player by both Steve Spammer for the jaws folks, and gn luca with hsc don't know what he charges for his autohotkey set, but he hangs out on the reaper list, you can get him there.
> Also, if you owned sonar, the vst's and dxi synths all the stuff you are used to can be used in reaper, but you will use them in a different way,
> sonar has convenient controls for patch and midi volume and such dedicated midi tracks, but with reaper, you will have to insert a midi control plug on each midi track to control that stuff, or use descrete events.
> Yes, this is more cumbersome in a way, but very doable, reaper shines as an audio editor nad sonar shines as the long standing midi sweet spot, many folks who use reaper also use things like the free qws sequencer only to do their midi editing before doing their audio in reapaer, but with the new midi enhancements in the 520 pre release of reaper, I think midi editing is now nice enough that even sonar old die hards like me can work with it without lying on the floor and kicking their legs  throwing temper tantrums 'grin'.
> I love reaper's clean uncluttered interface, no arrowing around a million times just to get to a control,
> and the easy way to zero in on a little spot, scrubbing, and tiny cross-fades, and event based audio editing, much nicer than sonar.
> I always say sonar is the big luxury travel trailer with color tv, and wet bar, and king sized bed while reaper is the fleet little dirt bike hooked on the back rack,
> which can go anywhere.
> Reaper is so kind on system resources too,
> you can run it portably, so take your settings anyplace,
> and we have the main devs of reaper nad the main dev of NVDA working closely together so many fixes happening fast, not like we usually get, oh we're looking in to it, but don't have time,
> we have to deal with the office and excel crowd, and music production doesn't matter, it really is pretty much now, you ask for a feature, and if Jamie and Justin can make it happen, it get's done.
> This is the time to strike while the iron is hot,
> I wouldn't jump on reaper before because everybody was using that old reaccess plug which was abandon ware, so nothing could be fixed but Osara is shaping up to be a really comprehensive and full feaptured modern tool, and the reaper experience is so much beter now.
> I am looking forward to tutoring many people in
> reaping in the coming days, I just wished I'd put more time in to it earlier, but hey, only so much time in the day.
> Come see me privately if you want more info, we are glad to help, and we'll work out details with you if you need personal on-going help.
> My friend Ross is fixing to release his cubass accessibility, and Steve over at vipaudio access is working on samplitude,
> that's a very nice high end DAW, and Nate keeps us all abreast of on-going pro-tools development, so this has never been better,k we have some really good choices going forward, and each brings something good to the tool box.
> The beauty of the mac  stuff is that all the hardward pc based headaches are done for you,
> no dealing with BIOS tweaks or parts lists, you just buy a mac and the speech is there, and you can just get down to it.
> There is even reaper mac stuff in development, the champion of that is Vic who used to make the JSonar stuff, jamie doesn't have a mac yet, but they are both keen to get to it, but because of the way mac does things, there is a gap, in development but some are forging forward with using reaper on the mac.
> But logic and Pro-Tools are coming along nicely,
> I have students doing logic,
> so I'll need to go there soon,
> but the combination of logic and pro-toolsgives the mac user a really good tool chest, with the long standing pro-tools industry standard slot it has held for years,
> on the reaper list there are protools and reaper users with a lot of cross polination.
> so i think there is some
> common ground between pro-tools and reaper with how audio is handled, a lot of disgruntled pt users went to reaper in the last major upgrade,
> but many continue to use their older protools versions.
> but nate tells us that protools midi has gotten better,
> and of course protools comes with more instruments and default content than reaper does, I wouldbe interested to hear if nate has worked with Structure and how accessible it is.
> I have so many well loved vst's in my tool box, and don't want to give them up so would llike to know how the vst wrapper works with pro-tools,
> and how accessible that is.
> I jus got to bite the bullet and get a mac in here soon.
> anyway, I ramble on and on, but don't fear the reaper, grab a copy and start having fun, there's lots to love and it just get's better.
> 
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>> On 3/19/2016 12:06 AM, Rafał Marzec wrote:
>> Hi all
>> Few months ago I asked some questions about reaper on midimag list but didn't received any answer for it. So maybe here there is someone who can help. I'm using sonar but I'm  thinking about changing The program but I've got some questions for example how it works with with a midi keyboards and the most important question for me is at work with VST plugins? I mean software synthesisers can you edit the parameters. There are many podcasts about reaper but mostly people showing how to work with audio
>> I am looking for some information about working with Midi
>> I would be appreciated for any feedback from you Best regards Ralph
>> 
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>>> On 19 Mar 2016, at 03:27, Clement Chou <chou.clement at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Thanks, I'll give this a look for sure. Just want to figure out the
>>> best way to record and edit guitar and drum tracks that aren't midi.
>>> If you have any resources for starting to work with midi to build
>>> parts of a song, I'd appreciate those as well. Thanks!
>>> 
>>>> On 3/18/16, Adrián Mena <adrianm7m at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Hello and wellcome to Reaper, you might find the following link
>>>> useful. However, there is not that much about Reaper and NVDA yet.
>>>> I'm new to Reaper as well, but I' ve tried around for some time, and
>>>> got some tutoring.
>>>> You can create new tracks by pressing ctr+t, you name the track and
>>>> hit enter on it.
>>>> You can add effects, hiting f, on the track, and selecting the effects
>>>> you want to add.
>>>> I'm learning midi as well, I'm still in the basics, but if I can help
>>>> I'll be glad to do it.
>>>> I hope it helps, Reaper is nice, and it gets better and better.
>>>> The link:
>>>> https://www.coolblindtech.com/reaper-on-windows-episode-1-general-introduction-why-reaper-is-awesome/
>>>> 
>>>> 2016-03-18 14:04 GMT-06:00, Clement Chou <chou.clement at gmail.com>:
>>>>> Hey all. New to this whole music production thing and reaper in
>>>>> particular. Was wondering if there are any tips to get started and or
>>>>> tutorial podcasts that are updated with more current versions of the
>>>>> program that show how to make a track or song? I know a fair bit about
>>>>> live sound but don't know squat about digital editting and
>>>>> workstations, so was wondering what tips would be gained from asking
>>>>> here. I have the latest version of reaper, NVDA, and Osara installed.
>>>>> For my audio setup I have right now a Line 6 Pod hd 300 which serves
>>>>> as my audio interface, either through Line in or through USB. Two
>>>>> guitars I can use, plus a Beatbuddy which I use live for my drum
>>>>> tracks and probably here as well, for the amazing realism of the
>>>>> sounds. Simple setup, but I think it should do the job to do some
>>>>> basic recording, mixing, layering and uploading... if anyone has ideas
>>>>> on how to get started, that'd be appreciated, especially in the finer
>>>>> points of editting without any midi capable devices. Would also like
>>>>> to figure out how to use nothing but my computer keyboard to add other
>>>>> sounds if possible without too much trouble. I know this is a lot of
>>>>> questions, but this is something new I thought I would try my hand at.
>>>>> Appreciate all the help!
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