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Re: The Reaper Q&A Thread
Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 11:12 am
by futures_untold
Re: The Reaper Q&A Thread
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 12:36 am
by yellowhighlighter
well i've decided to actually buy reaper because i've been using it so much lately. i usually use renoise but i like to use a more traditional daw for mixing and for creating tunes from time to time. part of the reason why i started using reaper so much is simply because of how fast it is. compared to cubase 4 le which i was using before reaper is like lightning.
but i still have some questions (for example it was only today that i figured out, by reading the manual, how to mute channels going to a bus).
my biggest question is how the hell do i get sidechaining to work.
i've followed the guide on youtube. i've done it again and again. but nothing is working.
i'm going to give it another go now actually if i don't fall asleep.
Re: The Reaper Q&A Thread
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 12:41 am
by yellowhighlighter
ok figured it out.
now to make some pumping electro house.
Re: The Reaper Q&A Thread
Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 10:11 pm
by djwc101
IS IT POSSIBLE TO CHANGE THE PITCH OF A .WAV IN THE PIANO ROLL SIMILAR TO FL??
ALSO IS IT POSSIBLE TO CHANGE THE PITCH OF AN INDIVIDUAL SAMPLE SIMILAR TO ACID??
IF SO HOW??
Re: The Reaper Q&A Thread
Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 11:43 pm
by scraping micha
yellowhighlighter wrote:
...
my biggest question is how the hell do i get sidechaining to work.
i've followed the guide on youtube. i've done it again and again. but nothing is working.
i'm going to give it another go now actually if i don't fall asleep.
hi,
for sidechaining in reaper:
- setup
track 1 with lets say a
kickdrumsample;
- setup
track 2 with a
bass sample;
- on
track 2 hit
I/O and change the number of
track channels to 4 and
add a new recieve from track 1. set the recieved audio to
audio ch1&2 ==>ch 3&4;
- hit FX and insert a
reacomp in track 2;
- in that reacomp go to the
detector input and set it to
auxiallary input l+r;
- hit
play and set the
ratio to a value
around 10:1 to begin with and
adjust the
treshold until you notice a gainreduction, play around with
attack and
release as well until you got, what you want.
hope that helps,
micha
Re: The Reaper Q&A Thread
Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 11:56 pm
by scraping micha
djwc101 wrote:IS IT POSSIBLE TO CHANGE THE PITCH OF A .WAV IN THE PIANO ROLL SIMILAR TO FL??
ALSO IS IT POSSIBLE TO CHANGE THE PITCH OF AN INDIVIDUAL SAMPLE SIMILAR TO ACID??
IF SO HOW??
FUCK YEAH CAPSLOCK !!!ONEONEELEVEN
yesno... of course you can change the pitch of any wavfile, weather automated by the reapitch plugin as an insert or itembased by hitting F2 after selecting. BUT - since reaper doesnt know the exact pitch of the given samples, theres no pianoroll pitchchange until you put the sample into a sampler, triggered by midi.
quality of pitchchanging/timestretching depends on the sourcesound and used algorithm! so try out mre than just the project default and tweak parameter to get different results...
http://www.youscreen.de/reaper_timestretch1.jpg
http://www.youscreen.de/reaper_timestretch2.jpg
Re: The Reaper Q&A Thread
Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 3:37 am
by djwc101
scraping micha wrote:djwc101 wrote:IS IT POSSIBLE TO CHANGE THE PITCH OF A .WAV IN THE PIANO ROLL SIMILAR TO FL??
ALSO IS IT POSSIBLE TO CHANGE THE PITCH OF AN INDIVIDUAL SAMPLE SIMILAR TO ACID??
IF SO HOW??
FUCK YEAH CAPSLOCK !!!ONEONEELEVEN
yesno... of course you can change the pitch of any wavfile, weather automated by the reapitch plugin as an insert or itembased by hitting F2 after selecting. BUT - since reaper doesnt know the exact pitch of the given samples, theres no pianoroll pitchchange until you put the sample into a sampler, triggered by midi.
quality of pitchchanging/timestretching depends on the sourcesound and used algorithm! so try out mre than just the project default and tweak parameter to get different results...
http://www.youscreen.de/reaper_timestretch1.jpg
http://www.youscreen.de/reaper_timestretch2.jpg
Ok thanks for the help and visuals! I guess the answer to the piano roll thing would be to maybe use a sampler vst and load it up in there?
Re: The Reaper Q&A Thread
Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 6:08 pm
by Subside
Does anyone else get crackles and pops throughout their tracks when they render to MP3? It's really pissing me off.
Re: The Reaper Q&A Thread
Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 9:49 am
by freakah
Subside wrote:Does anyone else get crackles and pops throughout their tracks when they render to MP3? It's really pissing me off.

Not me...
a) Are your tracks peaking when they render?
b)Maybe your lame_enc.dll is damaged or something, download a new one (I'd recommend the link from audacity

), and put it here: C:/Program Files/Reaper
c) Your codec is damaged, do you get crackles and pops when you play an MP3?
Re: The Reaper Q&A Thread
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 6:45 am
by hideouz
hey i'm having trouble getting massive to work with reaper. it is not showing up in any of the virtual instrument folders. am i doing something wrong?

Re: The Reaper Q&A Thread
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 10:22 am
by futures_untold
hideouz wrote:hey i'm having trouble getting massive to work with reaper. it is not showing up in any of the virtual instrument folders. am i doing something wrong?

Maybe you installed it to the wrong directory?
Also, rescan your VST folder by opening up the plugin selection browser, clicking 'Add' and pressing F5.
Re: The Reaper Q&A Thread
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 3:03 pm
by hideouz
sorry where do i install it to and what file do i move? :S
Re: The Reaper Q&A Thread
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 3:31 pm
by futures_untold
Which directory path to install VST plugins?
You can install VST plugins anywhere on your computer.
Traditionally, as Steinberg created the VST API, the default installation directory for VST plugins was C:/Program Files/Steinberg/VSTplugins. This was because most VST developers assumed that users would be using Steinberg software.
Reapers plugins are installed by default in C:/Program Files/Reaper/Plugins/Plugins.
If you install your VST to the Reaper directory specified above, the next time you start up Reaper they will be recognised and available for use. Alternatively, rescan your VST folder by opening up the plugin selection browser, clicking 'Add' and pressing F5.
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Installing VST Plugins
There are two ways of installing VST plugins. The first is to use the .exe installer and to follow the directions given during the installation process. The other is to drag and drop the .dll file for your VST plugin directly into your VST directory (see the two default paths listed above).
You can specify which directories Reaper scans VST plugins from by going to Options > Preferences > VST. Bear in mind that Reaper can scan multiple directories at once, so in the future, you may find that you thought you placed the .dll files into one folder when in actual fact they are in another. My advice is to only use one directory, something like C:/Program Files/VST Plugins.
If you still have trouble installing your VSTs, I suggest searching on Google for some tutorials or reading the manual for the programs you will use that can host VSTs. Reapers manual can be found at
http://www.reaper.fm/userguide.php
Hope that helps.
Pat
Re: The Reaper Q&A Thread
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 8:39 pm
by hideouz
yeah man i got it to work just had a bit of trouble looking for the vst.

Re: The Reaper Q&A Thread
Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 8:49 pm
by Subside
Does anyone know how to rewire Renoise version 2.0.0 into Reaper? Can't seem to figure it out!

Re: The Reaper Q&A Thread
Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 11:08 pm
by Over7hink
Open Reaper
Open Renoise
In Reaper go to an audio channel.
click FX
go to Rewire and then click Renoise
Re: The Reaper Q&A Thread
Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2010 12:07 am
by Subside
Renoise doesn't show up for me when I click on rewire only FL does..

Re: The Reaper Q&A Thread
Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2010 2:49 pm
by rubiconguava
djwc101 wrote:IS IT POSSIBLE TO CHANGE THE PITCH OF A .WAV IN THE PIANO ROLL SIMILAR TO FL??
ALSO IS IT POSSIBLE TO CHANGE THE PITCH OF AN INDIVIDUAL SAMPLE SIMILAR TO ACID??
IF SO HOW??
Shift and 0 = shifts sample one semitone up
Shift and 9 = shifts sample one semitone down
Shift and 8 = shifts sample one cent up
Shift and 7 = shifts sample one cent down
Hope that helkps, i use this so much, very easy and quick to tune any sample to your track.
Re: The Reaper Q&A Thread
Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2010 8:26 pm
by Subside
If someone could help me out with this Rewire business it would be really appreciated..

Re: The Reaper Q&A Thread
Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2010 8:38 pm
by futures_untold
Subside wrote:If someone could help me out with this Rewire business it would be really appreciated..

I think you need to ask on the Renoise forums tbh. The method described above would normally give you Renoise as a Rewire option.
Perhaps try reinstalling both Renoise and Reaper. I once had some problems with a broken rewire .dll and reinstalling Reason and Reaper did the trick.