I just ordered a Pi400 to use as a very basic Reaper based mobile recording multitracker. Zoom H6, 256gb SSD, 2 sets of headphones, and I'll be able to offer recording on location as long as there's a power outlet and a TV with an available HDMI input. Great video Adam.
Happy to report it works like a charm ! Installed Reaper in no time, plugged in my Zoom H6, selected the Stereo Mix option for the input as the multitrack seems a bit dodgy for now, and it's running great. Wicked little machine.
@@ChrisMartinsMusician hi Chris, just read your post. You say it works well, what buffer size do you use to record ? Does it work at 64 samples ? Any pops and clicks ? I am searching a solution to record with as quieter as possible, I was thinking about a raspberry (fanless)
@@Gaett For pure audio, it works @64 samples, but you won't get 60 tracks working with FX... I got about 30 without any issue with super minimal FX on maybe 10 of them. But it worked really well. I'm sure I could have gotten away with more @128 but as I was tracking vocals at that time, latency had to be super low.
@@ChrisMartinsMusician thanks for your reply ! To be honest, my need will only be to record vocals, acoustic guitar and maybe some DIs (electric guitar). Not really for mixing. So I will only record 2 mics at the same time maximum. In this situation if it is possible to record at 64 samples, awesome !
He has great plugins and ideas.. I really wish he can make at least very simple Ui.. the default sliders for me just does not have a vibe, and don't inspire me, and does not give identity to the individual plugins.. Just my view. valhalla space modulator is a great example of the simplest Ui but really looking great and inspiring.. anyway aside from that i Love Chris and his work..
@@nersonangelo It depends on what you are running his plug-ins in. They just use the default UI of the DAW/host, so in Reaper they look quite boring, but if you run them in BlueCat's Patchwork for example, they have knobs instead (and look a bit better). However, his goal with the plug-ins is not to make something pretty to look at, he just wants to make useful tools that sound good and are lightweight. Having to create new GUI's for every plug-in would take considerable time and effort on his behalf, and that would mean he wouldn't be able to release as many plug-ins as he does.
@@nj1255 Thats a nice info.. yeah i get his point I've been follwing him a long time.. I also love that he is not just keeping on making new stuff but also going back to his old plugins and keep on developing them.. thnx man
Thanks! No this won’t be added to the guide, since it’s a copyrighted song I can’t do that but it will be available in the academy as an educational resource
hi Adam ! very informative video as usual :) ! today i'm configuring reaper on my pi4 (but i use JACK). question: on the audio device config screen at 14'31", why didn't you set the realtime priority to higher setting than 0 ? since it's recommended setting RT in jack to avoid XRUN, i don't see why you shouldn't go this way with ALSA as well (at the time you made this nice video of course). didn''t you ear any audio clicks with priority set to 0 ? please give feedback, and please go into technical details if possible. cheers ! bob from France
I wonder if you could get Windows plugins running using yabridge, wine and box86/box64… maybe need to run Reaper itself through wine though… I run several Windows plugins on my PC using yabridge, works great :)
I’ve been down this road before, the Herculean effort makes it not worth the result as even if it does work, cpu usage is insane. However- last night I asked one of the reaper developers about bridging the M1 Mac plugins over and they figured that would be much easier so that seems like a future project…
Really cool! I have several Raspberry Pi’s, tried Reaper but never done a full mix on it :D some overclocking should lower the cpu usage, if the Pi400 cooling is enough. Would be nice to see what audio interfaces work/don’t work on Linux. And using it for recording/tracking.
Thanks, Adam. When you don't need a graphics card the Ryzen 5600G (£200) and 5700G (£260) look interesting. Did you need to change the motherboard for the 5950?
The G series do look appealing, they’re powerful for the money for sure. I was good with the same Z series motherboard I already had, and if anything I was able to overclock it to get a whole load of power from it. The Noctua cooler can really hold its own!
I‘m using Reaper on my Linux Desktop. Actually there are plenty of plugins, which should also are available on the Raspberry Pi. Look for „LADSPA“, „DSSI“, or „LV2“. There‘s a Rasspberry Pi Project called „Zynthian“ (zynthian.org), which transforms your Raspi into a synthesizer and multiple fx device and includes many of these plugins. Just VST is not the most widely used format for plugins on Linux and Reaper for Linux does support all of these formats. You might want to start e.g. with calf-studio-gear.org, or guitarix.org for a start. More on www.audiopluginsforfree.com/linux/lv2. And yes, consider investing your time to learn about jack audio daemon. It‘s also available for Mac and Windows and will soon make our life with audio signal routing through multiple applications a lot easier. I couldn‘t live without it any more. I’m sure, you‘ll want it on your main system as well. It‘s going to pay off, even if you‘re not going to stick with Linux anyway.
You can mix with Raspberry Pi, it seems :). If the main point is, however, that you can do very good work on a very tight budget, then what is the most cost effective solution for tracking? I guess acoustic drums provide the biggest challenge in a band context?
U should do another vid like this now that the raspberry pi 5 is dropping!
I just ordered a Pi400 to use as a very basic Reaper based mobile recording multitracker. Zoom H6, 256gb SSD, 2 sets of headphones, and I'll be able to offer recording on location as long as there's a power outlet and a TV with an available HDMI input.
Great video Adam.
Happy to report it works like a charm ! Installed Reaper in no time, plugged in my Zoom H6, selected the Stereo Mix option for the input as the multitrack seems a bit dodgy for now, and it's running great. Wicked little machine.
@@ChrisMartinsMusician hi Chris, just read your post. You say it works well, what buffer size do you use to record ? Does it work at 64 samples ? Any pops and clicks ? I am searching a solution to record with as quieter as possible, I was thinking about a raspberry (fanless)
@@Gaett For pure audio, it works @64 samples, but you won't get 60 tracks working with FX... I got about 30 without any issue with super minimal FX on maybe 10 of them. But it worked really well. I'm sure I could have gotten away with more @128 but as I was tracking vocals at that time, latency had to be super low.
@@ChrisMartinsMusician thanks for your reply ! To be honest, my need will only be to record vocals, acoustic guitar and maybe some DIs (electric guitar). Not really for mixing. So I will only record 2 mics at the same time maximum. In this situation if it is possible to record at 64 samples, awesome !
@@Gaett I can try to do a quick test tomorrow if you'd like.
That sounds killer. You really nailed Alex's guitar tone.
Another great video, showing once again it's knowledge & ears that counts over expensive plugins & gear!
Tukan getting a shout out is great to see:)
Don't forget Airwindows! All of his plug-ins can be run in Reaper on a Raspberry Pi as well :)
He has great plugins and ideas.. I really wish he can make at least very simple Ui.. the default sliders for me just does not have a vibe, and don't inspire me, and does not give identity to the individual plugins.. Just my view. valhalla space modulator is a great example of the simplest Ui but really looking great and inspiring.. anyway aside from that i Love Chris and his work..
@@nersonangelo It depends on what you are running his plug-ins in. They just use the default UI of the DAW/host, so in Reaper they look quite boring, but if you run them in BlueCat's Patchwork for example, they have knobs instead (and look a bit better). However, his goal with the plug-ins is not to make something pretty to look at, he just wants to make useful tools that sound good and are lightweight. Having to create new GUI's for every plug-in would take considerable time and effort on his behalf, and that would mean he wouldn't be able to release as many plug-ins as he does.
@@nj1255 Thats a nice info.. yeah i get his point I've been follwing him a long time.. I also love that he is not just keeping on making new stuff but also going back to his old plugins and keep on developing them.. thnx man
airwindows its a must have plugins bundle.
This is so cool! Its amazing how far technology has come
I use the UMC404HD with my Pi 400 and a small portable screen in a metal briefcase as my portable recording studio
Super! Great idea! This is very relevant now in the context of various sanctions... Thanks!
Another great video, thanks Adam! BTW, is this "in depth mix" video going to be added to your current Reaper Ultimate guide course too?
Thanks! No this won’t be added to the guide, since it’s a copyrighted song I can’t do that but it will be available in the academy as an educational resource
hi Adam ! very informative video as usual :) ! today i'm configuring reaper on my pi4 (but i use JACK). question: on the audio device config screen at 14'31", why didn't you set the realtime priority to higher setting than 0 ? since it's recommended setting RT in jack to avoid XRUN, i don't see why you shouldn't go this way with ALSA as well (at the time you made this nice video of course). didn''t you ear any audio clicks with priority set to 0 ? please give feedback, and please go into technical details if possible. cheers ! bob from France
man I never noticed that the X Air Edit is available for raspberry pi as well. Guess who is recording the next band jam on a pinebook ;)
Great that it runs on pi4 but you will have to compile vst plug-ins from source for it. So only open-source plug-ins will work.
I wonder if you could get Windows plugins running using yabridge, wine and box86/box64… maybe need to run Reaper itself through wine though… I run several Windows plugins on my PC using yabridge, works great :)
I’ve been down this road before, the Herculean effort makes it not worth the result as even if it does work, cpu usage is insane.
However- last night I asked one of the reaper developers about bridging the M1 Mac plugins over and they figured that would be much easier so that seems like a future project…
Really cool! I have several Raspberry Pi’s, tried Reaper but never done a full mix on it :D some overclocking should lower the cpu usage, if the Pi400 cooling is enough.
Would be nice to see what audio interfaces work/don’t work on Linux. And using it for recording/tracking.
2.2ghz is no problem on the pi400
Amazing
Amazing! I wonder if you can do this on a Rock Pi! 🤔 Keep up the good work, I love your content!
Thanks, Adam.
When you don't need a graphics card the Ryzen 5600G (£200) and 5700G (£260) look interesting. Did you need to change the motherboard for the 5950?
The G series do look appealing, they’re powerful for the money for sure. I was good with the same Z series motherboard I already had, and if anything I was able to overclock it to get a whole load of power from it. The Noctua cooler can really hold its own!
What I'm interested in is a creating an *amp* on a raspberry pi or similar single board computer. The motivaiton being to get away from computers
Is it possible to connect usb interfaces to it? Like the behringer umc series. And asio4all?. Good video!!.
Do you think you could mix on a Raspberry Pi now there are plugins available?
Ive been mixing on linux now for a week kinda cool
I‘m using Reaper on my Linux Desktop. Actually there are plenty of plugins, which should also are available on the Raspberry Pi. Look for „LADSPA“, „DSSI“, or „LV2“. There‘s a Rasspberry Pi Project called „Zynthian“ (zynthian.org), which transforms your Raspi into a synthesizer and multiple fx device and includes many of these plugins. Just VST is not the most widely used format for plugins on Linux and Reaper for Linux does support all of these formats. You might want to start e.g. with calf-studio-gear.org, or guitarix.org for a start. More on www.audiopluginsforfree.com/linux/lv2.
And yes, consider investing your time to learn about jack audio daemon. It‘s also available for Mac and Windows and will soon make our life with audio signal routing through multiple applications a lot easier. I couldn‘t live without it any more. I’m sure, you‘ll want it on your main system as well. It‘s going to pay off, even if you‘re not going to stick with Linux anyway.
I had to go and listen to the drum fills part after this. Couldn't help it
You can mix with Raspberry Pi, it seems :). If the main point is, however, that you can do very good work on a very tight budget, then what is the most cost effective solution for tracking? I guess acoustic drums provide the biggest challenge in a band context?
The USB cable on that Shure is hanging on for dear life
What was the buffer settings, not sure if you mentioned this
Are you using performance governor on the Pi
You should overclock the pi400 to 2.3 Ghz and switch to booting from an SSD. You will be amazed at the difference.
Considering the speeds it’s supposed to run at, nah I’m good.
The raspberry pi can handle multiple usb audio interfaces?!