This whole series is great. I use Cubase in the main studio., but wanted something cheap for quick home use. It would have taken me way too long to learn how to use Reaper well and I would have probably given up on it had it not been for these videos. Thanks for making these!
If I knew this guy existed I would have switched to Reaper ages ago. The $ Reaper costs truly shows just how greedy the other companies are. I am loving Reaper more than any other daw I have used. It reminds me lots of open source software that its options and GUI are designed for a power user, how the developers want to use it themselves. Not designed in some marketing dept where they are worried that their customers are too dumb and think lots of options are bad.
thank you so much. This was my fourth video/try. The others didn't seem to have the beginner mixer in mind; so fast and unclear. I understood this perfectly.
I'm just getting into reaper. Amazing, versatile program! However I have a track that I have split in two places to add a voice over. So the middle bit under my voice is lower volume, then back to normal volume after split. So I have three segments. 1.normal - 2.quiet - 3.normal yet every cross fade I have tried takes the volume. of "segment one" down to nothing, then the quite bit fades in from nothing, and the same happens fading from segment two back into normal volume. So it is not a smooth fade into and out of the low volume. Without fades, it is too sudden in and out. How do I do this? thanks.
Any way to set up automatic crossfades between loops? I'd love to see a video on how to do that. I've heard a lot of users complaining about clicks at loop points, and I experience this myself, even though I have a completely flat floor noise file that i want to loop. Without a crossfade, it clicks quietly, but audibly. I've looked everywhere for an answer on this, and only found people experiencing the same frustration with the lack of answers. Is there a trick we're missing, or is this a feature request?
You mean zero crossings? You can do that in reaper. There are default key assignments but you can open the Actions menu and filter 'zero'. There, you'll see 'split at previous zero crossing', 'move edit cursor to next zero crossing in items' etc.
When I select trim content it trims the other track but it also creates a fade on it! Why? and how do I turn that off? Too bad you wont answer any questions :(
if i make fade to one track and split the track is it possible to keep the earlier fade? so that lets say other one starts from 0% volume and rises to 50% volume and the other split half starts from 50% and goes to 100% i really wish to know how to do this
The only way I can think is to create a send from your source to a new destination track and set the input of the latter to 'Record: output' either (mono), (stereo), or (multichannel). Don't use 'latency compensated'. This will record your fade and, from there, you can split the item and move it however you want.
hi just a question on crossfades. even when auto crossfade is switched on it still fades in/out on auto punch and not crossfade. ive tried alsorts. have been doing it manually but its slow an pains taking. cheers for your tutorials
I managed to get it working with Options > New Recording that overlaps existing media items > Trims existing items behind new recording (Tape mode). Hope that works for you.
I had a issue getting it to crossfade when punching in... the only thing that resolved it was closing reaper and restarting it... however you may not have zoomed in a enough to see the crossfade from the autopunch recording as you've got zoom in loads to see it. Hope this might help
You have to double click the track which selects all items. Alternatively, you can just select the two items which are spanned by the time selection. Another possibility is that, somehow, your X key is not longer bound to that command. If that's the case, you can open the Actions editor, and find 'Item: Crossfade items within time selection' and set that to any key you like.
I think these videos are really great. Packed with information put over clearly and quickly. Thank you very much.
Awesome video. I've been a reaper user for years now - love it. But these fades have always been one of those things I struggle with. Great info.
Complex topic, but well explained! Thanks Kenny!
This whole series is great. I use Cubase in the main studio., but wanted something cheap for quick home use. It would have taken me way too long to learn how to use Reaper well and I would have probably given up on it had it not been for these videos. Thanks for making these!
If I knew this guy existed I would have switched to Reaper ages ago. The $ Reaper costs truly shows just how greedy the other companies are. I am loving Reaper more than any other daw I have used. It reminds me lots of open source software that its options and GUI are designed for a power user, how the developers want to use it themselves. Not designed in some marketing dept where they are worried that their customers are too dumb and think lots of options are bad.
I guess Im kind of randomly asking but do anyone know of a good site to stream newly released series online ?
thank you so much. This was my fourth video/try. The others didn't seem to have the beginner mixer in mind; so fast and unclear. I understood this perfectly.
5:25 I glue the items when I hit "X" instead of creating a cross-fade
How did you zoom in at 12:43 while ignoring the cursor position?
Didn't look like it was ignoring cursor position. Either way, the zoom options are under Preferences/Editing Behavior/Horizontal Zoom Center.
thanks! great, really great! whished somenone showed me all that 15 years back when i learnd pro tools
Your vids are soooo cool to help newbies like me... Big Thx !
I'm just getting into reaper. Amazing, versatile program! However I have a track that I have split in two places to add a voice over. So the middle bit under my voice is lower volume, then back to normal volume after split. So I have three segments. 1.normal - 2.quiet - 3.normal yet every cross fade I have tried takes the volume. of "segment one" down to nothing, then the quite bit fades in from nothing, and the same happens fading from segment two back into normal volume. So it is not a smooth fade into and out of the low volume. Without fades, it is too sudden in and out. How do I do this? thanks.
"just hit it!" It is already epic for me
Any way to set up automatic crossfades between loops? I'd love to see a video on how to do that. I've heard a lot of users complaining about clicks at loop points, and I experience this myself, even though I have a completely flat floor noise file that i want to loop. Without a crossfade, it clicks quietly, but audibly. I've looked everywhere for an answer on this, and only found people experiencing the same frustration with the lack of answers. Is there a trick we're missing, or is this a feature request?
You mean zero crossings? You can do that in reaper. There are default key assignments but you can open the Actions menu and filter 'zero'. There, you'll see 'split at previous zero crossing', 'move edit cursor to next zero crossing in items' etc.
Thanks.
When I select trim content it trims the other track but it also creates a fade on it!
Why? and how do I turn that off?
Too bad you wont answer any questions :(
Found it after two hours
Preferences>Project>Media item defaults
Create automatic fadeins (Uncheck it to turn it off) !!
if i make fade to one track and split the track is it possible to keep the earlier fade? so that lets say other one starts from 0% volume and rises to 50% volume and the other split half starts from 50% and goes to 100% i really wish to know how to do this
The only way I can think is to create a send from your source to a new destination track and set the input of the latter to 'Record: output' either (mono), (stereo), or (multichannel). Don't use 'latency compensated'. This will record your fade and, from there, you can split the item and move it however you want.
hi just a question on crossfades. even when auto crossfade is switched on it still fades in/out on auto punch and not crossfade. ive tried alsorts. have been doing it manually but its slow an pains taking. cheers for your tutorials
I managed to get it working with Options > New Recording that overlaps existing media items > Trims existing items behind new recording (Tape mode). Hope that works for you.
I had a issue getting it to crossfade when punching in... the only thing that resolved it was closing reaper and restarting it... however you may not have zoomed in a enough to see the crossfade from the autopunch recording as you've got zoom in loads to see it. Hope this might help
Thank you very much.
Doesn't seem to work on a midi track. Anybody know about this?
Record the midi to audio. Create a send to another track. Then your midi will be audio
You can do it. Preferences/Project/Media Item Defaults/Enable automatic fade-in/fade-out and autocrossfade for MIDI note velocity.
Magnificent
What about midi? I can't seem to fade out Midi :(
Preferences/Project/Media Item Defaults/Enable automatic fade-in/fade-out and autocrossfade for MIDI note velocity.
I made a time selection, I selected the track, and I am pressing "X" but nothing is happening??
You have to double click the track which selects all items. Alternatively, you can just select the two items which are spanned by the time selection. Another possibility is that, somehow, your X key is not longer bound to that command. If that's the case, you can open the Actions editor, and find 'Item: Crossfade items within time selection' and set that to any key you like.
"Punch it Chewy"...
Thank you for the great help..much appreciated...
Wow...
What is a "punch in"? I'm a noob, thats why I'm here. :p
google "audio punch in"