I love Reaper and your tutorials are indispensable. One of the things I really like about Reaper aside from..... EVERYTHING, is that there are many ways to scale the mountain. Thanks again for sharing the wealth Kenny!
Don't know if anyone mentioned it but for me it's faster to pan both mono's left and right and then throw them in a folder. Select folder track and run action: Render Selected Area Of Tracks to Multichannel post-fader stem tracks. Delete the original. Done.
I find it easier to create a new track and put the two seperate mono tracks that you want to be a single stereo track in a track folder and then right click on the track folder choose "freeze/render to stems" something and then create a stereo stem out of that folder. There should immediatly appear a new track with the same "track name + stem". Delete the orignals that Reaper automatically mutes and you have your stereo track. Go to the panning knob and right click on it and choose "dual panning" option. Now you have a visually easy way to look on the panning of your new stereo track. I hope this makes sense since it's harder to explain than doing it IRL...
Fiore Deste, create a new track put it above another track and click its folder button on the lower right hand side, then click the folder button of the next track if you want to make it the last one in the folder but of course all this can be automated with a custom action
This tutorial is really good as always, but the problem I have is another one. I have a Line 6 UX2 sound card. Basically what happens to me is that when I want to listen to whatever I have in Reaper through headphones (wired to the Line 6) you hear both left and right. Then, if I want to listen through the speakers, it only plays left side. I don't know why it happens, but it does. I just want Reaper to let me hear from both speakers and I can't find how :(
Great video. I have version v6.78 (just updated) and I don't see the Options | "Show overlapping media items in lanes" option. Do you know what the current equivalent is? Thank you
I know why - if you dont have the height of the track high enough (vertical height of the track) you cant see the two lanes so it 'overlaps' again - but if you increase the vertical height you can see its actually working...
@@lzandman if you dont have the height of the track high enough (vertical height of the track) you cant see the two lanes so it 'overlaps' again - but if you increase the vertical height you can see its actually working... this is what they would have had happen
Now I just have to figure out how to create an action to do this, so I can apply it quickly to several tracks at a time! I guess I'll go watch your custom actions video. Thanks Kenny!
It worked perfectly fine for me, so thanks Kenny! The only thing is that I only can mute them both. I don't have the little M-symbol on both of the tracks. Has anyone an idea how I can change that?
No, that's not completely it.... it seems as though this frees up a fader on your control surface, so that's a plus. However, I'm curious as to the PAN control left on track 1 in the track control panel... does it have any affect? Is it only for track 1 or will it move both as a stereo pair? Do we still need to click on each one and hit F2 Item properties to change where they're panned?
I record one dirty and one clean guitar signal through AXE-FX I had an Idea to record these two signals as a stereo track and hear only the dirty one while clean is there if I need it and they edit together Only problem is how do I hear only the dirty one without it being on one side only (Left)? Is there such an option as "Hear only left side of stereo"?
The "Dual Pan" (You show in your other video) allows to bring left side of the stereo in the middle but unfortunately it does not allow to mute the right channel
I must have a different type of Reaper, because mine doesn't separate the two mono tracks once I dragged one over the other, even with your exact settings. It doesn't allow me to pan them separately, because it just becomes one track. Thanks anyway!
Basically it makes things easier by not having to have as many tracks. Before this trick I used to treat overheads by sending them to a stereo track and panning them left and right. So I had two muted tracks and one that I was sending them to at a pre-fader level, so I had three tracks instead of one. Now I can just put the source material on one track and I have two tracks less than I usually would. Clears up a lot of confusion.
@@derrick_martin_g. hey if you just tryna do this trick and see if it's working which is what I was tryna do you could also set a custom action to mute and solo selected tracks you'll be able to do just that the left and right items individually even though they are grouped together and on the same track
Eli Aulita: Well, it's pretty simple. I had resized the Media Items Properties dialog box and it was not showing those Item Take Properties. Just resize the dialog box and it should be there. Peace.
Thanks heaps for this. However it is beyond me why REAPER doesn't yet have the option of creating a stereo track. Protools have had it for years, and clearly, it's a very useful function.
I'm trying to like Reaper, but it's things like this and the fact you can't just create a bloody mono track that keeps me working in Pro Tools. I really do want to love this DAW, but it's just not there yet for me. That whole process is more work, aren't we supposed to be getting things to be easier ?
Whats great about Reaper is that you don't need to have mono, stereo, or even 5.1 tracks because you can have all different types of media all on the same track. The tracks in Reaper arent fussy.
Exactly what I needed. I believe “Show Overlapping Media Items In Lanes” has now changed to Options->Offset Media Items Vertically
Thanks Kenny - all these tips continue to add up and provide a deeper understanding of Reaper! Appreciate your efforts very much.
This is fantastic. Thank you very, very much! What a great, clear, and concise tutorial!
I love Reaper and your tutorials are indispensable. One of the things I really like about Reaper aside from..... EVERYTHING, is that there are many ways to scale the mountain. Thanks again for sharing the wealth Kenny!
Great, thanks, this really helped me out! I couldn't figure how to properly mix them together and be able to treat them as one track only.
You have the best reaper tutorials. Thanks!
You are a champ. I bet no other DAWs could treat the problem so elegantly.
Once done you can also glue the items, which makes it like it was a stereo track to begin with
Don't know if anyone mentioned it but for me it's faster to pan both mono's left and right and then throw them in a folder. Select folder track and run action: Render Selected Area Of Tracks to Multichannel post-fader stem tracks. Delete the original. Done.
I find it easier to create a new track and put the two seperate mono tracks that you want to be a single stereo track in a track folder and then right click on the track folder choose "freeze/render to stems" something and then create a stereo stem out of that folder. There should immediatly appear a new track with the same "track name + stem". Delete the orignals that Reaper automatically mutes and you have your stereo track. Go to the panning knob and right click on it and choose "dual panning" option. Now you have a visually easy way to look on the panning of your new stereo track.
I hope this makes sense since it's harder to explain than doing it IRL...
its work for me, only have to duplicate the original track and make the copy to stereo and that's it.
how do i create a track folder
Fiore Deste, create a new track put it above another track and click its folder button on the lower right hand side, then click the folder button of the next track if you want to make it the last one in the folder
but of course all this can be automated with a custom action
This is very helpful. Thanks so much.
Ohh! Thank you! A little supplement: You can also glue items together. Select both, click on Glue items. You can add clipFX now :).
thanks for the video!! How do you show the pan knob on each individual track?
Everything I needed to know. Thank you.
This video was a saver. Thanks man!
This is really useful helpful info thanks for sharing
Thanx man, very usefull!
obrigado amigo pela aula! muito boa
This tutorial is really good as always, but the problem I have is another one.
I have a Line 6 UX2 sound card. Basically what happens to me is that when I want to listen to whatever I have in Reaper through headphones (wired to the Line 6) you hear both left and right. Then, if I want to listen through the speakers, it only plays left side.
I don't know why it happens, but it does. I just want Reaper to let me hear from both speakers and I can't find how :(
Great video. I have version v6.78 (just updated) and I don't see the Options | "Show overlapping media items in lanes" option. Do you know what the current equivalent is? Thank you
Very helpful, thanks!
Is there a way to record directly into a sterio track using duel inputs
Does not work for me. When I slide one track towards the other, it just sits on top rather than beside it on the same track.
Fantastic!
does this only work with wav files? Its not working with two mp3 files.
I don't get it, when I move one channel into the other it just sits on top of it, not side by side. What am I doing wrong?
You didn’t watch the video good enough. Probably forgot to change the setting for showing the items in a separate lane.
I know why - if you dont have the height of the track high enough (vertical height of the track) you cant see the two lanes so it 'overlaps' again - but if you increase the vertical height you can see its actually working...
@@lzandman if you dont have the height of the track high enough (vertical height of the track) you cant see the two lanes so it 'overlaps' again - but if you increase the vertical height you can see its actually working... this is what they would have had happen
You're the best !!
Thank you bro
I'm using reaper 6, for PC and I'm not presented with the same options. Please help
Great Tutorial Thank you. Another point: I really liked that guitar sound at the beginning; how did you do that?
he had a reverb using ReaVerb and then he had a *bounce* wiht a different plugin. i forgot what it scalled, then he upped the rate of the bounce
Now I just have to figure out how to create an action to do this, so I can apply it quickly to several tracks at a time! I guess I'll go watch your custom actions video. Thanks Kenny!
Hah. The SWS extensions already did it for us (www.standingwaterstudios.com/). You can use the “Implode items to takes and pan symmetrically” action.
@@pietrosammarco6225 But it only plays one at a time then no?
is there a more efficient way doing this 5+ years later?
It worked perfectly fine for me, so thanks Kenny!
The only thing is that I only can mute them both. I don't have the little M-symbol on both of the tracks. Has anyone an idea how I can change that?
forreverwinter why do you need to mute them separately when they are essentially joined together to make one file?
try enlarging your track to the right, to leave room for the mute button to appear
or mute it in the mixer
No, that's not completely it.... it seems as though this frees up a fader on your control surface, so that's a plus. However, I'm curious as to the PAN control left on track 1 in the track control panel... does it have any affect? Is it only for track 1 or will it move both as a stereo pair? Do we still need to click on each one and hit F2 Item properties to change where they're panned?
we will, maybe dual pan will work better
I record one dirty and one clean guitar signal through AXE-FX
I had an Idea to record these two signals as a stereo track
and hear only the dirty one while clean is there if I need it and they edit together
Only problem is how do I hear only the dirty one without it being on one side only (Left)?
Is there such an option as "Hear only left side of stereo"?
I found an option in "Item Properties"
"Channel Mode" If I just set "Mono Left"
That works but it's not convenient to do every time
The "Dual Pan" (You show in your other video)
allows to bring left side of the stereo in the middle
but unfortunately it does not allow to mute the right channel
virtually everything in REAPER can be assigned to a single button or a menu item
I must have a different type of Reaper, because mine doesn't separate the two mono tracks once I dragged one over the other, even with your exact settings. It doesn't allow me to pan them separately, because it just becomes one track. Thanks anyway!
Hey, what does this achieve overall? a bigger sounding mix?
Basically it makes things easier by not having to have as many tracks. Before this trick I used to treat overheads by sending them to a stereo track and panning them left and right. So I had two muted tracks and one that I was sending them to at a pre-fader level, so I had three tracks instead of one.
Now I can just put the source material on one track and I have two tracks less than I usually would. Clears up a lot of confusion.
Can someone tell me how to get the mute/solo controls on the tracks themselves? As seen in the video
I'm having the same issue. I'm researching it now. I'll let you know if I find the fix. Let me know if you find a fix before I do, please. Thanks
@@derrick_martin_g. hey if you just tryna do this trick and see if it's working which is what I was tryna do you could also set a custom action to mute and solo selected tracks you'll be able to do just that the left and right items individually even though they are grouped together and on the same track
Eli Aulita: Well, it's pretty simple. I had resized the Media Items Properties dialog box and it was not showing those Item Take Properties. Just resize the dialog box and it should be there. Peace.
Thanks heaps for this.
However it is beyond me why REAPER doesn't yet have the option of creating a stereo track. Protools have had it for years, and clearly, it's a very useful function.
You're looking at it wrong. Tracks in REAPER can be anything. Video, MIDI, Mono, Stereo or Multi-channel.
But how do i do this if I am using a submix track
That's Wassup!!
you want Options->Offset Media Items Vertically now.
Or you could of just done the 2 mono tracks, panned them left and right and just bounce it as a stereo files and reimport it...
If only software's could talk in a common language.
Why are wh recording in mono to mix it in stereo after???
This is how mics and recording/mixing consoles work...
99.5% of microphones are mono
@@zachgormley1952 Not answer at all
I'm trying to like Reaper, but it's things like this and the fact you can't just create a bloody mono track that keeps me working in Pro Tools.
I really do want to love this DAW, but it's just not there yet for me.
That whole process is more work, aren't we supposed to be getting things to be easier ?
pro tools is SHIT and buggy
Whats great about Reaper is that you don't need to have mono, stereo, or even 5.1 tracks because you can have all different types of media all on the same track. The tracks in Reaper arent fussy.
You can do this easly with folders (track groups). It's more like in Pro Tools.
Paul, what do you mean by "you can't just create a bloody mono track"?
Pause less between sentences
Nesmysl, přelož si to.
Seriously? 5 steps to make two tracks stereo? Yikes.
Or, just render to a new track/file