always amazing. you have taught me not to fear the routing matrices of doom, lol. it's almost overwhelming what reaper can do, but you make everything understandable and fun, so much that one feels inclined to go right out and do what they just learned in your "class". thanks again
I suppose there must be a compelling reason someone would take the time to set up complex routing of channels within a track but to me the sensible way to do this is with multiple tracks. It's faster and offers more control.
You are the best! THANK YOU SOOO MUCH!!! You saved my whole Project with this! I knew it is possible, because EVERYTHING is possible in Reaper! I just often don't know how. And that's the time when I usually visiting your Channel! Always a great help!
I think complex signal routing on a computer screen is best implemented and best managed visually using a patch cord UI like some effect pedals do it. I imagine a modular DAW UI in which routing happens on a canvas on which every process is a block/node and signal is directed into and out of these nodes with aforementioned patch cords. This would eliminate the notion of fixed channels with auxes and inserts and replace it with a freeform signal path. If you need a delay simply drop it onto the canvas and wire it up to suit your needs
You are a friggin mind reader. Dunno how many times I've wondered if I could do something in Reaper, and you put out a video about the exact thing a couple of weeks later! Nice one
Another master class👏! I wish all my teachers at school were as clear as you. Many thanks to speak slowly so we have time to think what we are learning.
This such a time saver. I just set up a Sitala template following this advice. When you make things easier like this it means there's less time spent thinking and more time to be creative.
I keep URL's and titles to videos, that I think I'll use later, in a Notepad file. I added (Channel Mapper-Downmixer) to the title as I saved this one, to make it clearer to me when I look it back up. You might consider editing this video to include "using Channel Mapper-Downmixer" in either the title or the description.
In this specific case, having the clave, delay and reverb as the first three effects would have sufficed. But when the clap was separated as well this was needed.
That’s pretty interesting and ingenious! Don’t know if I would use this as opposed to separate tracks - but still it is kinda cool. It did help me to get a better grasp on the whole channel mapping thing. Thanks!
Very useful tip for building complex and sophisticated effect chains! Thank you once more for demonstrating the abilities of Reaper. Can anyone enlighten me on whether something similar to plugin pin connector exists but for midi purposes? So each effect can listen to it's dedicated channel, letting us create multitimbral instruments in a single effect chain.
@@REAPERMania Yes, but since many plugins don't offer a feature to select which midi channel they listen to, maybe reaper could take care of this by routing different midi channels to the appropriate plugins in a similar fashion.
Great tips! Saves track count in my main window for sure. Some simpler fx things can definitely be tucked away this way - with a note to self about wtf I did there. ;)
Thank you for the explanations, Kenny! To me Reaper's internal routing has always been a somehow 64-channel (mono) or 32-channel stereo sub-Mixer+FX-Container. Very similar to how in Reason we could put the mixer in a Container plugin and have sub-mix for drums and samplers before they get routed to the main mix-console. In short, every track in Reaper is a 64m||32st sub-mixer under the hood. Wouldn't it be more simple to just have a simplified mixer GUI for the pin connectors outing? I mean, I can deal with the routing matrix (it has its pros), but most people find such matrix GUI a bit (quite) intimidating.
@@REAPERMania I see that the piano roll isn't there and I know how to do that. But the colors seem more vibrant and the samples also show up on the midi notes. All in all just looks much better than mine
@@ThePilate30 This Video explains how to do it th-cam.com/video/xMyesZ9TOJU/w-d-xo.html. The Channel has lots of reaper customisation videos. So it's worth scrolling through it. There is also an interwiew with kenny so I think he is ok with linking the channel. 😅
Hey Kenny, I LOVE your videos. I think your audience would really appreciate a video covering the LUA: FX Rack from eugen2777 The GUI is so simple and I think its streamlined visual approach to FX Routing would spark creativity for people who might feel a bit intimidated by the default Reaper Pin approach to routing. I added FX Rack to my Workflow and now it's something I can't live without.
Thanks for posting this. This is WAY better than the stock ui with the single chain, no matter how many parallel pins you have. Hopefully one day Cockos implements a skeumorphic modular UI like FL's Patcher or something.
Kenny!! I just watched your tutorial on groove3 on mixing Jazz Fusion. Excellent tutorial. I found it very interesting how you started your rough mix with fx on the master track. Especially adding eq and then copying the eq to all the tracks. I'm wondering if you still start your mixes that way? I think it would be a great video for reaper mania on how you start a rough mix. Thanks as always!
Great video as always Kenny! I have a question, when Clave is sending 3/4 to Delay and Reverb, is the signal flow from Clave 3/4 to Delay then Reverb going in serial one time, i.e. first Delay then Reverb? or is Clave 3/4 going in serial and parallel, meaning going to Delay then Reverb serially, AND parallel to Reverb without Delay, i.e. Reverb is applied twice with and without Delay?
Thanks, Kenny. Is it 'better' to use multiple channels on one track (as you do in this video), or better to assign separate tracks for each rhythm instrument, and have the appropriate FX on those tracks? I could understand the multi-channel approach for a 'cleaner' / 'tidier' visual environment, but is it also less processor intensive than having multiple tracks?
Could you have just used the plug-in pin connector to output to channels 1 & 2 instead of using the Downmixer plug-in? Awesome video, this was very interesting information!
I think I would have use each RS5k on a dedicated track on this case, and all midi on one track with sends to each of these. This allows quick solo, mute etc for each instruments and no matrix. Though this is essential trick to know it is indeed useful in some context to reduce number of tracks !
Yes. This is just another way to do it. Not always the best. But what I like about this way is it's perfect if you just wanted to add FX to one sound and everything else was fine.
Thank you very much for the presentation. But how do I get this colorful MIDI display together with the 'velocity' flags in Reaper? Is there a video for this?
Right click in the MIDI Editor above the Piano on the grey area and go to "Options -> CC/velocity lane" and activate "Show note length in velocity lane".
Is there a way to quickly "explode" each midi note of a midi item to midis itens in different tracks? For example: every C3 in one track every D3 in another and so on
Note= @kenny (I am a great fan of this DAW but its core engine is not stable..... Problem is recorded a track using mic.... But it automatically my previous project vocal mixed in some region,, no way to remove it(tried to delete all projects, everything..). In brief projects are interfering in their data, for a great future.... Please work on the stability & reliability....
I know this guy has a lot to teach me but I just can't handle the way he speaks. 3 to 5 words bursts with long pauses in between. He sounds like William Shatner after inhaling helium to me.
To me it makes the videos much easier to learn from. The pace, at least for me, is perfect. Most other tutorials people rush through things, almost like they forget people are watching them to absorb information
@@REAPERMania No worries, and I don't mean to offend. I can't help but wonder though, do you purposely pace your speech this way just for the videos or do you speak this way all the time? Either way, clearly my issue, not yours. Rock on!
always amazing. you have taught me not to fear the routing matrices of doom, lol. it's almost overwhelming what reaper can do, but you make everything understandable and fun, so much that one feels inclined to go right out and do what they just learned in your "class". thanks again
Seconded. Defearing the routing matrices really has changed how I work. Thank you, Mr G :)
I suppose there must be a compelling reason someone would take the time to set up complex routing of channels within a track but to me the sensible way to do this is with multiple tracks. It's faster and offers more control.
You are the best! THANK YOU SOOO MUCH!!! You saved my whole Project with this! I knew it is possible, because EVERYTHING is possible in Reaper! I just often don't know how. And that's the time when I usually visiting your Channel! Always a great help!
Damn, I am so happy I switched to reaper. Never going back to Cubase
Reaper is always innovating the frequencies.❣️🔥💯
Thanks as always Kenny. Reaper continues to amaze me.
Thanks Kenny. I would love it if Reaper had a Channel Wiring View, similar to the current Track Wiring View, to represent these FX paths visually.
Amazing! Best TH-cam channel so far!
Thanks as always! By the way, the whole track with the delay on everything sounds surprisingly good
2:48 chariots of fire with that clap :-)
I think complex signal routing on a computer screen is best implemented and best managed visually using a patch cord UI like some effect pedals do it.
I imagine a modular DAW UI in which routing happens on a canvas on which every process is a block/node and signal is directed into and out of these nodes with aforementioned patch cords. This would eliminate the notion of fixed channels with auxes and inserts and replace it with a freeform signal path. If you need a delay simply drop it onto the canvas and wire it up to suit your needs
Kenny YOU are the Man!
You are a friggin mind reader. Dunno how many times I've wondered if I could do something in Reaper, and you put out a video about the exact thing a couple of weeks later! Nice one
Another master class👏! I wish all my teachers at school were as clear as you. Many thanks to speak slowly so we have time to think what we are learning.
Thank you
very useful tutorial, thank you for sharing!
This such a time saver. I just set up a Sitala template following this advice. When you make things easier like this it means there's less time spent thinking and more time to be creative.
Thnx Kenny 😉🎼👍🏽
Excellent tutorials - just learning - thank you so much for your clear presentations!
Once again a great lesson and a really useful one, clearly explained. Thanks Kenny!
I keep URL's and titles to videos, that I think I'll use later, in a Notepad file. I added (Channel Mapper-Downmixer) to the title as I saved this one, to make it clearer to me when I look it back up. You might consider editing this video to include "using Channel Mapper-Downmixer" in either the title or the description.
Thanks
@@REAPERMania I use your KennyMania video list as well.
This channel is gold. Thank you!!!
Thanks! ❤️
Thanks, Kenny!!!!
I liked it when the whole beat got a dose a reverb 😎
Genius! ❤️
Seems very handy for plugins like drum machines/beat makers with multiple outputs but you don't feel like making new tracks with all the sends.
Exactly.
Amazing!
In this specific case, having the clave, delay and reverb as the first three effects would have sufficed. But when the clap was separated as well this was needed.
That’s pretty interesting and ingenious! Don’t know if I would use this as opposed to separate tracks - but still it is kinda cool. It did help me to get a better grasp on the whole channel mapping thing. Thanks!
That was the idea. Even if you don't use it, you understand it better.
Very useful tip for building complex and sophisticated effect chains! Thank you once more for demonstrating the abilities of Reaper. Can anyone enlighten me on whether something similar to plugin pin connector exists but for midi purposes? So each effect can listen to it's dedicated channel, letting us create multitimbral instruments in a single effect chain.
MIDI Channels?
@@REAPERMania Yes, but since many plugins don't offer a feature to select which midi channel they listen to, maybe reaper could take care of this by routing different midi channels to the appropriate plugins in a similar fashion.
Just what I was looking for. Thanks!
Great tips! Saves track count in my main window for sure. Some simpler fx things can definitely be tucked away this way - with a note to self about wtf I did there. ;)
Thank you for the explanations, Kenny!
To me Reaper's internal routing has always been a somehow 64-channel (mono) or 32-channel stereo sub-Mixer+FX-Container.
Very similar to how in Reason we could put the mixer in a Container plugin and have sub-mix for drums and samplers before they get routed to the main mix-console.
In short, every track in Reaper is a 64m||32st sub-mixer under the hood.
Wouldn't it be more simple to just have a simplified mixer GUI for the pin connectors
outing?
I mean, I can deal with the routing matrix (it has its pros), but most people find such matrix GUI a bit (quite) intimidating.
I agree. It might be worth looking in to.
The Reaper's flexibility is beyond the wonderfulness😊👍
New kenny is a vibeeee
Great video as always, and I'd love to know how you set up your midi editor like that!
Like what?
@@REAPERMania I see that the piano roll isn't there and I know how to do that. But the colors seem more vibrant and the samples also show up on the midi notes. All in all just looks much better than mine
@@ThePilate30 This Video explains how to do it th-cam.com/video/xMyesZ9TOJU/w-d-xo.html. The Channel has lots of reaper customisation videos. So it's worth scrolling through it. There is also an interwiew with kenny so I think he is ok with linking the channel. 😅
@@gofidletterkerl5094 awesome, appreciate it!
Hey Kenny, I LOVE your videos. I think your audience would really appreciate a video covering the LUA: FX Rack from eugen2777
The GUI is so simple and I think its streamlined visual approach to FX Routing would spark creativity for people who might feel a bit intimidated by the default Reaper Pin approach to routing.
I added FX Rack to my Workflow and now it's something I can't live without.
Thanks for posting this. This is WAY better than the stock ui with the single chain, no matter how many parallel pins you have. Hopefully one day Cockos implements a skeumorphic modular UI like FL's Patcher or something.
@@Venthorn Patcher is by far my favorite when it comes to designing signal chains. I really hope something similar winds up in Reaper.
Kenny!! I just watched your tutorial on groove3 on mixing Jazz Fusion. Excellent tutorial. I found it very interesting how you started your rough mix with fx on the master track. Especially adding eq and then copying the eq to all the tracks. I'm wondering if you still start your mixes that way? I think it would be a great video for reaper mania on how you start a rough mix. Thanks as always!
Great info! Thanks Kenny!!
God bless you my coach
Great video as always Kenny! I have a question, when Clave is sending 3/4 to Delay and Reverb, is the signal flow from Clave 3/4 to Delay then Reverb going in serial one time, i.e. first Delay then Reverb? or is Clave 3/4 going in serial and parallel, meaning going to Delay then Reverb serially, AND parallel to Reverb without Delay, i.e. Reverb is applied twice with and without Delay?
It's all happening in order. So you have the Clave going into the Delay then that result going into the Reverb.
I use Battery 4, but sometimes I think I could just use something like this instead!
Thanks, Kenny.
Is it 'better' to use multiple channels on one track (as you do in this video), or better to assign separate tracks for each rhythm instrument, and have the appropriate FX on those tracks?
I could understand the multi-channel approach for a 'cleaner' / 'tidier' visual environment, but is it also less processor intensive than having multiple tracks?
Could you have just used the plug-in pin connector to output to channels 1 & 2 instead of using the Downmixer plug-in? Awesome video, this was very interesting information!
No. It breaks the chain with everything earlier if you try to bring things back to 1 & 2 later in the chain.
Hi, Kenny, as always - an informative video and an unusual color. Thanks!
P.S. The beard growing :-)
I think I would have use each RS5k on a dedicated track on this case, and all midi on one track with sends to each of these.
This allows quick solo, mute etc for each instruments and no matrix.
Though this is essential trick to know it is indeed useful in some context to reduce number of tracks !
Yes. This is just another way to do it. Not always the best. But what I like about this way is it's perfect if you just wanted to add FX to one sound and everything else was fine.
Thank you very much for the presentation. But how do I get this colorful MIDI display together with the 'velocity' flags in Reaper? Is there a video for this?
Right click in the MIDI Editor above the Piano on the grey area and go to "Options -> CC/velocity lane" and activate "Show note length in velocity lane".
@@gofidletterkerl5094 thanks a lot 🤗
Too good Thankyou
Is there a way to quickly "explode" each midi note of a midi item to midis itens in different tracks?
For example: every C3 in one track every D3 in another and so on
Right click a midi Item >> Item Processing >> Explode MIDI Item by Note Row(pitch).
Thanks! I was driving myself crazy trying to figure it out. 😪😪
Hey Kenny, Is there a performance hit from doing it this way vs seperate tracks from a PC processing perspective?
amazing Bro thanks so much >>>>>5
Note= @kenny (I am a great fan of this DAW but its core engine is not stable..... Problem is recorded a track using mic.... But it automatically my previous project vocal mixed in some region,, no way to remove it(tried to delete all projects, everything..).
In brief projects are interfering in their data, for a great future.... Please work on the stability & reliability....
I have updated my Reaper but I don't have 'routing' on the main track. I see it in the mixer but is something wrong with mine?
Make sure the tracks are tall and wide enough.
@@REAPERMania Thanks I figured it out. It's trackview B that shows the routing. It's not shown as default. Thanks!
90% of my Reaper knowledge comes from kenny. 5% from the forum. Does anyone know how to join the reaper forum? I can never get authorized.
I know this guy has a lot to teach me but I just can't handle the way he speaks. 3 to 5 words bursts with long pauses in between. He sounds like William Shatner after inhaling helium to me.
I'm sorry… you feel… this way. :)
To me it makes the videos much easier to learn from. The pace, at least for me, is perfect. Most other tutorials people rush through things, almost like they forget people are watching them to absorb information
@@REAPERMania No worries, and I don't mean to offend. I can't help but wonder though, do you purposely pace your speech this way just for the videos or do you speak this way all the time? Either way, clearly my issue, not yours. Rock on!