Reaproducer | Accessible Audio And Midi Production With Reaper Daw And Osara

In a recent OSARA update, support has been improved for context menus on Windows, and added to the Mac. Additional context menus are available for envelopes and automation points, reporting state has been improved and these are also available on the Mac. As there is no applications key on the standard Mac keyboard, bindings have … Continue reading "Context Menu Improvements – RT17"

This session steps through doing basic automation of track volume, pan and effect parameters in Reaper with OSARA. There are a number of different ways of writing automation in Reaper and if you have a Control Surface, this will open up more. This episode shows how to manually write in automation points, and we start … Continue reading "Basic Automation with Reaper and OSARA – RT16"

During a recent update to OSARA, the key map has been updated, and upgraded. There are a number of new key assignments , and rearrangements to existing keystrokes. These are outlined below. Once you install the new key map, turn on shortcut help with F12 and explore the U, G, dash and equals, keys with … Continue reading "OSARA Key Map Updates for Reaper – RT15"

In this session I take a look at measuring and normalising to a LUFS value in Reaper. The first part of the episode covers what LUFS actually represents and how it is calculated. I start with discussing what Peak and RMS represent and how they are measured and the issues with normalising to each of … Continue reading "Understanding Loudness, Why the Fuss about LUFS – RT14"

The Nudge/set items dialog is another extremely useful feature within Reaper. You can open it with N. As the name suggests, it allows you to either nudge the position of an item or set it to a specific location. Nudging the position is extremely useful however you can do far more than this. For example, … Continue reading "Reaper’s Nudge Set Dialog – RT13"

The SWS ReaConsole Basic Usage Use Option+C on Mac, or Alt+C on Windows to open the console. Type the command and press Enter to commit the command, leaving the console open for another command. You can also press Command+Enter to commit and close the window, which is Control+Return on Windows. Escape will close the console … Continue reading "ReaConsole – Get Geeky, Get Productive with Reaper – RT12"

Custom actions are incredibly useful, and this Reaper tutorial shows you how to create them. A custom action allows you to string together a number of actions and combine them so that with the press of one keystroke, a number of actions can be performed at once. I found that when editing podcasts, I was … Continue reading "Creating Custom Actions in Reaper – RT11"

http://traffic.libsyn.com/iblindtech/PSA-ReaProducer.mp3 This quick update is to let you know of a few changes I’ve made to the podcast. It has been split into two feeds, one fore the Reaper Tutorials and the main feed for everything. So in Apple Podcasts or your app of choice, search for Audio Pizza to hear all that the Audio … Continue reading "Quick Podcast Update for ReaProducer"

This tutorial is courtesy of Dani Montalvo It covers the process of setting up a side-chain in Reaper on Windows. For further info and notes, please check out the Side-Chaining article on the Reaper Accessibility Wiki You can contact Dani on Twitter, @charadani.

This tutorial goes through the Render, and the Consolidate/Export tracks dialogs. You can bring up the Render dialog through the File menu or by pressing Control+Alt+R (Win), Command+Option+R (Mac), and access the consolidate dialog through the File menu. I also introduce the shortcuts to fade in or out an item. Rendering Projects and Tracks There … Continue reading "The Render and Consolidate/Export Tracks Dialogs – RT09"

Setting up a side chain in reaper is relatively straight forward. First what is a side chain? There’s many situations in which a side chain could be useful, and I will show one example today. In essence, a side chain is where you use the output of one track to control the effects on another … Continue reading "Side Chain Compression, Ducking for Voice Overs in Reaper – RT08"

This tutorial looks at adding effects to tracks or items. It briefly covers the very capable EQ and Compressor included with Reaper. Keyboard Shortcuts F Track: View FX chain for current track Shift+F Track: View FX chain for master track Shift+E Item: Show FX chain for item take B Track: Toggle FX bypass for current … Continue reading "Adding Effects in Reaper – RT07"

In this episode I take a look into some of the project settings and the save dialog. I show how to set a project such that when you move by bar, or measure, you will move by a minute, and when you move by beat, you’ll move by a given number of seconds. This is … Continue reading "Reaper’s Project Settings and Save Dialog – RT06"

This Reaper Tutorial looks at picking the default recording input from your interface. How to select a different input, and of course how to record. Keyboard Shortcuts F7 Track: Toggle record arming for current (last touched) track F8 Track: Cycle track record monitor R Transport: Record

In this episode I cover the basics of editing using items, and the three different ripple modes. A number of other actions are briefly covered as well, such as cut copy and paste, adjusting track pan, soloing a track, and duplicating a track. Keyboard Shortcuts A Custom: Select and split item under edit or play … Continue reading "Item & Ripple Editing in Reaper – RT04"

if you’re following these tutorials along on the Mac, make sure you get the latest build of OSARA and update your key map. In this third of a series of beginner tutorials, we finally get a bit of editing done using time selections. The context sensitive nature of Reaper is discussed along with some further … Continue reading "Audio Editing with Time Selections in Reaper with OSARA – RT03"

This tutorial gives a basic overview of the conversion between the windows key map and the Mac key map. It covers the hierarchy of a Reaper project. How to add a track, and insert an audio file on it. There’s also a quick run down of the OSARA configuration dialog. Feel free to contact me … Continue reading "Reaper Basics, Tracks, Media & OSARA Configuration – RT02"

In this Episode I’d like to give you a brief introduction to the DAW, Reaper. It is an extremely powerful multi track audio editor that is cross platform, working on Mac and Windows. I will be concentrating on the Mac version however most of what is covered is also applicable to Windows. You can find … Continue reading "Installing Reaper with OSARA & SWS – RT01"