100 Reaper Tips and Shortcuts (for Beginners)

[@REAPERMania]

Great job!!!

[@PodPeak]

Damn, thanks Kenny! 🙏🙌🏼

[@validcore]

Kenny!

[@bobwilkinsonguitar6142]

Strong endorsement

[@tfmc3389]

I agree with Kenny! Great job.

[@kedskies]

Kenny the man

[@rano12321]

What an absolute goldmine of a video.

[@ChadwickRider]

My DAW lifecycle ... Started with Cakewalk, then Garageband, then Pro Tools, then Ableton and now I'm on Reaper 6 licensed version. LOVE Reaper! Thanks to all of you out there sharing tips, tricks and tutorials, building a community. Very much appreciated!

[@bolttracks]

Similar thing here… first Reason, then Cubase, then ProTools, then Logic, then Ableton, and now Logic, Reaper & Ableton together 🤣

[@VanjaSpirin]

@@bolttracks me too, but Ableton is much better and more user friendly. I started to learn Reaper, but this is some masochistic experience. Why should I do things easy when I can do it in a complicated way?

[@DonaldWaughmusic]

I use Pro Tools everyday at work but nothing beats Reaper’s customization. Incredible!!! Thanks for the video.

[@unclespooky]

Good sir. I stumbled down a KZbin Reaper Rabbit hole and found your 100 tips. I'm only a third of the way through and you've already saved me so much time in my work flow and file management. Thank you so much for taking the time to put this together.

[@MartinMillerGuitar]

This channel rocks!

[@PodPeak]

Thanks!

[@lnxguit]

I love how you started with file management. That really helps with reaper

[@IDDQDSound]

Editing skills on fleek!!!!

[@daviddahl8562]

I watch this video a few times along with reaper blog and reaper mania you guys are awesome I'm just a slow learner so I have to watch stuff a few times over to get it stuck in my head thanks again

[@padolfolc]

Very useful! Thanks!

[@thomascreen9237]

Super useful. Thank you! Between you, Kenny, and the Tidy dude . . . I'm getting going, and no stopping me.

[@originalskylark]

Excellent, well-organized tutorial! I've been at this for a long time and I still picked up a couple new tips that will enhance my workflow going forward. Thank you so much!

[@dingo5842]

I watched it through, and used every function. I will also watch the videos you referenced. Thank you so much for making this!

[@PodPeak]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ROYALVIDEOS_ROYALVIDEOS]

Thank you so much this video so great and so easy to follow, I appreciate it so much wish you all the best god lock my dear friend and thank you!!

[@PodPeak]

Thank you!

[@carlgedye3942]

That was all really helpful. A great find, thanks for that.

[@PodPeak]

Thanks!

[@michaelkaastrup5429]

wooowww, amazing work mate, Thanks for a great video.

[@ricktowers-hn8rd]

Definitely studying study mode

[@sharingmyfun8804]

Thank you for the tips and keyboard shortcuts. This is a wonderful resource for those of us who are new. 20:11

[@ShortForage]

Thank you! Just finished my first real project in Reaper. These tips are gonna save me a lot of time.

[@exoduslnx]

Damn, this is legendary. Thanks dood!

[@cedricleclercq3983]

Excellent !!! thank you very much !

[@andreasfranzmann9634]

Ha ha, I knew every single one exept for the last one!! 😜 Was worth sticking to the end indeed. Thanks for the effort to make this video and especially for command+left click in the fx slots. All the best, Andy

[@MonkeyDolphin]

This is absolute gold. Thank you very much!

[@PodPeak]

Hey thanks so much.

[@daviddahl8562]

I finally went through the whole video wrote everything down in a notebook there was a few of them in there that was trying to figure out oh thats how you do it. And I do watch reapermania and reaperblog a lot those 2 guys are awesome. thanks man great job

[@bcraigcraig4796]

I just starting Reaper coming from Logic Pro X this was so help God Bless Sir

[@scaramuccirecords]

Thank you so much for this video. You really master the art of explaining things clearly. You also found the relevant aspects for a person who is migrating from another daw to reaper. Thanks for making my life a bit easier. Wish you the best.

[@IainNitro]

coming from Ableton Live, Pro Tools and N-Track Studio. Since I alternate between Linux and Windows (11) I have decided to adopt Reaper as my DAW of choice. This video is helpful as I am launching my new YT channel.

[@strangebones7821]

I'm not a real beginner, but i do play one sometimes. Holy Wow! Thanks a million. Time, heartache, and energy saving, for sure. Special thanks for including Windows options. I will be passing this info and video on. Preeshy ate it!!!

[@kurtjanssen3887]

Thanx...excellent video👍

[@sitgesstudio]

wow! let me get some coffee... this is good stuff!

[@tacofriday8272]

Top notch info man ! Thank you!

[@FirebrandVOCALS]

This is worthly of an award. Cheers man!

[@PodPeak]

Thanks!

[@XReyOnline]

Great video. Thanks.

[@MichaelWheelock]

Excellent tutorial

[@PodPeak]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@EugenioMatos1]

Thank you soooo much for this super detailed video on Reaper! Very good job!

[@Derpadeedooda]

Great video

[@piet245]

Wow. What a huge Pack of Information. Thank you so much for your great work.

[@ComatoseMN]

Really cool video! I've been working with Reaper for awhile, but really been digging in as of late, to really make it my own. This was really comprehensive and helpful. Thanks, Evan!! (I heard your name in your "Customize Reaper Toolbar Buttons", video). >M

[@tpks]

Great useful and meaningful, thus sustainable video. With timestamps and recommendations to other useful videos. Thank you for your time to create this!

[@cmespy2005]

Great job man!

[@fnm1900]

Thank you so much sir!

[@noompsieOG]

I taught myself reaper Over 2 years I wish this video was around when I started lol. This is a great video though as someone who has learnt the hard way good work

[@evanloday]

Can I bind the "clear all mutes and/or solos" to a keyboard shortcut? Can't find it in the mouse modifiers list (which I believe is a very messy menu. I wish it had a filter and a "find action" button at least)

[@PodPeak]

You'll need to create a custom action. Try this: Track: Select all tracks, Track: Unsolo all tracks, Track: Unmute all tracks, Unselect (clear selection of) all tracks/items/envelope points Once you've created that custom action you can assign a keyboard shortcut. Hope this helps. 👍

[@TazvelFox]

Great video Sir. Thank you very much

[@zachary963]

Hi folks! New Reaper user here. I’ve tried a few DAWs and I like Ableton’s MIDI functions to be the best/most intuitive. However, Ableton is very expensive lol. Is there a way to change how Reaper’s MIDI works? For instance, in Ableton, clicking once will add a note the same length as the note previously selected. Clicking and holding will allow you to either move a note, or select a group of notes, depending on what you click on. And the D-pad will move the note - ie, pressing the up arrow will make an A into an A#, pressing the right arrow will move the note from the first beat to the second beat in the measure, etc.

[@PodPeak]

You can probably do all that in Reaper by creating custom actions and/ or mouse modifiers. Keep looking for tutorials on KZbin. There’s some good ones.

[@davidball7211]

Excellent video for the Reaper newbie like myself. I have several different DAW's and I'm finding Reaper to be one of the easiest DAW's to work with once several of the tips you provide here are implemented. Thank you for the much needed help.

[@JohnWesleyBarker]

Great. Straight forward and useful. I like your presentation style and approach. Thanks.

[@bogotta]

Great video thank you. How can I get the transport controls at the top like in ableton?

[@northerncrimes]

hover mouse over transport bar and right-click. you'll see an option toward the bottom of menu to move transport bar

[@bogotta]

Yo! thank you @@northerncrimes

[@jsohi0082]

Thank you for this. When you talk about moving the files to the favorites, is there an equivalent action that you could perform on Windows 11? What steps should I take? Why does opening the media properties with double click get annoying?

[@kensmechanicalaffair]

Great job, this video was very precise and helpful.

[@BillGraper]

In theory, I like the "save project every __ minutes," but sometimes I'll be experimenting, and I don't want to save the changes. I know that I can just x out of the project without saving. What I did was kept the "save project" button, and put it in the upper left. Whenever I want to save my work up to that point, I just click that button. Every time I add something, I click that button. It's quick. I love this content, though! Great stuff!!!

[@acreguy3156]

Thanks very much! The one change I wish the developers would make is to increase the font size of all these pop up windows. Is there a way to do this?

[@ProofPleez]

Super helpful. I'm not a beginner, nor am I an expert. Lots of good new tips and reminders. Subbed.

[@denyputman7480]

Thanks a lot for this!

[@lovesaudioproductions]

Great tips, thank you! unfortunately the new version doesn't have the same menu for editing behavior.its actually, Preferences>Appearance>Zoom/Scroll/Offset

[@PodPeak]

Thanks for the info!

[@Daniel-kr6px]

Yay Mac! thanks man..

[@huayuge1024]

Thank you very much, this is very useful, I have used reaper for several years, in fact, I have not used many of them, thank you for your hard work!

[@tomcollins3508]

thanks bud, much appreciated

[@TheTimeProphet]

The first tip was gold. Hated all the audio files in the root project

[@john.jasperina]

Thank you for this awesome tutorial. I am new to this and have the following problem: while recording I hear the the music that I play coming back though the headphones at a lower pitch. When I check the recorded mp3 file it is indeed at a lower pitch and somewhat slower... any Ideas what might be wrong??

[@jackimercer9586]

If I want to render a part of a track silent, is there a quick key for that? For instance, I have three audio tracks for a podcast and while one person is speaking, another one sniffs a lot and I just want to take the whole section where he isn't speaking and highlight and make is silent. Is there a way to do that without having to split the track and lower the volume?

[@PodPeak]

I think there is, but it’s probably better to clean up the audio in the edit. Search Kenny Gioia videos for removing silence and rendering

[@jackimercer9586]

@@PodPeak Great! Thanks so much!

[@audiosounddoctor5834]

WHy I can not hit space bar when I am using a mouse at the same time to adjust a plugin or track volume

[@harrismonnc]

I am confused on what boxes to check in Save as. I have been using the top 2 boxes as per Reaper manias video, however yours uses the other box which is "copy all media into project directory." Can some explain the difference between "Move all media," and "Copy all media." I feel like i have lost files in the past by using "copy all media...

[@PodPeak]

I would always do what Kenny Gioia recommends…

[@IamaiIsmo]

thanks awesome !!!

[@johnny_pretzels1156]

Great Vid!!!! I have used reaper exclusively for prolly a decade, I watched this to better help a friend who is new to DAWs in general and wanted to brush up and give him some good tips. OMG there was quite a few things in here that even after a decade I was still ignorant to. Very helpful!!!! thx for this!

[@1himanshusinha]

Mr Pod Peak YOUR VIDEOS ARE VERY INFORMATIVE BUT I am not able to ENABLE THE MIDI INPUT or MIDI OUTPUT IN REAPER. I am using reaper & enabled the Nektar impact lx min II in my reaper. Reaper recognises the control unit. PLEASE HELP by writing a few essential lines

[@archie_en]

30:15 Sony Vegas есть такая фишка: выделил участок, нажал S и он обрезан с двух сторон. Круто. Как это сделать тут?

[@qTravis666]

how do you change the actual short cuts? not the action list

[@PodPeak]

Every shortcut is changed in the actions list

[@getstew]

Wow! That B roll laptop guy is super excited!!!

[@PodPeak]

😂

[@ustexasvet]

Very true

[@omstudiosurguja]

thank you sir .................

[@adrianwagner336]

hi ive been trying for several weeks to get this question answered by various Reaper tutors hopefully you can end my quest altho it is a bit off from the subject of this vid i have completely lost my grid in all instances and cant seem to get it back no matter what i try to do and being relatively new to Reaper im scared to do more harm than i already have thank you very much for your attention and hopefully your assistance

[@PodPeak]

option-G on Mac / alt-G on PC

[@pazserenaeuna]

Wow I am scared already so many to do and the funny thing is : without all this tips I could not even start any thing at all : Thanks

[@daviddahl8562]

I don't know if this makes any sense after going through it wen by smoothly except none of my tool bars are not working. I was trying to use the snap tool. I have png. files on one track. When I was trying to snap one png the rest of the png went with it. And now when I click once nothing happened. I can't find the piano roll midi editor which I use a lot. Before I click a midi track twice the midi editor would pop up in place so i can see the music notation. Now thats gone can you help me. I'm not good with words so I hope this makes sense

[@daviddahl8562]

I found it I was randomly trying different shortcut keys I think it was I typed Opt. + Cmnd + E and the the midi editor popped up

[@jarekgacek]

awesom!

[@sitgesstudio]

One more comment. You getting pops and strutters even with a powerful PC? Take a look at the FX flushing and buffering preferences. That worked for me just when I was about to throw reaper away.

[@daviddahl8562]

following this step by step really messed up my reaper some of the shortcut keys screwed things up like tool bars don't work and such the snapping tool bar went crazy trying to copy and paste and move stuff in a track is way out of whack. I thought about resetting back to factory settings but I know that can be a very bad idea. When I click on any of the tool bars nothing happens. This is nobody's fault but my own. So I am not blaming you for it. This is why I get a bit nervous on changing shortcut keys.

[@blinkandy2410]

My record/play/stop option got vanished when i misclicked with my mouse. Now i cant bring it back. Can someone help me how to bring it back?

[@PodPeak]

cmd+opt+t

[@Stellarainn]

Ctrl+Alt+T

[@3fingerjim]

Omg. I wish I had seen this before I started working with Reaper, but I am not in that deep that I can't start over.

[@PodPeak]

You got this!

[@BriceVincent]

Thanks 😍

[@ricktowers-hn8rd]

Newbie here

[@tskfamily9474]

15:45

[@bosxo]

This guide seems to be quite inaccurate in key choices for specific functions with Reaper 7 (maybe earlier). I like the idea of it though and it has given me ideas, but most things don't work as demonstrated any more.

[@octavio-blues-sound3022]

Pero

[@trippypages7309]

👍👍🏻👍🏼👍🏽👍🏾👍🏿

[@lightst33l]

No shortcut for metronom on off? Reaper is not userfriendly like cubase. İm not used to it... And start end markers is confusing!!!!

[@firmans12]

Lol

[@lightst33l]

@@ranajoyshil Yes! Exactly i mean that. You need to assign/change a lot of things... İm too old for that for me it is annoying.

[@daviddahl8562]

This is a screenshot video I made of an issue I'm having. I hope this makes sense to you. I have chord diagrams in a track. I click the very first chord and drag it to the left and the rest of the chords drags with it I can not drag them separately. I deleted a chord just to show you what happens when I drag and drop a chord int that spot the other chords move away.This just started happening when I started messin' around with the shortcut keys and have no idea what I did wrong except not paying attention. Now I don't know how to fix it. I hope I explained this to you properly. And I really hope you can help me with that it would be most appreciated. kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4nRoXWZq6-kl8k

[@pazserenaeuna]

How I get it : this is the real MATRIX

[@espercussion]

too many ads

[@VanjaSpirin]

There are 100 tips for beginners? And 100000 tips for pros? To use a DAW? Guys, have you ever heard of intuitive and user friendly software? This is like a bad joke. I will erase Reaper NOW!