8 Reaper Tips to Level Up Your Workflow

[@sonicimpactstudio]

Love the delta listen feature they recently added to the plugins and also the plugin mix knob. All the instructional videos that are out there really helps out when you are starting out with Reaper.

[@joeymusic]

I was gonna list this one but I just saw my friend do this and didn’t want to copy it lol -Miami

[@SHARt_murmur]

Absolutely love Reaper, been my go to for over a decade.

[@joeymusic]

It is king for sure. Imagine a future in which it overtakes pro tools?! Prob not likely due to avid being such a huge company, but one can dream -Miami

[@SHARt_murmur]

@@joeymusic that would be rad! But I think the elitist mindset that people often had against Reaper is dwindling. Like my mix engineer, for instance, has used ProTools forever. But when he was showed the transient detector and editing tools in Reaper he was really impressed. Or the amount of times where he was like, “How do you route in this, bus, side-chain,” etc, and I was like, “You just drag and drop or click the folder button.” Haha

[@CrushingAxes]

Man I love Reaper, easy to use, you can basically change everything about it, perfect for me!

[@joeymusic]

Perfect for me as well my friend! -Miami

[@stephenbreitling2327]

i love it too, but i wouldn’t call it easy to use, because of it’s nearly endless ways of customizing/adjusting/optimizing it. it is nearly impossible to find something reaper can’t do, but to get it to do what you want, isn’t that simple mostly. actually it should have a giant options button, because you have to adjust properties about every 5 minutes. reaper is probably the best software ever written, but i wouldn’t call it easy to use. the default settings regarding folder management, paths etc. are quite pointless and need to be adjusted

[@BamBamTheInfluence]

Reaper's features: 1. 64 audio channels per mixer track 2. Advanced routing features 3. Advanced "side chaining" for All parameters 4. Built-in pitch correction (both auto & manual) 5. Great stock plugins plus use any 3rd party plugin format 6. Advanced render options & render queue 7. 16 customizable tool bars 8. Create your own keyboard shortcuts 9. Create custom macros which automates multiple commands into 1 action then map that to a keyboard shortcut 10. Portable install 11. Advanced multiple layered "track freeze" with the ability to go all the way back to the original state even after closing the project 12. Load project in offline mode to troubleshoot buggy vsts 13. Extremely low RAM & CPU usage 14. Amazing noise removal 15. Vocal alignment function built-in 16. Versatile time Stretch options 17. Open & switch between multiple sessions 18. Remote session collaboration tools 19. Online repository with over 2000 community based enhancements including plugin 20. Great sampler & sample browser 21. Amazing Chord writing tools (Chord Gun)

[@outpost116]

I mostly produce electronic electronic music inside reaper and i really like two of its features. First of all, reaper can do feedback loops. Just check one checkbox and here you have it. I use feedback loops as an ambient generating machine. It works especially well with filters that can self oscillate. Second feature i use quite often is an ability to record from one track to another. Lets say i layered a bunch of stuff, then instead of rendering it, i simply record an output from folder to a new track.

[@idie123]

Keep the reaper stuff coming broham

[@joeymusic]

Always and forever! -Miami

[@sonicconscience]

As someone who has to mix on headphones, the MonitorFX feature is a life saver. The frequency response correction plugins and room simulation plugins sit in the MonitorFX tray and I never have to make sure that they are the last plugins on the master bus not do I need to turn them off prior to rendering audio out. Best investment in a software that I have ever made!

[@joeymusic]

Yup yup! Worth every penny -Miami

[@RiverwoodOfficial]

The Delta solo is a whole new lvl of awesomeness !

[@joeymusic]

Yeah, that’s an amazing one for sure -Miami

[@jamesdonnelly8888]

Brilliant piece you put together there, content, style, polish...fun! Awesome job!

[@andreasfranzmann9634]

15 years in Pro Tools - 2 years in Logic - 4 years in Studio One. Finally in Reaper. Finally happy! :-)

[@joeymusic]

Glad you found something you can be happy with! -Miami

[@DommoDommo]

Miami I have been using Reaper for YEARS and I totally overlooked the mix knob. Holy shit. Also this is the most concise and easy to understand Reastream tutorial I've ever seen. Should turn that into a short for some traction.

[@joeymusic]

We probably will tbh! And the mix knob is king! -Miami

[@battmanvonrichtoven]

My new Mac Book arrives next week and the first thing I’m doing is loading up Reaper. Thanks Miami for all the content. It is very helpful.

[@joeymusic]

Anytime my friend! I'll be standing on the reaper hill until the end -Miami

[@vmattos19]

"One for the Reaper kids" I always knew that my love for Miami was reciprocal Btw, the routing matrix is my favorite way of handling routing. It's so easy to visualize everything

[@joeymusic]

The routing matrix is definitely a plus in Reaper, Vitor! -Miami

[@IJH-Music]

Make another one of these! I love this video!

[@nickthorne5872]

Miami, you're videos are great! Most of us probably wish we were able to put out content like you do and get views and all that, but few of us are willing to actually put in the effort. That says something about you. Good job. Keep it up. Have a good one.

[@joeymusic]

I’m so glad you appreciate it dude... because it for sure isn’t easy😅 -Miami

[@ryanboyce3365]

Just getting into Reaper and am really liking it! Seems almost to good to be true and am not sure how I’ve overlooked it for so long. Really enjoy your videos Miami you’re great!!!

[@tjhope6653]

Winamp was life changing in college, same folks. Its amazing.

[@joeymusic]

Yep. Winamp was absolute fire -Miami

[@marvin469]

I first got reaper 5 yrs ago; &( I use FL/REASON/Mpc /Ableton etc) I and thought this program seems low budget lol. But after yrs of watching my homie use it & pushing it on me, I can say reaper is the truth.

[@Zephor]

I didn't know Reaper had a plugin mix knob that's so cool. I'm guessing that just mixes a blend of the unprocessed signal with the processed one. Similar to a parallel processing type of deal?

[@joeymusic]

That’s exactly what it does! -Miami

[@Filip_K_Shapethesound]

it has had it for quite a while. It also features "solo delta" mode now, so you can hear how's ANY PLUGIN actually affecting the source

[@codycreepcore]

I'm a reaper user and I love it, but I find that the plugin mix knob usually sounds like its out of phase with the original signal. Could be my own problem but not sure.

[@Filip_K_Shapethesound]

@@codycreepcore Hmm, tbh I use it on the occasion, because I still prefer to have a seperate channel for parallel processing (to have the full control and easy automation and stuff), but I've never really feeled like it was out of phase with the original. I'll pay closer attention next time, thanks for the tip! :)

[@martinemesguitar]

Damnit I've been using Reaper over 2 years and I didn't know about the mix knob on plugins. I'll be using that for sure. Cheers

[@joeymusic]

Glad you found something useful from the video, Martin! -Miami

[@OfAbstract]

Coming from Cool Edit Pro 2.0, Reaper is/was a great choice, I tried FL studio, Traktion, etc and I felt very limited during the trial periods, Reaper let's you get the full experience far before the rest, having the ability to open multiple tabs/sessions is great for drag and drop or copy paste, it's easier to reference mixes and it is a very simple program to work with. I'm no mixing master, but Reaper gives the user a chance to get an excellent work flow going far before the rest in my opinion 🙌

[@joeymusic]

Cool edit pro... damn.... I remember those days -Miami

[@OfAbstract]

@@joeymusic *Laughs in Windows Millennium*

[@kevinellis4729]

Love it. Reaper is where it's at.

[@xHRVSTRx]

Best daw lets goooo

[@joeymusic]

Without a question, its the goat of daws -Miami

[@JeffStrickland]

Love Reaper. Been a user and fan since Reaper 3 first came out. And themes--for years now, I've been a huge fan of the Commala theme, and most variations of it. If you haven't tried them, I'd definitely recommend! By far (to me) they are the most visually straightforward and quickest to navigate in my workflow. Check em out!

[@produktbaby]

My question is is stock pluggins good and if so which should folks use and if you feel you should pay for pluggins which ones should I go for

[@CeLillyMusic]

yay a Reaper video ❤️

[@joeymusic]

It was about time! -Miami

[@mdilag]

what song is at 1:34 ? sounds great!

[@djsusan00]

People always tell me "no my way is better" and they still continue to use the FL studio driver for streaming smh. REAstream is god tier. Cross DAW, REAPER to OBS, ect. Ninjam is amazing also if you are recording people remotley, or jamming.

[@joeymusic]

Literally nothing beats it! -Miami

[@ogthegrouch5877]

Subbed like a week ago, paying off already

[@joeymusic]

Glad to have you here, OG -Miami

[@maruserumangaka]

1:50 Apart from Reaper. Only FL Studio does it. But I prefer record and mix in Reaper since few months; very lite and extremely powerful. (I keep using fl for beatmaking). Anyways. I still do love JST's videos 💙🙏🏾

[@joeymusic]

I use fl for all my beatmaking as well. It’s just king of the piano roll -Miami

[@FirebrandVOCALS]

Reaper is incredible

[@kshitijk14]

Broo u droped it again 😂🤣 To be honest reaper is kind of Daw of Gods!! Reaper is muahh!💙😂, The mix knob is very helpful!!

[@joeymusic]

Yeah man, I thought I perfected the ending by now but I guess not lmao -Miami

[@kshitijk14]

@@joeymusic ohh gotcha, make sure shure doesn't see that😂

[@ayeapprove]

First step to level up your reaper workflow is to watch Kenny from reapermania. I've been using reaper for 10+ years and EACH FREAKING VIDEO he's surprised me with something I still haven't learned about reaper.

[@joeymusic]

Kenny is great! -Miami

[@mayday777]

where do i find the 1st plugin

[@kevinxpowell]

How do you get the mixer to show like that @6:19?

[@Wergiftfresch]

I think what you want is achieved this way: open your mixer (e.g., CTRL-M). Look for the master track. It has a little (i) icon. Right-click. Select "dock mixer in docker". Now, obviously your docker can be floating as well, might wanna check the little ! in the bottom left corner of your docker, if it is. Right-click there, double-check "attach docker to main window" setting and one of the "attached docker position" settings. Hope that helps.

[@joeymusic]

Yup, he explained it -Miami

[@punkfreak1414]

What’s the pro tools theme you used in this video? 😯😯😯

[@joeymusic]

It’s called pro_tools_clone_v1 -Miami

[@Yoemmymadethisrighthere]

Thank you my gee!!!

[@chelososamusic]

Happy 2022 miami

[@joeymusic]

Happy new year to you too! -Miami

[@lebcaleb8692]

Hey guys, need some help. I usually freeze tracks after applying processing. Some time to time I want to unfreeze to make some modifications. Then I realized I might made some change, for instance editing or fades in and out. So when I want to undo the frozen track, reaper discard all modifications applied after freezing. Please could anyone help me out.

[@LiamKalyan]

group the original audio file with the new one so that way if you edit one you also edit the other

[@joeymusic]

I think Kalyan already answered this if you’re asking what I think you’re asking -Miami

[@lebcaleb8692]

@@LiamKalyan yeah but it wasn't the answer, anyway I'll find out.

[@raffaelemorabito9786]

does anyone know how to monitor plugin latency in reaper?

[@alessandrotorres3537]

Yo Miami, completely off topic but in your opinion what's the best amp profiler for an EDM producer, the axe fx of the quad cortex??

[@joeymusic]

I still like the kemper the most tbh. It’s just annoying because the second you buy one they are gonna drop version 2 😩 -Miami

[@BrofUJu]

Shoutout for using the normal boring default Reaper skin, I'm the same, lol.

[@joeymusic]

I switch it up sometimes, but I’m just boring most days lol -Miami

[@XRaym]

Is the part about SWS extension complete ? It seeps so short, and it seems you are more introducing the concept of custom actions than SWS extension features. Or scripts. (but not none of these can be considered integrated in reaper, these are kind of 'plugins').

[@CharLessMajor7Music]

The CPU management in reaper is unbeatable.

[@joeymusic]

Literally wouldn’t even be possible for me to do some of the projects I do without it -Miami

[@jeromesimon8916]

The recordiing and streaming portion was konda confusing couldnt see what was done in obs

[@joeymusic]

I can try to clarify a bit in a future video. Sorry about that -Miami

[@jeromesimon8916]

@@joeymusic thank you i know its free content but looking forward! Cant find a decent video on YT on how to do this is in reaper keep up the awesome videos man totally love everything about this channel

[@correametal]

Reaper rules!!!

[@joeymusic]

It’s still the best! -Miami

[@VJBEATS-bq2nb]

how do you remove the still evaluating windows everytime i open reaper?

[@joeymusic]

Purchase a license on their website.

[@VJBEATS-bq2nb]

@@joeymusic I didn’t have to. Another video on KZbin show how to remove it!!! 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽

[@Kastaway93]

Hey, what happened to the best mix genre of 2021 video? I think it disappeared?

[@joeymusic]

It should be back up. There was some copyright issue -Miami

[@Kastaway93]

@@joeymusic awesome! I really wanted to share that video around. Great video by the way.

[@icarobarbosa4354]

Holy shit I love you.

[@joeymusic]

Appreciate you, Icaro! -Miami

[@le_beatbox]

Need to specify that Reastream is not available on mac :(

[@joeymusic]

Oversight on my part, sorry about that -Miami

[@mract10]

Thank you

[@LetsTalkAboutReaper]

Might already be buried in the comments somewhere, but right click EVERYTHING!

[@joeymusic]

Haha yup! We gotta do something together soon -Miami

[@LetsTalkAboutReaper]

@@joeymusic would love to!

[@douglasfairmeadow]

Fiiiiiire 🙏 Fucking with Reaper for a minute but I need to level up

[@the_awful_guitar_player6666]

Reatune was my surprise of 2022, works really well on unsaturated vocals. The graphic mode is kind of ugly but whatever it does de job

[@joeymusic]

It’s def usable. Not the greatest, but works in a pinch -Miami

[@the_awful_guitar_player6666]

@@joeymusic as usual, for free don't ask for the stars ahahah

[@toefes]

Hi Miami, can u do a video on high level guitar editing? (Preferably with double tracked guitars and a higher speed track e.g pop punk) I’m in the middle of editing an EP in Logic and I feel like pulling my hair out lol 😂

[@joeymusic]

Sure, I’d love to! -Miami

[@Wergiftfresch]

mix knob for plugins: Of course the value can be automated. It's the "Wet" parameter for every FX.

[@joeymusic]

Yeah, but way more of a hassle than just turning the knob on the fx window -Miami

[@Wergiftfresch]

@@joeymusic Not suggesting to use that instead of turning the knob. I was just mentioning that you can automate the value just like volume, pan, or any other FX parameter. People who haven't seen the knob yet will have their mind blown when the figure out you can even automate that!

[@ericthemaestro]

Reaper is the best.

[@joeymusic]

Hard agree! -Miami

[@gabopenav]

Ohh Miami, still evaluating Lol hahahahahahahaha great content mate!!!

[@joeymusic]

Lol that’s been my Instagram tag since day 1! -Miami

[@RyRyTheBassGuy]

Reaper could be a great DAW. It's light CPU usage is awesome, but it's cluttered mess of menus and clunky UI hold it back. I want to love it, but man, they make it impossible.

[@joeymusic]

Interesting! The customization made it an easy winner for me but I can see what you mean -Miami

[@StrengthandSanity]

I've been using the Default_3.0 theme for years now largely because of this.

[@worksofein6449]

You can drag and drop tracks and track settings between projects!? Did I hear that right!? I've been using reaper for about 5 years now and I'm always finding new useful things it can do. RIP your mic tho

[@joeymusic]

You heard that right! And yeah he took a big fall -Miami

[@omnomaly7458]

THE HAT IS BACK, ENGINEER TOSIN ABASI ACTIVATE!

[@joeymusic]

Fedora gang! -Miami

[@musicmore5169]

It is my DAW

[@joeymusic]

And mine as well my friend -Miami

[@okaight7248]

Been using reaper for like 12 years. I think it excels in everything EXCEPT for midi. MIDI is always mega wonky and the worst part is that midi items never want to snap into the grid properly. Been searching for fixes forever but I digress, I still make a ton of midi songs with reaper and I could never imagine not using reaper.

[@joeymusic]

I have to agree that the midi isn’t amazing, but it isn’t amazing in MOST daws tbh -Miami

[@ferranmelero7727]

I a also use Reaper

[@joeymusic]

Reaper gang in the building! -Miami

[@ferranmelero7727]

@@joeymusic reaper is awesome

[@drdandalf]

Uh.... new mic giveaway? Lmao

[@joeymusic]

Lmao that is crazy that you remember that! -Miami

[@drdandalf]

@@joeymusic anything to get my Opera Singing wife her own recording mic, even if it's a piece of Shure 🤣

[@Kaktysh_metal]

No transition games here, hmm

[@joeymusic]

There was a slight transition lol -Miami

[@AdamShepard]

HAHAHA WATCH TO END

[@joeymusic]

Its a classic ending -Miami

[@Shawnee845]

You're very smart, but the letter a is not pronounced. l o l you say reaper right. Just trying to help Great videos. Eh