Comping Takes in REAPER

[@philcaffrey]

No matter what comes up in my recording workflow you are already ahead of me with another brilliant video like this. I recorded my guitarist using multi takes to refine a solo and hey presto, this morning, one search in KZbin and there you are again Kenny with the perfect next step video to explain comping in Reaper. You are the gift that just keeps on giving. Thank you.

[@brentbutterworth5480]

Whenever I'm stuck in Reaper and the manual doesn't give me a clear answer, I can always trust Kenny to have a simple, easy to follow explanation.

[@ilblues]

Thanks Kenny! I started on a 2 track Teac cassette recorder, migrated to a Tascam 144, Portastudio w/DBX, Roland VS-840, Audacity, Adobe Audition, Presonus Studio One Pro, and finally Reaper when the lack of instruction (that I could find) for Presonus lost me. It was your videos in particular that convinced me to make the leap to Reaper. Consistent, concise, detailed and always teach me what I need to know when I need to know it. On to recording some guitar parts this afternoon - this TAKE instruction will make it SO much easier for these old clinker-prone hands! I've been using Reaper with minimal instruction to do a few tunes - it's operation intuitive enough and similar enough to what I've used before. This makes it even easier! Again, THANKS and WELL DONE!

[@marascusbomm]

This is exactly what I needed to see right now. You must be psychic, Kenny. Have been cropping to the active takes as I go, but I see much more scope with this method - Particularly putting the selected comps in top lane option. Genius! Thank you, my man, and keep on doing what you're doing ;-)

[@arthurmee]

So useful Thank you. We Reaper users are so lucky to have you Kenny. You saved me countless hours of reading a manual or looking for other tutes which probably wouldn't be as clear and concise as yours.

[@ChrisDavis-xt6nj]

Really appreciate your videos Kenny! Thank you for taking the time to help some many people in such a concise and thorough manner!!

[@carlwest417]

Excellent video, Kenny!

[@edwincrain986]

I always learn something new every time I watch your video's!

[@michatroschka]

Powerful stuff right here

[@Yer_Da_]

Your videos are top tier matey - best Reaper tutorials I've seen - you're single handedly migrating me from Cubase

[@jl9205]

I like the goat! Please have more musical goats in your videos.

[@REAPERMania]

I'll try to work her in!!!

[@mimoochodom2684]

Actually I find I'm just looking at the goat and absorbing nothing. lol.

[@REAPERMania]

@@mimoochodom2684 Yeah. That is the downside. Watch the goat for fun but rewind and look at the waveform the 2nd time.

[@this_877]

@@REAPERMania hahahahahahaa

[@aeonnight1012]

Wow, thanku! with your constant amazing workrate, innovation and product support, its safe to that the the guys at cockos are with us forever 🔥🤙

[@REAPERMania]

Thanks

[@aeonnight1012]

@@REAPERMania Totes!, Reaper is a box full of hidden gems 🤙🤟

[@abacusmia6496]

hey Kenny. As always lot of precious info. But this time what i like the most is that nice goat ! can he come back again in other videos ? i think it's a lot of work for editing. you matched his gesture very well with the music. (sorry for my weird english ! )

[@MCAlvesPortugal]

Great video😎

[@martinallen9067]

This is what made me settle on reaper. It's so easy to comp vocals

[@Thomas-cw9ej]

This is a life saver. Recording leads is such a tedious process. This will help

[@DoctorMcFarlandStudios]

This is why I use Reaper. The workflow is amazing and the feature set is deep.

[@altegovibes]

Is there an option to import media files as a takes? I have got vocal takes from outside the reaper recording session and want to work with them the comp takes way.

[@wendy.azpeitia6478]

Thank you so much. Your videos are so very helpful.

[@johnerodz7]

Amazing video you rock God bless you 🔥🔥

[@KiraPlaysGuitar]

Is there an option not to split every take when splitting?

[@abagatelle]

Great stuff Kenny, really appreciate *all* your tutorials - best Reaper resource on the net!

[@AbhayadevS]

now with the latest features combing has been very easy and optimized. thanks for the video.

[@Heikoosmovies]

Thanks Kenny, it helps a lot. There's only one thing i would recommend for this explanation: use three or four different guitarparts, or, even better: voice parts, so the different parts are even more 'recognizable' (excuses if my english is incorrect) when selected..... But, more important: thanks again!

[@JanosGafertDrums]

your tutorials are gold, thank you!

[@MercyNoMore]

Fantastic info. Your reaper videos are incredibly helpful!

[@onzkicg]

Lol been using Reaper for long time, never thought about this takes. I keep on duplicating tracks for each take. Now my problem is how to do the reverse- put all my 4 separate tracks I have into one so I can do this quick comping. Thanks will give this a try.

[@benoittissier58]

Some settings should be mentioned. When I try this, all takes have the same color. There is no "take n out of 3" indication. The active take is not highlighted. The shortcuts are not active (grey in the right click menu). When I split one take, one part jumps to a random lane.

[@paulisthelegend]

Kenny, you are the G.O.A.T.

[@jimbeaux4988]

Very interesting feature.

[@ashavari]

Is there a way to record overlapping a take without splitting the item where there are other splits? Like for example, if I want to punch in after I save a comp because I wanted to redo something, is there a way to not allow it to split?

[@normanlove222]

Yes, see his video called Takes in Reaper, it shows how to punch in exactly as you are asking.

[@synthesaurus]

"Crop to active takes" is greyed out in my case.

[@alfonsoquinones4645]

Thanks a lot!

[@nathanvessels8262]

how are you choosing phrase by phrase ? clicking on each one and then go back and press play?

[@jebatman756]

What if it's one sound that I'm trying to blend into one? Like let's say I have 3 different takes of a kalimba hit in the same place in the song and I'm trying to avoid using 3 tracks just for that one kalimba hit (that isn't used in the song other than that one hit)

[@tetramusicstudio]

Thanks a lot kenny!!!

[@tusharjamwal]

Does it make sense from a workflow standpoint to use slip editing and comping together?

[@rpgaleksy]

Randomly discovered this feature while playing around with recording over previous takes, which would overwrite the previous take in Ableton Live, which is my home DAW. Now I am considering switching to Reaper full-time because of little user-friendly things like this.

[@jbachman01]

Abelton does this, just not by default. The cheapest daw is the one you already own

[@danielmiller5521]

Can you make a video editing multiple tracks of takes simultaneously?

[@mucous-membrane]

That goat is ruling it.

[@mareDBS]

When I split at one audio item it's split all other takes. How to make to split only active take? Thanks

[@willlove7927]

How do you get rid of empty lanes while keeping your takes still open it just looks ugly and when I’m comping a take it’s distracting just a blank empty lane

[@B3Band]

Are you from New York?

[@garmond401]

Thank you.

[@perfectnight999]

3:09 comp feature (save as new comp)

[@exmormonsongbook]

when I type "s" to split my tracks it splits ALL of my tracks, not just the takes. Am I doing something wrong?

[@jackduffyjazzguitar]

Hi Kenny, I am recording solo jazz guitar. If I have five takes of the same song and each contains minor mistakes, do I use comping or crossfades to put together a version that is error free. Thanks

[@AdamHay]

So helpful! Thank you! Reaper ruuules!

[@PlayTheGuitarra]

Hi Kenny, is there a way to select the active take with a double click? I think that would be better for not selecting an unwanted take by accident Thanks for your videos

[@FatAlan_]

Options - Take Lane Behaviour

[@PlayTheGuitarra]

@@FatAlan_ didn't find it, are you sure that option exists?

[@MixAtölyesi]

Great!. Thank you soo much brother and make new video for vocal mixing and mastering with stock plugin please ı am waiting sooo much for this

[@fivedoors4631]

Cheers

[@defman9414]

Thanks Kenny! Appreciate the work to constantly put these out for us. I have a minor tweak / suggestion... would it be possible to play slight variations between takes, so it is more obvious which take you are editing or comping? The playing examples all sound the exact same to me... so I think it would be helpful in illustrating which Take you are pulling from. Even though we can see what you are doing and understand what you are saying. I still think it would be helpful for illustration purposes. Just a thought.

[@SteveKuban]

I agree Def Man. Our friend Kenny is just the best. So concise, so clear, doesn't waste a second, but doesn't miss the tiniest point that is helpful and needed. Thanks Kenny!

[@DrumsWithJames]

Can Reaper do this with multiple tracks simultaneously,? ie recording drums? If so, I may ditch Logic once and for all!

[@kalosevillinas]

But what i dont understand...lets say I comp my verse, chorus etc..do i open a freh track and ad all the new vocal track with my comp verse n chorus of my vocals?

[@lauramelaniemusic9183]

That goat. I need that goat.

[@msuscorpio]

Was doing some of this today. Is there a way to unlock locked takes other than through the actions list?

[@AG-bx2zl]

Kenny, I would love to know how you get the edit cursor to stay put while doing these splits. For me, the edit cursor moves every time I mouse click.

[@nersonangelo]

Thnx Kenny :)

[@JH-xc4ur]

What isn't mentioned is that when you stop recording in a lane, Reaper splits it. And how do you glue them back together for one take and not all? And how do you split on only one lane and not them all? The comping sucks in Reaper.

[@omnivorace]

TYK !!!

[@tasior2103]

Im wondering if there is a possibility to turn off recording takes? When im composing ex. solo i wish to record some fragment of it and then another , and another. I dont want to have few takes it causes mess on the track.

[@musicalsam1]

I think there is

[@MrBillmilk]

thank you Kenny. I have some questions not relating to this video but its been bothering me for a week already. After I quantize a with 1/16 grid , with two continuous same pitched notes, the playback will skip the second one (happens with ReaSynth, PianoOne, didnt happen on CheezeMachine ) . I have checked theres no overlapping and no sneaky midi events going on

[@MrBillmilk]

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[@smstudio7645]

Again You help me. Thanks

[@ARayMaddy]

Question: If I wanted to save CPU power and use 'destructive editing" for say, noise reduction of a track how would I do this?

[@Hordebarraged]

FAO Kenny...Your videos have been such a help, thanks. But, there is one thing I used to be able to do in Ableton which I can't figure out in Reaper; Is it possible to control the start position, Length and Bar length fields using midi note on or controller messages?

[@acc4481]

Hey Kenny, could you show us how to make a private ninjam server and get it up and successfully running? Thanks! Loads of love!

[@REAPERMania]

Working on it

[@acc4481]

@@REAPERMania it's an honour to hear back from you! Thank you and I'm totally looking forward to it! :)

[@autobotsNdecepticons]

How do you comp takes from multiple tracks? E.g. a drum set with 12 mics, or a guitar with DI, amp, and effects output recorded to separate tracks?

[@autobotsNdecepticons]

@Marc-André Beaudet Thank you. I found another video last week or so that explained how to group items so I managed to get it. Was confusing, though, so thanks for the reply.

[@RGrand7007]

My takes are on multiple tracks how can I move them into a single track like your "takes"?

[@FatAlan_]

there is an option called "Render Items as New Take"

[@JohannDaart]

Length of guitarist's fingers is insane! Is this Buckethead? :D

[@Stefan-]

More like Goathead.....

[@MrCallofdutyveteran]

Hey thanks for your amazing videos ! There's one thing I didn't understand... HOW THE FUCK DO YOU BRING THAT GOAT ON THE SCREEN !!!!!! YAAAAAH

[@nersonangelo]

Hi Anyone knows how to solo a track in reaper while one of its fx window is floating..? I can't find how to do it in reaper..

[@allengoyne]

I must have changed a setting so that I can't click within the item to split without the cursor. And the behavior of splitting items in other tracks is annoying. I found a workaround that's better for me, anyway. That is to split selection. It actually saves a step and if your track items only are selected, then that's all that gets split. Keyboard shortcut is shift-S.

[@lynncayenmusic]

Always awesome that isn't goat that is G.O.A.T xD

[@mohitrahaman]

It was the Goat of all time. Rip in peace.

[@tasior2103]

How to change settings if i dont want to have few takes ?

[@normanlove222]

he shows this in the video called takes in Reaper

[@bruhmomentum9884]

Not related to the video but i really need help on this one, im using Spitfire Audio Labs on Reaper but when i use instruments that have long sounds (like strings), they just clip randomly. Is there a way to fix this? Thanks in advance :D

[@George-q6y3g]

there's a problem, you used the same guitar recording for each take in your example. in the real world of audio editing, you will have different recordings with issues such as crackling due to abrupt changes in amplitude. i bring this up because i was looking for an answer on how you specifically handles fades and cross fades, or cutting at zero crossings

[@AndrossUT]

Gotta love comping examples from people who don't use different takes and can't actually say what comping means LMAO

[@raffaelrameh14]

Reaper is far easy and amazing than any other DAW!

[@PastryMagicYT]

Im looking for a "Collapse Takes to top lane" so i can keep my takes and save real estate

[@borralbi]

Move active comp to top lane and press Ctrl+L to only show the active take lane and hide inactive takes

[@PastryMagicYT]

@@borralbi Thanks dude!

[@borralbi]

@@PastryMagicYT You're welcome. Enjoy those days in solitude editing the sh*t out of your records.

[@GeorgeAlexanderOz]

I just don't see from which body parts these dislikers take their opinions - but I have some idea about that.

[@iAmSpyNz]

wish it was ad easy as pro tools, just highlight the part you want and thats it

[@musicalsam1]

That is what you do

[@jbachman01]

It’s different but no more difficult in ProTools. Take 10 minutes to learn a few keyboard shortcuts and you’ll be blazing past this guy. ProTools has the most robust and efficient comping system of any of the DAWs.

[@buddhaluv123]

that is so much easier then pro tools

[@AndrossUT]

Ps your paid engagement is sloppy