Dialog FX Chain with stock plugins in REAPER DAW

[@TheREAPERBlog]

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[@mio1XeeM]

I’m new to audio engineering and this was what I needed right now. Thank you!

[@sanchezrflortiz]

Coming from a background of mixing and mastering, I used to compress first and limit after. Awesome hint to limit first, so the compressor receives an already "more leveled" signal. Thank you!

[@JasonGillmanJr]

Even if you use other plugins, this video still does a great job showing the underlying theory. Thanks for this!

[@ed_marin]

This is an amazing video. Im just starting to edit my podcast with Reaper and upgraded my equipment for a better audio quality, and this is just what I needed. Thank you

[@unclespooky]

Fantastic I was just looking at my FX chain. this helped so much. Thanks for breaking that down. I'm good on one side of the mic, this other side can be a bit confusing. I appreciate the time you take to do these

[@unclespooky]

Also, you made mention of the loudness graph you use, and you are also using the spectrum function. if you had time in the near future explaining the function of these and how they would help dialogue would be great. thanks again

[@cmd_f5]

Right on man, this is pretty much my workflow with dialog. Not too heavy handed or it starts sounding false and processed. Enhance the natural recording and people love it. Haha. cheers

[@carrytrainer.editor3321]

Neato. I'm getting ready to make the move from Vegas Pro to Reaper for dialogue mixing. Seeing the is very helpful

[@dan.murray]

Hi from Vancouver. Love ur vids man. They help me convert my process from PT to reaper.

[@derbjornmachtdiemusik23]

pure gold! Thank you so much!!!

[@santinhoww]

I mix and edit a podcast where there is 4 hosts, I use AutoMixer to not have to worry too much about silencing when they are talking simultaneously, even though I need to edit most of the time, and then TriLeveler2 on the voices' bus to keep the same overall desired level. Good tips tho, the la2a compressor is a good start point to compress the vocals

[@kaspermichaels7447]

thanks for this. the workflow was a great tip

[@deepsynth3495]

Perfect timing, was working on dialogues thanks man

[@rogberube6422]

Thank for sharing, Jon. Very useful.

[@getstew]

Thanks for this from Total Babble podcast!

[@valecturas]

So useful!

[@VeronicaGorositoMusic]

Hi! Wouldn't it be better in some situations, to automate the threshold on the Limiter, so it adjusts to all the track, instead of using 2 instances of Reacomp? I usually do a pre-fader gain automation in the fly, as a pre-compression work when the track is a mess. But if it's a long track, I'll go for plugins instead of manual corrections. What I do is to use the modulation wheel on mi midi controller, hit midilearn functions, assign the wheel to the automation lane ''volume (pre-fader)'', slow enough the time rate to be more accurate, Wriite automation rides, then comeback to normal rate and that's it. Sometimes I do it visually, with the mouse, check the new peaks are where I want, and job done. Thank you so much for this tutorial, I didn't knew how to use ReaFir well, as I'm starting to work on radio spots from time to time (a friend sends me some works she can't do because her job is more about video editing and me it's only audio).

[@raycochrane3971]

The sibilant stuff is increased after limiting and compression as well as sounding louder.

[@TheREAPERBlog]

yes, which would be the case even if we didn't turn it down first, only much worse. Sometimes I'll use an additional De-Esser, or a dynamic eq.

[@simple-videoscorporatives]

THIS is what i was looking for!

[@blmjr]

Thanks from me as well - very good information! How did you get the different colors on your waveform and what do those colors represent? Also, I would love a dialog video on using Isotope plugins, I just bought them and have no idea of all the things they can do. Thanks again.

[@finlayapps7479]

It's called spectral peaks kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJiQnnuuf9GSgdU

[@Voice4YourVision]

Hi Jon, these tutorials are beyond helpful. Thank you so much for posting. How did you color code your waveforms based on their amplitude? I've seen color coding tutorials based on frequency, but not volume levels. Thanks.

[@kallestofeles]

How did you get the colored waveform? Custom theme? Thanks!

[@TheREAPERBlog]

"spectral peaks" option.View menu, peaks display settings, spectral peaks

[@kallestofeles]

@@TheREAPERBlog Thank you, that really helps out with filtering different frequencies at a glance. 💜

[@carleesaduncan9082]

Thx for the vid. Are you familiar with ACX audio book requirements? If so, What would you suggest if trying to meet ACX requirements, for an audio book yet you still want the best sound? How much does this affect compression?

[@TheREAPERBlog]

This should get you very close to the ACX guidelines.

[@grantholmes1535]

I tried several times today to figure out how to install the theme and graphic interface shown here and am striking out. Any additional help/instructions?

[@ShertesRysthoff]

which microphone are you using?

[@vvickyvoiceover8604]

Thankful...As always... :) 👍💐

[@sanchezrflortiz]

When you render the stock plugins do you notice some weird phase issues? Like the negative parts being louder than the positie ones? I'm pretty sure this affects the levels of compression and all. RX7 has a phase plugin that can do adaptive changes so those are more consistent in level, but I was wondering why this happens.

[@PeteEdmunds]

Thanks Jon. I’m a VO of many years. Just learning reaper - this was so helpful ! How did you set the waveform multicoloured?

[@TheREAPERBlog]

This is called Spectral Peaks. Find it in view menu under Peaks Display Settings.

[@fuzztony3940]

Would it be useful to normalize the audio files first?

[@TheREAPERBlog]

I've tried it but I find a simple gain adjustment works faster for me.

[@fuzztony3940]

@@TheREAPERBlog wow thank you for your response! Your videos are very helpful

[@15bleach51]

Did you try PSP and Airwindows plugins?

[@TheREAPERBlog]

I've used some but don't own any. no strong opinions on them

[@rune288]

Hi Jon, I am doing a hybrid mix and I want to render to mp3 I know I have to render in real time but how do I go About this? Short of creating a submix 2 bus and recording the output I can't see another away around it. I can obviously only create a wav file like this so is there a way of rendering to mp3 in real time?

[@rune288]

It's ok I figured it out

[@peroquenariz]

Lmao click only mode sounds like a regular Twitch ASMR stream 🤣

[@TheREAPERBlog]

its so gross!