Linking FX Parameters on Multiple Tracks in REAPER

[@rrrafiel]

There should be a built-in way of doing this; this procedure is insane. It's way easier to process a track, and then drag and drop the FX into the other one and tweak it from there.

[@gesslr]

Geez Kenny. I learn so much every time I watch one of your videos. Learning Reaper without your help would be almost impossible.

[@XCenturionX]

Wow, Kenny...your Reaper tutorial videos are the best, bar none. Always watching, and learning. Thanks. Keep up the good job.

[@holotropik]

I recently stepped into Reaper after using Ableton for 15yrs. It impressed me and after watching your videos and I am definitely hooked on Reaper now. This video actually saved me from stepping back to Ableton because it helped me figure out how I could control Send FX levels in a Live situation where the Send FX level is mapped to a Midi Controller. So I thank you immensely for doing all these fantastic videos. You are an absolute legend 👍😎

[@strappinggermanlad]

does anyone know why reaper does not allow linking FX parameters across tracks? Seems like an easy thing to implement... And although this tutorial is great, and I will probably use this technique, I also agree with others here, that it is unnecessarily complicated (edit: I mean the setup is unnecessarily complicated, your explanation of it was nice and easy ;) )

[@xaosnox]

It is very strange. It's the one thing that REAPER doesn't do that almost every other DAW does. And now, in 5.974, the linking is totally broken for me. I was using this a lot with Pro-Q³ to do what Ozone and Neutron do-create an inverse EQ link where the frequencies were masking. I'd make a buss for my kick tracks, another for my bass tracks, then route them to a buss, set it up like he shows here, link the frequency and gain of a band, turn the offset and scale to -100%, then set it up so it dynamically compressed the bass where the frequencies were colliding when the kick hit. This was a simple thing to do in other DAWs. You could just send the kick tracks to the Pro-Q³ on the bass track, and viola! But now REAPER won't even let you make a simple link between two parameters in the same plugin on the same track! I love REAPER, but this is just crazy.

[@xaosnox]

Oh, I forgot to mention, it is possible. You just have to create a send from both tracks and apply the FX on the receive. The Kink of all REAPERs, Kenny Gioia, shows you how to do it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qHnTnYWnbM99eck

[@rrrafiel]

It's mind-boggling that it hasn't been implemented 3 years later. On Pro-Tools, liking FX parameters is just a checkbox away on the group tracks dialog.

[@ARE_YOU_SICK_OF_YT_CENSORSHIP]

@@xaosnox this is a link to the same page you left the comment on

[@lechatsportif124]

Missing modern features like this drove me to Bitwig and Ableton. Still not sure which I prefer of those two.

[@daxliniere]

Hey Kenny, cool trick. One tip to make it easier; you can still use a folder track, just set the second child track's Parent Channels to '3-4' (in the Routing window). Nice video as always! Hopefully JF adds cross-channel plugin linking one day!

[@eprotz]

So this is the way to do the multi-mono plugins. Coming from pro tools I couldn't find how to do it in reaper. Thanks Kenny!

[@citadelo5ricks]

Super useful for something like drum machines that may have multiple outputs with a similar sound. Like 3 snare outputs that are almost the same, that you may treat with different FX, but you don't want tracks all over the place. I was accomplishing this through folders, but this is slightly cleaner. Love it. I do think Reaper has some improvements in GUI to make this a little more apparent.

[@kailletkemann]

Video is 2:13 - 2:17

[@sanctipaprichio]

awesome trick but overcomplicated :/

[@_RUINR_]

This is incredibly impractical.

[@mika461983]

you can do the same with folders (not necessary creating a bus). simply rout 1 in to 1 out on the 1st compressor & rout 2 in to 2 out on the 2nd. the pan of booth tracks which going to folder track should be hard left & hard right

[@zakharyaroslav6011]

thank you so much! I used this technique to turn mono-only plugin to stereo using two instances. good thing that reaper stores all linking settings with fx-chain so I only have to do it once!

[@arthur.monticelli]

Reaper is the best, thanks for your tutorials!!

[@djabthrash]

07:19 : @reapermania : how did you display your FW windows like this ? If i select several FX and then press "Shift + Ctrl + Click", it opens them but neatly next to each other like in your video...

[@elijeaneagle]

This is amazing! I use this to change multiple vocals tuning live.

[@EmmanStudio]

Thank you so Much Kenny

[@Melvin7727]

EVERY SINGLE TIME I CAN'T FIND THE ANSWER, IT'S KENNY. HE SHOWS THE ANSWER. EVERY SINGLE TIME. IT MUST HAVE BEEN A THOUSAND TIMES BY NOW THAT I TRY TO FIND SOMETHING, CAN'T FIND IT ANYWHERE, AND IT'S KENNY FOR THE WIN. KENNY SHOWS US THE WAY. KENNY SHOWS US THE LIGHT.

[@harishkumaru589]

Hi, I am wondering whether this works with midi fx as well. For instance, I want to use one midi fx plugin for two different tracks with different instruments. Let me know thanks!

[@Peamush]

So can you not link ONE FX to affect multiple channels separately? E.g an amp sim that affected multiple tracks separately but could be controlled through one interface?

[@willmarkley]

I always wondered what it would sound like if Christopher Walken did a Reaper tutorial

[@quecano999]

I usually use to place some EQ before comp, but this can't allow me the separation between audios 1/2 and 3/4 after the EQ. How can I do for using this techniques in only one track (without quitting the EQ)?

[@geigenunterricht8684]

I'm wondering, why you can't deactivate the stereo link in reacomp..

[@comfortablynick1]

Thanks for your videos, Kenny. In this case, I think I would just use a compressor that allows dual mono operation. That seems to be what this process is accomplishing.

[@djabthrash]

0:54 @reapermania : how did you have your newly created track the same height as the other existing two tracks ? If i double-click like you did, it creates a third track but in a compact version... EDIT : i think i found it in the preferences menu, that lets you choose the default track height

[@robynanra]

how to automatically link two plugins in one track ?, i manually linked plugins and it was very tiring

[@bsmith8166]

I always put compressor on my folder tracks. Are you telling me ive been doing it wrong?

[@wojciechholysz9370]

Can I link more than 2 VSTs together?

[@andthensome512]

This isn't working when I try it with Waves DBX 160 plugin.

[@tuliovfarias]

I want to know how can I use a bus fx to many tracks and than creat others parallels fx to each track (after processing of the bus fx). For exemple, I want to create a bus track with a compressor receiving 2 vocal tracks, and then, put a reverb fx (from another track created) to each vocal track compressed (I want to control the reverb of each track apart). Thanks

[@zimouspero]

great video. thank you. i have one question, when im using reasamplomatic 5000. if i try to pan it left and rigth on the piano roll it doesnt work. the only way i found to pan the samples in reasamplomatic is using automations. can you tell me if i have any problem in my daw or im missing something? thank you

[@НиколаТурудић]

I had problems with one project with this particular thing, i had the same eq on left and right guitar and the same bias fx settings and when i try to link it in one folder it sounds different. I wanted to do this because the project got too big with many tracks to the point of 100 percent ram or cpu usage. Any advice on this?

[@Fwuzeem]

Really great, thanks!!!!

[@ilanmetoudi]

Very freekin cool!

[@frankb8616]

This is a cool way of doing this. Theres a few scripts in ReaPack that do this across tracks. one in real time.

[@dirtyharry1881]

Which one/ones?

[@fredscott9013]

Does this work with 3rd party plugin's?

[@JanSandahl]

It should, in most cases. Some plugins are particular about how they let the DAW access their parameters. For example, the parameter you want to automate might not show up as "last touched parameter" in Reaper. Then you have to look for the parameter manually in the list, and in worst case the parameter name isn't even available. but, in most well behaved plugins, it should work.

[@Vincent-sw9iq]

I've tried to link the effects several times. I also watched this video several times. But the effects won't link. Any ideas??

[@zakharyaroslav6011]

you should consider that plugin which you use to create link is now a follower and the other is leader. so if you set linking in instance 1 - you can dial knobs in instance 2 and this will affect parameters of instance 1, but not the other way. maybe this will help

[@semirozerkan5332]

Goddamn that's a lot of work, cubase has a feature called quick link just makes the plugins to connect as one

[@KiR_3d]

This is complicated as hell! Why not to use a stereo Compressor? And (pardon, it's not a reclaim) why sending tracks in FL Studio looks much easier? I click to the arrow and see that it's in the send now. And right there a send level can be chosen. So I can split one track to two (or more) or join two (or multiple) to one. There is a kind of Node editor even... i don't use it :)

[@liquidlegacyband5478]

Now, i wanna know what i CAN'T do in Reaper... Every day i discover something different, fascinating!

[@ARE_YOU_SICK_OF_YT_CENSORSHIP]

Kenny just showed what it cannot do - link FX params across tracks natively

[@liquidlegacyband5478]

@@ARE_YOU_SICK_OF_YT_CENSORSHIP some things could be more complex or more simple than other DAW's, but 'til this day, i found ZERO things i can't do with Reaper.

[@ARE_YOU_SICK_OF_YT_CENSORSHIP]

@@liquidlegacyband5478 that depends on your requirements people coming from other DAWs do find things they miss from them in REAPER

[@liquidlegacyband5478]

@@ARE_YOU_SICK_OF_YT_CENSORSHIP I think it's more a matter of addiction... People are reluctant to adapt.

[@ARE_YOU_SICK_OF_YT_CENSORSHIP]

@@liquidlegacyband5478 if there's no feature, there's nothing to adapt to there maybe a workaround but often it's clumsy and totally inconvenient

[@Deamonition]

I don't quite understand why people say it's incredibly impractical...? Ok yes, Reaper could let you use 24 instances of the same EQ all linked together, but most professionals prefer to us busses and/or folders, in order to NOT have multiple instances of the same exact plugin, doing the exact same thing. In terms of work organization, efficiency, RAM and CPU usage, etc... Using busses and folders is a lot better than linking a shitload of the same plugins together.

[@xaosnox]

All linking of FX parameters, no matter how simple-even two parameters of the same instance of a plugin on a track-does nothing in v5.974. Damn me for throwing away those old installers. REAPER was the one app I never used to worry about updating. I guess it's time to visit the Time Machine and see when this got broken.

[@0.0_0.]

just submit a bug report or mention it on the website, i'm sure they'll fix it in a few days

[@xaosnox]

@@0.0_0. You'd think, right? Check this out: forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?p=2125993#post2125993

[@ARE_YOU_SICK_OF_YT_CENSORSHIP]

Cockos keeps literally all old versions online for everyone to download reaper.fm/download-old.php?ver=5x and it works now as you reported afterwards, maybe it's time to remove this comment to not mislead other users

[@monxstiglitz08]

Geez! what did I get my self into? my simple brain can't follow it. I was just looking for a simple tutorial about creating 2 tracks of guitar metal tone :))

[@eranddroory9987]

Thanks for the vid. Love Reaper but this sucks. It will take forever to set up linked ssl channels or other plugins like that..

[@JLMoriart]

The fact that this much work is necessary to do link FX parameters in multiple tracks is... unfortunate. I'd probably break even on time saved with the project that led me to watching this video xD Appreciate the video though, thanks.

[@albertwesker9400]

Oh my gawd ! Jesus ! @@

[@Melvin7727]

I normally always love these tutorials. But I'm confused as to why one wouldn't just use one compressor on each of the tracks. Way simpler. The gains by doing this are marginal and complicated to achieve, even after saving a template.

[@djabthrash]

To use the same parameters values from one comp to another ! (AKA "linking")

[@ArchimedesWoo]

Nice. ;-)

[@MrFLAVIUS12]

I insert a compressor on each track and it's done. I think I've seen all your videos Kenny, but this one really does not make any sense...

[@mauriziomartelli2163]

And so!? Here is about the "linking" parameters, not just insert 2 comps.

[@KiR_3d]

i've seen stereo-compressors... even few free :)

[@gregormarini]

This is exactly one of those things, which keeps me away from switching to Reaper completely!

[@gingerpauls]

Nunki Ascella agreed... Just when I think pro tools is the worst.. I come across this garbage workflow and feel spoiled!

[@guitatraisr3]

Which other DAWs can also do this?

[@Melvin7727]

Gregor Marini Well, this is like the only thing I've seen where Reaper lacks VS Pro Tools. Seemingly everything else, Reaper is more flexible and more powerful than Pro Tools, and any operation can be reduced to a single button press if desired.