Mixing Electric Guitars - Part I in REAPER

[@RICKROCKERTHEORIGIONAL]

Hi Kenny, thank you for every reaper video you have done. They have helped me si much.

[@REAPERMania]

Thank you

[@mrcoatsworth429]

I can only echo the other comments. I'm slowly transitioning from Cubase to Reaper, and your videos have made it much easier. Thank you!

[@bellicosebumpkin]

Love your videos. I use Reaper on Linux because I don't like things to be too easy LOL. Your videos were the deciding factor in using Reaper instead of Ardour - a very capable open source DAW. I have spent many hours with your videos running in one window and Reaper in another while I replicate what you are doing. It has been TREMENDOUSLY helpful. Thanks again.

[@Youjustgotjaded98]

I just bought Reaper a couple of days ago. Coming from FL, Reaper definitely takes the cake! Thanks for the awesome videos Kenny! You’ve made my transition super smooth with all the tutorials you got! 🎉

[@monsterftw4481]

Same here too! Fl studio is too much to handle sometimes while Reaper is not only the basics of a standard DAW, it also does enough and better to record things!

[@RhinestoneEyes-cv5gx]

Thanks for the tutorial, Kenny! I'm just starting out in the mixing world and, therefore, on using reaper, and, your videos are a saving grace!

[@suhariansyahchannel8053]

Please make a tutorial mixing a high gain guitar sound, like metal or hardcore music , i'm very liked your channel and turorial. Love from indonesia

[@Slunkhead]

Thanks,, Kenny. You've taught me more than anyone when it comes to using Reaper. You're a godsend.

[@aphluent]

I'm planning on reccording some guitar for the first time, this weekend. Thank you.

[@Jose.LP.]

Cheers on it! It's not very hard, but the first times can be a bit scary. Enjoy the process of learning 😊

[@Riire]

damn that song in the beginning is beautiful bro

[@UnknitCube]

Thank you Kenny!

[@SPV66]

Hi Kenny, hope you can post the fully mixed and complete song on KZbin when you have finished mixing this song. It sounds very good, would love to listen to the finished piece. Cheers!

[@sidgar1]

I second that. Song is really good and I want to hear the full mix.

[@REAPERMania]

Unfortunately, I only mixed and recorded this much.

[@REAPERMania]

@@sidgar1 Unfortunately, I only mixed and recorded this much.

[@SPV66]

@@REAPERMania Cheers Kenny, no worries! It has got a very good feel to it. Perhaps if you do get the chance to make a complete final mix, you might consider posting it on YT. 👍

[@abdulmutaalmusic]

Hey kenny. Lovely tutorials as always. Wanted to request some tutorial on mixing drum beat / electronic drums (not the acoustic band drums). As for some reason. I find it pretty hard to mix them. Waiting for your videos on this topic.

[@REAPERMania]

On the list.

[@abdulmutaalmusic]

Thanks kenny. Thank you for doing so much for the community.@@REAPERMania

[@mikeonb4c]

Love Kenny's videos, they've taught me so much and continue to. A couple of thoughts after watching this video. I find that using a low pass filter on electric guitar can help take out some of the harshness that can come with using amp sim plugins etc - worth experimenting with those. Also, using an eq on reverb to control/prevent unpleasant build-up of that same harshness can be worth experimenting with. Finally, if Kenny could find me a way to get the guitar tones of ACDC's Malcolm Young or Mike Campbell from the Heartbreakers, or the thick clean guitar sounds of the 1960s Beatles (for example the riff in 'I Feel Fine') using only 'in the box' fx and amp sims (and stopping short of the cost of things like a Kemper profiling amp) I would forever be grateful. Its an area of great frustration and I suspect the only cure is a real amp in a real (carpeted) room and some expensive pedals etc.

[@BadJujuStudio-ty6th]

I thought it was Thom Yorke or Raidiohead til the chorus lol. Awesome vid as always Kenny🤘

[@southsideronnie]

Thanks Kenny!

[@hyvncl]

Thats what we need ❤

[@cep6791]

I've watched with 1.25 speed, somehow I realised, I like this song more a bit faster. :)

[@AudioBabble_]

Great vid as always @Reaper Mania - - @5:09 "...and adjust its level...." -- that was a neat trick to bring up the fader for that particular track, what shortcut do you have going on there?

[@woihoi4901]

Ok now i knew the song "Ian Luxton - When Will Tomorrow Come" but I don't like that version there, I really love at this version 0:28 much2 love.. hope it will release with this version soon

[@federicovalerin1444]

Deja vu !!!😊

[@xxczerxx]

What's the general view of using a graphic EQ to mix guitars? I was using the Apple one as it shows up in Reaper and found it very user-friendly, but maybe learning to use this one is the smarter move.

[@hendricusvisser1762]

Hi Kenny these vidi are great . I have just begaun my jurney of building my own home studio. I tried cakewalk ,but it kept crashing. So now i have Reaper it is more advanced i know. So i will try my best . I have recordered my own tunes on real to real tape many years ago. I have copied them to my com after many misstakes. Now i have imported one to Reaper,however i want to deleate a section of the begining and mive the song over to the start. Without the long silence fir the first three bars.??? Is this possible .??? I have not found out how to do this. Hope to get some answers from you thanks cheers Henny.

[@deltaflex8346]

How to enable mixer view for one track? 5:10

[@woihoi4901]

What song is this? Really nice songs

[@MrHamit64]

Yeah that intro mellody guitar did get too little too washed out for my liking. But then again I'm a surround sound nurd. I like hearing dry signals in 1 set of speakers and set the wet effect to surround or atmos speakers.

[@bryanchristopermutia5888]

can you do also recording guitars mixing them into a backing track or like a cover?

[@antonioherrera3740]

Hi Kenny, I'm fairly new to Reaper. I started running it on a PC and everything ran great. Now, I run it to a Mac and even upgraded to Reaper V7.03 and have problems getting signal for my analog inputs (level meter does not move and recorded audio is silent/empty). Could anybody point me in the right direction? I did some troubleshooting as follows: - cable connections are good - correct audio device is selected in preferences/audio/device - the track is armed - the correct input is selected - On my audio interface loop-back mixer, I can see the signal meter moving for both inputs - Volume levels are high enough on the inputs to capture signal Am I missing anything? Please help! Thanks!

[@ShihTzuPosting]

when i put my left and right guitar into the folder they stop panning left and right and become mono it seems. It says they are panned left and right but the sound comes out of both ears for each

[@woihoi4901]

U cannot put the same items recorded(copy paste), u need to record the guitar separately, after record for track 1, then record it again for track 2. Mean after record Track L, then record for Track R

[@LucianoClassicalGuitar]

Are you by any chance friends with Jay Ruston

[@REAPERMania]

I don't think so

[@dimitrikovalchuk2405]

I definitely should try that ping pong delay! Thank you!

[@megwatts1903]

What I hear is out-of-tune guitars (the single note call and response ones!. The reverb helps hide the worst of it but my to my ears, the tuning really bugs me. It makes it sound somewhat amateurish. I'm not trying to troll or be mean, but they aren't in tune with the rest. Mixing electric guitars with an acoustic guitar backing is always a slippery slope. An acoustic is never really perfectly in tune so you have to juggle the electric tuning to try and match the inherent wonkyness of the acoustics. I would say trust the digital guitar tuner up to a certain point and then trust your ears. The tuner may tell you you're spot-on but your ears will tell you a different story. I AM a guitarist, home studio guy and songwriter so I'm not just an a**hole who wants to stir up the muck.