Programming a Track - Free Style (Not Quantized) in REAPER

Programming a Track - Free Style (Not Quantized) in REAPER

[@abdulmutaal9849]

Kenny. You are the best thing that happened to music production tutorials in the last 10 years. 💖

[@REAPERMania]

Thank you

[@Jjmcwashere]

Thicc facts

[@lincolngriffin1061]

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[@philliplochlan1134]

@Lincoln Griffin yea, have been using InstaFlixxer for years myself :)

[@fuzztony3940]

This will be an absolute game changer for me. Thank u Kenny

[@fuzztony3940]

Reapermania = One nation under Ken

[@homeguitarplayer9482]

Thanks Kenny, you are my source of reaper education.

[@SimonPressey]

Thank you Kenny, your videos are an invaluable resource for focused learning of Reaper!

[@ostenhaggmark6296]

Your videos are excellent. Short, to the point and knowledgeable.

[@santana2420]

Where is your limit, Kenny? Thanks a lot

[@jeffb1886]

Genius! He makes it look SO easy!! Inspiration for us all!!

[@TheXxjmpxxx]

Hey there Mr. Kenney, I just wanted to let you know how valuable your videos are. Your a very clear and engaging teacher, and what you have taught me about Reaper vs what I actually payed $ to learn about in Skillshare makes them look like a joke. For real. YOU need to be the guy teaching Reaper on Skillshare my friend. Keep up the great job!

[@seymourheron2533]

Thanks Kenny, you are a real blessing.

[@Ihadtosettleforthis]

Just a note for anyone who doesn't know, you can use Ctrl+D to duplicate items immediately after, instead of Ctrl-dragging items like Kenny does at 11:58

[@johnkim3257]

you can also set the mouse modifier to copy item when left dragging instead of moving it. And set the moving action to shift left drag. I do this, because sometimes accidentally moving items feels so much worse than the convenience of just being able to move it on a drag. Plus the default setting for shift left drag is already set to moving anyways. although it is ignore snap, if you just let go of the shift at any point while still dragging, it will start snapping again. IDK if this is original, or if I learned it from a tutorial, but I definitely have less undo navigating stress with it. :)

[@johnkim3257]

oh and i almost always notice when i accidentally copy an item with the drag, because itd be in such a weird position. easy to just undo or delete on misdrags. And usually when I want to move an item, i just hit shift briefly and wahlah moves, I only hold the shift when doing fine unsnapping adjustments. I think it beats having to remember to lock tracks all the time or risk a small movement that goes un noticed for like 200 undo points until you playback haha.

[@johnkim3257]

kenny you should do a tutorial on this option for amatuer mixers with butter fingers syndrome and super long edit sessions stretched out playbacks haha

[@jimbeaux4988]

This is very interesting! Has a really cool feel.

[@DanielLight]

This is so helpful. THANK YOU!

[@stuartwrigglesworth9339]

You Explain things better then everyone on you tube. Thanks for that

[@antoineportes.composer]

Thanks for these tips, as clever as always, you are a proper time saver! (Automation items on the tempo map seem worth a feature request)

[@7stringsofpurehate706]

Kenny for the win - again!

[@cryptkeeper5]

This is great, can't wait to have a go at this

[@ahankararockband]

That is very good way of recording. I always hated those clicks, it feels so unnatural. Now we have great way of overdubbing perfectly over freestyle recording. Many thanks! 👍💜👍💜👍

[@Matoro342]

Incredible Kenny, I had no idea how to do that.

[@avrahax7714]

Yes Kenny ,we've really learned something great

[@terrazastudio.1]

Keny is the messiah

[@Taffafilms]

This was exactly what I was wondering last nigh

[@glendicky]

Awesome!

[@i_have_crippling._.depress4630]

4:57 nice tempo

[@marceloribeirosimoes8959]

Please, could you help me to find how I can address the key velocity to the sample start point? I want to achieve that way to start a sound not from its very start if I hit a key softly, but only when I hit it hard. So, this way I can simulate a drum. Soft hits, soft sounds, not only lower volume sounds. Harder I hit, the sound gets louder and more transients coming out. I am looking for that for some time and no answer so far...

[@ifaber68]

Nice tutorial :-D

[@takamusicbatu]

Thanks Kenny, one Q: let say I record MIDI track free tempo piano performance (and not quantize it of course) and I want to convert to audio wav later... How can I assure that the MIDI notes I record are excatly match what I played and Reaper doesnt adjust the recorded MIDI notes for some reason (preferences or anything)...So Basically I want to record what I excatly played and I can change the MIDi notes if I need to

[@agyinanthony5456]

Number one to watch this video

[@oli_dall-r4112]

Do you have a video how to program quintuplets, septuplets, etc in reaper ?

[@TornikeMzhavia]

16 ths are fine but what about quantizing to a shuffle or some other pattern? Would be interesting to try

[@spieglass3211]

This seems like a lot more work than what I do for this when performing stuff. I record a bar or two, line stuff up to the lines, then copy and paste. If I want to modify the patter/chords/whatever, I just move the MIDI notes where they need to go.

[@REAPERMania]

If you're lining the original performance up to the grid, you're not doing the same thing though.

[@spieglass3211]

@@REAPERMania I see...I guess it's just opposite of what I tend to do, as in I set tempos beforehand and only sometimes using a click to perform the first measure. I dislike quantizing.

[@natevmp]

"not perfectly in time" ... Kenny are you a robot?

[@iamvartist]

Kenny, i have an issue-with the midi tracks that are producing sounds suddenly stop making sound but they show the indicator of input coming through. So what can i do? what do you think? i will put a vst instrument and start playing then after some playing and adding other tracks. arming them and working on another instrument i go back to the previous one and i arm it and produces no sound. thanks a lot for your help.

[@BrabusSR]

kenny, im having trouble with my midi item. the notes sounds longer than the midi itself. i figured maybe its the sustain. but how do i turn it off? when i google it, people always said "cc64" but i cant seem to edit the sustain in reaper. unlike velocity control, there are no red rectangle to edit when i changed it to cc64

[@nkronert]

Great tutorial as always, Kenny! So if I understand correctly, selecting everything and then doing copy/paste to duplicate doesn't automatically include the tempo map for the selected range?

[@REAPERMania]

I guess I could have selected all the points, AND the items and copied them together. But it won't happen if you don't select the tempo env points.

[@nkronert]

@@REAPERMania Good know. Thanks Kenny!

[@matjazogrin3579]

Hi, I have one question. I am a beginner and have problem with headphones. I record tracks but then i cant hearing on phones what i record. When I record I hearig ok. I have Focusrite Scarlett 18i20? Thx for answer.

[@mark-ze4en]

interesting Kenny. What bass and Piano VSTs are you using? I really like them!

[@Ihadtosettleforthis]

Kenny demoed them in tutorials recently, they're U-he Zebralette and Piano One: U-he Zebralette kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZ7Xl6KGlrh_n9k Piano One kzbin.info/www/bejne/p2iuY3WZh6yKkLs

[@marfaxa]

@4:20 My item properties does not look like yours. On PC it is just an informational pop-up. there is no way to ignore project tempo.

[@ClintAndrie]

3:05 how do you select all notes on PC?

[@electricwhiterabbit]

Ctrl +A

[@ClintAndrie]

@@electricwhiterabbit thank you 🙏

[@underscoreisnotvalid]

how do you get those little horizontal lines next to the velocities in the midi cc editor? mine just has vertical lines

[@Ihadtosettleforthis]

In the midi editor go to Options -> CC/velocity lane -> Show note length in velocity lane

[@underscoreisnotvalid]

@@Ihadtosettleforthis thanks so much

[@friendsfrommoon5485]

Hey Kenny, your voice got a bit huskier recently. Hope you are doing good.

[@thebeardedsuperheroes9405]

I also just that thought that too. Yes, I hope all ok. Hopefully it's just from the previous nights roaring metal session. Haha.

[@degeneriert]

Laura Branigan will like this song. ;)

[@fernandoscolletion]

Nice and good... But to be sincere after 4 minutes my inspiration would be gone bananas. This is not"free" style

[@wellsroadband]

I do not understand the point of this? Is it only to not have to pick a tempo and a click before hand? Seems like a lot of steps to achieve very little

[@REAPERMania]

No. It's so you don't have to choose a tempo at all. Just play what you want at any speed that sounds good to you and just build a track around that performance.

[@nomepredefinito1174]

Very little? If it wasn't two bars, that's how the best records of all time have been recorded before computer age. From Bill Haley to Led Zeppelin, from the Stones to Nirvana, from Hendrix to Marley, jazz and classical included.

[@wellsroadband]

If I don't pick a tempo won't I just play to the drums? What's the point of tempo mapping if I don't care what the tempo is. Not trying to be rude just trying to figure out the purpose

[@wellsroadband]

@@nomepredefinito1174 Led Zeppelin was tempo mapping on a daw? No, they were playing to the drums. That can be achieved without tempo mapping at all

[@nomepredefinito1174]

@@wellsroadband The FEELING of Zep's songs has a lot to do with tempo fluctuations. Here Kenny show how this can be achieved in Reaper, if you want to add some vst or arrangements after a live take. It's simply a matter of exploiting the best of both worlds. C'mon.