Production Using Multiple Tabs in REAPER

Production Using Multiple Tabs in REAPER

I though this video was about using and synchronizing subprojects, a great feature of Reaper which would deserve a couple of videos !

[@BenMartinBox]

The singer's voice is phenomenal.

[@buckycore]

DUDE!!! FOR REAL! 🔥🔥🔥

[@chrisstrobel3439]

😂

[@calsax2127]

Thanks, Kenny! I use tabs when I'm working on orchestrations. I often create using a piano plug, then pull pieces out for orchestrating. By using tabs, the process of copy & paste from one project to another becomes simple, and I like simple.

[@BENNGIIE]

super useful for doing promo versions of a song.

[@buckycore]

Man! I want those samplss. That finger snap one is the best!

[@jimmythebold589]

he probably is using cymatics free samples.

[@rockporttigger7138]

I see how this is very useful for focusing on multiple parts. I see other's comments. They have good points about complexity and seemingly more work. But, if you are composing a more orchestral longer piece this is very helpful. The steps are super insightful! What I want to know is; can you import from multiple Reaper files that are closed like in an Excel Spreadsheet? So to work on them and import to a main project to reduce tabs and overhead when open? Thanks for all you great vids!

[@LucianoBaraglia]

I would like to do something like this but using subprojects, like recording drums, guitar, bass separately (in their own subprojects) and feeding the main project with the stems for an easier and lighter organization. Couldn't find the way to achieve this.

[@renansantosmister]

What are the advantages of doing it this way?

[@EricJohnson-fh8zj]

Only situation where I can think of this being usefull is for mastering or final mixdown. I usually export my group stems for import into a separate project for final mixing and mastering, but I often will come across things that need to be tweaked in the stems. This would save me having to close down the mastering project to open up the original mix, make the tweaks, re-export, then have to close the project and re-open the mastering project. The way he's doing it here, it's hard to see why one would do it this way. Even if I have a large project and I'm maxing my cpu, you can just mute tracks you're not working on free up resourses.

[@frankeisele383]

That left me scratching my head after the video, too. I cannot see how this would have any advantages - on the contrary, first making several copies of the project, opening them all up as tabs, and then in the end copying everything together again and moving the media items around... That is just a looot more work for no advantage at all that I can see.

[@diskpol]

It's not easy for me to understand why make three processes (which in the end are the same process in different parts of a song) and then paste them into one main project. It might make sense if, for example, you're having trouble deciding how to arrange a part of a song and create tablature to switch between versions, rather than creating duplicate tracks and muting the ones in each version...

[@MrKikalo]

Would be if you could always credit the artist you’re using, specially this one, it’s just amazing! Please, Kenny, who is this?

[@patrickfouhy9102]

Question, when you save the session with multiple tabs open in it, will it save all of those tabs as well? I like to save my sessions in steps in case I ever need to go back. I usually have one for the raw recording session, another for each step in the editing process, and finally a fully edited ready to mix session. In the end, I probably have 4 or 5 sessions saved in the same folder, might be kind of cool to actually have them saved in the same session.

[@drutgat2]

Thanks for this, Kenny. I hope you - or someone here - can help with something that is driving me crazy. How do you get the dB meter numbers / scale to display - the scale is permanently displayed for you here, regardless of whether the tracks are not playing, or are in record, or are playing back? For me (running Reaper 7, but this happened in 6, too), I simply get the 2 stereo (green) bars in Playback (but get the dB Meter numbered scale when I arm the track for record). I have checked all the settings I can think of, and have posted on the Cockos forums, but can get no answers about this.

[@PaoloBalestri]

What a nice song and singer❤.

[@ScalerWave]

Great lesson

[@comfortablynick1]

Thanks for the tutorial, but I'm struggling to see any advantage to working this way. You're doing more work, cluttering your project folder, and using more resources by having all these tabs open. For what, exactly?

[@crazydougthewolf]

Thank you!

[@MattyB3]

Love the Samples. where can I find the finger snaps!!

[@southsideronnie]

Thanks Kenny!!

[@XELOhh1]

That sings sounds amazing... What's the name of the artist?

[@Puma2020-music]

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[@michaelschnell5633]

I in fact don't like the idea of copying information just to combine.IMHO. a kind of reference wold be clearer. Maybe subprojects could be a nice idea to combine the parts ?!?!?

[@jenniferp3721]

Voice sounds a lot like Devon Cole!

[@jimmythebold589]

somebody should make a beat with kenny narrating with his pause laden style

[@sandrocavali9810]

My two cents... project tabs eat up my cpu and eventually crashes reaper. And I've got a beefy machine

[@stevebrown2070]

@reaper mania I love this song, is it available to stream anywhere?

[@Hermiel]

I'm not sure I see the advantage of working this way. I thought this was going to be a video about recording audio in one tab while editing the same audio in another.

[@mutek2165]

Hello 👊

[@grobinson9352]

Missed the start by 8 minutes...smh

[@FloodSociety265]

I fail to understand the advantage of working like this. You generate a lot of extra to-and fro (with opportunities of messing up something in each copy-paste), you duplicate the workload whenever a section requires an instrument you already created in the other session (e.g., "let's create a kick track... again"), you generate a lot of superfluous .rpps that you'll have to dispose of later or leave as clutter, and you lose the flexibility of intertwining arrangements between one part and the other. Some people here say for them it can be useful, but for my use case it just feels, like the song says, "I complicate things"... I'd rather see more videos about working with subprojects... Anyways, thank you for your videos.

[@REAPERMania]

Yeah. I'm not suggesting this is for everyone. I show a lot of things I don't use. If it inspires you, use it. But it won't be for everyone.

[@PaulWegmann]

Why do you need different tabs to make different things?

[@ErinIsBlueBlue]

Yabadoo!