Creating a Drum Machine in REAPER

[@davidrojas6457]

I'm pretty sure Reaper could do my taxes at this point.

[@docf.n.t.2310]

Probably better than H&R Block !

[@V12_smoke]

I’m sure they have a rea script for that 😆

[@derekkane4574]

And make a burrito for lunch

[@veshaw.]

I found my HoTT sexy Brazilian wife on reaper Thanx reaper 👍🏾😉😉😉

[@joaovictor3312]

I usually dont have patience to watch tutorials that last longer than 8 minutes, but somehow I watched this entire video, so that probably means you did a great job, thanks!!

[@bethanyreynoldsmusic4316]

I have learned SO much from your videos! I love Reaper and you explain things so clearly and simply. Thanks!

[@metaljodler]

Brilliant video! I tried this right away and found out an interesting thing: There's a way to route the single reasamplomatic instances within the effect chain/channel to individual bus channels, so you can have every single drum and cymbal you want in its own channel strip. That, for example, lets you put a reverb, eq or compressor on specific drums, like the snare, toms or claps. Might be useful, so is anyone interested in a tutorial video? Maybe i do one, but that might take some time...

[@tenstairs]

Why don't you just say what you did.

[@drmarkreuter]

Yes please. This was my question...

[@kongo600]

@@drmarkreuter I assume it's the sane thing as what Kenny explains in the third part of his tutorial on how to make an Acoustic Drum Kit.

[@Chris-St-DE]

Also the switch "obey note-offs" should be mentioned. It's usefull e.g. for the open high-hat, which is normally cut by the closed-HH.

[@RobMouritsen]

AMAZING tutorial, thanks so much for making it! This is exactly what I was trying to figure out what to do. And your style and delivery makes it so easy to follow. Would LOVE to see a follow up about how to split the audio output onto separate tracks.

[@drutgat2]

Absolutely brilliant. I do not know how you teach so clearly and with such useful concepts, but I am glad you do. Thank you!

[@qodesmith520]

We need Reaper to be able to aggregate a collection of 5000's into a single interface. That would get it one step closer to an MPC clone. We have all the functionality we need, which is awesome, but having a unified UI would be doooooope. Excellent tutorial Kenny. This channel is a wealth of info.

[@MINDoSOFT]

Aaron Cordova RS5K manager by MPL is something that helps a lot. Check it out here kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZ3YlKGOZbyKjsU

[@townheadbluesboy]

Spent ages looking for just this video - thanks

[@michatroschka]

exactly what i need, thanks! i also have the impression, that the sampler is very good!

[@illanoiz1]

Kenny you are the man!! I learn something new every time I watch one of your videos. I didn't realize samplematic was worth previewing until NOW! Thanks

[@daveward8512]

YES! That was awesome. I learned more about Reaper in this video than any other I've watched. You are a great teacher. Please keep up the good work.

[@Str8Jaket3d]

Works very well indeed..just set one up myself after watching this..very well done Kenny..kudos..

[@davelanciani-dimaensionx]

Great video. I've been using this method in Reaper for drums for years. It really is a simple thing to do, and only requires some decent drum samples. You can also get multi-velocity level results by clicking the "list" button and dropping your multi-level samples in the window (be sure to list them from low velocity to high), and you get very realistic results.

[@knichaelmight1197]

do you know if there is a way to do this and send the individual samples to separate channels on the mixer?

[@grahamsound]

Man, I have been wanting to do something like this in Reaper for YEARS! It all came together watching your vid. Thank you so much for making this.

[@JackOfAllTradesThe]

this is just my opinion but your video have been THEE BEST by far,, straight to the point...facts answer every question ... NO BS which is ALL you get now a days.... your making using reaper FUN not a chore

[@seanmcmann2784]

Perfect training video my man. Good God, you should contract out and teach the world how to train like this.

[@AlexDalliance]

This tutorial is so useful! I had no idea reaper's sampler was so useful.

[@deltavistastudio124]

Very cool Kenny! Thanks. That's more like the methods I used to use with previous sequencers before REAPER.

[@bethanyreynoldsmusic4316]

Ok I know, stupid question but when I go to browse in Reasamplomatic there is nothing there. We do I find my drum sounds. Do they come with Reaper or do I have to download my own? Sorry, I'm new at this

[@ainokesonen8573]

Reaper is my co-pilot. After 30+ years of music thanks to Reaper I feel like... I’m worthy of a co-pilot! 😻

[@sk8muppet]

Thanks again Kenny. You are the most helpful dude.

[@AdamFBuchanan]

I want to build a more complex version. I am building a Hand Pan sampler instrument and I want different samples to play based on velocity, I.e not simply have the same sample play at a lower/higher gain, but (I assume) have a velocity threshold for a different sample to play (a sample of me literally playing the acoustic instrument softer) so that its more real. Is this possible? I see on the sampler there is a 'probability' and' round-robin' function, which indicates it might be possible. Also, can I trigger a round-robin of samples when the same velocity is played. Essentially, I want a very varied sample instrument so that it will sound a lot more real.

[@christopherbecker4538]

I love this guy's voice and he is a terrific teacher. I would like to see him do some videos on Khan Academy!

[@williamkturner]

REAPER MADNESS, thanks Kenny!

[@monkymonk6]

Excellent video. I KNEW there was a way to use the sampler to make a drum machine, and you explained it to a T. Thanks..

[@robertdahl3854]

You do such a god job with the videos, it's gold, thank you!

[@JohananJoysingh]

Someone said.. "if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail" :). I really believe in making best with what you have. I don't make money making music. So i have learnt to love free and stock. :) I do the same.. But I also usually route each of those or some of those to different audio tracks for easy mixing... I have it saved as a template. I have a minimal drum kit with six samplers loaded on a midi track and six audio tracks. All under one parent track. That really helps. :) I also have individual presets for kick, snare ..etc inside samplomatic. With the correct keys and volume settings and everything. Except for the Sample itself, which is kind of a dynamic factor.

[@winddealer1]

Cool! Thanks for the session.

[@apolozero-frames291]

Great tutorial¡¡ pretty useful for a starter like me. The problem is that I suck at playing the drums properly and I dont know what's the best way to learn how to do it.

[@_audiomasterclass]

Thanks for this video! And after the beat is done what will be the easiest way to split this midi track for separate elements for mixing?

[@vincentguarino4262]

Very cool! Are those audio samples? Also, can you send those to separate tracks like you did in your other video with the ez drummer program? Thanks

[@pampurrs88]

I'm trying to follow along, but where is the sound library that you reference at 1:06 in the video? I can't find that anywhere in my Reaper folder. Thanks

[@GennaroGiugliano]

great tutorial on reaper for drum machine,many thanks and best regards,ciao

[@phillno1751]

At 6:54 it looks like you have wait for note recording. How do you get Reaper to wait for a MIDI note to trigger the play head to move when you record?

[@mareksramek7948]

Awesome. Thank you very much for this tutorial.

[@danieltv123]

Reaper is just killer once you learn the possibilities

[@andyswitch]

hahah nice to see this video a half a year ago i fgured out this "drum maschine" by my own :DD

[@shaesham]

Doesn't this affect your ability to use side chain compression to trigger a bass compression? Midi notes don't do that I thought.

[@DonSolaris]

Great vid! But how do you browse thru drum samples? Say i have 500 snares, how can i quickly browse thru them in realtime while RS5k is playing? Do i have to click Browse button 500 times, then select a sample 500 times, then close it 500 times, in order to hear all 500 samples?

[@diymusicbiz]

Don Solaris there's a drop down menu on the sampler, you can cycle through snares there. I do it all the time

[@paaao]

Use the media explorer that is built into reaper. It is under the View menu. It plays loops or single clips of files stored on your HD. You can also edit the length or cut out sections of WAVs before importing

[@paaao]

Also, you can drag and drop to tracks or plugins right from the media explorer

[@vegardyrnes1793]

I do the same :-)

[@MINDoSOFT]

Give a try of RS5K manager from MPL, kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZ3YlKGOZbyKjsU

[@RobertDigitalArtist]

Nice, but I can't hear anything when I hit a key (on the virtual MIDI keyboard). It is armed and when I hit a key, you do see the volume indicator spike up, yet you hear no sound.. Any tips?

[@holtscott1]

Im in the same place, track is armed, all inputs set, have loaded the sample but when I play my controller....no sound

[@MINDoSOFT]

My problem was fixed when I played the note that was supposed to trigger the sample one octave higher/lower than the one specified in RS5K.

[@mrpeanut268]

Dude you're a God, this helped me so much!

[@georgiethumbs2438]

Wow awesome, I had no idea this could be done

[@isnajiaffarjanjalani7445]

Wow! I never thought I could do this with reaper

[@gibbonschip]

This is great! I've been creating some drum samples and thought I was going to have to put each of them on separate track. You just saved me a ton of unnecessary work.

[@vlogocyklista]

Great stuff! Could You tell now, how can I connect each sample from this "drum machine" to another track in mixer?

[@augustsimonsson8280]

I have never found a tutorial this usefull to me, thanks!

[@emancia]

Love this, thank you so much! Now, is there a way to route each of the individual ReaSamplOmatic plugins to separate tracks so I have full mixing control on them?

[@emancia]

NEVERMIND! Just figured it out. Wow, isn't life simpler now?

[@Peptoid]

Enrique Mancía life is sampler now:)

[@cymbals1111]

How??

[@docf.n.t.2310]

I have a drum machine that has countless instances of the same sounds, making it VERY HARD to program in the piano roll. (My favorite way) I'm gonna use this to create a more organized group in the piano roll. My question: Is it possible to open each drum in it's own channel for EFX mixing per instrument ? I want each to have a separate channel, all funneled back into one sub master, separate EFX on each.

[@SteveSam66]

Awesome tutorial ! thanks

[@synaesthesia2010]

what about if you want to eq a sample in the drum machine?

[@REAPERMania]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHKad36Knt6gn8k

[@Melvin7727]

@@REAPERMania Awesome!!!!

[@stalepalemale]

great video really helpful However I can't get the sounds to play when using the virtual midi keyboard, I can click the black square inside of samplomatic and hear the sounds but not via the keyboard, have checked note start and end and I see the signal meter moving but no sound! Sussed it, need to have record monitoring switched on for the track!

[@cardboardmusic]

I'm not sure if I can help without seeing your set up. If you're getting the red light in your channel strip, which shows the midi is working, then one thing people often forget is to select the monitor button (looks like a loudspeaker - but greyed out). The other thing is to make sure you're pressing the right key(s) on you virtual midi kybd (ex: C1). Hope that helps.

[@Darkstorm-og4sy]

Ive been putting one sound per window all this time. So is it easier to do it this way?

[@tommybelgum8504]

I know for some drum plugins/samplers there are 3 versions of the same drum hit (i.e. 3 files of the same snare at the same velocity) but the sampler randomly chooses one for each hit, giving the hit a more realistic sound, since not every hit on a real drum set is going to sound identical. Anything like that for this one? Eager for a reply, thanks!

[@benjameshowden]

Great video! Are my ears deceiving me or are the pitch shifted samples shorter?

[@thomascreen9237]

Can each drum sample be routed for individual FX? Or, do we need to have each sample on its own track . . . hence, no drum machine configuration?

[@ChaplainAcosta]

Nicely done. Methodical.

[@timtimminz]

Thumbs up for use of the word "instantiation".

[@bleizik8450]

What if we want to add some reverb or delay to only one of the sample, how can we do this ?

[@MarjanJanczyk]

how do i assign pad buttons to the sample instead of 36 C2 ,so i dont play the "drums" on the keyboard?

[@nellNdaughter]

Awesome job, Crystal clear tutorials man! Just a quick question regarding your midi virtual keyboard. When I press my hardware controller's pads, i'd like to see the actual note i'm playing like you in GREEN on the virtual keyboard. For some reason, mine doesnt. My launchpad sends on channel 1. Virtual piano is also set to 1, though nothing lights up when playing a pad. Anything I'm missing ?! Thanks

[@REAPERMania]

The Virtual MIDI Keyboard doesn't work that way. You can't see what you're playing on MIDI. I'm using an application called Synthesia - www.synthesiagame.com - It's a learning tool. I set it up for Free Play so you can visually see what I'm doing.

[@nellNdaughter]

thanks a lot Kenny! I have one more question related to the drum machine this time. Do you know if its possible to choke a sample (or a Rsm5 instance) when playing another sample. Say I want to fingerdrum on a 4x4 pad controller, you'd need like in ableton a function to prevent multiple melodic voice to play at the same time.

[@AnubhaBajaj]

After adding the fx i can still hear the piano instead of the kick when i play the keys..what do i do?

[@MattGamboa]

This is awesome.

[@Plipas]

Amazing ! ! ! Thank you so much !

[@giovannibarrientes2260]

This video is sick af.

[@TonyWHOA]

This is certified dopeness.

[@JeffSchremsMUSIC]

One question...Is there a way to get notes to repeat just by holding the key down? This was a total game changer for me! No idea I’ve had this just waiting for me in my basement for years. Amazing tutorial!!

[@guyhometal]

Hi, is it possible to play with the velocity of a sample?

[@version191]

this is revolutionary

[@bassstudy]

This is the thing that I dreamed!

[@ginocordone349]

on PC what is the sound library called? do these sounds come with reaper?

[@jyotiprokash777]

sometimes reaper misses some of my drum bits. like snare sound, or kick.. how to solve this ??? :(

[@Tannermanzello]

Hey i have a question! So i want to make drum machines and synth noises in my mixes but i have NO idea where to find good samples. Like a big sample library or something. PLEASE HELP! I have a midi keyboard and everything

[@sowellca6]

Sweet Video. BTW, FWIW, I really like Kenny's delivery (vocally) ...I can understand and have time to ~think~ about what he said. Not annoying at all for me (my 2 cents).

[@vanhaze2000]

This vid has put a whole new perspective for me on Reaper's factory sampler plugin : WOW ! Only big miss imho is the fact that you can't preview samples in reasamplomatic before being loaded. On the other hand: again a great tutorial, which i enjoyed very much and learned from ; Hands down for Kenny !! EDIT: How do you copy paste reasamplomatic plugin so quick in the FX Chain Window ? Warm regards, Rob.

[@REAPERMania]

+Rob van Hees I'm just hitting keystrokes for copy and then paste. Thanks

[@vanhaze2000]

Aha, thanks for the tip Kenny, works indeed !

[@cedricsimonakafrozenjazz]

+Rob van Hees you can preview samples if you use the media explorer... instant preview... I use it all the time :)

[@sickheadofficial]

hold down ctrl and drag and drop

[@denvy21]

i learned it yesterday bro .Now i want kick or clap to put reverb ,how to do that in your instance . i can put everything in reverb by routing but how to do for kick ,clap seperately in your case with one track midi drums?? kindly give some info on this ??

[@docf.n.t.2310]

I done this with the drums from "another" drum program, so I could have left & right Bass drums, & some other tricks. This works great, but 1 problem... Question to Kenny, ( or anyone else who may know...) "How do I make the sub channels for each drum ?" I need the ability to use different efx on different drums.

[@docf.n.t.2310]

P.S. - Thank You very much, Kenny, this will be a huge help !!!

[@BobrLovr]

how do I set it up so the samples are triggered from the pads on my controller?

[@DjangoFlaherty]

First thing I ever did in Reaper was build a drum machine :). I wish Reasamplomatic had a slice mode for drum loops.

[@MerlinsMelody]

thanks!! Why actually quantize 1/16?

[@Ivan_Shern]

Thanks man, love you

[@noyesyesno5345]

Dont know whats going on but reasamplmatic is the only plugin that isn’t working with my akai mpk mini. Any help?

[@lukeemma1786]

hi Kenny love the vids I'm a little lost I have used the mega baby sequencer in a midi item it was going really well but I must have ticked something I should not have somewhere else and now the midi will not play until a point in the track this is unrecorded I'm just playing with the sequencer I have no idea what I have done can you help at all ?

[@shawny1987]

wow awesome, so helpful. thanks man

[@alanaxel5403]

Man, that's literally what needed, thanks a fkng lot

[@duARTstudioChannel]

And how to change the velocity curve?

[@sotakunaii]

Do you know a good source, where I could download drum sounds?

[@brendanmattson]

Sota Kunaii reddit.com/r/drumkits

[@vexphoto]

Love it...

[@miguelmella182]

when you press the record button, it starts to record after 4 times, how do you do it??? :(

[@akumaplantstudios8869]

Right click on the metronome Icon in the top left corner, It will bring up the settings for it. You then have the option to count in before recording. :)

[@miguelmella182]

oh man, thank you so much!!!

[@antrix1331]

Nobody, literally nobody Kenny : 1:07 Kick as KiK

[@zarrir]

Super tutorial

[@yellowdudewithedibleshorts]

Nice!

[@weslieka1105]

How to separate drum machine to separate tracks?

[@Wayne_Robinson]

Very helpful!

[@weslieka1105]

Bro I cannot run my windows media player at background of my reaper daw in PC can u help me?

[@ifaber68]

Very nice tutorial :D

[@ulfgj]

thanks. i needed this!

[@UkuHeyHey]

This is gold

[@omnivorace]

All this for free with Reaper. I love Cockos.

[@laurencebellinger3350]

Thank Ya!!!!

[@kirksutherland2226]

Why is reaper so complicated for a simple drum machine? Very strange. Thanks for sharing bro