Adding FX to Multiple Tracks in REAPER

[@anupjsebastian]

METHOD WITHOUT SHORTCUT KEYS For those asking for a more 'normal' way. You just need to Shift or Ctrl select multiple tracks and click on the FX button on any of them. Then from the FX window just right click any effect or effect chain and click add to selected tracks. No need to waste keyboard shortcuts or anything. The shortcut method was a little convoluted, but as always, the reaper devs had already thought of it. Hopefully this helps. and thank you Kenny for the amazing work you are doing.

[@lithiumsapphire8935]

I dont have that option when i right click :/

[@Ihadtosettleforthis]

Thanks for this!

[@BaffleDJsBilbao]

So useful! And you can even remove/bypass all the instances of a plugin within the Project Media/FX bay!

[@mrslickbeats]

This is exactly what I needed! Huge timesaver!

[@winsucks]

@@lithiumsapphire8935 click on exact plug in in the list

[@Toehider]

Kenny you are an absolute treasure

[@REAPERMania]

Thanks

[@catonlsd3]

who the heck dislikes such helpful, to the point and well-rounded videos? ... hating can become a habit and is bad for one's health!

[@timmartin5221]

You're such a talented instructor, Kenny. Your examples are so clear and relevant. Thanks for all of these!

[@johncore363]

Iam always learning from these videos. Great stuff. Thanks.

[@disconnectica]

Works to add FX to multiple takes on a track too. Just what I needed!

[@graham287]

Don't need shortcut keys but thanks Kenny. This is a brill way to add a MIDI emulator like BassMidiVSTi to all tracks when importing an old GM midi arrangement to Reaper. Setting the soundfont then saving as a Chain before adding to all tracks. Simples.

[@jimbeaux4988]

I must not have ever tried to add an effect to multiple tracks at once but it seems to me that reaper should somehow give us that option from the fx window.

[@ChrisHaas1]

I just did it by selecting a bunch of tracks, going to the effects window for one of the tracks, selecting an effect, right clicking on the effect and selecting "Add to selected tracks". This worked. Maybe it's a new thing in a more recent version of Reaper than this video.

[@CoopMusic247]

@@ChrisHaas1 Yep new thing added, but isn't that great!? I love this software

[@sman9087]

This is great. It would be awesome to see a video on how one can apply an effect to multiple tracks, but only for a certain part/duration of the song.

[@chrismeyers7487]

This is the best video on the internet

[@jerroneous8549]

Can't thank you enough for this content Kenny! Cheers from Canaduh

[@takemymonkeyoff]

There is one very useful and not obvious thing with key shortcuts! If you try to create it, but press cancel without actually assigning anything, you still get this as an action in the Action list!! (Search for it by plugin name) So you may for example then create a button on the panel for adding a plugin... or whatever you want, just like you'd normally use actions.

[@ARE_YOU_SICK_OF_YT_CENSORSHIP]

great tip

[@Ihadtosettleforthis]

Thank you, this is great

[@ElcoWeitering]

great! now I only need to know what that nonlinear plugin does and why I need it

[@cajonaconaquetebotou]

It would be great too if we'll be able to select the tracks and drag and drop fx or chain fx there. Thanks for show us this way.

[@leopoldbluesky]

Excellent as always, cheers Kenny!

[@mhavock]

Thank you for the well thoughout video and explanation!

[@brianmartin6729]

is there a way to add a FX to all selected tracks (without shortcut) ? the shortcut "workaround is not really a quick way. any idea?

[@alanmansfield1069]

The plugins still all open even with the box clicked off ?

[@martsave]

many thanks Kenny !

[@Melvin7727]

You should be the one giving tutorials on literally everything in life.

[@andythedrummer9642]

Hello! Let's say I have two guitar tracks panned to the L and R. I want to add the same effect without applying it to then both individually, so using the one effect on 2 tracks. How do I do it?

[@mjklein]

Very useful! Thanks Kenny!

[@nicolashume2618]

Hi its possible to use 2 plugins for ex. Ezdrummer and Ad2 and use them to playalong? For ex: using toms of ez and snare of Ad2??

[@felipedourado]

very nice, man! but what if I want to automate the fx parameters in the tracks selected, for instance, backing vocals?

[@eri7-11]

How to delete a plugin chain shortcut? I double-click it or right click and delete option, thanks

[@Kahnklingon84]

Perfect just what I need for izotope relay. Thanks

[@HTO93]

Great. What is this plugin (non-linear processor) for?

[@TadDoylemusic]

Is there a way to do this with Input FX on multiple tracks?

[@Alek_Archer]

Is there any way to add the same FX to multiple tracks without creating shortcuts?

[@givenblankets]

Love it kenny!

[@claudianreyn4529]

Can we have the FX slots on the tracks somehow?

[@BkuBrown]

Kenny can i add the same fx to multiple segments within a track but not the whole track? Say if i wanted to add extra echo fx to certain words within the vocal track but not the whole track

[@BkuBrown]

Right now to achieve this i am splitting the segments i want with added fx, copying and dragging them down into a track below. I feel there is a more efficient way im missing

[@varmmanelangkovan3206]

Is there a way to add an fx without fx chain saved or the shortcut?

[@anupjsebastian]

For non input fx right clicking any effect or effect chain gives an option to add it to multiple selected tracks, without having to assign any shortcuts or open the actions window. For input FX, there are 2 actions in the SWS extensions. Copy input FX chain from selected track, and paste input FX chain to selected tracks. That should help you. You don't need to assign a shortcut to any particular plugin, and can run it from the actions windows. This works on single effects as well. You don't need to have fx chains or shortcuts saved for both these methods.

[@audio2u]

Kenny, did you mean to render this at such low resolution?

[@REAPERMania]

The resolution is actually fine. KZbin takes a bit longer to make the higher resolutions available. I just uploaded this a few minutes ago. Give it a few minutes and it should be fine. Thanks.

[@jamescuttsmusicjcm5013]

Yeah man... you were just too damn early on the scene. Ahhaha.

[@audio2u]

@@REAPERMania Oh, I did not know it did that! My apologies. :)

[@laskholt]

Thank you Kenny!

[@serged.9369]

Cool! Many thanks!

[@StevenMorris]

Awesome stuff -- thank you very much. Incidentally I decided I was going to try to figure something like this out over the next couple of weeks. I'd like to get a number pad and assign some FX chains to the keys. Would really help save time and wear & tear on my hands!

[@guidomastrangelo846]

I'm newy in Reaper, so this could be a basic question. In this example, when adding the same effect to multiple tracks, are those different effect instances or they're all the same?

[@REAPERMania]

You mean do they operate separately? Yes.

[@guidomastrangelo846]

@@REAPERMania exactly. Thanks!

[@valerievoletta3352]

When i make a difference on 1 fx i want all of them effected. How to do that

[@TimBoykinGuitar]

Ok, now THAT'S cool!

[@ChadBillAnderson]

Thanks Kenny, awesome trick

[@RKBibleStudy]

Very helpful.

[@winsucks]

Thank you for this video! But I need to say that as a logic user it feels like rural techniques))

[@yoe91]

Thank you for this. But I wish there was a way one could just create a new dedicated track, select one EQ there, and then have it apply to 10 or however many instrument tracks. With just one instance, you’d control everything, + save much CPU.

[@REAPERMania]

You can. Track Folders. Put the EQ on the folder track and everything in that folder gets the EQ. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXi8ZYiPd8err68

[@yoe91]

@@REAPERMania Hello. I know, but say you wanted to use the same EQ over half of the instruments in the song, and couldn't have them all under the same parent folder (because it would be a mess).

[@MichaelToddFutureTodd]

@@yoe91 You could select all the tracks you wanted to eq, right click on the routing icon and send them to a track with the eq on and disable the master send. I still think you'd be better off using folders for the easier visual feedback

[@yoe91]

@@MichaelToddFutureTodd thanks, that's an idea. Will give that a shot.

[@kris_gorski]

Very instructive :)

[@davidpachecoegido]

OMG!!!!! this is crazy!! thanks!

[@whiteplayon]

Whew! I just do not like this method at all. Because it's a work around instead of a straight line. This video started out with the most logical way to accomplish this task. Unfortunately, it just works for one track. Thanks Reaper Mania. You rock!!!

[@unao3637]

Mind Blown Again lmao

[@riskzerobeatz]

Nice, thanks :D

[@AskonDBZ]

This just opened 290 windows lmfao

[@rezlets5017]

i love you!

[@andreyklochok]

Thanks a lot!

[@carlos.e.flores]

OMG!! Ty.

[@onandofff]

Thanks!!!

[@gregormarini]

I use a lot of different plug ins, imagine what a mess number of shortcuts. Come on Cockos, let us do that in the track manager!

[@niklassilen4313]

Why not use something like Radial Menu and set it up to be your main plugin FX hub? kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKPXp4GhgdKUr5o

[@ARE_YOU_SICK_OF_YT_CENSORSHIP]

@@niklassilen4313 Can Radial Menu help insert one plugin on multiple tracks? You still have to assign shortcuts, don't you?

[@zeppo20]

This is what I hate reaper, I use it but some simple things that on other daws you make with a simple click on reaper is very cumbersome, like side chain for example, this way like (I don't want to look like anyone) is the way I think.

[@mattnoort]

Hi. I'm Kenny Gioia and. I can't say. One sentence. In one time.

[@avrahax7714]

All possible shortcuts are busy due the large number of my custom actions ,uselesse tutorial for me for the first time

[@paaao]

OR... create a bus track, and feed all tracks through

[@InXLsisDeo]

Not at all the same use. Often times you want to add an EQ on all the tracks of the drums for instance, and you will end up EQ them individually, but you still want a default for each EQ. This saves you a few dozens of mouse clicks.

[@williamhsuarezm4040]

Thanks!!!