Record Your First Voiceover in Reaper

[@heraldkiarastormlight]

This is invaluable -- even six years after it was recorded! I'm just getting started with voice work, and am new to using DAW software. I feel like I've got a solid start thanks to your channel and your Reaper Presets course. Thank you so much, Mike!

[@SisterIndica]

RIPPLE EDITING!!!! Why am I just now learning about this?!!! It's been taking me forever to edit my audio drama on my laptop with Reaper LOL THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[@CED.Dweller]

I’ve used Reaper for a several years now. You’re right about the DAW proving to be a VO blessing. Thanks for putting this tutorial playlist together.

[@CatboyGenius]

Awesome series of videos, I gave up voice acting about ten years ago and have decided to give it another go after purchasing a CAD E100S not too long ago and these videos will help me get back to the familiarity I once had with this program!

[@kah9846]

Thank you so much for taking the time to do this. Massive help! Been looking at which better paid for DAW to use for a while. After yours and other videos I’m going for reaper. Your tutorial is easy to understand, didn’t waste my time and was full of relevant and easy to digest information also visually displayed. My physical condition means I need to change income paths and voice over has always intrigued me. You’ve helped massively to make me jump to the next stage. Thank you 🙌🏼🤟🏼

[@astralaudio101]

I love the look of Reaper.. and I really enjoyed your reading of the Blues Brothers dialogue.. Lol

[@craiglee7993]

I recorded this script and did the edit with him i read the parts just like Mike and then edit as he did it really helped me start to understand this process.Thanks Mike

[@richardsisk1770]

I see this is from 6 years ago, however it is still very helpful for me. Thanks very kindly Mike!

[@sl4081]

Thank You, this video is god sent! I have been looking for a video to learn how to start working on reaper. youtube is full of tutorials on adobe audition but not on reaper. could not even figure out the basics of reaper. and then this video popped up.thank you once again!

[@TheREAPERBlog]

awesome series. you really should release this as a downloadable or interactive course. At 25:00 you have the noise from the bit reduction, it's actually dither added by that plugin, you can turn dither off or adjust the amplitude there. I'm sure you left it in so you can show the gate in the chain, but just in case you (or anyone watching) didn't know, there you go.

[@BoothJunkie]

+The REAPER Blog Great tip about the dither. Thanks for the heads up (I actually didn't know about the dithering noise.)

[@empressironbladder8942]

Whaaaaat?! I had NO idea you could even add effects like this…wow! how COOL!😎👏🏽

[@craiglee7993]

BEST TEACHING VIDEO I HAVE SEEN!! Thank god you did this you actually teach some just talk as they click Thank's bro really helped.

[@se7enscales650]

The Best!!!

[@xaosnox]

Thank you. Great resource. Absolutely love REAPER for every kind of recording, but especially VO work. This video made me nostalgic for the days when OS X was still beatiful to behold. :-(

[@Cryptichroma]

AW Brilliant! They glue thing was exactly what I'm needing and was struggling with in audacity. And the lane thing which I've used on video editing (DaVinci) but couldn't find for audio only on a simpler platform. I downloaded the trial so these aren't usable until purchase but what an incentive! I really appreciate these tutorials.

[@christopherdover764]

A nice introduction to Reaper for VO recording / playback / editing and applying SFX. Reaper looks awesome.

[@michaelkilinski2809]

Just bought Reaper and signed up for your free class on your website. Thank you!

[@elivangarde9024]

Tysm, Mike, for the rundown! I'm going to have fun discovering how to put these tools to the test!

[@empressironbladder8942]

Mr. Mike, you did a great job explaining this part of the process. Easy to understand, but since I could not install after watching the first video you made, I have to figure out how to get to THIS part, now.

[@SympleNLP]

7,500th view and 180th like..... This is perfect. You've done brilliantly. Your entire channel is really well presented, great work.

[@benlopez3730]

Please continue this series in depth. Love your work Mike!

[@npcvoices5270]

Thank you so much for this I was playing around on my mic at home and have been trying to figure out Reaper more as a Voice Over item vs a producing of music side of things so right as I found this video and started listening it helped me SO MUCH! Thank you.

[@taim1696]

Thank you, for making these tutorial videos. As a beginner, I'm so glad I found them!

[@markostojanovic6973]

when i heard the voice i was like: 'why would anyone want to put FX on that voic. i want that voice' :) love the phone call trick, i bet ill use it! great intro to work in reaper

[@BoothJunkie]

+Marko Stojanović Thanks Marko!

[@TallTaleTV]

I'm going over this series again as a refresher. Awesome series! Pro Tip: I got myself am 8 button gaming mouse and keybound all my main commands to mouse buttons. Play/pause, Split, delete, undo, redo, and paste

[@PhoenixWakeStudios]

This looks way more powerful than Audacity for this type of work, hopefully it has some good mastering tools too. I think this video may have sold me on Reaper. Thanks, Mike!

[@georgehusk8897]

Thank you thank you thank you!!! I just started with this and was having a heck of a time getting started with the software. You explain it so well and the step by step instructions are fantastic. Thank again!!!!

[@skypix777]

Mike, I came upon your fantastic site through Paul Jenkin's "Complete Audiobook Course" on Udemy, he praises all he learned from you and I've enjoyed and learned a ton from many of your videos. Working my way through all of them now. This one's great. Gives me lots of ideas for editing workaround ways to do lots of voices in a novel, say 5 or more, without having to switch back and forth between multiple voices and keep them straight. Recording separate tracks and editing them together, though labor intensive, seems like one way to get around it. Thanks for your incredible talent and skill as a VO artist and teacher. I'm a former stage/tv/film actor who was active from the late 60s through the 70s, picking up the acting bug again at my shall we say slightly advanced age, and really grateful for all you are sharing here. I would hope and expect your career is zooming along in the three years since you recorded this. You've created an invaluable resource for people like me, and I echo the suggestion in another comment here that you make a course out of this...lots of really good stuff. I found a like-new Rode NT1-a here in Germany where I spend 2-3 mos/year, also a Focusrite 2i2, decent headset and using Reaper. it's coming together, now all I need is to work the rust off my cords and drag my old acting chops out of the closet.

[@Ravinna972]

Excellent tutorial! So clear and organized. I've only just downloaded Reaper for trial and have never appreciably used a DAW, but I'm certain I'm ready to dive in and play with it after just this one video lesson.

[@I-AM-cj7qu]

youre such a good instructor! I don't even have reaper but Im thinking of getting it now

[@protoman247]

Holy shit. Why am I barely getting this video recommended? Great stuff man 👍🏼

[@jebatman756]

Love that taste of New York as Maurie

[@EPHONIC]

Thanks for the video. I love how, as you read, you get into character. Very cool process.

[@whats_the_truth.]

Man you're good! I wanted to keep hearing that reading.

[@Stormchaser189]

Hey Mike, Very Proffesh Tutorial & super helpful ! So glad I found this through the reaper blog ! Keep up the great work man !

[@larryhinze8658]

What is PROFFESH?

[@Stormchaser189]

@@larryhinze8658 professional !

[@davideverett8587]

Master classes. Thank you 🙏

[@ForenzaAudio]

Thanks so much for this. Reaper is still super intimidating for me to even dent into, but watching these bit by bit is helping me work a bit with it to where I can understand it. Thank you >w

[@angelacarter6593]

Blues Brothers......I love it!

[@Real_IanScott]

+Booth Junkie Great video series that I'm enjoying, and applying some of your suggestions to my own VO recordings. I have a question: In Reaper, are you using ASIO drivers to monitor with your headphones? I have a MacBook Pro, and use Reaper mainly for editing files originally done using GarageBand. How do you import ASIO drivers in a Mac? Thanks. And keep making these awesome videos!

[@TGriner]

Cool, thanks for the good info, clear and well thought out.

[@bolognious]

Video gets ten seconds in and stops. Love your booth junkie series!

[@garychap8384]

Watching this workflow, I can't help thinking that voiceover software could be better. Is there any recording software where you _(or the sound guy)_ can tap a button after every section, and it marks the sections sequentially 1...2...3.... etc. Or press a different button and it marks it 2... 2a... 2b... 2c... Effectively allowing you to play/drag marked, pre-cut, sequences? Especially, allowing you to see multiple takes. This could also allow suitably marked scripts to auto-scroll. It would also ensure that marked clips in the DAW matched the marked dialogues in the script. For example... EL01 could be Elroys's first lines, EL02 his second line... EL02_b his second line take-2. Now we can identify all of Elroys's lines... and all of the takes for any given line. That'd be useful if you were going to process them differently... like, say, we're hearing Elroy through a telephone. Lightening and darkening takes to indicate preference as you preview them, would be good. Also, colour could be used to good effect to really group the re-takes together visually and identify characters. It just seems like the single-file approach, clicker, manual text scrolling, previewing, sorting and cutting - could all be a lot simpler if there was software designed specifically for voiceover work, rather than just general recording use... or, at least, a general recording suite that had optional features that support a supportive "voiceover" workflow with an integrated script window. Given how many people record to a script, music or a lyric sheet... it's surprising to see someone have to side-by-side their windows : / And, given that you are recording clearly identified sections, it's a shame you also have to scroll the text and click a clicker. There must be an easier way.

[@leila1662]

this is wonderful.thanks

[@musanetesakupwanya1050]

I mean come on..!! This is flippin brilliant!!!8yrs later?! Just moved from Audition

[@Asimov16]

Just made a video with your help and found rather than having my script in word or any other editor I used Imaginary teleprompter. I have a habit of speaking too fast, so by setting the speed in the teleprompter it slowed me down, because if I speak too fast I run out of text before it scrolls LOL

[@frankb8616]

great stuff.. you know you can add markers while recording by pressing M. then you can split item at markers to make it easier. I also am looking into a script where you can color the markers at the same time. then you can choose a color for each character set keycaps up for each.. then you can create regions from markers .. then color items from regions in a custom action this would make your items colored for each character. haha you can go further by custom action to select all same color items and move to next track.. REAPER is crazy awesome

[@GlendaHarper-i4w]

Hi Mike, You seem like an old friend, I’m trying to learn Reaper, and watch your videos over and over! You are a great teacher because you explain details and you TALK plain! I was in radio & tv for about 40 years producing spots and voice-overs, it’s a lot easier with an engineer sitting across from you. I am producing my own audio book, about halfway through recording 31 chapters. Running into a problem with Reaper creating additional identical items in the track -this happens after I make edits with splits. What am I doing wrong, or where can I fix this exasperating problem? I think it could be in saving, or some preset, but I haven’t been able to locate it. Some help would be greatly appreciated! Glenda H

[@jamesfranklin5541]

Thanks so much for your work! I've learned so much. Also, what book is this? Im intrigued.

[@quentinsf]

Great tutorial - thanks!

[@Doodlez4]

I'm new to this arena and really enjoyed the video, only wish there were files we could use to follow along with. Thanks!

[@jasonhoudyschell666]

Thank you Mike.

[@kencleveland1762]

These videos are fantastic. Thanks a lot for making them. Hey - in this video you show really good stuff. What I'm not sure of is how to then finish the track so I have it done. How do I get the FX into the final audio. Do we do a final render to get everything processed and done? Bounce to another track? Or what is the best way of doing that? Silly question in a way but coming from Audition, this is VERY different.

[@TECHDROIDSYT]

Super Helpful Man Just Switched From Audacity To Reaper Its Awesome! Thanks Again and i also Bought a Blue snowball By watching Your Videos

[@wolfsong9134]

Thank you so much. As a beginner with hardly any knowledge on how to do things, this tutorial is really helpful in getting me started on a better and more professional type sound editor than Audacity!

[@shanasings164]

This is so helpful ty :)

[@Newcreationinchrist23]

Amazing tutorial, but holy cow dude. That's a lot of editing!

[@jebatman756]

True but it would've been a lot faster if he didn't have to explain it..

[@LisaLynchLA]

I have been following this and somehow managed to mess up everything with the view. How can I reset Reaper's default settings and start over? I'm about to have a meltdown.

[@nikandluketravel]

Following through with you step by step. Is there a reason "Bit reduction" FX isn't appearing as an option for me?

[@kencleveland1762]

I have the same question. How is bit reduction accomplished?

[@jeffparryncc1701]

Have you got a tutorial on getting Voicemeeter to work with Reaper? Audacity is easy, but it's hard with Reaper. Thanks, great series.

[@esejames1992]

Thank you!!

[@pressure3791]

YOUR A F**CKING GENIUS!! THANKS MIKE

[@cyberman195]

Hi Mike... great video. Quick question. When you record a voice over do you record only the "track input" and add all of the fx and processing later... or do you record the "track output" thereby adding all the fx and processing real time as the track is recorded? p.s. I loved the video on how to turn Reaper into a voice over machine as I am finally committing to the transition from Audition CS6 to Reaper. Tightwad that I am I refused to go with Adobe's Creative Cloud "rental plan"... what a ripoff... and I'm starting to hear that there are security concerns about CS6 which as you know hasn't been supported by Adobe for years now. Sorry for digressing... I look forward to you reply. Many thanks for all you do to support the voice over community;

[@BoothJunkie]

Generally, I record with no effects and add them in reaper before exporting my final versions.

[@cyberman195]

@@BoothJunkie cool ... Thanks for the quick reply. That's the way I've always done it so I'll stick with that approach. Best regards!!

[@mikemarino7806]

Boy if this guy doesn't get hired by Rockstar to do some GTA 3 Liberty City voices I'm going to riot...

[@ann-vielhaben]

Thanks a lot for this great video, Mike. I also bough a dog clicker. But the clicks a much too loud. Is there any chance to say Reaper that this clipping sound is okay / to normalize this sound as a preset, so my whole file is not clipping?

[@crausbeat]

Your voice is like a killer from Breaking Bad =)

[@haliastales]

Hey mate thanks so much for all your videos - just wondering with the recording levels - do you aim to record around 12db and then with compressors and EQ are you aiming to bring the levels closest to 0db without clipping? Thanks again ;)

[@daviderosa5367]

Mike great video & Thank you !!! I just made VO settings to a trial version 5.77 . Just purchased Reaper , will I lose all my VO settings if I update to latest Reaper version 5.93 ?

[@MrJpbmusic2005]

Would have used a "Pop Shield" and applied some" compression to even out the Peaks great tuitorial

[@aviatedviewssound4798]

thank you

[@heyyojojo7939]

Hey Mike. In Audition I have a keyboard shortcut set up for ripple delete, so I can just drag/mark the area I want to delete and do the shortcut and it will ripple delete. That saves me from having to split the clip twice before ripple deleting. Is there a way to do this in Reaper? I'm looking to switch because Audition has become far to unstable for my taste.

[@connielippenholz2495]

So… complete newbie here, setting up my 1st mic & DAW. While following along with your tutorial, I somehow closed the panel in the lower left corner of Reaper that has the meters, etc. I think I was trying to enlarge my window when it happened, if that helps. I’ve spent way too much time clicking around, trying to figure out how to restore that panel. I even deleted & reinstalled Reaper to try to resolve. Any ideas what that panel is called and how I can restore it?

[@expediterelectric4632]

I was searching for voiceover, but this wasn't what I had in mind although your ability is astounding. Is there any way to pause the first track, while recording the voiceover or Translation on the next track? So I have a long speech, that I can have whole, or I also cut into sentences. I would like to play the speech, and once the translator decides they will talk, their voice gate will automatically pause the speech. When translator is done, the speech continues playing. The translator I suppose would be a single recording, but the top track would insert the proper length silence where it paused. I trust I am sufficiently clear. Could someone point the way to accomplish this as automatically as possible? Thanks for your instructive videos.

[@mcadder]

Just found your channel! Subscribed at the speed of light :o) Awesome!!! What compressor do you use?

[@BoothJunkie]

+mcadder For VO purposes I haven't needed to go beyond the built-in compressor ReaComp. For most of my work, the compression is pretty mild, and I've found ReaComp to be nice and neutral.

[@ManjeriSadhashivan]

How would this process change if I were to be using Reaper for audiobooks instead?

[@dvalward]

My meters are always orange but I see that yours are yellow. Also, there is no light action in the Master meter. What am I doing wrong please?

What is that icon with a "W"?

[@itpromichael]

I love the part where you use the EQ to make it sound like a phone!

[@MrWhatsupdo]

I noticed you have the script and reaper on the monitor. How do you do that?

[@Imagineyourmusiccom]

thanks for that, please, I know that the recording must be in mono, but what is the output setting when recording voice over in a daw, stereo or mono? thanks for your answer

[@mikeestwick5411]

As a general rule mono, the customer can set it to what they want after they do their QA pass and processing, but usually a customer will tell you what they want as far as any specifics.

[@rikardlandberg]

Do you have a video on sound settings? Gain and so on?

[@ChazAllenUK]

Do you have a Reaper affiliate link?

[@ВикторияЮгас-и5б]

There is only Record button. Doesn't it have a "Record something amazing" button?

[@ForenzaAudio]

he goes over the settings with you on his other reaper video on working with your presets. But you still have to adjust it for your mic and your room/booth. The numbers he uses wont work for anyone else but hsi room. That's where you have to learn how to work that way ^^

[@Layarion]

bruh, i want the song at 14:45

[@dustycrophopper3361]

You sound exactly like the thugs in the arkham videogame series

[@dustycrophopper3361]

Did you voice act for rocksteady?

[@coachken6130]

A masterclass in Reaper voice editing: “there’s no bass and no treble on the phone.” Seems minor, but I had no idea until you mentioned it. Thanks for the extensive tutorial. And a clicker?! 🤯

[@petruciucur]

I use Markers for mistalkes...

[@djfull4442]

25:05 wasted chance to call it "ReaDuce"

[@robjames2605]

blues brothers funny

[@blazingdan]

Elwood

[@1mOOReonE]

Right!? He kept saying Jake like he was the only blues brother talking. It's three characters speaking. Jake and Elwood are speaking to Maurie.

[@AteuCu]

Looks like Ableton Live way.

[@blackie75]

mac :(

[@StefanTravis]

You use a clicker to mark mistakes? Some of us clap our hands - I just click my tongue.

[@EPHONIC]

This video appears to be corrupted on mobile devices.

[@amitofu8670]

Coming from audacity, this is terrific. My editing will be much faster I think

[@7AirCanuck7]

silly and basic comment, but how do you make it so your tracks take up way more of the real estate within the app vs the bottom tools? Mine is opposite, much more weight towards the bottom than the top, and I've already done the click and drag adjustments as much as possible