Track Lanes & Comping in REAPER 7

Track Lanes & Comping in REAPER 7

[@Reapertips]

i love it when Kenny sings for us ❤

[@kurtjanssen3887]

At least "Kenny's singing" was better than Myk's in his video🤣👊

[@LetsTalkAboutReaper]

@@kurtjanssen3887 oh just you wait! Just finished filming the next one ;)

[@yammeruk]

Loving the Kenny/Myk banter. Made me laugh.

[@aklosabbaothofficial]

And he also threw some punches this time. Beat Time. 🙌

[@mucous-membrane]

It's weird ... instead of being a Reaper guru, he could just be a stunning vocalist.

[@BillNGX]

Kenny you have such a beautfiul voice, those vocal takes were penomenal!

[@agaspversilia]

I've been using Reaper for a month now and the guys behind it are really doing wonders, so I'll pay for the subscription. Absolutely deserved and I hope many of you will do it even if it's possible to use it for free.

[@IsHeHigh]

Thankfully it's only $60, no subscription. I don't need another subscription service lol

[@kurtjanssen3887]

Loved your "Myk Drop"😂😂. Good video by Myk btw. But always a pleasure to watch the master himself😉

[@theclubjukebox]

Lets Talk about Myk 😎👍

[@REAPERMania]

LOL

[@tommyzai7038]

Kenny, you are a BIG reason why I love Reaper. Thank you for all you do. I dig those white glasses, BTW. ;-)

[@NickiTusp]

Ieap! I used to be the no reaper guy but with this videos I start to use this daw!

[@kellypeterson2625]

Thanks Kenny. This is a massive upgrade. I loved reaper before but this is great The takes, prior to 7, were always a difficult thing to navigate. I came from Sonar before switching to reaper and they had take lanes. That is one thing I missed.

[@ryancrawford9894]

Before I saw this, I forgot how much I missed lanes in Sonar.

[@chrisrose1508]

I’ll need to give this a try. It’s not clear to me how it adds any advantage except being able to condense to only showing the comp lane.

[@musiclabouratory8828]

What a fantastic approach to comping we have now in Reaper!

[@vanhaze2000]

0:59 : LOL, like your humor ! Outstanding tutorial again Kenny, Track Lanes / Comping is really awesome. Stay healthy and kind regards from Holland.

[@peinmilan]

BEST. FEATURE. EVER. I hated SOOO much working with takes in prev versions...

[@XELOhh1]

Always find something new from your videos.. that moving when in commp mode didnt know about that one.. thanks..

[@danthegeetarman]

ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. Sooooooooooo happy this feature is now here. Will make recording and comping fun again. One of the few things I missed from pro tools, and yet here it is now 🙌🙌🙌🙌

[@joeyschmitt2410]

Thank God! Been transitioning from pro tools to reaper for the last year and the old takes workflow in reaper was my biggest hangup. Now I'm much more comfortable using reaper for paying clients

[@RyanPGallant]

Hahaha at the myk reference. You guys are the fricken best.

[@LetsTalkAboutReaper]

Love it 🤣

[@Mark3xtrm]

Our community is just so unite and coese ❤🥺

[@andreasfranzmann9634]

I think you’re more of a Dynamic Myk, rather than a Ribbon Myk or even a condensed Myk.

[@LetsTalkAboutReaper]

@@andreasfranzmann9634 I'm pretty condensed already, I'm barely over five feet tall 🥹

[@tollpatsch8852]

so far, this was one of the few parts of the program that was much better solved in cubase. At least the ones I really notice in everyday life. Very good. because in most respects I feel I'm in the best hands with reaper.

[@matthewfregeau9076]

This is beautiful bro! Im misty eyed, this makes comping workflow BUTTERY SMOOTH!!!

[@MattMontgomery]

As always, I love your concise, perfectly paced videos. One suggestion: put in a text pop up of the Action that's taking placed when a keyboard shortcut is being demonstrated (T in this video). Many of us have long ago mangled up our key commands to where anything new has to be reassigned in the Actions menu, and sometimes finding the action can be difficult without the exact wording.

[@jackstanton9955]

Just that new feature alone has convinced me to go to Reaper seven. Great stuff as usual, Kenny!

[@bg321able]

In the old 'takes' system, if I recorded takes of differing lenghts in midi, there would be an annoying click where the shorter takes finished. I would have to later join up midi notes to get rid of the click. This doesn't seem to happen with lanes. So it looks like the one thing I didn't like about Reaper has been sorted. Many thanks. And as ever, a great video KG.

[@banterbanter]

Thanks as always Kenny ❤

[@theclubjukebox]

Oh yes!! .. been waiting for this !!

[@greccoox]

the Anthony Hopkins of tutorials. The best!!!

[@micahbergen3791]

I am so glad they added this feature. I have been doing this with duplicate tracks because the takes just didnt fit my workflow. Thanks for the video explanation, Kenny!

[@UnfamiliarPlace]

Yup, this is huge. And not only dupe tracks but having to nest tracks if you don't want to have to duplicate any FX, routing, etc. Quickly got complicated.

[@markoburrows]

Loved the Myk reference. I LMAO. your are officially a legend Sir!

[@leoazeredo]

Thanks, Kenny. Greetings from Brazil!

[@quaz3294]

I didn't even realize how much I didn't like the takes way of doing things😂. This was a great update, I only wish they had lines more visible for knowing ur in comping mode. But this was a much needed feature.

[@eprotz]

Reaper is just awesome !

[@PocketSunlight]

Wow! She’s a really precise singer cos the waveforms are all the same 😂😂😂 Cheers for all the work you do, Kenny👍

[@alejandrojerezrico3007]

Thought exactly the same. Bad example for the purpose of the video, too precise signing

[@PocketSunlight]

@@alejandrojerezrico3007 I only meant the comment as a gentle jibe - I think Kenny’s fantastic! I’ve learnt so much from this channel. 🤗

[@MrKikalo]

Finally! Very similar to Logic and that’s good!

[@MusicByIanLtd]

Learned and Using. Thanks KG

[@carl.wunsche]

I've been waiting for this feature for so longgg!

[@SaySomethingWorthHearing]

As a long-time PT user who ditched his HDX rig for Reaper, you've been, and continue to be, a godsend in helping me through the rough part of the learning curve. It's been amazing discovering how far ahead Reaper is from PT in terms of customization. It really let's us set up our DAW the way that works best for each of us. By far, the best value in the world of full-featured DAWs and my system almost never crashes whereas PT gave me constant error codes even with their top of the line system.

[@jacksorjacksor]

For some reason I'd missed the "Double click to turn on Comping to this lane" function. Thanks for the explanation, you're a star K xx

[@ThePilate30]

Wow! Freakin game changer, love it!

[@grobinson9352]

Good grief...it makes sense now! Thank you.

[@AG-mz7vm]

Thanks Kenny!

[@acklin83]

Some good stuff in Reaper 7 and great explanation as always! The fun starts when you record takes into item-lanes... Imagine 8 tracks of backing vocals, each with their own takes, spread over 8 fixed item lanes that are panned using the items and playing all at once (layer items). In one track. :D

[@amphitheatre]

yup. you can build whole choirs within one vocal track. i assume kenny will get to this in a future video.

[@MrAlFuture]

I agree, this is a cool feature. For what it's worth, you could achieve a similar "choir in one track" mechanism in the old take mode by setting "play all takes" in the item settings and using take pan envelopes to set the panning.

[@Elassar72]

no more splitting/undo/re-splitting tracks , AWESOME! thanks!

[@amusik7]

This is a very welcome update. I always felt with the track takes that it was a little bit messy because some parts of the song might have 4 layers of takes, and the next part had just one. Now there is a clear structure how to record into lanes, and then you can comp it into a ready product. Very, very nice. Can't wait to see what else is new - there seems to be updates to clip gain, etc. a lot of useful stuff.

[@skaterock71]

The best video on how to use this feature! Thank you Kenny

[@dhoch]

Looks great!

[@Jowdanicus]

Thank you so much for your work Kenny! I might've given up on making music out of frustration if not for your tutorials.

[@waynecoulsonsounds]

What I love about Kenny's videos is they're perfect for learning as you need it. I saw this video get published a few months ago but didn't watch it then as I didn't need this particular skill right then. But his content is so concise and well organised that I know I can just quickly learn something on the fly, in the middle of a session if need be and I have trust in that. Nice one Kenny.

[@Ripplewood]

Kenny, you are mega awesome and comping just might save me from a nervous breakdown recording takes for my debut project. Thanks!

[@DThompson55]

Nice shout out to Mky! I think I had some mouse modifiers that were preventing me from using swipe editing. I went through and got rid of modifiers I wasn't using and it works fine now. Also, someone on the Reaper Forums recommended that I try running some of the Set Arrange View Override scripts, but I don't know really what they do or if they had an effect. At the end of the day this is a great new feature, and you covered it really well (even if Myk got to it first?)

[@nickgrahamfox]

Kendawg! I love the new punch intro. I pound you back every time :)))))

[@xiaokang8692]

Good that basic functions of reaper are still very intuitive.

[@arkaitzcarrasco2216]

Really funny that you and Mickey start bitching yourselves 🤣🤣🤣 It's a really funny concept for all the people that see you booth 😂👏👏

[@BarstoolAstronaut]

Up until now I tracked drums for clients in pro tools due to the playlist feature (even though I prefer Reaper for almost everything else). This is a huge upgrade for me and basically means I can use PT even less!

[@henrikfisch]

0:56 "... set the input where my Mic ist plugged in ... not this Myk ... but this Mic!" LOL Hahahaha! 😂Very good! I was waiting for your response since I've seen the video from "Let's Talk About Reaper"! And I am pretty sure this is just friendly badging. 🙂 Beside that: Once again ... very useful video! ❤

[@bobless5517]

I'm used the default Theme 6 on Reaper 7 . I like this design. But because arrived the new "Lane technology", I begin working in the default Theme 7. I don`t ike this. Then I tried to return to Theme 6 and turn up "Lane technology" - everything works in Theme 6 on Reaper 7! Thanks!

[@andrewthomas3326]

Great vid and those vocals are pristine

[@burning_KFC]

As always writing a comment to support the channel

[@gasperettiarts]

Great upgrade, love comping and track lanes 😊

[@drutgat2]

That was excellent. Thanks Kenny.

[@Not-Only-Reaper-Tutorials]

This is so damn well done! Really a great feature.

[@MovingBlanketStudio]

cool demo. nice vocalist performance too!

[@maximefortinmusic]

It's nice to include shout out to the community!

[@smilecome1]

What a beautiful voice🎉

[@DDB2020]

Man this is so sick

[@lennonesque]

That's a cool cover of "The Middle"!

[@ulfsvensson9710]

I need this for my guitar solos!

[@SaintLuminus]

I hope you're really proud of yourself for that Myk joke. lol. Hilarious!

[@RosarioBellassai]

LOVE IT!!!

[@elypelowski5670]

Wow. This is awesome

[@kyronnewbury]

We don't deserve you Kenny. Thanks for another great video!

[@chezchezchezchez]

Speak for yourself. I, for one, definitely deserve Kenny.

[@voodoochili12]

LEGENDARY

[@E_-_-]

Woah reaper 7 is out? Awesome feature, this Love your vids Kenny you're a tutorial legend!!

[@kmac.]

Nicely done tutorial

[@mOoFiShs]

Cheers Kenny much appreciated!

[@DoubleDoubleU]

Holy moly! This makes the whole "mh, which take do I use now?" process so much easier. Great Feature! Just from watching, there is one thing I feel might be a little fiddely: the bottom area with the arrows where you can toggle between comped sections seems to be little small. I think increasing its height and the arrow size a little bit would make pressing the arrows more comfortable.

[@Chad.Ziodynecock]

impressive vocal range kenny

[@blueb4ryz951]

This is great stuff

[@lorror3795]

Great explanation - been looking forward to this one! A question though... What's the best way to continue recording on the same track and do other comps, further along the timeline? My reference here is logic pro, where each comp area can be collapsed individually on the same track. In reaper, it seems like if you did another few comps/multiple takes for different parts of the song in the same track you'll end up with one long list of all the different lanes?

[@cupboardhomestudio971]

Thnx Kenny 🎼💙👍🏽

[@pepe6666]

cool dude thanks for the run down.

[@dominique948]

Thank you Kenny

[@jayakamakshianandamayi7461]

Brilliant!

[@mjklein]

Thanks Kenny. This behavior was really throwing me off when I was double tracking guitars. I have always created a new item in the same lane and set the item properties to always mix. That way I have a single track with multiple guitar performances. I also do that with vocal harmonies, so I have a complete harmonic chord on each track. Now I have a much better understanding of how this works. If you use the Control key you can select multiple lanes and have them all play together.

[@robhouse1926]

Thanks Kenny, nice work. Think I’ll set the fixed item lanes as a default!

[@tariqshihadah]

Love the song--who's the artist? Would love to hear the full track.

[@TokkanFX]

Is there a way to auto resize the comped track to a more reasonable size when it is only displaying the comped one? Enjoyed the Myk joke :)

[@jxj2272]

Thanks Kenny!我已经在用了！

[@riccardorosso2795]

Can you please tell me wich song it is? The voice is incredible!

[@dm7542]

I'm new to REAPER and your channel. Subscribed! Kenny you're a great explainer. I appreciate all the details and thorough demonstration. I'll definitely pay for the license. Amazing DAW. Do you have any comparison videos of REAPER with other popular DAWs, Logic, Qbase etc?

[@raindogred]

that looks incredibly powerful. Kenny is it possible to retroactively apply lanes to older projects that were recorded in pre-7 versions of Reaper, using takes? Yeah Myk mentioned beating you to the punch in his video haha...I've been holding off upgrading untill i have a good understanding..this was well explained, along with Myk's vid. looking forward to seeing all the upcoming series.

[@REAPERMania]

You'd have to create the lanes and explode takes to them. Thanks.

[@OzMike]

I'm sure you're well aware but Reaper already did this (but in a much more basic way) I would create a time selection and turn the toggle repeat to ON and then record myself playing the same section aver and over (maybe 5 times) When you expand the track you can see all 5 takes (lanes) and then you split and select the parts you like to play the best of the 5 takes. Should be interesting to see all the advanced options this new version brings. Love your work Kenny, you've taught me soo much. Couldn't have done it without ya. 😊👍

[@LordAlwyn]

Wouldn't you still have to drag the takes to one track so they're not all on separate takes. Or would you glue it all together after the edit? Either way I think I like this method better! Trying it tonight for some vocal tracking

[@OzMike]

@@LordAlwyn Sometimes I glue it or I render it to a new track and mute the original. They are separate lanes within the one track (so to speak). After splitting it into sections you click on the lane in each section and that's the lane that will play. I also click and drag on the splits to create a cross fade so it transitions smoother. When you minimize the height of the track it will revert to one take but will be multi coloured showing which take (lane) is playing. You'll understand once you do it. Good Luck 👍

[@fotgjengeren]

Finally! I didn't like the old system at all and was making multiple tracks instead. This is so much better

[@ajnolp1]

Only one person asked what song this is (who is actually singing it?). Is it a secret, upcoming release? I would like to know. She has a beautiful voice.

[@ilyalead4blade897]

reaper is only getting better and better. thanks for the lesson

[@tommcnally6818]

Great features, well explained! Lanes and comping will simplify what I've already been doing to comp from multiple takes. Question for you: can you have more than one comp lane for a given set of item lanes? For example, if you have 6 takes of a vocal that you want to comp down to two (double-tracked) vocals. Thanks!

[@Bluelagoonstudios]

Great video, but question, can U use different effects in the comping track? Would be great to add reverb or a chorus plugin on one of these sections? Thanks Kenny again.

[@REAPERMania]

You can add FX directly to items or takes.

[@Bluelagoonstudios]

@@REAPERMania ah yes, that's also possible, I'm going to use this a lot from now on, I started yesterday another project, so let's make this a great one, thanks again.

[@giuseppenovella]

Glad you have fixed the “clicks” in the beginning of the video 😂

[@SaySomethingWorthHearing]

Kenny, if you ever read these, I'd love to know what mic and pre was used for her vocal. Awesome job whoever tracked that.

[@behsatboran]

😍😍

[@theatamanmusic]

🔥🔥🔥

[@LDdrums20]

Reaper community lore is the best audio lore

[@Ronbo765]

One downside of lanes is deleting a lane might delete a media item that is in a lane but downstream (unless you're totally committed to working right to left only) and out of view and you'll never know it. Sure you can lock the media item but...

[@MrKikalo]

First here