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Learn the ins and outs of using Reaper to supplement your Pro Tools workflow – from a Pro Tools user perspective.
Though Pro Tools remains the industry standard DAW in the world of audio post production for sound editing and mixing, many sound artists have taken an interest in Reaper as a sort of “sound design sandbox” due to its powerful and flexible features.
One such sound artist is Bob Kellough(Spider-Man: Homecoming, Justice League). We asked Bob to share some tips and tricks for making sense of Reaper coming a Pro Tools background.
I’ve been using Reaper as a sound design DAW for the past few years and have found the transition from Pro Tools to be initially challenging but extremely rewarding.
The challenge was not due to inadequacies in Reaper (it is an extremely robust DAW) but more so in its GUI after years of working in Pro Tools.
So while this is by no means an exhaustive list of features, here a few things Pro Tools user may find useful in Reaper (and where they are located).
Let’s start with a seemingly simple menu with a few powerful sets of features:
1. Media Item Properties
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The ‘Media Item Properties’ window in reaper allows you to edit the clip name, Fade in, fade out, cross fade, Pitch, length change, non destructive reverse, volume and clip effects. All nondestructively. To call up this window simply double click on the item. Voila! Nondestructive clip manipulation is now at your fingertips.
2. Pitching and Playback Rate.
Again, these tools are within the Media Item Properties window.
Playback rate is just that, faster or slower. If you adjust the rate it will speed up or slow down the media once you update the window by clicking ‘apply’. By default the ‘preserve pitch when changing rate’ is checked. This will change the playback rate without changing the pitch. If this unchecked the pitch will raise or lower according to playback speed.
Playback rate is just that, faster or slower. If you adjust the rate it will speed up or slow down the media once you update the window by clicking ‘apply’. By default the ‘preserve pitch when changing rate’ is checked. This will change the playback rate without changing the pitch. If this unchecked the pitch will raise or lower according to playback speed.
Pitch will adjust the pitch of the media while not adjusting the playback rate. Again, both of these commands are non-destructive and can be performed in real-time.
Note: Another little gem about Reaper is it comes bundled with its own plug-ins one of which is a powerful pitching tool called “ReaPitch”. It is listed in the fx listing and not only adjusts semitones and cents but also formants. This can be applied as a clip effect or on a track.
3. Nondestructive Reverse
This is also located in the Media Item Properties display. Simply select a piece of media, pull up Media Item Properties and reverse. If you select the ‘section’ it will reverse only section edited in the timeline. If ‘section’ is not selected the entire media item will reverse. For example, if there is a 1 minute clip and 10 seconds of that clip is in the edit, reversing that section with ‘selection’ ticked will only reverse the 10 seconds while unticked will reverse the entire piece of media.
4. Take FX
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Clips based effects in Reaper are effects that can be added to a clip of media in real time, no rendering. Effects can be layered and manipulated while Reaper is in playback. An effect is selected from your VST and AU plugins, including plug ins that come bundled with Reaper. Deltora quest cavern fear pdf file. To find this locate take effects on the lower left of your Media Item Properties menu. Click on this and a list will be present with loaded VST and AU fx. You can scroll down the list, or type and search for plugin.
5. Instantly Convert Any Track to an Aux
Ok, getting away from the Media Item Properties for a minute let’s talk bussing. Within the edit menu is a powerful small folder icon. Selecting this will turn any track into an aux being fed by tracks below it instantly. No need to create a bus on the IO page, click this and you’re done. I find this very useful for creating quick groups that will be bundled together for compression, eq, verb, etc. The tracks are just as easily split apart by deselecting the folder icon or clicking and dragging a track out of the newly created group. There is a more sophisticated routing systems also built into Reaper where tracks can be re-assigned outputs on the fly. Beyond the scope of this quick overview but worth looking into within the Reaper manual.
6. Multiple Project Windows
Multiple project tabs with no track count limitation. One project for one idea, another for a second idea, perhaps a third for midi instruments. However you want to break it up, Reaper is very flexible with this. This command is located under the file menu – new project tab.
7. Media Explorer
Reaper uses this window similar to pro tools workspace. As a user the interface is simple to use and intuitive. Locate your drives / partitions and type in what you are looking for. Reaper will begin the search while you are typing and it is FAST. Not only can you audition clips in this window but also can have monitor fx enabled (top right) adjust play back speed, highlight and inserts clips directly to your Reaper timeline AND drag clips into your Pro Tools timeline. You heard right. Not only that but drag to your desktop. It’s pretty slick for those FX you know exist in a session from last year but is still labeled “Audio 3_rev”. Reaper can help you find it quickly. To pull up this window you can select it under “View”.
8. Price (AKA Brass Tacks)
Reaper is offered at two price points: $60 and $225 – the first for personal use, and the second for professional. Please refer to the Reaper website for specifics and end user agreement. For the price I find Reaper – a fully functioning DAW with powerful editing capabilities, flexibility and midi interactivity (future article) … not to mention Ambisonics capabilities – to be nothing short of excellent.
Oh – did you I mention you can assign your own key commands to any function? Or choose your own theme? Or the program is small enough to fit on a thumb drive?
I would also like to mention that Dave Farmer has manyIntroduction to Reaper YouTube videosthat are extremely useful. And theReaper manualis helpful and straightforward.
I hope you found these few initial pointers useful. And have fun exploring Reaper!
Bob Kellough is a supervising sound editor/re-recording mixer working on some of the most popular films and TV shows, including Justice League, Loving, and Spiderman: Homecoming.
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Last Updated on September 8, 2020 by
Dozens of audio editing apps are spread across the market. Some expensive heavyweights like Pro Tools and Nuendo are popular amongst top tier post-production professionals. At the other end of the spectrum, free app Audacity is prized amongst musicians. There are others: Ableton Live, Sound Forge, Cubase, and more. Each has its own uses and fans. One app, though, has become increasingly popular: Reaper.
The Reaper editing app was released in 2006. During the fourteen years since it was revealed, more people have evangelized the cross-platform digital audio workstation (DAW). It’s common to hear excited professionals share how delighted they are after switching to Reaper.
Perhaps you’re considering this, too. Switching editing apps isn’t a simple task, though. Each app can be vastly different from its design to workflow to a single keystroke for making a simple edit.
Today’s post is meant to help ease the pain. It shares why people love Reaper, how it is different, and the best way to transition to working with this popular editing app.
Why People Are Switching to Reaper
Why switch to Reaper? After all, adopting a new editing app may mean days or even weeks of relearning simple editing tasks. That’s not appealing when project deadlines are approaching.
Just the same, many pros are finding the results are worth the price. Why?
The most common reason is value. Reaper offers an unlimited trial license. Once this has expired, users can pay $60 for a discounted licence, or $225 for a pro commercial license. There is no difference between the price tiers; both the discounted and commercial license share the same features. This is a stark contrast to the high prices and subscription plans of other software.
The app is portable, it has a small hard drive footprint, can be run from a USB flash drive and doesn’t need hardware copy protection such as a dongle.
The software itself is cross platform, and known to be fast, stable, and powerful, all while being light on system resources. The developers work fast and updates are released swiftly, all backed by excellent customer support when you need it, and helpful forums for those that want to make their own way.
Overall, Reaper is an app that is highlighted by its ability to provide choice. We’ll explore this more in a moment.
Pro Tools to Reaper
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Many Reaper users are beginning after switching from Avid’s Pro Tools. What are some standout Reaper features that Pro Tools users will appreciate?
Pro Tools fans will find some significant changes. For instance, unlike the different flavours of Pro Tools, Reaper has no limit to the number of tracks and no limit to the amount of plug-ins per track. What’s more, tracks and the sounds on them are handled differently, too. Most notably, tracks aren’t limited to either midi or audio, and so on. Instead, Reaper can mix any type of media on one track. Tracks can mix different channel counts and sampling rates. A 44.1 kHz surround track can follow after a mono 96 kHz clip. Reaper is similarly flexible with its approach to plug-ins. With a bit of work, an endless amount of plug-ins can be added to a track, mixing both 64- and 32-bit plug-ins. Reaper also supports VST plug-ins. Pro Tools can do this as well by using a “plug-in wrapper”, however Reaper is able to do this natively.
Many Pro Tools wish lists dream about opening multiple sessions at one. Reaper delivers: it’s possible to open many projects at the same time in separate window tabs.
A short list of smaller perks:
- Automate session playback rate.
- A dedicated mono track button.
- A dedicated flip phase track button.
- Detailed exporting or “rendering” options.
- Offline exporting.
Perhaps the most significant change for Pro Tools users is the amount of customization possible. Reaper can be tweaked with themes or “skins” to refresh the editing interface. Those wanting to dig deeper can use ReaScript to program scripts and extensions in EEL2, Lua, and Python languages. Reaper can be vastly modified to any taste.
What To Expect
Scratching your head when reading words like EEL2, Lua, and Python? You’re not the only one. While Reaper’s customization grants power to the tinkerers, those who prefer to begin simply and swiftly may find Reaper daunting. What parts of Reaper will Pro Tools users or audio editing newbies find challenging?
Pro Tools offers an arguably cleaner and polished interface. Of course, Reaper’s UI can be tweaked, but this requires a time investment or tracking down a pleasing theme. On the subject of clutter, Reaper creates a small “repeak” waveform files next to every sound file, which can muddle your sound library folders.
Similarly, Reaper’s menus and preference window are complex and a bit much to digest at first. A lot can be accomplished by right-clicking, however that may not be as intuitive to people arriving from other apps where commands are more apparent. And, while it is true that nearly any task can be automated with scripting, “action” programming, or mouse movement, this too takes some time to understand. Overall, Reaper’s power takes time and patience to unlock. That is the cost of Reaper’s customization: it is complex, and requires diligence to master.
Here are stock Pro Tools features missing from Reaper:
- Importing and exporting AAF and OMF files.
- Playlists. (Reaper’s “takes” is a substitute.)
There are also a few one-click Pro Tools features that appear in Reaper in different forms, but are technically not available as simply as Pro Tools out of the box:
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- BeatDetective.
- Groove quantizing.
- Track aligning by sync point.
- Track aligning by snapping.
- Create fade to cursor.
Some of these are possible by creating Reaper macros, or with multiple steps, but are not available as simply as the one-click solutions present in Pro Tools.
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Adjusting to Reaper
It’s important to remember that most of the features above can be accomplished in Reaper with a bit of work. For example, the AATranslator app ($199) can perform AAF and OMF conversions for Reaper. Other clever programmers can create workarounds by using Reaper’s “Action” window to string together a number of keystrokes or commands.
Here are suggestions to help you adapt to Reaper a bit more smoothly.
Terminology
First, some terminology:
- A Pro Tools “session” is known as a “project” in Reaper.
- Reaper’s “Media Explorer” is similar to Pro Tools’ “Workspace Browser.”
- “Regions” are known as “media items” in Reaper instead.
- In Reaper, “Regions” refer to a span of time between two markers.
- The “Track Control Panel (TCP)” is the list of tracks on the left of the main editing window.
- Pro Tools’ automation is handled with Reaper “envelopes.”
- “Bouncing” is called “rendering” in Reaper.
There are others. Be prepared that familiar terms may have changed.
File Organization
Some editing apps work best when media is collected in one location. Reaper is more flexible. Tracks, as well as the reapeak waveform files mentioned above, can be stored anywhere. Many pros tweak these preference to gather files in one place. This is optional, though.
Navigation
Pro Tools users will find one of the largest adjustments in discovering how they navigate through a Reaper project. Scrolling, zooming, track resizing and so on are all different. Of course, these can be customized to whatever is preferred.
Playback
While Pro Tools plays whichever region is selected, Reaper works differently. Instead, the app plays from the playhead position, regardless of what audio is selected. This takes some adjustment, too.
Selections
Want to split a media file? It may seem natural to click where you’d like to cut. Perhaps you’d like to trim the beginning and end of a region to a shorter length. You’d be forgiven for thinking you’d select a media you want to change, then typing s to create an edit, or by selecting the Item/Trim items to selected area menu item.
With Reaper, it’s a two step process: first selecting the region or “media item” you want to change, then click in any other track to specify where this will be done. For example, to create an edit, select the media item you want to cut. Then, click in a track below to indicate where you’d like the slice to happen.
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Trimming and Fading
Advanced Pro Tools users may use the Smart Tool to create fades, trim, edit, or move a clip. Reaper works similarly: fades are created by clicking and dragging the upper corner of clips, and trimming by dragging its left or right edge.
Mouse and Keyboard
Even loyalists admit Reaper’s default key command mapping and mouse actions are confusing. Customize your clicks and key presses to make life easier. How? Mouse actions are modified in the Preferences window. Changing keystrokes takes place in the action list. Both have endless options. Use the search field (Preferences) and filter (Actions) to track down the changes you’d like to make.
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Making a Smooth Transition
Whether you need to swap one editing app for another or simply want to try something new, any fresh DAW will have its own learning curve. Adopting the Reaper app takes more effort than most. Its workflow requires adaptation: adjusting how tracks are moved and edited, how projects are viewed and navigated. Time and effort help ensure a smooth transition. The result? Expertise in a powerful and flexible value-packed app.