The basics of mixing a rock song in REAPER.
This course covers a lot of the essential concepts you need to mix and be comfortable working in REAPER. The plug-in effects used in this course are all included free with REAPER.
Part 1
Learn essential mixing skills such as:
- organizing tracks
- how to EQ and apply compression to rock vocals
- working with doubled lead vocals
- how to set up parallel compression
- how to set up multiple reverb buses, and why
- creating separation to layered guitars
- punchy drum bus compression
- how to use the stock REAPER plugins: ReaEQ, ReaComp, ReaVerbate and ReaDelay
Part 2
- Organizing the project with markers
- The best way to trim audio items
- How to reduce guitar noise with the ReaFir Plugin
- Balancing EQ of vocals, guitar, and bass in the mix
- Creating special effects for vocals
- Adding excitement to the tracks with saturation fx
- How to draw in volume automation to level out a vocal, ensuring every word is clear
- How to use Mid-side EQ technique for enhancing the guitar’s stereo width
- Automating EQ on drums to enhance clarity in certain sections
- Ideas for guitar panning automation
- And tips for refining the mix
Part 3
- The trick to really punchy and aggressive snare drum
- A technique to tighten the sound of a kick so it hits harder
- How to convert audio to MIDI for triggering drum samples
- Manual and automatic vocal pitch correction
- Small changes with big impact on the master bus
Plugins used in this course:
- Cockos ReaGate
- Cockos ReaEQ
- Cockos ReaXComp
- Cockos ReaTune
- Cockos ReaSamplomatic5000
- JS: Event Horizon Limiter/Clipper
- JS: Transient Controller
- JS: Soft Clipper
Enjoy this free mixing course from The REAPER Blog!
Free
Estimated Time: 3hr +
Difficulty: Beginner
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