• What’s so great about REAPER?

    Back in August 2010 shortly after REAPER 4 came out I wrote this for the Home Recording Show Podcast, it got a bunch of people to give REAPER a chance. Its not really a review but just me raving about cool R4 features and how it compares to Pro Tools. ~Jon~ What’s so great about…

  • ReaTune updated

    One of the things that caught my eye in the changelog for V4.14 was “ReaTune: resizable user interface, many UI improvements”. In case you didn’t know, ReaTune is the included pitch correction plugin for REAPER. You can do either automatic or manual (graphic style) pitch correction. It works pretty well for a freebie. Now that…

  • REAPER 4.14 update

    A new update for REAPER came out today. Lots of little bug fixes. Nice to see some attention being given to ReaTune. Download here v4.14 – December 18 2011 + Audio Units: improved support for plug-ins that use unordered parameter IDs + Envelopes: added option to not show affected envelopes when moving items across tracks…

  • What do you hate about REAPER?

    dukati started an interesting thread on the forum yesterday, What do you hate about REAPER? Surprisingly, compared to other DAW user forums, there are only a few users with real complaints in this thread. I’m struggling to come up with more than minor complaints. I could list several things about Logic, Cubase, Sonar, and Pro…

  • ReaBORN – New theme from Nick Moritz

    About a week ago Nick Moritz released his newest REAPER theme design: ReaBORN. Since then there have been several updates and a few other users have begun modding and tweaking too. See the discussion on the forum This is one of the best themes I’ve seen for REAPER, but unfortunately its not my favorite to…

  • Track Template for Steven Slate Drums 3.5

    Setting up the multichannel output for Kontakt in Reaper is not the easiest thing in the world. I set it up a few times and it’s not fun. The last time I got it set up perfectly I saved it as a track template and now I can instantly open Kontakt and all the extra…

  • REAPER 4.13 update

    On November 21 2011, Cockos released a tiny but very much appreciated update === DOWNLOAD LATEST VERSION=== Version 4.13 Changelog Happy happy lions OSX: fixed linked framework versioning for certain plug-ins on Lion tweaked startup sequence to avoid stalling after scanning VSTs that have UI on scan special case for iZotope Trash VST UI not…

  • REAPER 4.12 update

    A small update was released tonight. I’m not sure what any of these fixes or additions do but I’m always happy to see continuous progress on the best DAW in the world. Download here: http://www.reaper.fm/download.php Version 4.12 Changelog MIDI: fixed sending noteoffs in certain loop instances fixed bug when importing MIDI files with time signature…

  • REAPER 4.11 update

    Tonight Cockos unleashed the 4.11 update which has quite a few fixes, features and refinements. As always, this update is free for all current REAPER users and is available from http://www.reaper.fm/download.php Version 4.11 Changelog A day late, maybe, but worth the wait MIDI editor: fixed triplet/dotted grid display when zoomed out vertical drag of bank/program…

  • #REAPER WEEK – 100 tips on using REAPER

    #REAPER WEEK – 100 tips on using REAPER

    A hundred quick tips for REAPER DAW users of all experience levels.

  • Audio 101: Latency

    For fear of offending our readers we often steer clear of talking about the basics of audio and music production. However I’ve recently given a member of my extended family an Mbox as a gift and now I realise that there is so much we can take for granted. So if you’re experienced then this…

  • Audio 101: Compression

    Compression, or dynamic range compression is used to reduce the dynamic range (the difference between the quietest and loudest parts) of the signal. It can be applied as an effect, so that the sound is obviously compressed or in subtle ways so that compression is applied in as transparent way as possible. There is no…

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