My conversation with Sound Designer Vijay Rathinam continues with a long discussion of the REAPER track template he uses (for backgrounds and effects design), and all the considerations for full compatibility with Pro Tools.
It’s a lot more complicated than it first seems!
We talk about panning, converting to a Pro Tools session with AATranslator, various ways to downmix, using REAPER as a ReWire Slave and much more.
00:44 – Templates explanation
01:05 – Template for delivering in Pro Tools
01:40 – balance pan for mono tracks, dual pan for stereo
03:06 – Comparison to Pro Tools Template (panning)
03:55 – Downmix mono source files
04:30 – Anymix panner for quad upmix
05:30 – Comparison to Pro Tools Template
06:06 – When moving sound between left center and right, track pan can be used
06:38 – Moving from front to rear, a surround pan plugin is used
07:28 – render surround pan automated items as new take
08:07 – Upmixing stereo backgrounds to surround
08:55 – FX Groups A to D
11:20 – item take pan envelope
12:04 – recap of BG and FX tracks and panning
13:24 – Stereo front and rear “Sweeteners” groups
15:17 – Background Surround Group (for surround source files)
16:41 – Using ReaConsole to set track channels
17:15 – Low Frequency Effects (LFE) Group
19:55 – Advantages to designing sounds in reaper
21:50 – Template for mix staying in REAPER
23:21 – Panning to center channel in reaper
24:19 – Panning Left Center Right
25:40 – keep sweeteners out of center
28:08 – Most effects panned center are for what the character is doing
29:47 – Pro Tools and REAPER can coexist
30:27 – REAPER as a ReWire Slave
32:58 – AATranslator conversion
33:39 – Automation items not yet supported with AATranslator
34:47 – referencing files from sound library,
35:41 – Pro Tools can’t handle mixed sample rates
36:09 – Render items, preserve source type
37:10 – problem with rendering muted items
43:46 – Downmix 5.1 project to stereo using Waves Plugin
44:31 – Downmix with Avid plugin
46:46 – Downmix surround to stereo with REAPER plugin
47:03 – JS 8xmono to stereo
48:06 – Downmix just your monitoring with interface mixer
Links
Horror Trailer Sound Design, the first part of this interview
IOSONO Anymix Surround Panner
Waves Surround Tools Bundle
AATranslator, convert from REAPER to ProTools and back