Round of applause for the Reaper devs. This update is the best one in years for me. The LUFS peaks will save me TONS of time doing podcasts. Game. Changer.
New LUFS peaks display mode is a game changer for podcasting imo. Love it! From now on I will diplay peaks in items above -20 LUFS short-term which is my preference for vocal as reference. Make my work even easier because I don't need to watch the Master anymore :)
As a post audio guy who does features everyday, that LUF’s waveform is amazing. This will significantly cut my pre-mixing in half. I could focus on the hotspots first, and do a second pass rather than listening and constantly checking levels. Pair this with Dry-run renders, Youlean, and this will make gain staging less tedious!
Hey Jon, you're tutorials are stand out above most others for me because you are always clear and concise, I don't need to go back to figure out what you " Uhm" and " Ahh" about because it is Spot-On first time (or edited accordingly) . I do however need to go back and repeat because you manage to fit so much in a short video. Thanks for Blogging.
Reaper keeps updating and thats a good thing but it becomes a problem when they're constantly updating it with features that more than 90% of the users will never use and neglect the features that the users will actually use. It seems like they're dedicated to making reaper more and more finiky. For example... 1. Its been ages and still no update has provided a way to freeze tracks with ara. 2. They still haven't made RS5K tabable so it can be used a drum rack instrument in a much easier way and from one instance. 3. No attention has been given to the appearance of Reaper. The DAW and its Plugins look like childsplay when pulled up in the presence of clients. 4. Worthy scripts are still not being made stock functionalities. 5. Theres still no way to make a track completely mono. Even if the track contains a mono audio file, if you load a plugin thats supposed to automatically detect the track as a mono track and load in mono, it would still load stereo. There are a lot more features out there that people would actually use in Reaper but they're constantly ignored in favour features that nobody uses.
Exactly... I can't even remember the last time I updated Reaper because the updates include completely useless "improvements." I don't need completely mono tracks or the option to choose mono/stereo plugins. I tried Cubase once, sent a master to the client, and realized my stereo OH track had a stupid mono EQ... I'd prefer if they only kept stereo tracks. However, if they added a mono button to the mixer for all tracks like the master has, that would be great. Also.. I read about this request six years ago, made three topics about it, but got no replies - it's about free plugin positioning in the mixer. Who thought it was a good idea to have plugins automatically snap to the last position? WHY???!!! So many people have requested the ability to insert a plugin wherever they want in a mixer... I really don't understand why they don't listen to users. Instead, they're implementing absolutely useless functionalities, and I'm starting to get sick of it.
I have seriously grown tired of it. I have used Reaper since 2014 and now, I am seriously considering making the jump to Cubase13, Studio One 6 or Reason 12. Those DAWS put your mind in the mood to actually make music. 20 to 30 minutes into using Reaper, you'll find yourself fiddling with one customisation setting or the other to make it look better and feel better too. it's a huge distraction and they are adding more to it.
RS5K definitely needs some deserved updates but meanwhile I'd recommend using RS5K manager to create drum racks. For me it works as flawlessly as any other stock features in Reaper. I'm not sure if I'd agree with the statement that 'no attention was given to the appearance of Reaper', the default Reaper theme was made by WhiteTie who also designs plugins for SSL and other companies lol. And if you are talking about ReaPlugs, like ReaEQ or ReaComp etc. those will not get any updates in future most likely, in the future it will all be JSFX plugins and for now my gotos are the Tukan plugins and if your client cares about pretty looking UI then use the Tukan or any other pretty looking UI plugins in front of them and then use whatever works the best when you're working by yourself. And when it comes to other parts, they recently redesigned the envelope manager and when it comes to dark mode, they are working on the windows version, it's already supported on macos. And when it comes to scripts, unless majority users start using it, those won't likely get integrated as they serve their purpose of being community made scripts. If you have anymore complaints or feature requests, I'd recommend posting them on the Reaper Forum instead of YT comments as the devs would be more likely to checkout there than other places.
Love your videos! When there’s an update I’m always watching your “what’s new” 👌🏻 Question: does anybody know if there’s a way on showing RMS in every track together with peak values like in Ableton? I know you can do it in the master track but I want it in every track to have it like that in default and not having to flip between peak and RMS values or to have to put plugins in track to be able to see it. That would be an amazing feature. Thanks!
Really useful video! Thank you. I have been searching the answer to opne specific Reaper topic, but got no luck so far. Perhaps you can advise on how to export MIDI clips in such a way that when importing them back into Reaper, they remain the same length. Currently, I'm puzzled why some MIDI clips are shorter when re-imported than they were originally. Surely, there must be some trick here that I'm not immediately grasping. Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance!
Greetings. Could you elaborate in a new video of how to have your vocals sit in the mix. Whether it's a 2 track beat or you working with stems. With just stock plugin?
How did you make the UI such as media explorer totally dark? EDIT - Nevermind, did it, prefs > Advanced UI/System Tweaks > Allow 10.4 Dark Mode - Restart Reaper.
Love The Reaper Blog. Thanks for all you share Jon. Would like to know what theme you use because I have been trying to get the menubar to use dark mode with no success. My eyes are not what they used to be. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
wish reaper should add some major updates like studio one plugins.. improved GUI for plugins, dynamic eq, pitch editor like cubase pro, more synth plugins like fl studio.. like they have flex.
Reaper is all about hundreds of incremental updates over the years than handful of major updates few times as it's less disruptive to your workflow. But if you combine all of the incremental updates between major versions then it's way more than most other DAWs. Reaper comes with two types of plugins, ReaPlugs and JSFX. ReaPlugs were last updates in 2016 and they are considered legacy and will not be updated anymore most likely but Reaper also has Jsfx which lets official devs and other people to create plugins for Reaper much faster and quicker with less code than VST, so in future pretty much all of the stock plugins in Reaper would be JSFX plugins but there are hundreds of JSFX plugins already exist in Reapack so check them out, like the Tukan plugins which already have ui comparable to other commercial plugins, it also has dynamic eq. If you are talking about Vari audio in Cubase, Reaper comes with ReaTune which lets you do basically the same. And when it comes to built in instruments Reaper comes with ReaSynth which is very basic synth and I'd love them to make more stock instruments as well but reaper has only 2 devs and imo they should focus more on developing the daw rather than developing stock plugins as most people put a lot of value on stock plugins of a daw but never use it as there are thousands if not millions of free plugins on the internet as well.
The ReaPlugs in Reaper won't get any updates in the future as it all Jsfx now and in the future and there are already 1000s of Jsfx you can use like the Tukan plugins which has great UI and functionalities like dynamic eq. For pitch editing, Reaper comes with ReaTune and there are already thousands of free instruments on the internet because most people talk about stock plugins and then never use it but I'd love to see some updates to the ReaSynth as well.
Talking about peaks, does anyone know why Reaper shows red clipping lights on the meters for audio that isn't exceeding 0dB? For example, you load a reference track onto a blank track (no FX) and, as you play through, the meters hit red. This is even when choosing True Peak for monitoring.
Using Reaper for several years, it's been super solid up until update 7.06. After updating Reaper became laggy and glitchy. I rolled back to 7.05 and all good again. Waited until 7.15 update to see if there was improvements but it was laggy again. So i'm back on 7.05 version again. Any thoughts? Running Win 10 i5 2.9ghz 12GB ram 64 bit
Let me know when it they ever add post feeder inserts... Because I need those on every channel to use airwindow console... Which is essential to me.. It's far superior summing that's not just a linear it harmonic effect. But the developers always insist that it's a feature that is just not important. It's a deal breaker for me.... And some others.... It's supposed to be the most flexible DAW.... Deal breaker
Does anyone know if its possible to do probabilistic midi in REAPER? Im thinking specifically of the Korg Volca drum features and would like to do similar midi in REAPER. Thanks!!
Is there any chance they'll finally implement free plugin positioning in the mixer? So many people have asked for this, but it seems like the developers just aren't listening. The first time I saw a request for this functionality was back in 2017 - that's seven years ago. Since then, I've seen countless others asking for it, and not a single reply. Plugins automatically snapping to the last position is a productivity killer, especially when using plugins like Pie or Auto-Align that need to be in the last position every time. Adding plugins and then constantly rearranging them is just a waste of time.
i don't think it will happen, but you never know. I think I saw requests even in 2009 for that. there are a few workarounds for now, like dragging the fx from the browser into the slot above your last fx.
I'm curious what the use case is for the mask playback of lower lanes workflow. In what scenario would someone prefer that over just comping like normal? It just seems like a less intuitive way of comping compared to their new system, but maybe I'm just not getting it
After version 7.07 I've started to have problems with copying and moving regions, it behaves wrong, and when I open the same project in Reaper 7.07 it works fine.. Any idea? After asking this question I found the answer 😁 So if you have any locked item in the project, region moving ot copying will behave wrong.. It wasn't in versions before 7.08
Is there any way of getting a live DJ x-fader working. I tried with ganging adjacent tracks and reversing the fader movement on one, but it was all linear, so if you zero one fader the other maxes, rather than going back to 0dB, and ditto in the reverse direction. Needs to operate between 0dB and -inf dB.
unfortunatly reaper has no isntruments at all which was allways the biggest reason i never bought that but decided to go with Studio One. if it had only these things which i will mention down here, that could be a very powerful DAW but not having them makes it of no use for me : 1 synth 2 Beatmaking tool like Impact in Studio One 3 Bass ( electronic aswell as a genuine bass vst - this last one has neither studio one which is also unfortunate ) 4 better EQ, DYNAMICS and the likes vst rather then that 1990 interface 5 a good Piano Vst 6 Strings and symphonic vst 7 a vocalstrip or chanelstrip or a Inspector similar like Studio one if it had those and more that DAW will be a powerfull one and probably even better then Studio one and i am sure peiple would pay for it more then 25USD if it had said features this is why i deinstalled the trial version from my system because i had to use way to many 3rd party vst for making simple drumloops and bassloops
Use whatever works for you, Reaper is developed by only 2 people and it costs a fraction of S1. When it comes to stock plugins, most people would put a lot of value into it but then majority of them don't use it so they always end up wasting resources and space in most people's computers. And when it comes to the stuff you're talking about Reaper has everything you mentioned. Reaper has the most powerful scripting out of any daw so it has tons of community made scripts and jsfx plugins, like it has RS5K manager for drum machine, also Tukan plugins which are jsfx plugins (in reapack) has a lot of stuffs you're talking about, and when it comes to synths and other instruments there are at least millions of free instruments that can be found online which would always end up being far superior than most stock plugins of most DAWs and about channel strip or vocal chain, you can create any channel strip as you'd like and save them as fx chains to recall them anytime you'd need them. You should look up some stuff before making comments like this. Goodluck.
@@rano12321 i wish i could talk to the developers and tell em as a semiproffesional what could be included in a payed version and truely i would pay more then the 25 Bucks because the overall look and workflow were indeed amazing. Thank you for the words you said...maybe i should ggive it a second chanxce and try it again
Hi John. Since downloading the new version of Reaper 7.12, I can only play two bars max when it then automatically goes back to start and repeats. This also applies to previous saved songs which played through but now loops at two bars only. Do you know why this is happening or what settings need adjusting? Regards Dave.
I guess you mean markings on the meters? Not everyone likes that showing all the time. They show when tracks are record enabled, when input level really matters.
it sounds terrible. I bought a few tapes from local thrift stores including some New In Box Maxell blanks. I bought it to see if I could record audio to it and sample it again, but the quality is even worse than expected.
@@TheREAPERBlog I guess it's on a case by case basis. Could be some machines of the time convey character without excessive artefacts and some just sound like bad consumer-grade gear and add nothing of interest.
That's on you. You can change and customize a lot of stuff or get whole premade themes for free. He is a Reaper Nerd, ofc his one looks super crazy, because he can. If anything, his theme should pretty much show, that Reaper can be whatever you want it to be. You can even have less elements. So yeah, your point is invalid, due to lack of quick researchz which is ironic on itself, seeing on a channel about nerding about reaper. I say that with all respect, no hate.
