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Post by svart on Feb 23, 2023 12:50:18 GMT -6
WHOA. That imperial theme is crazy. It looks really good, but I see what you mean, it could be too much with a lot of tracks and stuff happening. |
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Post by gravesnumber9 on Feb 23, 2023 12:55:14 GMT -6
WHOA. That imperial theme is crazy. It looks really good, but I see what you mean, it could be too much with a lot of tracks and stuff happening. The thing is that it's laid out really conveniently. Definitely designed for someone mixing/tracking real instruments (as opposed to the game sound design and video/film FX work that it seems is popular with Reaper) so I'm gonna give it a shot on some mixes today. |
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Post by gravesnumber9 on Feb 23, 2023 14:11:08 GMT -6
Check this out. Theme assembler for V6. Turns out the dude who made that Imperial theme is also the guy they hired to design the V6 theme. He built this assembler script to modify buttons and other hard to tweak stuff with a simple interface. Looks cool. forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=267221 |
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Post by the other mark williams on Feb 23, 2023 16:05:27 GMT -6
Wow, I'm not a Reaper user, but that Imperial theme looks absolutely gorgeous. If I'm not mistaken, b0se over on the purple site created a theme a couple years ago that I really liked, too. He was a graphic designer in a prior life. |
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Post by sparky on Feb 23, 2023 16:28:32 GMT -6
I'm currently running a version of the Imperial V5 theme - the newer one White Tie abandoned development on. I find it less distracting due to eye candy and more functional than V4. I've tried all the other commonly used themes and it's either Imperial or Mammoth (which is basically default + inserts/sends on the right side of the TCP) for me. I'll switch between the two if I find myself getting distracted or just want a different look.
Reaper has been a 2-3 year transitional journey for me. Previously I was mostly a Cubase guy over the past 15 years with the occasional PT session for commercial or studio gigs. I also use Ableton Lite as a sketchpad for writing but now do all my heavy lifting in Reaper. My workflow still needs refining but I've settled on this as my platform of choice after much DAW "demo-itis".
The rabbit hole of SWS extensions and whatnot is something I try to avoid. I already have enough plugins as it is so adding more to an already deep-featured platform isn't a distraction I need unless there's a specific problem I want to solve. I do love the idea of possibilities though.
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Post by Quint on Feb 23, 2023 16:33:10 GMT -6
Does the Imperial extension or any of these other similar extension options alter how the routing page looks or functions?
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Post by tkaitkai on Feb 23, 2023 17:03:38 GMT -6
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Post by gwlee7 on Feb 23, 2023 17:39:03 GMT -6
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Post by gravesnumber9 on Feb 23, 2023 17:48:39 GMT -6
I'm currently running a version of the Imperial V5 theme - the newer one White Tie abandoned development on. I find it less distracting due to eye candy and more functional than V4. I've tried all the other commonly used themes and it's either Imperial or Mammoth (which is basically default + inserts/sends on the right side of the TCP) for me. I'll switch between the two if I find myself getting distracted or just want a different look. Reaper has been a 2-3 year transitional journey for me. Previously I was mostly a Cubase guy over the past 15 years with the occasional PT session for commercial or studio gigs. I also use Ableton Lite as a sketchpad for writing but now do all my heavy lifting in Reaper. My workflow still needs refining but I've settled on this as my platform of choice after much DAW "demo-itis". The rabbit hole of SWS extensions and whatnot is something I try to avoid. I already have enough plugins as it is so adding more to an already deep-featured platform isn't a distraction I need unless there's a specific problem I want to solve. I do love the idea of possibilities though. Very easy to get sucked into hours of GUI tweaking. |
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Post by gravesnumber9 on Feb 23, 2023 20:08:20 GMT -6
I swear I'm not going to post every little cool thing about Reaper on this thread. I promise... but I just have to share this one. Is this possible in other DAW's? Not in the Logic or S1 I know that.
"Hide peaks for tracks that are not solo'd or muted."
Game. Changer. For me anyway.
So when I solo something the waveform of the other track that are not solo'd disappears. Or when I mute a track the same, its peaks disappear in the arrange view. So for someone who bounces stems but sometimes (ok, often?) accidentally leaves tracks armed... this is a life saver. Just the sheer peace of mind of looking at the arrange view and seeing at a glance "yup, that's what I thought was playing" is awesome. It's a small thing but I'm psyched about this one.
(And for non Reaperites, I set this as a toggle hot key in about a 4 seconds. I know you can do that in other software, but not this fast.)
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Post by RealNoob on Feb 23, 2023 21:16:23 GMT -6
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Post by schmalzy on Feb 24, 2023 10:41:58 GMT -6
Haha. Totally! But the “being civil about it” is key. New Reaper feature I discovered. Taking literally any plug-in parameter and adding it as a “knob” on the mixer channel. Wow. Are there other DAWs that can do that? I know Logic and S1 can’t. You can also automate ANY parameter in a plug as well. The only downside is that the plugs typically name the internal parameters weird things so you have to experiment with them sometimes to figure out what is what. Inside the plugin's GUI: Click the parameter you want to automate. Some of them I've had to actually move but most of them it's simply a click. Click the "Param" button in the upper right region of the plugin window. Select "Show Track Envelope." That'll make that parameter's envelope visible in the edit view. No more hunting for whatever the plugin maker named the parameters! |
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Post by Omicron9 on Feb 24, 2023 11:54:07 GMT -6
Anyone else using themes? Yes. I'm using LCS_Flat-6. I like the green/yelow/red metering much better than the all-red all the time default theme. I'm baffled by having all levels shown as red at all times when tracking; looks like constant overloading to me. If you're not using themes, try a few. They can be surprisingly helpful and in some cases, transformative. -09 |
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Post by gravesnumber9 on Feb 24, 2023 12:00:02 GMT -6
Anyone else using themes? Yes. I'm using LCS_Flat-6. I like the metering much better than the default theme. I'm baffled by having all levels shown as red at all times when tracking; looks like constant overloading to me. If you're not using themes, try a few. They can be surprisingly helpful and in some cases, transformative. -09 Metering is the first thing I changed with the new Theme Assembly script. It allows you to modify a lot of the default theme. Also fixed the transport buttons and faders to match the flatness of the rest of the default. |
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Post by Omicron9 on Feb 24, 2023 12:01:47 GMT -6
Yes. I'm using LCS_Flat-6. I like the metering much better than the default theme. I'm baffled by having all levels shown as red at all times when tracking; looks like constant overloading to me. If you're not using themes, try a few. They can be surprisingly helpful and in some cases, transformative. -09 Metering is the first thing I changed with the new Theme Assembly script. It allows you to modify a lot of the default theme. Also fixed the transport buttons and faders to match the flatness of the rest of the default. Cool! I only changed themes due to the metering; I'm OK with the rest of the default theme. Right after v.6 was released, I emailed them about the metering color, but never heard back; nor has it changed. Ick. |
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Post by gravesnumber9 on Feb 24, 2023 12:21:30 GMT -6
Metering is the first thing I changed with the new Theme Assembly script. It allows you to modify a lot of the default theme. Also fixed the transport buttons and faders to match the flatness of the rest of the default. Cool! I only changed themes due to the metering; I'm OK with the rest of the default theme. Right after v.6 was released, I emailed them about the metering color, but never heard back; nor has it changed. Ick. Yeah, I know exactly what you mean. Why is this red? Red is bad! I like the look of that flat theme you shared. Actually, it's pretty close to what I built out of default with the Theme Assembly. However, what I really like is those track dividers. Do those need folders or can you divide any tracks? |
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Post by EmRR on Feb 24, 2023 12:35:23 GMT -6
I should try and build a template for my music broadcast gig. 40ish track 5 hour capture. 2 solid 1 hour blocks at the end. My first go with PT in comparison to DP was more favorable to DP, and DP is definitely bloated for the job. Unless someone can tell me where you get a full screen input meter display in PT like DP does, PT fails on that alone in my view.
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Post by gravesnumber9 on Feb 24, 2023 14:14:49 GMT -6
I should try and build a template for my music broadcast gig. 40ish track 5 hour capture. 2 solid 1 hour blocks at the end. My first go with PT in comparison to DP was more favorable to DP, and DP is definitely bloated for the job. Unless someone can tell me where you get a full screen input meter display in PT like DP does, PT fails on that alone in my view. Surely you can do that in PT. Every DAW does that. |
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Post by EmRR on Feb 24, 2023 17:00:35 GMT -6
I should try and build a template for my music broadcast gig. 40ish track 5 hour capture. 2 solid 1 hour blocks at the end. My first go with PT in comparison to DP was more favorable to DP, and DP is definitely bloated for the job. Unless someone can tell me where you get a full screen input meter display in PT like DP does, PT fails on that alone in my view. Surely you can do that in PT. Every DAW does that. a half dozen PT users asked have not delivered...... |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2023 17:02:52 GMT -6
Surely you can do that in PT. Every DAW does that. a half dozen PT users asked have not delivered...... Avid… |
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Post by gravesnumber9 on Feb 24, 2023 17:08:56 GMT -6
Surely you can do that in PT. Every DAW does that. a half dozen PT users asked have not delivered...... Huh? That’s crazy. |
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Post by christopher on Feb 24, 2023 19:33:16 GMT -6
again I’m not up to speed on other DAW’s latest..
Some other workflow things that make life easier
- if you want to unmute a bunch of tracks, like drums.. click on mute hold down and swipe across tracks. It’s just like an analog board swiping to unmute. Works for solo and arm as well.
- I like buttons on the panel for “un-arm all tracks” and “un-solo all” “un-mute all” … unarm is the most useful. To make a button, right click at the buttons and it’s easy to make any action as a button.
- if you want to route tracks… the fast way is click and drag on the “route” area and a little TT cable appears, drag to the track you are patching to.
- double-click on blank area makes new tracks.
So do something like this, I’ll double click to create 8 drum tracks, swipe to arm them all, adjust their inputs. Then double click to create parent folder track, move that above the 8 tracks, hit the tiny lower left corner folder icon and that becomes a subgroup.
Next I double click to create another track, drag it above the parent folder.. draw a patch cable from the snare to it, give it reverb plugin set to 100% wet, add some Eq and compressor plugs.
It’s incredibly fast and I’ve got drums ready; already to a subgroup: already an aux reverb
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Post by gravesnumber9 on Feb 24, 2023 20:14:21 GMT -6
again I’m not up to speed on other DAW’s latest.. Some other workflow things that make life easier - if you want to unmute a bunch of tracks, like drums.. click on mute hold down and swipe across tracks. It’s just like an analog board swiping to unmute. Works for solo and arm as well. - I like buttons on the panel for “un-arm all tracks” and “un-solo all” “un-mute all” … unarm is the most useful. To make a button, right click at the buttons and it’s easy to make any action as a button. - if you want to route tracks… the fast way is click and drag on the “route” area and a little TT cable appears, drag to the track you are patching to. - double-click on blank area makes new tracks. So do something like this, I’ll double click to create 8 drum tracks, swipe to arm them all, adjust their inputs. Then double click to create parent folder track, move that above the 8 tracks, hit the tiny lower left corner folder icon and that becomes a subgroup. Next I double click to create another track, drag it above the parent folder.. draw a patch cable from the snare to it, give it reverb plugin set to 100% wet, add some Eq and compressor plugs. It’s incredibly fast and I’ve got drums ready; already to a subgroup: already an aux reverb All new to me. I’ll try tonight. Nice. |
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Post by thehightenor on Feb 25, 2023 3:41:18 GMT -6
I really like Reaper, I use it on a little Mac Book Air to record gigs by connecting it to my Behringer X32 Compact mixer.
The X32 is class compliant under OSX and then Reaper loads quickly as it has a small foot print and it’s been very reliable so far.
One day, if I have enough spare time I might even figure out how to do more then just record and play back of all the I/O of the X32 - as in truth that took a while alone.
I’m sure it’s me, in fact reading this thread I know it’s just me, but sure as heck I find Reaper very cryptic, for me it’s the DAW equivalent of Sudoku!
In stark comparison I mastered Cubase (my studio DAW) with virtually no reference to the manual it was all very intuitive,
That said, I get the impression Reaper is no doubt more flexible and customisable that a DAW like Cubase or Logic.
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Post by gravesnumber9 on Feb 25, 2023 3:55:12 GMT -6
I really like Reaper, I use it on a little Mac Book Air to record gigs by connecting it to my Behringer X32 Compact mixer. The X32 is class compliant under OSX and then Reaper loads quickly as it has a small foot print and it’s been very reliable so far. One day, if I have enough spare time I might even figure out how to do more then just record and play back of all the I/O of the X32 - as in truth that took a while alone. I’m sure it’s me, in fact reading this thread I know it’s just me, but sure as heck I find Reaper very cryptic, for me it’s the DAW equivalent of Sudoku! In stark comparison I mastered Cubase (my studio DAW) with virtually no reference to the manual it was all very intuitive, That said, I get the impression Reaper is no doubt more flexible and customisable that a DAW like Cubase or Logic. I'm about a week in now and it really does reward the time you put in. I just mixed a 1 hour live rehearsal and broke it into 11 projects very quickly. Another underrated thing? It's so lean that you can easily to things like minimize Reaper and listen to the tracks in the background while popping over to do something else (like type this message). No glitches. No hitches. The thing never breaks a sweat. I can literally listen to this stuff like it's background music and periodically make tweaks on my Console 1 and/or Faderport. It's an interesting way to mix a live performance. (Kind of like a live Soundguy... maybe I should bring some chicks in here so I can tell them not to put their beers on my desk.) |
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