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Dec 16, 2016 13:23:22 GMT -6
Post by jcoutu1 on Dec 16, 2016 13:23:22 GMT -6
Anyone here have a template so that this reaper setup will feel similar to Pro Tools?
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Post by svart on Dec 16, 2016 14:44:11 GMT -6
Anyone here have a template so that this reaper setup will feel similar to Pro Tools? I don't, but it seems that a lot of people have skins/themes that do. I did a googling and found a lot of hits on it. At his point I haven't used PT in so long that I'm just one of these deplorable PC folks who've gotten used to doing things on one DAW and apparently don't know any better..
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2016 15:05:00 GMT -6
If you go to the youtube vid 4th post on first page of this thread, open the "Make Reaper look and feel like Pro Tools" on the Youtube page there are links on the video description. I don't know if they are any use as never tried tho' This may help too ?
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Dec 16, 2016 20:17:11 GMT -6
Post by popmann on Dec 16, 2016 20:17:11 GMT -6
So, this is now the second bit of "how do you do basic function" that I've been referred to SWS Extensions. wiki.cockos.com/wiki/index.php/Warp_grid_with_SWSThe first being apparently not being able to Normalize to any level but 0dbfs without these extensions.(?) Why are these not part of Reaper's install? Does someone have a score editing "extension" for it? Any other third party "extensions" you all are using?
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Post by henge on Dec 16, 2016 21:45:14 GMT -6
So, this is now the second bit of "how do you do basic function" that I've been referred to SWS Extensions. wiki.cockos.com/wiki/index.php/Warp_grid_with_SWSThe first being apparently not being able to Normalize to any level but 0dbfs without these extensions.(?) Why are these not part of Reaper's install? Does someone have a score editing "extension" for it? Any other third party "extensions" you all are using? I use your tip of normalizing and then decreasing the level of the mix by.04db. All you have to do in Reaper is normalize the item. Contol drag the item's volume down to .04db.
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Post by henge on Dec 16, 2016 22:30:16 GMT -6
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Dec 16, 2016 22:51:30 GMT -6
Post by jeremygillespie on Dec 16, 2016 22:51:30 GMT -6
Just out of curiosity, what will Reaper do for me that I can't, or can't easily do in Pro Tools?
Put price aside. If they were both completely free, why choose Reaper?
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Post by jjinvegas on Dec 17, 2016 1:24:59 GMT -6
What has struck me, from this admittedly small sample size, is that the people who found Reaper are very interested in spreading the Gospel. Every other company you could think of that has this kind of product approval would be having groupthinks about how they can turn that into an increase in their bottom line. Avid, Steinberg, Presonus/Studio One, all the major players try to get you into their user base and then market peripherals and hardware to the converted. Reaper is the only one who doesn't differentiate platforms, update to stimulate re-purchase, or send you endless emails promoting their latest scheme. Their only advertisement is their user base, which tells you something about their underlying philosophy and values. They are very attuned to their forum and if you discover a problem or something that could be improved, more than likely their latest and quite frequent free updates will probably address it, even if it seems picayune to the majority of users. I have found their forum to be like a lonely highway in my home state of North Dakota, if you break down every single person who drives by wants to check and see if you need help. Other places you break down, you start getting the heebie jeebies with every car that slows to see if there is an opportunity to profit. Where do you want to live?
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Post by jjinvegas on Dec 17, 2016 1:58:22 GMT -6
Just out of curiosity, what will Reaper do for me that I can't, or can't easily do in Pro Tools? Put price aside. If they were both completely free, why choose Reaper? Okay, this is something I think is only Reaper. Every song I do has drums, typically played by me. Setup is a total breeze, I add a track, choose how many inputs this SINGLE track needs, and then select the range of inputs to feed it. Two clicks of the mouse, and ten inputs are routed. Now, I duplicate that channel several times, as I am probably going to need some alternate takes, and then at the end I always just play with the click on another channel with all sorts of rolls and alternate transitions. So, typically I have four tracks, with alternate full takes, and different rolls. I always duplicate the blank track enough times so that there is one left over for assembly that has the same routing, as a target for the various things I decide I want to include. So in assembly, I am not messing with ten tracks of drums just one. Or trying to figure out which take to use where, if you were stacking takes in the same channels. When it comes time to set up a mix of it, one mouse click explodes this single track into however many tracks were selected to accommodate the inputs. When I am sitting in the throne, running the mouse and peering at the screen from several feet away, this means I never have to get up and mess around, just two mouse clicks to mute one take, and record enable the next attempt. Tell me how Protools does that?
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Post by henge on Dec 17, 2016 7:39:55 GMT -6
Just out of curiosity, what will Reaper do for me that I can't, or can't easily do in Pro Tools? Put price aside. If they were both completely free, why choose Reaper? PT can do everything that Reaper can do. I hear reaper is more efficient running plugs. If you track large sessions with lots of plugs I hear PT smokes Reaper. I've never used PT and I don't track large sessions.
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Post by henge on Dec 17, 2016 7:42:13 GMT -6
What has struck me, from this admittedly small sample size, is that the people who found Reaper are very interested in spreading the Gospel. Every other company you could think of that has this kind of product approval would be having groupthinks about how they can turn that into an increase in their bottom line. Avid, Steinberg, Presonus/Studio One, all the major players try to get you into their user base and then market peripherals and hardware to the converted. Reaper is the only one who doesn't differentiate platforms, update to stimulate re-purchase, or send you endless emails promoting their latest scheme. Their only advertisement is their user base, which tells you something about their underlying philosophy and values. They are very attuned to their forum and if you discover a problem or something that could be improved, more than likely their latest and quite frequent free updates will probably address it, even if it seems picayune to the majority of users. I have found their forum to be like a lonely highway in my home state of North Dakota, if you break down every single person who drives by wants to check and see if you need help. Other places you break down, you start getting the heebie jeebies with every car that slows to see if there is an opportunity to profit. Where do you want to live? No gospel here. It's just such a pain switching to anything else. Also, i have no reason to switch. Reaper is rock solid. imo you can get stuff done on any daw.
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Post by jazznoise on Dec 17, 2016 8:38:00 GMT -6
Look, with Reaper and my fairly humble setup (Focusrite Scarlett 18i20, Behringer ADA8000 and Art Pro MPAii) I can do a live band, I can be monitoring using the mixcontrol software and be automating in Reaper while tracking. I can setup plugins while recording and sends and stuff, so if me cranking the beater side kick mic is giving me a lot of the bottom snare, I can set up a sidechain to duck it when the snare hits and I can hipass the guitars a bit etc. By the time they band came in to listen to what they did, it's sounding a lot more like a rough mix should sound and the transitions will have that sense of movement. For an 8 hour recording day, that's a big difference for morale.
I recently did a fundraising gig that consisted of 20 acts in 20 minute sessions on a double decker bus. That was 2-3 mins for setup, recording for 10 and then 5 minutes to bounce my 'mixes' to a stick so another guy could burn them onto CD's. I wouldn't have been able to take that gig otherwise. ProTools is just too slow and too clunky.
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Post by henge on Dec 17, 2016 8:47:54 GMT -6
Look, with Reaper and my fairly humble setup (Focusrite Scarlett 18i20, Behringer ADA8000 and Art Pro MPAii) I can do a live band, I can be monitoring using the mixcontrol software and be automating in Reaper while tracking. I can setup plugins while recording and sends and stuff, so if me cranking the beater side kick mic is giving me a lot of the bottom snare, I can set up a sidechain to duck it when the snare hits and I can hipass the guitars a bit etc. By the time they band came in to listen to what they did, it's sounding a lot more like a rough mix should sound and the transitions will have that sense of movement. For an 8 hour recording day, that's a big difference for morale. I recently did a fundraising gig that consisted of 20 acts in 20 minute sessions on a double decker bus. That was 2-3 mins for setup, recording for 10 and then 5 minutes to bounce my 'mixes' to a stick so another guy could burn them onto CD's. I wouldn't have been able to take that gig otherwise. ProTools is just too slow and too clunky. Nice!
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Post by jcoutu1 on Dec 17, 2016 9:12:16 GMT -6
I set up a clean install of 10.10, then installer Reaper on an older MBP. 2011, dual core i5, 16GB RAM, 128GB system SSD and 750GB 7200 SATA drive for projects. Then I said screw it, if I'm going for it, go all the way, and upgraded to Sierra. Had a gig last night and another tonight, so can't really give it a shot until tomorrow night, but look forward to it.
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Post by jeremygillespie on Dec 17, 2016 10:52:14 GMT -6
Just out of curiosity, what will Reaper do for me that I can't, or can't easily do in Pro Tools? Put price aside. If they were both completely free, why choose Reaper? Okay, this is something I think is only Reaper. Every song I do has drums, typically played by me. Setup is a total breeze, I add a track, choose how many inputs this SINGLE track needs, and then select the range of inputs to feed it. Two clicks of the mouse, and ten inputs are routed. Now, I duplicate that channel several times, as I am probably going to need some alternate takes, and then at the end I always just play with the click on another channel with all sorts of rolls and alternate transitions. So, typically I have four tracks, with alternate full takes, and different rolls. I always duplicate the blank track enough times so that there is one left over for assembly that has the same routing, as a target for the various things I decide I want to include. So in assembly, I am not messing with ten tracks of drums just one. Or trying to figure out which take to use where, if you were stacking takes in the same channels. When it comes time to set up a mix of it, one mouse click explodes this single track into however many tracks were selected to accommodate the inputs. When I am sitting in the throne, running the mouse and peering at the screen from several feet away, this means I never have to get up and mess around, just two mouse clicks to mute one take, and record enable the next attempt. Tell me how Protools does that? That seems like a pretty cool way of doing it. I can do all that stuff in PT, just in a different manner - and quickly too with the key commands. Really interesting to see how other programs handle this stuff. I'm so stuck in my ways I still haven't started using the "lanes" thing in PT... Maybe I'll come around one of these days.
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Post by junior on Dec 17, 2016 12:28:03 GMT -6
Not really functional differences, but a few general things I like: 1. Being totally portable and cross platform - I can basically take a thumb drive anywhere with a computer and get to work. Saves time and hassle not having to ask IT guys to install Reaper or set up special permissions on their systems. I work in radio studios so this is a huge deal to me. 2. No iLok hardware required. 3. Not being at the mercy of Avid/Steinberg or their update schedules. Especially nice if you're a Mac user who likes to early-adopt new OS versions. 4. A Reaper license is good for -two- whole version numbers. 5. Constant updates and a responsive developer. 6. Low footprint and efficiently coded. Hope that doesn't sound like gospel, but those are a few of MY reasons for using it. Good luck!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2016 12:35:16 GMT -6
yet another thing I've yet to try, but ......
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Dec 17, 2016 12:40:15 GMT -6
Post by junior on Dec 17, 2016 12:40:15 GMT -6
Pretty cool. Looks like their version of Logic Node processing, no?
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Dec 18, 2016 17:54:54 GMT -6
Post by scumbum on Dec 18, 2016 17:54:54 GMT -6
Check this out ,
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Dec 19, 2016 0:41:59 GMT -6
Post by junior on Dec 19, 2016 0:41:59 GMT -6
Looks nice and clean. Might have to try that, thanks!
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Post by Ward on Dec 19, 2016 6:35:33 GMT -6
I'm still awaiting the latest update to Deck II. Any idea when that is coming?
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