Preparing to Mix in REAPER - Part 1: Importing and Organization

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  • čas přidán 7. 08. 2024
  • In this episode, we'll discuss preparing to mix in REAPER. Downloading multitracks to practice is a great way to improve your mixing skills, but how do you even begin to work with all those files??!
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    STEMS USED IN THIS VIDEO:
    "Who's Who in Hell" by Last Legacy
    Multitracks provided by Cambridge Music Technology
    cambridge-mt.com/ms/mtk/#Last...
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Komentáře • 61

  • @pieterduplessis7865
    @pieterduplessis7865 Před 2 lety +8

    I love how you narrate EVERYTHING, not assuming someone knows the hotkey or whatever.

  • @johnsnyder4949
    @johnsnyder4949 Před 12 dny

    this is not at all meant to be negative. im 54 and not too smart. i love how u make these videos easier for dummies like me. following your channel i can now move to reaper and actually like it !!! and the drum editinig course is awesome !! thanks myk for all you do

  • @EJohnDanton
    @EJohnDanton Před 3 lety +15

    I like these "looking over your shoulder" videos. Exactly how I love to learn.
    Yes, please show us the rest - gain staging, rough mixing etc.!

  • @pierre-claudemeriot6562
    @pierre-claudemeriot6562 Před 3 lety +7

    Just discovered your channel and although I've already watched a lot of videos from John, Adam and Kenny, it's always cool to see another way of doing the same things.
    Like the script to create a folder for the selected tracks. It's awesome

  • @carlthegnarl
    @carlthegnarl Před 3 lety +6

    Definitely interested in your gain staging process! Love how you organize your stuff - very close to how I like my stuff grouped.

    • @LetsTalkAboutReaper
      @LetsTalkAboutReaper  Před 3 lety +3

      Thank you! Let's just hope my mix doesn't sound terrible when this is all said and done ;)

  • @mox550
    @mox550 Před 3 lety +5

    Really clear and succinct explanations. Subscribed! Hope more people will get to know about your channel!

  • @electricbonfire7014
    @electricbonfire7014 Před 2 lety +2

    Great video, well done. Please keep them coming, you are really good at teaching!

  • @corygriffin9473
    @corygriffin9473 Před 2 lety +2

    “Looks like those are screams as well”

  • @robertogutierrez7305
    @robertogutierrez7305 Před 3 lety +2

    Awesome series idea!
    Thanks!

  • @RichOReilly
    @RichOReilly Před 3 lety +1

    Great stuff … thank you…. It’s gonna be a great series

  • @alexandrosgoulas
    @alexandrosgoulas Před 4 měsíci

    Thank you for this video!

  • @BassBaseBerlin
    @BassBaseBerlin Před 3 lety +1

    Great! Basically I'm doing the same - but from experts like you I learn some new tricks for beeing faster and more efficienct!
    Thanks very much and keep going! Best regards, Stefan

  • @SW-hx4rl
    @SW-hx4rl Před 3 lety +1

    Great video, thank you so much. I’d love to see an in depth tutorial on takes/comping in reaper! I’ve never found a good takes workflow due to the autosplit thing when you have different record punch in/out points.

  • @BillGrishaw
    @BillGrishaw Před 3 lety +2

    I’m sure it’s posted somewhere, but I’m curious as to your theme. I dig it. Thx

  • @prod.majeran
    @prod.majeran Před 2 lety +1

    Great Tutorial! Cheers from Poland :)

  • @Minikin1
    @Minikin1 Před 3 lety +1

    And that's a subscribe. Loved this video, your presentation and demeanor makes it very easy to follow along and learn your process.

  • @steevee1945
    @steevee1945 Před 3 lety +3

    I arrange my tracks in a similar manner to you.
    But I like to have the bass track(s) and kick track(s) next to each other so it is easier to see that they are in sync.

  • @zscarecrows
    @zscarecrows Před měsícem

    Wonderful tutorial, thank you

  • @camilobastianperezdearcegu703

    i really love your workflow and the way that you explain every step you make. Great video

  • @esongsore
    @esongsore Před 2 lety

    Just transitioning from protools...and this is AMAXINLY helpful. Thanks my friend

    • @LetsTalkAboutReaper
      @LetsTalkAboutReaper  Před 2 lety +1

      thank YOU for checking out the channel! Join us on Discord if you need any assistance, there are many folks in there who are well versed in both ProTools and REAPER and can help ease the transition for you.

    • @esongsore
      @esongsore Před 2 lety +1

      ​@@LetsTalkAboutReaper thanks brother. Just subscribed to your channel. I really appreciate you providing further directions :)

  • @rogberube6422
    @rogberube6422 Před 3 lety

    Three things, Myk : thank you, thank you, and thank you.

  • @mrkentleong
    @mrkentleong Před 2 lety

    thank you for such a video to help ppl like me that just wanna get into mixing....

  • @MaximumZargon
    @MaximumZargon Před 3 lety

    Really love these videos. Very helpful and not laboured. I've been using Reaper for years and I didn't know about dragging the track slightly right to put it inside a folder!! How embarrassing!

  • @AntonovichHicksenbrau

    Great Tutorials.

  • @battmanvonrichtoven
    @battmanvonrichtoven Před 2 lety

    Myk you are my hero, I knew there had to be an easier way to import multi tracks. Thank you so very much for your content. Mix life changing stuff here!!

    • @LetsTalkAboutReaper
      @LetsTalkAboutReaper  Před 2 lety +1

      Glad to be of assistance and thank you for the coffee ☕ 🥰

    • @battmanvonrichtoven
      @battmanvonrichtoven Před 2 lety +1

      Hey Myk if you have time could you post the link on how to get and load the SWS extension and to7 zip?
      Thanks

    • @LetsTalkAboutReaper
      @LetsTalkAboutReaper  Před 2 lety +1

      @@battmanvonrichtoven 7zip is available here
      www.7-zip.org/
      and here's a video on installing SWS Extension
      czcams.com/video/y71-rcVK7jQ/video.html
      Hope this helps!

    • @battmanvonrichtoven
      @battmanvonrichtoven Před 2 lety

      Thank you very much I’ve learned a ton I. The last few days.

  • @focusing_iguess9252
    @focusing_iguess9252 Před 3 lety

    I would love to see a video of you mixing this song :)

  • @GOHpsycho2
    @GOHpsycho2 Před 3 lety +1

    Nice organization skills

  • @jeffnotti9932
    @jeffnotti9932 Před 3 lety +1

    Nice organization... very well done.. < J

  • @abilashjayakumar4909
    @abilashjayakumar4909 Před 5 měsíci

    Hey, I loved the video, however I am confused between the Volume (Pre-FX)" knob and the "Volume (Item)" knob. Which one of the two is used to do gain staging or considered as the gain knob on reaper?

    • @LetsTalkAboutReaper
      @LetsTalkAboutReaper  Před 5 měsíci +1

      You could use either or both. Volume pre-fx would give you an envelope to be able to vary the item volume over time, whereas the knob is a fixed setting for the entire clip/item.

    • @abilashjayakumar4909
      @abilashjayakumar4909 Před 5 měsíci

      @@LetsTalkAboutReaper Thank you so much, this means a lot to me!

  • @fpvtv2222
    @fpvtv2222 Před 9 měsíci

    So far great tutorial! I down loaded sws but I don't have "create folder to contain selected tracks". I think I have a newer version then you did in this video. So with that being said what should I select in the actions list? Thanks!

    • @fpvtv2222
      @fpvtv2222 Před 9 měsíci

      Make folder from selected tracks is what I think I should use.

    • @LetsTalkAboutReaper
      @LetsTalkAboutReaper  Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@fpvtv2222 make folder to contain selected tracks is a different script that I got from reapack. I think I may have made a separate video for that script, I will take a look and see if I can locate the origin and get back with you

    • @fpvtv2222
      @fpvtv2222 Před 9 měsíci

      @@LetsTalkAboutReaper Ok cool. I think I have repack installed. Not sure why it wouldn't come up in the actions tab

    • @LetsTalkAboutReaper
      @LetsTalkAboutReaper  Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@fpvtv2222 it won't show up in the actions yet, you have to install the script from ReaPack.
      This should help
      czcams.com/video/X8jZh7WyloM/video.html
      I like this action better because it creates the top level folder. The native script you were using makes the first folder in the selection into the folder.
      It'll make sense when you see the video, just feels a bit more elegant and optimized to me

    • @fpvtv2222
      @fpvtv2222 Před 9 měsíci

      @@LetsTalkAboutReaper Thanks I got it! Thanks so much for your help.

  • @RichOReilly
    @RichOReilly Před 3 lety

    I am hoping that you show how you perform your gain staging. Thanks

    • @LetsTalkAboutReaper
      @LetsTalkAboutReaper  Před 3 lety

      That's next on the agenda, either this coming week or possibly the next, depending on work, etc

  • @BSutes
    @BSutes Před 2 lety

    Love the video. Quick question regarding folders vs buses. I like the ability to collapse the folders, however, I imagine duplicating folders to perform parallel processing would be cumbersome. Using the drums as an example, would it be possible to create parallel drum buses and then put the buses and the individual drum channels into a folder? Ideally this would enable collapsing the drums while still parallel processing, and preventing needless track duplication? (I'm a novice, so this may be a naive question!)

    • @LetsTalkAboutReaper
      @LetsTalkAboutReaper  Před 2 lety

      you can nest folders in whatever ways you like, you just have to be careful to make sure to avoid unwanted nesting, if that makes sense. It can get a little tricky, so i like to have a bit of an indent to visually show me parent folders. that said, i tend to put all my parallel processing into an FX buss outside the instrument groups. There's no right or wrong way, so long as you don't create a feedback loop :)

    • @BSutes
      @BSutes Před 2 lety +1

      @@LetsTalkAboutReaper Thanks for the reply. I'm not quite sure I understand the routing. You place your drum tracks in a folder, which gets sent to the master bus. How do you simultaneously send to an FX return track to do parralel compression/processing? Again, apologies for my naiveté.

    • @LetsTalkAboutReaper
      @LetsTalkAboutReaper  Před 2 lety +1

      I've got a couple of videos about parallel processing that may help explain a bit better. Lemme know if this does the trick, and if not, perhaps we can do a screen share of discord
      czcams.com/video/MEoIFszHrYY/video.html

    • @BSutes
      @BSutes Před 2 lety

      @@LetsTalkAboutReaper Those videos did the trick. Thanks so much!