Thanks for this video! The technique you describe only works for audio items, I just spent an hour reminding myself how to do it for MIDI items -- use case, you record something without a click and want to fit it into N measures. What works for me -- you don't change the track timebase, instead you go into the MIDI item's properties, and then the Take Media Source properties and check the "ignore project tempo" box. Then your item's time selection works as expected with the "Create measure" actions, without stretching, shrinking or truncating the MIDI. It's kind of confusing and frustrating when the same technique works differently on MIDI and audio, but at least there's a workaround. If you have SWS, there's an action for enabling that "ignore project tempo" checkbox to help create a Custom Action so that you don't ever forget it again (hope springs eternal). Anyway, writing things down helps me remember them, maybe this will prove helpful as food for another video, or an addendum to an existing one...
@REAPER Mania Absolutely priceless. I have been following a lot of your videos lately because I have been more interested in actually producing my own music and not just mixing loops, which is where it started for me when I was about 16. I wanted to ask if you have any videos that show how you would make ratchets and other sounds like maybe the sound of tape being pulled to a stop, if that makes sense. Thanks again Kenny!! Great job as always!!
@@johnnymorell4974 I know I watched a video where Kenny had done something like the tape pulling slow down sound. I just can't remember which one or what plugin in Reaper that he was covering.
@@doughankins3996 Ok, I remember the one you're referring to. Just had a look. I can't copy and paste with this device but it's called "Automating the playrate in Reaper - Start and stop Tape FX". Hopefully, this is the one you mean. There are many other ways to create interesting effects like this, including using Shift and W to create 2 points on an item(never used it but, apparently, it creates warp points) and unticking 'preserve pitch...' in the item>take menu. Reaper really comes into its own with the different ways you can achieve the same thing and, also, with customisation. It can be arranged so that it works around your method/workflow and I'm always impressed with how it reseals new ways of getting somewhere. Hope this helps somewhat. Take care!
Great video! been looking for something like this, coming from Acid Pro for years. However, Acid has a simple way to do this (which I'm hoping could be used in Reaper) When I brought in a Loop and wanted to use that loops' tempo for the project tempo (so that particular loop wasn't stretched), there was a simple right mouse click on the item, and it would show the BPM of that loop or sample? so item > Right Click > use tempo 112.654bpm. Click on this and it would switch the whole project to 112.654bpm really easily. Could Reaper be set up to do this, this quickly without timebase changes, loop selection, and deleting tempo markers? :)
@@AnthonyRodriguez-qz8hg ya but using reaper felt like its old ! Looks of the reaper gui is worst of worst ! And getting a perfectly working and good looking theme for reaper is like a big confusion. Wish they also improve the looks of it and some main missing features. I think they have almost 40% best but the 60% is still remaining ! To be the best in the market they must design reaper to make each type of music very fast and easy! What do u think?
Im using premade beats and I can’t get this to work. I can see that its not at all lined up in the software. Its driving me nuts. I right click the track off to the left and adjust Track Timebase so its set to Time I shift and double left click my track on the waveforms And then I use Alt + Shift + C Just for nothing to happen. I must be missing something. Hope someone can help!
Nice tip, but only works if your sample is exactly one or more measures... if you try this with say a whole song which has a fade out and maybe a period of silence at the start/end this won't work.
Hi Kenny, I noticed the chord names seems to appear when you previewed t The loops in media explorer. Does this normally happen or have you installed something?
@@REAPERMania Wow! I must have missed this video as I generally don't use loops, but I must give it a go. Not sure which version of Reaper, 6.5 or 6.6 I'd say.
I can't stand it when people tell me what "not to do and what I don't want" and then they tell you what to do. I'm sitting here trying to follow along tabbed in reaper and then I have to stop and go back because what I think I'm supposed to be doing you're actually then gonna tell me I'm not supposed to dot. It's like giving someone directions in a car and saying "hey see that street right there to the left" and then the person turns left and you're like "yeah we don't wanna go there, keep going straight". ugh.
This is insanity. Is there not just a way to right click and look at the clip tempo and then adjust it in half a second by manually typing in the tempo like every other DAW on the planet?
As always, kenny knows how to make difficult things look easy. Thanks for your explanation.
Good that you go over the same steps a few times to give us a feel for the actual work flow.
I've been using your tutorials on reaper issues for years and I've never thanked you.
Thanks a lot
This rules! Thanks for the informative video.
I was just looking for the answer to this the other day! Thank you so much!
Thanks for this video! The technique you describe only works for audio items, I just spent an hour reminding myself how to do it for MIDI items -- use case, you record something without a click and want to fit it into N measures.
What works for me -- you don't change the track timebase, instead you go into the MIDI item's properties, and then the Take Media Source properties and check the "ignore project tempo" box. Then your item's time selection works as expected with the "Create measure" actions, without stretching, shrinking or truncating the MIDI. It's kind of confusing and frustrating when the same technique works differently on MIDI and audio, but at least there's a workaround.
If you have SWS, there's an action for enabling that "ignore project tempo" checkbox to help create a Custom Action so that you don't ever forget it again (hope springs eternal).
Anyway, writing things down helps me remember them, maybe this will prove helpful as food for another video, or an addendum to an existing one...
“Quickly” 😂 Logic has a plugin for this. All respect though. Love you Kenny!
Great tip, I just needed something similar the other day and now I know how. Thank you.
Thanks for another great tip!
reaper cru helpful fridays thanks ken,
@REAPER Mania Absolutely priceless. I have been following a lot of your videos lately because I have been more interested in actually producing my own music and not just mixing loops, which is where it started for me when I was about 16. I wanted to ask if you have any videos that show how you would make ratchets and other sounds like maybe the sound of tape being pulled to a stop, if that makes sense. Thanks again Kenny!! Great job as always!!
You could do it manually but you can also use Vinyl from Izotope which has this feature (or used to). It's free so may be worth checking out.
@@johnnymorell4974 I know I watched a video where Kenny had done something like the tape pulling slow down sound. I just can't remember which one or what plugin in Reaper that he was covering.
@@doughankins3996 Ok, I remember the one you're referring to. Just had a look. I can't copy and paste with this device but it's called "Automating the playrate in Reaper - Start and stop Tape FX". Hopefully, this is the one you mean.
There are many other ways to create interesting effects like this, including using Shift and W to create 2 points on an item(never used it but, apparently, it creates warp points) and unticking 'preserve pitch...' in the item>take menu.
Reaper really comes into its own with the different ways you can achieve the same thing and, also, with customisation. It can be arranged so that it works around your method/workflow and I'm always impressed with how it reseals new ways of getting somewhere. Hope this helps somewhat. Take care!
@@johnnymorell4974 yeah! Thank you! Can't wait to try it out!!
Thanks Kenny 🍻
awesome, thank you Kenny!
Thnx Kenny 😉🎼👍🏽
I heard this 4:38 and my brain went "A ha A ha". haha
Thanks Kenny!!!
Great video! been looking for something like this, coming from Acid Pro for years. However, Acid has a simple way to do this (which I'm hoping could be used in Reaper)
When I brought in a Loop and wanted to use that loops' tempo for the project tempo (so that particular loop wasn't stretched), there was a simple right mouse click on the item, and it would show the BPM of that loop or sample? so item > Right Click > use tempo 112.654bpm. Click on this and it would switch the whole project to 112.654bpm really easily.
Could Reaper be set up to do this, this quickly without timebase changes, loop selection, and deleting tempo markers? :)
Fabulous tutorial 🙏🙏🏿🎩✨👍🎵
Wish reaper has some vst instruments and good beat maker like fl has. And best pitch editor like cubase pro has vari audio!
Nooo it’s better this way so you can go out and get the specific plugins you want
@@AnthonyRodriguez-qz8hg ya but using reaper felt like its old ! Looks of the reaper gui is worst of worst ! And getting a perfectly working and good looking theme for reaper is like a big confusion. Wish they also improve the looks of it and some main missing features. I think they have almost 40% best but the 60% is still remaining ! To be the best in the market they must design reaper to make each type of music very fast and easy! What do u think?
@@alaukikg Honestly sort of agree, but I think REAPER was designed to be modular.
This is cool, thanks as always Kenny. 👍🏼 I'm assuming you'd need to change loop timebases to default to make them follow track tempo changes?
Yes. I show that at the end.
Im using premade beats and I can’t get this to work. I can see that its not at all lined up in the software. Its driving me nuts.
I right click the track off to the left and adjust Track Timebase so its set to Time
I shift and double left click my track on the waveforms
And then I use Alt + Shift + C
Just for nothing to happen. I must be missing something. Hope someone can help!
I love your Tutorials! ❤️👍
Nice tip, but only works if your sample is exactly one or more measures... if you try this with say a whole song which has a fade out and maybe a period of silence at the start/end this won't work.
And where to see original bpm of loops?
hi kenny! do you have, some video, when you show slide on the bass, for ejemple use in the trap
Excelent!!!
We need a t shirt and a mug that says “alt on the pc, option on the mac”. Is there a way to show track timebase in tcp?
Thanks 👌💪
Hi Kenny, I noticed the chord names seems to appear when you previewed t The loops in media explorer. Does this normally happen or have you installed something?
It's a part of REAPER. What version are you using?
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@@REAPERMania Wow! I must have missed this video as I generally don't use loops, but I must give it a go. Not sure which version of Reaper, 6.5 or 6.6 I'd say.
Thanks Kenny - this is great. (though still not as easy as Logic's BPM plugin)
to tell it's "Smart" doesn't return the whole idea of the smartness of this solution.
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I can't stand it when people tell me what "not to do and what I don't want" and then they tell you what to do. I'm sitting here trying to follow along tabbed in reaper and then I have to stop and go back because what I think I'm supposed to be doing you're actually then gonna tell me I'm not supposed to dot. It's like giving someone directions in a car and saying "hey see that street right there to the left" and then the person turns left and you're like "yeah we don't wanna go there, keep going straight". ugh.
Hi Kenny Gioia
This is insanity. Is there not just a way to right click and look at the clip tempo and then adjust it in half a second by manually typing in the tempo like every other DAW on the planet?
Does anyone know what snare he is using in the midi track? It sound so crisp i like that