Looking for other Reaper users. Would love a category for Reaper discussions as well

  • mcc@waveform.socialEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I started trying to use it and I found it really difficult. I know there are many many hours of tutorial videos I can watch but that will take many hours… I put some time into it this winter and got stuck on trying to understand how to use the routing matrix. I have a many-channel I/O DC sound card (ES-9) which presents itself to the OS as a 16-channel sound card where only some of the channels are used and all the channels have surprising numbers, and trying to set it up with Silent Way I needed to map channel 8 to channel 1. I spent a bunch of time trying to follow the directions and I just wound up making Autechre album covers.

    So I guess this is kind of negative but what I’m saying is I’m still interested in using Reaper, and I’d be super interested in Reaper resources, communities etc so I could claw my way up into proficiency. I’d like a DAW I can use after I switch to Linux, I’d like to make full use of my audio interface and I need to learn how to use a “compressor” so my tracks can sound good :)

  • mustbetuesday@waveform.socialEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    I use Reaper. I probably don’t use as many of its features as would be useful for me if it was more obvious how to do them, and sometimes I export to Ableton for certain tasks, and it’s sometimes a problem that I don’t use Logic (collaborating with other musicians and they have to send me stems instead of a whole project). I was originally going to say that Reaper does the job just fine for me, but having typed out these three points I’m now thinking I might just be stuck in my ways lol!

  • tkohhh@waveform.socialEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    I don’t need a DAW often, but when I do, I use Reaper. There is perhaps a slight learning curve, but I didn’t find it that hard to understand the workflow.

  • caska@waveform.socialEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    I tried it… was really impressed… really like the look and feel, was able to find stuff very easy despite massive menu options… it seemed awesome… but i scrapped the idea that led me to reaper so i havent played with it in a while.