so my home recording setup is coming along. i started trying to use the version of ableton live which came bundled with my focus rite 2i2 and completely hated it.
i was recommended reaper as its relatively easy to use. downloaded it today and I'm getting on with it. already managed more in a morning than i have in a month or so with ableton.
does anyone else use reaper? can anyone give me any nice tips for REALLY beginner stuff. I'm wanting to use it just for rough demos and songwriting really. figured I might try and get some drum loops into it and build on those but most of the stuff will be acoustic based.
any help/tips appreciated guys
thanks
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But, just cos of the way I learn I found this set of tuition videos the most useful thing:
http://www.askvideo.com/course/reaper-101-introduction-to-reaper
It was about £15 iirc and just helped me get my head around Reaper 4. You can have it open and playing in one window, put Reaper in another, and copy and learn like that. Well, that was the way that suited me.
As it happens, I've been using Reaper since v.2 but as it's got more powerful you need to know more as soon as you get beyond using it like a "big tape recorder".
Great program.
2 sessions in, and i'm loving Reaper, been using Logic and Pro tools for a couple of years, but a couple of weeks with Reaper and its doing what I want, so far anyway. Few problems transferring between PC and Mac, but amazing stuff really.
cheers
andy k
Yes, you can hook it up to Reaper via USB. I have a THR10 and didn't notice any particular latency when I tried it. The amp also doubles as playback monitor. If you haven't already, try the THR Editor software and play around with the speaker cabs.
A good thing I find, especially with doing demos is setup a template, thatll mean you don't need to setup a track list with all your favourite vsts and other nstruments set up ready to go at a touch of a button. Little things like that make the whole journey more enjoyable
That's my method, working great so far