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Posted on Mar 15, 2012 10:36 am
Bigbluesman
Quasimojo
Member Since: Nov 08, 2010
Hi fellas..
I want to thank DB for recommending Reaper to a new member. I checked it out, and I think I'm going to get it, even though I record in a simple fasion, I still think MIDI is the anti-christ, but I found it to be way less glitch than the GTP 3 I've been using. Anyone have any reason I should think twice about buying it? Thanks.
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Mar 15, 2012 11:04 am I've been using Reaper on my latest recording project so a couple of us can easily share projects over FTP...and it's worked great, I have grown to love the app...MIDI has it's place, it's great for bogus drum tracks and click tracks, maybe some background ambience mood tracks...but yeah, it can suck the life out of anything that overuses it, I agree.
Glad you like Reaper! Glad my advice helped somebody, if not the person I directly recommended it to. :-)
J-botByte-MixerMember
Since: Dec 04, 2007
Mar 15, 2012 03:41 pm Yeah, another Reaper user here too. (there's a few of us around here I think, heh) I work a lot with software synths/instruments/etc. recording via midi keyboard controller. And yeah, if the midi notes/data are all perfectly quantized, or in time, things can sound a bit robotic. "Humanizing" a quantized track can help a little, which introduces slight "errors" in timing, and makes it a little more "human".
Otherwise, I use midi to control create automations. I.E. say I have a knob in a synth that I want to automate. I'll map the knob to one of the physical knobs on my controller, hit record, turn the knob as needed, and the knob turning will be recorded to the track as automation data.
I don't really mess with the midi hardware/port routing stuff since I haven't needed to get crazy with that or anything.
Anyway, I have FL Studio fruity package, which is $99. But at the time I was using a lot of soundfonts, so I needed the soundfont player (another $20 bucks) And that was working great until I got more into working with audio/recording. FL Studio is great for midi work, and has some fairly advanced features. However, I didn't like working with audio in it. I feel Reaper is way more straight forward when dealing with audio. The midi editing in reaper has grown a lot over the years too, but it's still lacking some of the more fancy features from FL Studio. (but that's fine, since those features were more for convenience than anything else)
Anyway, Reaper is a great DAW, and you can download it, then try it free (it's completely uncrippled, and fully functioning) to see if the workflow jives with ya. And then it's only $60 bucks. (Well, unless your yearly profits exceed 20 or 30 grand, then it's license is as expensive as the big boys)
Keep us posted, and we'll help out if you get stuck on anything. :)
Mar 15, 2012 04:21 pm Thanks guys. I downloaded it last night and threw in 3 or 4 test tracks. It was so easy to use. Like you said, audio recording is great on Reaper. I also liked the way I could render my project to a usable audio file quickly. You wouldn't beleive the hoops i had to jump through to do that on GTP3 plus after I would get them to a wave file or an MP3, it would sound like I never mixed it. In reaper, the final product sounds as good as the project while in the DAW. Also my old PC runs it like nothing. I'll definately have my $60 together before my 30 day trial period is up.
Mar 15, 2012 06:40 pm I am hoping to find time to put together a few Reaper tutorials in addition to the MIDI/Repear tutorial I did a while back...so if you have suggestions regarding what could use further explaining, let me know...
First I gotta learn to play this wacky Mandolin I just bought at the pawn shop...
Mar 16, 2012 11:21 am lol..Mandolin...good luck! Where can I access that tutorial? And thanks, as I get into it, I'm sure I'll have many questions. I messed around with it again yesterday, and It makes my style of recording so easy, and it seems like the levels, controls, and such are easier to dial in and make much more useable. I look forward to learning about how to master stuff with this.
Mar 16, 2012 11:23 am Yeah, my fingers are too big for a mando, but I am going to keep at it!
The tutorial is here www.homerecordingconnecti...ory&id=1895 Midi is a mite different than other apps I have worked with...cool once you get used to it though.
Mar 16, 2012 02:51 pm I am happy to report that I sent my $60 in because I am totally sold on it! I'm legit! Let's start another colaboration project!...Well ...I'll do that on a new thread. Thanks again DB.
J-botByte-MixerMember
Since: Dec 04, 2007
Mar 20, 2012 12:19 am Yeah, I've got some projects potentially brewing in the very near future. (particularly the recording service I want to start) and some other things going on as well with some other online buddies of mine.
But yeah, I'm game for another collab for doing on the sidelines. :)
Once I start getting my new venture underway, I'll plink down the money for Reaper as well. To date, I've only been doing things for my own learning, and self-improvement on the music front, so I haven't put money towards it yet. But you can bet I will be very soon.
Oh, and as an impulsive buy, I bought one of each of the Korg Monotrons. (the original, the duo, and the delay) I'm going to daisy-chain them, and also possibly run my R3 and Miniak through them.....the mixer will definitely come in handy here at home for that stuff too. :D
