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Let’s say you’ve recorded a podcast episode and the volume of your guest’s voice is just way to quiet. The track fader will only give you so much gain. So what other ways are there to increase the volume of a quiet track in Reaper? There’s two ways I can . . . Read more
Using ReaFir in Reaper to create a noise floor profile can reduce constant background sounds such as whistles, whines, buzz, traffic noise, fan noise, hiss and hum. It’s a simple tool that can make a night and day difference to a noisy track. Find a spot in the offending track . . . Read more
If the kick drum is lacking that chest thumping punch and it doesn’t seem to have much depth to it, chances are it just hasn’t been recorded well enough. No matter how many plug-ins you throw at it, or how long you spend trying to fix it, you’re probably not . . . Read more
This is a great way to manage the volume or level of a pair of tracks for a single instrument. For example, the overheads, a guitar cabinet or the acoustic guitar. I almost always use two mics on my acoustic guitar, a Shure SM-57 somewhere around the 12th fret pointed . . . Read more
The JS plugin MIDI note constrain plus for Reaper by IXix is a fantastic tool that allows you to play, as the title of this article suggests, one finger chords. Not only can you select the Root note, but you can also set the Scale: Chromatic, Dorian, Harmonic minor, Locrian, Lydian . . . Read more
You’ve just got yourself a new Synth or Virtual instrument. You set to work building a great MIDI track. You hit play and it sounds great, but when you hit Pause or Stop ARGH!!! Why is the MIDI track still playing? Unrelenting MIDI notes that go on and on forever . . . Read more
Let’s say you have a vocal track with one word or phrase that’s just way above (or below) the rest of the track. Here’s a simple way to drop the volume of just that word or phrase, which will help the track sit better in the mix. It will also . . . Read more