Hey Mike... I love your content. Thanks for all you do. While trying this method with multiple tracks, I couldn't prevent it from editing all the tracks. I verified that ripple editing single track was selected, etc. So, I did some fiddle farting around and found two options to replace the middle two steps in your editing shortcut.... - SWS: Split items at time selection (if exists), else at edit cursor (also during playback) - Item: Remove selected area of items So far, it works like a charm. Thanks again for all you do. I'm just getting started at VO after 30 years of dragging my heals (53 now) and really appreciate not only all the advice but also, the simplicity with which you provide it. Nice for the lay person.
I had never heard of Reaper before seeing this series of videos. Mike, you are my HERO! I downloaded Reaper, and have followed the instructions in the video series. Getting rid of the music production aspects has been a godsend; they were always a source of frustration for me in Pro Tools, Adobe, Studio One, etc., but being able to customize Reaper for VO has been amazing! I was in radio for 37 years, but I decided after the last budget-cuts-driven layoff to get my CDL and become a truck driver. However, I have recently begun to explore the world of audiobook narration, and have started doing one for an author who happens to have been a friend since we were teens! Utilizing the methods shown in your videos for working in Reaper, the process is so much faster & easier than I have ever experienced before! In addition to audiobooks, I plan on starting and growing my own VO business, so once again I can someday use my voice to make my living; only this time, I can be my own boss and not be at the mercy of some corporate bean-counters somewhere! Again, thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!!
Oh man, I knew there had to be a way to do this in Reaper. I was doing it in Audacity before, then moving over to Reaper for everything else. But now, I can do this in Reaper, too. Sweet.
Thank you sir. Exactly what I needed. After using Audacity for some time, I just started using Reaper for voiceovers and it's soooo much better. You are my hero!
Almost 5 years since you posted this how-to, and it is still making the world a better place : ). THANKS! Hey, one thing I do differently than you (at least as of some point in history) is use snap-to. That let's me make cuts and quickly connect two adjacent media items. That may not be necessary anymore using this new-to-me technique. Well, snap-to still has value when, say, I add space between words in the edit and insert "room tone". tl;dr = THANKS FOR THIS POSTING AND ALL YOUR POSTS
I got stuck a couple of days ago transitioning from mouse select delete actions in Audacity and couldn't for the life of me figure out this editing process - I came back to this video and bingo now I'm off and editing - thanks so much for this tutelage!
I know you published this a couple of years ago, but being new to Reaper, I just wanted to say a really big thank you for this tutorial - brilliant! -:) Indeed I am finding all your Reaper videos a great help in getting up to speed on voice overs for my videos.
These tutorials are so awesome! Thank you for putting them out. I'm a recent convert to Reaper and these have been so helpful getting me set up and going.
Dude, I like a lot of your posts. Your tips are very smart and important for us who are voice over workers. And the result of your work as a voice over talent is very good. Your voice, your rhythm, in short, your performance, all you do is great. I'm learning a lot from your videos. Congratulations!
Damn, every time I think I've nailed a quicker workflow, I discover new ways of making Reaper even faster. This is gonna be huge for me and my production work on the podcast, Mike. Thanks!
Hey this video isn't in your official Reaper playlist! By the way you are awesome and your channel is awesome. I have only seen like 10 of your videos so far and I've already learned tons of relevant, practical, useful information.
Okay, I figured out how to do it. Couldn't sleep with it undone. Removed extraneous actions, and got it to do essentially the same thing,, but with a crossfade instead of a dip. It takes a few more steps to set up the action. I'll email the action and screenshots to Mike and maybe he'll update the video. Having the noise floor go to zero could be a BAD thing, especially if someone is using analog equipment that has a noise signature or software saturation like you get with a UAD setup. And you want a small, consistent noise floor for audiobooks, which is one of the best applications for this custom action.Glad I figured this out. Special thanks to the REAPER Blog and Kenny Gioia for providing the info I needed to make this custom action work the way it should! Keep your eyes peeled for the update as soon as I catch some sleep.
Excellent stuff! I bought REAPER and ditched AA CC 2018 after watching this. There is also a quicker two step way: 1.) Split Items at time selection 2.) Cut Items And that's if you have ripple editing, crossfades, etc. enabled. I also set the A key to move the cursor to the point of the last edit, which helps. Thanks again!
Love your channel. I've been binging! ... I have a HUGE barrier though: I can not highlight a section by dragging my cursor, in the time area. Click+Drag=Selection, simple, but it doesn't work for me. Is there a setting that may have been changed or that needs changing if I'm newly setting up Reaper? I can do the "S" splits and delete, ripple deleting and all that, etc, everything else works as it should. Using a Mac. Trackpad and mouse, default settings, function normally for everything else. (Already watched your informative Part 1 & 2 on Presets, among others, all helpful. Never once have I been able to make simple selections by clicking and dragging). Thank you! Keep it up.
I realize this video is coming up to 5 years old, so maybe it's changed in Reaper which I just bought as I found your channel and soaking up as much info as I can (you inspired me to get the CAD e100s and LOVE IT). Has this been updated in Reaper? I edit my own work as well a other narrators in AA CS6 and would love to switch all my workload, but I'm confused as to do this in AA it's just a matter of highlighting (which you can do right on the track, not above it as in Reaper) what I want to remove and hit CTRL X. This also does not split the file, it keeps it one track so not exactly sure of the benefit of that happening in Reaper might be.
Cool trick to use the "RIGHT click" to create a time selection (rather than selecting in the timeline) 1. Go to Preferences: Editing Behavior: Mouse Modifiers. 2. In the bar labeled context go to "Arrange View" and then go to "right drag" in the bar next to it. 3. Double click on Behavior for the default action, under "Marquee select items" click on "Set time selection." The behavior should now read "Marquee select items and time" 4. Hit apply. Credit goes to Vince Welch who posted this on the forum on gearslutz.com. Thanks Vince!! Also - As previously mentioned there is already a default action in Reaper for this: "Item: Cut selected area of items" with a keystroke assigned of "COMMAND+DELETE"
I can edit this out in Sony Vegas with just highlighting the portion with "Auto Ripple" on and pressing Delete. Wouldn't even thought it might actually take advanced setting to do something as simple as this to be honest.
Perhaps there's been an update, or maybe you could do this before, but currently with 6.23 there's a pretty straightforward way to ripple delete without custom macros. 1) Turn on Ripple Delete (by default there's a button above the track pane), 2) highlight the desired area, 3) Ctrl+Delete. Done. The custom macro is still good, however, for single key deletion.
Mike, fantastic video as always. Quick question, if you read these. I notice your Reaper screen is set up a little differently from your voiceover recording screen. Do you have a separate editing template--and do you have a video showing how it's done?
An hour ago, I was convinced this was the greatest thing ever!!! Now I'm about to pull my hair out... I have multiple tracks loaded (an open, close, main...etc. for a podcast). When I edit the main track, it's also cutting the audio from the other overlapping tracks. I'm obviously doing something very wrong. Can someone help? Worked in radio forever coming from Audacity... Also, really love your videos. Were you 12 in this one? :-)
I checked, you are right. *time selection: remove contents of time selection* making this problem. It strangely applies to multiple tracks despite your which track you selected. I hope they notice and fix this in further updates. I'm using Reaper 6 and it still persists.
I know this vid is old as dust in video-years, but I use Music Creator 7 (I've been a loyal Cakewalk consumer for over a decade). I need to use to figure out if it can do the ripple thing. It's annoying trying to slide it over perfectly all the time. I do however use some Reaper plugins like Reafir. That thing is excellent. Maybe I should just get Reaper, but I'm a man of sentiment. It's hard to change what has always worked.
Great video - thanks. So, you find the clicker system quicker than punch and roll? I'm wondering what would be easier for me. Also, I LOVE your quick editing using the Y key. But how do you factor in editing at the zero crossing point? If you're selecting the section to edit from the time bar you can't be sure it's at a zero crossing point.
+Claire Wyatt I do find that **for me** the clicker has been faster than punch and roll, because I'm less likely to lose the flow of what I'm saying. Stop, rolling back, setting a punch point takes me longer than a click, especially if I retake a line more than once. Since I very, very, rarely edit mid-syllable, I'm always splitting at room-tone level. If I hear a click after a split, i just slide the track and make a tiny cross fade. If you're cross fading over already quiet room tone you never have to worry about a zero crossing point. Thanks for stoping by!
+Booth Junkie I think I agree. It's faster. Sadly, my room tone has a higher noise floor than yours. Only by a few dbs but it means I have to be so much tighter with my zero crossing point editing. c xx
+Claire Wyatt Try splitting using "ALT+Z" instead of "S" in Reaper, it'll put your split point at the next earliest zero crossing from your cursor. Maybe that'll save you some time! You could even remap the "S" key to do that type of split if its the one you do the most.
Hi Kimberly, I'm not a big fan of punch and roll editing. I've practiced it, but still find it *much* slower than this technique. Punch and roll allows you to edit on the fly, but I find it takes me out of the flow and the "moment" every time. That said I will use Reaper's AutoPunch feature if I need to go back and fix a word or phrase after my edits are done. Its not my main editing technique.
I prefer doing these clicks with my tung. If I would use such a tool, having it in my hand all the time, a part of me would focus on mistakes that possibly come. I would recommend, stay focused to yourself, to the text and to the meaning of it.
Mike, I'm still pretty new to Reaper. I thought I saw a guide where you made a custom action to increase and decrease volume, but I can't find it. Can you point me in the right direction?
Hey. Mate am enjoying and learning a lot from your videos. But I am a neophyte when it comes to Reaper and tech in general. i am also old and slow to learn, so please work with me here on some basics. First off; followed along with ripple instructions but got lost with how you set up a "work flow menu" can't seem to locate that section to drag and drop the order you want this is like the last step. What step did I miss? Thanks.
Yep, exactly. But now, knowing I can set Reaper up like this, I'm gonna switch over. That's one less switchover I have to do from Audacity to Reaper. Cool =)
Not really, because Audacity actually DELETES THE SELECTION FROM YOUR FILE!! It's a destructive editor. In REAPER, it you accidentally make a mistake, It's a simple matter of just pulling the edges of the media item back to where you want them, then healing the split. If you mess it up in Audacity, well, that's why they call it Audacity. Because it's audacious. You'd be screwed. Audacity has no place in a professional workflow.
would you mind writing out the process in the description? The image quality on the video is so low that i can't visually read what you're process here is.
This is a good start, but there is one problem with it. The way the actions are set up, if you have automatic fade in/out on, it will fade to zero at the point where the items come together. NOT good. You don't want your file to drop to complete silence. There must be a way to turn off automatic fades, spilt the item, turn auto crossfades on, have it pull the items together, then nudge the right item to the left just enough to get a smooth transition. I'm too tired to mess with it right now. If I play with it, I'll end up doing more harm than good, but I'll post back. And, yes, the second action isn't needed for the action as it is, but it probably will be when the crossfade part gets refined. Right now, it's splitting twice, and for some reason, when I undo it, it doesn't undo the splits, even though I've got it set to consolidate the undo steps. This needs a little refinement.
FYI: the split appears to be optional indeed, if you run the action without a split and without a selection you still get an error message. (reaper v5.26)
This was good but how do you do things like loudness normalize, and remove things like clothing rustle? Also, how do you deliver your finished work for your client and convert the sound files to something readable and in accordance with their NLE system?
I remapped my the Default Delete function to Shift+Delete then made a second version of this action but left out the "turn on ripple editing" part and mapped my delete key to it. Now i have the Y(as you have it) and the Delete (Non-Ripple)
This is so helpful! The only thing is that I ran into the problem when I have more than one track open on the same project, it ends up cutting both tracks and not just the one I selected? Does anyone have any advice on how I can fix this?
Nicely done video and thank you for sharing. I would consider Reaper if I was just starting out, or had not already been using my preferred DAW for the last 20 years (Logic) :^) Sadly for the VO community - neither Reaper, Pro Tools, Logic Pro X, Cubase - yet does spectral display audio cleanup - ala Adobe Audition or iZotope's excellent RX5, but once you discover spectral display and how easy it is to heal/remove/fade/soften audio debris (hey we ALL have mouth pops, clicks, and bump the recording chair or table sooner or later right?) you really dig in to a higher level of quality. Looking forward to some company tackling the true VO app release - a FULL featured DAW and spectral display cleanup (or better - just hit the make cool button from any tropical beach). Dreamin'.....
Thanks Mike your videos are a life saver. I'm new to reaper, or as I sometimes call it, the reaper nightmare ... shame on me I know! I began using this system for editing a couple of weeks ago - fantastic But now the trouble has begun. Out of the blue, and all of a sudden as of two days ago, if I have tracks below the one I am editing, they now get edited ;(. And yes, if there are tracks above I am now cutting into those tracks also. The reaper nightmare has kicked in! Help! I suppose it's something very simple, I have searched far and wide for an answer but to no avail. When working on a track, (item), I have all other lanes, tracks, items clicked to mute. What have I done? What do I need to do? Thank you, or to anyone who might give me an answer on this. Cheers. Floyd
This is the default behavior of audacity. Although obviously audacity doesn't have the same level of power as Reaper, It's dead simple to use for basic audio editing like snipping out audio and adjusting levels.
This was a really great tip but I wonder- is there a way to set up this custom action such that I can limit it to a single track? I set it up the way shown in this video, but it inevitably cuts my bed track in reaper at the same time :(
I am learning a lot from your content. Thank You. I am however lost on customizing the actions. I tried to delete content from selection after creating that key and when I hit that key it duplicated the selection. (the empty space) Could you or some one on the thread help?
Make sure the action included turning on ripple (all tracks) to collapse out the silent selection. Send me an email (see about tab on my channel) of your still stuck.
Hey Mike... I love your content. Thanks for all you do. While trying this method with multiple tracks, I couldn't prevent it from editing all the tracks. I verified that ripple editing single track was selected, etc. So, I did some fiddle farting around and found two options to replace the middle two steps in your editing shortcut....
- SWS: Split items at time selection (if exists), else at edit cursor (also during playback)
- Item: Remove selected area of items
So far, it works like a charm. Thanks again for all you do. I'm just getting started at VO after 30 years of dragging my heals (53 now) and really appreciate not only all the advice but also, the simplicity with which you provide it. Nice for the lay person.
I had never heard of Reaper before seeing this series of videos. Mike, you are my HERO! I downloaded Reaper, and have followed the instructions in the video series. Getting rid of the music production aspects has been a godsend; they were always a source of frustration for me in Pro Tools, Adobe, Studio One, etc., but being able to customize Reaper for VO has been amazing! I was in radio for 37 years, but I decided after the last budget-cuts-driven layoff to get my CDL and become a truck driver. However, I have recently begun to explore the world of audiobook narration, and have started doing one for an author who happens to have been a friend since we were teens! Utilizing the methods shown in your videos for working in Reaper, the process is so much faster & easier than I have ever experienced before! In addition to audiobooks, I plan on starting and growing my own VO business, so once again I can someday use my voice to make my living; only this time, I can be my own boss and not be at the mercy of some corporate bean-counters somewhere! Again, thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!!
Oh man, I knew there had to be a way to do this in Reaper. I was doing it in Audacity before, then moving over to Reaper for everything else. But now, I can do this in Reaper, too. Sweet.
This is a huge time-saver! I use Ableton which calls it "Cut Time" (Ctrl+Shift+X). Now you've got me wanting to macro keymap it...
Thank you sir. Exactly what I needed. After using Audacity for some time, I just started using Reaper for voiceovers and it's soooo much better. You are my hero!
ABSOLUTELY the best voiceover tutorials
Thank you, just what I needed.been using reaper for about two months. So glad I found this. Audacity just wasn’t for me anymore.
Almost 5 years since you posted this how-to, and it is still making the world a better place : ). THANKS! Hey, one thing I do differently than you (at least as of some point in history) is use snap-to. That let's me make cuts and quickly connect two adjacent media items. That may not be necessary anymore using this new-to-me technique. Well, snap-to still has value when, say, I add space between words in the edit and insert "room tone". tl;dr = THANKS FOR THIS POSTING AND ALL YOUR POSTS
New to VO and just started using Reaper. I was struggling with my work flow/editing and came across your video tutorial.
Thank you!
You're so generous with your knowledge. New to Reaper and your videos are making the learning curve a little less steep. Thank you.
This is exactly what I needed -- a quick and thorough step-by-step of how to actually *do* the editing of recorded audio in Reaper. Thank you so much!
Another super informative video with great tips, as someone just starting their journey it' sooooooo helpful. Thank you
THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS! I dropped Audition so fast when I found out you could do this in Reaper
I got stuck a couple of days ago transitioning from mouse select delete actions in Audacity and couldn't for the life of me figure out this editing process - I came back to this video and bingo now I'm off and editing - thanks so much for this tutelage!
you sir deserve waaaay more views. You're a fountain of knowledge and I'm grateful you're around making remarkable videos with amazing content!
Your videos on booth design, and Reaper settings are such a huge help! With your help I've already saved a ton of time getting things figured out.
Twisted Wave, Garageband, Logic Pro X do this by default. Select mistake, press delete and your done. Very quick. Thanks for the great tutorials.
I know you published this a couple of years ago, but being new to Reaper, I just wanted to say a really big thank you for this tutorial - brilliant! -:) Indeed I am finding all your Reaper videos a great help in getting up to speed on voice overs for my videos.
These tutorials are so awesome! Thank you for putting them out. I'm a recent convert to Reaper and these have been so helpful getting me set up and going.
Dude, I like a lot of your posts. Your tips are very smart and important for us who are voice over workers. And the result of your work as a voice over talent is very good. Your voice, your rhythm, in short, your performance, all you do is great. I'm learning a lot from your videos. Congratulations!
Thanks Richard! I appreciate the kind words!
Damn, every time I think I've nailed a quicker workflow, I discover new ways of making Reaper even faster. This is gonna be huge for me and my production work on the podcast, Mike. Thanks!
Hey this video isn't in your official Reaper playlist! By the way you are awesome and your channel is awesome. I have only seen like 10 of your videos so far and I've already learned tons of relevant, practical, useful information.
Okay, I figured out how to do it. Couldn't sleep with it undone. Removed extraneous actions, and got it to do essentially the same thing,, but with a crossfade instead of a dip. It takes a few more steps to set up the action. I'll email the action and screenshots to Mike and maybe he'll update the video. Having the noise floor go to zero could be a BAD thing, especially if someone is using analog equipment that has a noise signature or software saturation like you get with a UAD setup. And you want a small, consistent noise floor for audiobooks, which is one of the best applications for this custom action.Glad I figured this out. Special thanks to the REAPER Blog and Kenny Gioia for providing the info I needed to make this custom action work the way it should! Keep your eyes peeled for the update as soon as I catch some sleep.
I added this custom action myself. It saves a ton of time. next stop -- the pet store, for a dog clicker. Thanks.
Excellent stuff! I bought REAPER and ditched AA CC 2018 after watching this. There is also a quicker two step way:
1.) Split Items at time selection
2.) Cut Items
And that's if you have ripple editing, crossfades, etc. enabled.
I also set the A key to move the cursor to the point of the last edit, which helps. Thanks again!
iZotope has a set of VST's that can be used with Reaper! It contains the Spectral editing that has been mentioned.
beauty!!!! the way you explain the things in the easiest possible words, is remarkable...
have learnt a lot through your videos... thank you.. :)
Man I wish I had a voice like that. Awesome Reaper tips.
2:37 I hope that someone had said that Audition has that by default. But I just ditched Audition for Reaper and I'm here to learn :)
Brilliant simplicity! I've been looking for tips like this for editing my podcast.
Thanks, this is a really good action to increase work flow.
Love your channel. I've been binging! ... I have a HUGE barrier though: I can not highlight a section by dragging my cursor, in the time area.
Click+Drag=Selection, simple, but it doesn't work for me. Is there a setting that may have been changed or that needs changing if I'm newly setting up Reaper?
I can do the "S" splits and delete, ripple deleting and all that, etc, everything else works as it should.
Using a Mac. Trackpad and mouse, default settings, function normally for everything else.
(Already watched your informative Part 1 & 2 on Presets, among others, all helpful. Never once have I been able to make simple selections by clicking and dragging).
Thank you! Keep it up.
this should have 100k views!
Pretty well just the trick I was looking for. Thanks Mike!
I realize this video is coming up to 5 years old, so maybe it's changed in Reaper which I just bought as I found your channel and soaking up as much info as I can (you inspired me to get the CAD e100s and LOVE IT). Has this been updated in Reaper? I edit my own work as well a other narrators in AA CS6 and would love to switch all my workload, but I'm confused as to do this in AA it's just a matter of highlighting (which you can do right on the track, not above it as in Reaper) what I want to remove and hit CTRL X. This also does not split the file, it keeps it one track so not exactly sure of the benefit of that happening in Reaper might be.
Cool trick to use the "RIGHT click" to create a time selection (rather than selecting in the timeline)
1. Go to Preferences: Editing Behavior: Mouse Modifiers.
2. In the bar labeled context go to "Arrange View" and then go to "right drag" in the bar next to it.
3. Double click on Behavior for the default action, under "Marquee select items" click on "Set time selection." The behavior should now read "Marquee select items and time"
4. Hit apply.
Credit goes to Vince Welch who posted this on the forum on gearslutz.com. Thanks Vince!!
Also - As previously mentioned there is already a default action in Reaper for this: "Item: Cut selected area of items" with a keystroke assigned of "COMMAND+DELETE"
What a nice video, sir. Looking forward to checking out Reaper now. New subscriber.
I can edit this out in Sony Vegas with just highlighting the portion with "Auto Ripple" on and pressing Delete. Wouldn't even thought it might actually take advanced setting to do something as simple as this to be honest.
Perhaps there's been an update, or maybe you could do this before, but currently with 6.23 there's a pretty straightforward way to ripple delete without custom macros. 1) Turn on Ripple Delete (by default there's a button above the track pane), 2) highlight the desired area, 3) Ctrl+Delete. Done. The custom macro is still good, however, for single key deletion.
Mike, fantastic video as always. Quick question, if you read these. I notice your Reaper screen is set up a little differently from your voiceover recording screen. Do you have a separate editing template--and do you have a video showing how it's done?
John Husson I noticed the same thing. I'd like to see a video on this as well.
This is genius Mike, thank you very much.
Pro Tools calls this Shuffle mode. In Shuffle it behaves as you describe.
In FL Studio (Edison plugin), you just select a region, hit Delete, and it moves the rest of the track over. That's it.
An hour ago, I was convinced this was the greatest thing ever!!! Now I'm about to pull my hair out... I have multiple tracks loaded (an open, close, main...etc. for a podcast).
When I edit the main track, it's also cutting the audio from the other overlapping tracks.
I'm obviously doing something very wrong. Can someone help?
Worked in radio forever coming from Audacity...
Also, really love your videos. Were you 12 in this one? :-)
I checked, you are right. *time selection: remove contents of time selection* making this problem. It strangely applies to multiple tracks despite your which track you selected. I hope they notice and fix this in further updates.
I'm using Reaper 6 and it still persists.
@@vahidfrzh9379 Thanks for the reply. I don't totally remember how I got around this, but I do have it working. I've been tweaking so much! Best...
Awesome as always! Keep 'em coming please!
Nice! i'm using Audacity and it is already very intuitive. Just highlight the area you want to delete, hit the delete key. Done.
I know this vid is old as dust in video-years, but I use Music Creator 7 (I've been a loyal Cakewalk consumer for over a decade). I need to use to figure out if it can do the ripple thing. It's annoying trying to slide it over perfectly all the time. I do however use some Reaper plugins like Reafir. That thing is excellent. Maybe I should just get Reaper, but I'm a man of sentiment. It's hard to change what has always worked.
Great video - thanks. So, you find the clicker system quicker than punch and roll? I'm wondering what would be easier for me. Also, I LOVE your quick editing using the Y key. But how do you factor in editing at the zero crossing point? If you're selecting the section to edit from the time bar you can't be sure it's at a zero crossing point.
+Claire Wyatt I do find that **for me** the clicker has been faster than punch and roll, because I'm less likely to lose the flow of what I'm saying. Stop, rolling back, setting a punch point takes me longer than a click, especially if I retake a line more than once. Since I very, very, rarely edit mid-syllable, I'm always splitting at room-tone level. If I hear a click after a split, i just slide the track and make a tiny cross fade. If you're cross fading over already quiet room tone you never have to worry about a zero crossing point. Thanks for stoping by!
+Booth Junkie I think I agree. It's faster. Sadly, my room tone has a higher noise floor than yours. Only by a few dbs but it means I have to be so much tighter with my zero crossing point editing. c xx
+Claire Wyatt Try splitting using "ALT+Z" instead of "S" in Reaper, it'll put your split point at the next earliest zero crossing from your cursor. Maybe that'll save you some time! You could even remap the "S" key to do that type of split if its the one you do the most.
Love your videos. Are you using punch recording in Reaper?
Hi Kimberly, I'm not a big fan of punch and roll editing. I've practiced it, but still find it *much* slower than this technique. Punch and roll allows you to edit on the fly, but I find it takes me out of the flow and the "moment" every time.
That said I will use Reaper's AutoPunch feature if I need to go back and fix a word or phrase after my edits are done. Its not my main editing technique.
I prefer doing these clicks with my tung. If I would use such a tool, having it in my hand all the time, a part of me would focus on mistakes that possibly come. I would recommend, stay focused to yourself, to the text and to the meaning of it.
Mike, I'm still pretty new to Reaper. I thought I saw a guide where you made a custom action to increase and decrease volume, but I can't find it. Can you point me in the right direction?
I have a question, new to reaper your suggestion is what I’m looking for.
Do you use glue or heal once the edits are done,before saving?
Hey. Mate am enjoying and learning a lot from your videos. But I am a neophyte when it comes to Reaper and tech in general. i am also old and slow to learn, so please work with me here on some basics. First off; followed along with ripple instructions but got lost with how you set up a "work flow menu" can't seem to locate that section to drag and drop the order you want this is like the last step. What step did I miss? Thanks.
The delete is built in to audacity by default
Yep, exactly. But now, knowing I can set Reaper up like this, I'm gonna switch over. That's one less switchover I have to do from Audacity to Reaper. Cool =)
Not really, because Audacity actually DELETES THE SELECTION FROM YOUR FILE!! It's a destructive editor. In REAPER, it you accidentally make a mistake, It's a simple matter of just pulling the edges of the media item back to where you want them, then healing the split. If you mess it up in Audacity, well, that's why they call it Audacity. Because it's audacious. You'd be screwed. Audacity has no place in a professional workflow.
@@xaosnox There is always 'Undo', but I agree that if you have to go back several steps, it takes time.
would you mind writing out the process in the description? The image quality on the video is so low that i can't visually read what you're process here is.
This is a good start, but there is one problem with it. The way the actions are set up, if you have automatic fade in/out on, it will fade to zero at the point where the items come together. NOT good. You don't want your file to drop to complete silence. There must be a way to turn off automatic fades, spilt the item, turn auto crossfades on, have it pull the items together, then nudge the right item to the left just enough to get a smooth transition. I'm too tired to mess with it right now. If I play with it, I'll end up doing more harm than good, but I'll post back. And, yes, the second action isn't needed for the action as it is, but it probably will be when the crossfade part gets refined. Right now, it's splitting twice, and for some reason, when I undo it, it doesn't undo the splits, even though I've got it set to consolidate the undo steps. This needs a little refinement.
FYI: the split appears to be optional indeed, if you run the action without a split and without a selection you still get an error message. (reaper v5.26)
This was good but how do you do things like loudness normalize, and remove things like clothing rustle? Also, how do you deliver your finished work for your client and convert the sound files to something readable and in accordance with their NLE system?
Mike,I notice you don't glue the sections together after you split them. No need for this? Or, is this done automatically using your procedure?
Have you watched "Cleaning up voiceover in Rreaper" by REAPERMania? Would you suggest editing this way or even setting a preset for doing voiceovers?
04:34 Enable [Consolidate undo points] if you prefer REAPER to undo it as a single action, as opposed to the sub-actions
I remapped my the Default Delete function to Shift+Delete then made a second version of this action but left out the "turn on ripple editing" part and mapped my delete key to it. Now i have the Y(as you have it) and the Delete (Non-Ripple)
This is so helpful! The only thing is that I ran into the problem when I have more than one track open on the same project, it ends up cutting both tracks and not just the one I selected? Does anyone have any advice on how I can fix this?
auto cross fade helps. I like the clicker idea
Nicely done video and thank you for sharing. I would consider Reaper if I was just starting out, or had not already been using my preferred DAW for the last 20 years (Logic) :^)
Sadly for the VO community - neither Reaper, Pro Tools, Logic Pro X, Cubase - yet does spectral display audio cleanup - ala Adobe Audition or iZotope's excellent RX5, but once you discover spectral display and how easy it is to heal/remove/fade/soften audio debris (hey we ALL have mouth pops, clicks, and bump the recording chair or table sooner or later right?) you really dig in to a higher level of quality.
Looking forward to some company tackling the true VO app release - a FULL featured DAW and spectral display cleanup (or better - just hit the make cool button from any tropical beach). Dreamin'.....
Reaper 5.4 has spectral waveform display, this might help you out
display and editing is 2 diff things, not sure if you've used audition or rx5 but you can edit the spectragram
Haven't tried that, sounds interesting :)
waveform display is NOT spectral display, far from it. Check out Adobe Audition if you dont already know what spectral display is.
Oh wow thanks so much for this video...
Thanks Mike your videos are a life saver. I'm new to reaper, or as I sometimes call it, the reaper nightmare ... shame on me I know!
I began using this system for editing a couple of weeks ago - fantastic But now the trouble has begun. Out of the blue, and all of a sudden as of two days ago, if I have tracks below the one I am editing, they now get edited ;(. And yes, if there are tracks above I am now cutting into those tracks also. The reaper nightmare has kicked in!
Help!
I suppose it's something very simple, I have searched far and wide for an answer but to no avail.
When working on a track, (item), I have all other lanes, tracks, items clicked to mute.
What have I done? What do I need to do?
Thank you, or to anyone who might give me an answer on this.
Cheers. Floyd
This is the default behavior of audacity. Although obviously audacity doesn't have the same level of power as Reaper, It's dead simple to use for basic audio editing like snipping out audio and adjusting levels.
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This was a really great tip but I wonder- is there a way to set up this custom action such that I can limit it to a single track? I set it up the way shown in this video, but it inevitably cuts my bed track in reaper at the same time :(
Did you ever get an answer for this? I'm trying to figure out this issue.
I am learning a lot from your content. Thank You. I am however lost on customizing the actions. I tried to delete content from selection after creating that key and when I hit that key it duplicated the selection. (the empty space) Could you or some one on the thread help?
Make sure the action included turning on ripple (all tracks) to collapse out the silent selection. Send me an email (see about tab on my channel) of your still stuck.
What do you use for your videos?
Can you tell me what the greenish track under the track you are working on is?
Te amo
Is there a fast way of editing tracks into separate files eg: 20 x 10s adverts all separate files. I feel so slow.
what is the last item, I can not find it the way to said it. go to the end of time selection? can you help with that thank you
It should be "Go to end of time selection"
In audacity it just scrunches then together on it's own
one observation. this action. cuts ALL the tracks, if you are working on multitrack project. how to cut ONLY one track, on which you are working.
Set ripple editing per-track
Item: Split items at time selection
Item: Remove items
Go to start of time selection
+Jeff Clement Thank you, my man.
Don't shave your face! And once again: don't shave your face anymore!
make time selection ... com + delete
TRUE! when in doubt add 'command' ;) "Item: Cut selected area of items"
That's so clunky compared to Pro-Tools.
This is so basic compared to Pro-Tools.