You may or may not know that we are about to launch our next product which will be “Producing MIDI in Reaper”.  The Release date will be March 1st which is the 1 yr anniversary of our first product “Real World Recording w/Reaper”.  Along with this pre-order you will be entered into a raffle to win SampleTank 2.5 XL from IK MultiMedia which is a VSTi instrument package with about 30GBs of sounds.  Below is the post I’ve made on the Reaper Forums and TutorialsForReaper.com just in case you missed it.

Pre -Order Now  for ONLY $34.99 to enter the Raffle to win Sample-Tank 2.5 XL!

Why would you pre-order instead of waiting till the video series comes out?
1. Tutorials For Reaper will be raffling off a license for IK Multimedia’s Sample Tank 2.5 XL which includes over 30GBs of samples and VSTi instruments which has a $229 value!
2. I can get a read on the interest for the product for future projects.
3. Help support Tutorials For Reaper 
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What’s in the Video Series?
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Pre-face videos
1. Install of SWS extensions, Make Menu’s for easier editing
2. Install Sample-Tank 2.5 Free and SSO for SampleTank and make templates for future sessions.
3. Setup M-Audio MIDI keyboard with Midi and proper buffer for performance.

Genre and beat formulas

1. Hip-Hop
2. R&B
3. Rap (East Coast, Dirty South)
4. Orchestra Use with SSO

Midi Production

1. Recording on a Midi track
2. Midi Record and editing screen-sets
3. Input selection
4. Record Quantized
5. SWS Grooves, usage and creation

Recording Midi Drums with a keyboard

1. Step Recording
2. Midi Editing with Drum mode and GM drum labels
3. Quantization options and grooves

Recording instruments(with and w/o record quantize)

1. Loop recording
2. Midi Editor and Piano roll
3. Quantization, humanization and grooves.

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What else will we cover?
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- Three different songs will be created with the above steps for the genre’s listed!

- How to Create a good hooks for each song will also be covered.

- How to record vocals for a hook for the genre’s listed listed

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What else is Included?
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- FX Chains for Vocals and instruments will be created and and included.

- Session files with full midi production files – Royalty Free

- When you order a product from TutorialsForReaper.com you will also get phone and email support from Jonny Ginese!

**Customers should know how to use a keyboard, mouse and have the ability to navigate Reaper before purchase.

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Pre -Order Now  for ONLY $34.99 to enter the Raffle to win Sample-Tank 2.5 XL!

hey guys,

Now that I’m selling 2 products, Real World Recording w/Reaper and the Offline Bundle 1-28, I have switched over to a new digital distribution system.  Payloadz.com will be doing my file distro.  Paypal will still be my payment method and I will still be the contact for all support and help.  Payloadz.com will merely be sending the e-mail with the DL links and hosting the files.

If you are wanting to purchase the product but are having  a hard time getting the purchase to go through please let me know so I can contact Payloadz.com and make sure they are doing there job correctly.

You can comment here if you are having issues.

Thank you for your patients and support.

Hello everyone!

Quite a few people expressed interest in having the ability to download my Youtube videos for offline usage. Well now you can!

I recently setup a way for Tutorials For Reaper fans to purchase a bundle of all 28 videos for only $19.99.

They will be the same videos as Youtube…

Why would you buy these?

1. You have a studio or computer that is offline only and you want a collection of videos you can always have on hand.

2.  You want to help support Tutorials For Reaper so we can continue.

3.  You are in a foreign  country that doesn’t allow Youtube.

4.  You have a need to collect things.

To purchase click on the Image or CLICK HERE!

All videos from now on will be available for a purchase of $0.99 each as they come out.

I will post all older vidoes separately as well.

What you will need: Reaper 4, An idea of what you need for your workflow… Maybe a Dog.. lol

What you will learn: How to setup simple mouse modifiers that will allow you to edit drums manually with one hand… And probably increase your workflow… or allow you to drink coffee while editing..

Here is the Xfade macro I use.

My slip editing video will show you how to setup the macro and SWS Extensions.

This tutorial will show you how to setup screensets in Reaper 4.

What you will need: Reaper 4, An idea of what you need for your workflow

What you will learn: How to setup multiple screens sets that will load at the press of a button to increase your workflow.

I’m very excited to have the first video up that involves one of Tutorials For Reaper’s Sponsors! Steven Slate Drums has sponsored us with an EX license so that I could make a video to help the Reaper Community!

What you will need: Steven Slate Drums, Reaper, Kontakt Player(included with SSD) a 10-15 minute attention span.

What you will learn: Steven Slate Drums sound great!, How to route sound out of Kontakt with Steven Slate Drums as the instrument and set it as DEFAULT, How to make a Track Template.

Extra Goodies: My SSD 3.5 Track Template

Here is a basic starter for Midi functionality in Reaper.

What you will need: Reaper, VSTi drums or other instrument, semi-creative mind

What you will learn: How to insert a new virtual instrument track, Insert a New Midi Item, edit the midi item, Loop Midi, Copy Midi, Time Select, Loop play.

This has been requested a few times and I finally got around to recording the video!

What you will need: Reaper, Recorded Audio in your session, Weeded out useless tracks.

What you will learn: How to export audio files from Reaper to individual WAV files so that you can bring them to any studio for Mixing.

I received a request a few days ago about working with audio loops in Reaper.  The request was specifically asking if this could be done similarly to Sony Acid… SO I did some research. I wasn’t familiar with Sony Acid… but I watch a couple tutorial videos dealing with Audio loops and now I present you a video dealing with audio loops in Reaper.

What you will need: Reaper, Audio Loops, a slightly creative mind.

What you will learn: Media Browser navigation, Drag and Drop loops into a session, Region creation for musical arrangements

This video will walk you through fattening up a recorded Kick drum.

This is a great method of drum rescue for drums that weren’t tracked well and/or an accident was made(ie broken cable only getting a thin sound).

This video was inspired by “bolenti” on the Reaper Forums.

Its been awhile since a video so here you go! A fellow on the forums was having an issue setting up Side Chain Compression so I thought I’d make him a video and I went a little further with Side Chain Gating too.

Here is a Link to the session file including audio.

Side Chain Fun Session and Audio

If you are looking to see how a full song production is done then you have come to the right place! Real World Recording With Reaper will show you everything you’ll need to know from setting up a scratch track to mixing and mastering your songs. The teaching style of the DVD is similar to the videos found here.

“…I have learned more in 4 videos than I have reading all 3 books!…”

I’m offering a Physical DVD or Digital Download option.

The Instrumentation of Real World Recording With Reaper consists of:

Drums(Kick, Snare Top/Bottom, Hi-Hat, 3 Toms, 2 Overheads), Bass, Rhythm GTR(double tracked), Keyboard, Double Mic’d Lead GTR, Lead Vocals, Harmonies(creation concepts only).

What to Expect. ~4.5 hrs of video containing the following.

Preface Videos

1. Setting up headphone and reverb sends for Software monitoring solutions.
2. Installing SWS extensions, setting up edit Macro, and Pre-Sets.

Real World Recording W/Reaper

1. Intro to the tools we will be using
2. Setup Tempo, Scratch tracking/editing
3. Drum Tracking/Editing + Bass Tracking/Editing
4. Keyboard, GTR, and AC Tracking and Editing
5. Vocal Tracking/Comping
6. Vocal Tuning and Harmony creation
7. Mixing – Applying FX and getting balance
7a. Drums and Bass
7b. GTR
7c. Keys and AC
7d. Vocals and Harmonies.
8. Mixing – Automations and Envelopes.
9. Mastering – Importing Rendered tracks, Useing the plugins, Getting the right volume, and Burning your music with Reaper.

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Customer Testimonials

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“I have received this DVD and it’s excellent! It shows you stuff you’re going to need to use and how and where to download them. The information is clear and concise and nice and slow not rushed. It gives you a chance to follow along with your own DAW open. It really helped a beginner like me. Takes you right through to mixing.
I can’t wait for the MIDI version tutorials to come out. I will be a buyer for that one to…. I would recommend this for anyone who’s not quite sure on how to start and finish a project all the way through. Excellent DVD!” – Ron from Massachusetts 
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“I just finished watching your Real World Recording with Reaper DVD and I must say.. that the money I spent on your DVD was more than worth it. Your DVD cleared up the problems I was having…particularly in mastering.
Your DVD helped me see how “Real World Recording” is done! I can’t wait for your MIDI DVD.” – Robert from Texas
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“I recently bought the “Real World Recording” DVD for Reaper, and I have to say that this is WELL worth the money!
This takes you step-by-step thru setting up headphone mixes, routing, track comping, and more, in an easy to follow way, and in the setting of a real world tracking & mixing session.
The delivery style is unhurried, like a friend is taking their time guiding you thru all the little steps it takes to get Reaper working smoothly….and for a deep/convoluted program like Reaper this style of course is LONG overdue!
But the biggest winner, IMHO, is that the only effects / utility plugins that are used are the native ones. Because of this I have finally learned what some of the JS ones do! LOL Add to this that there is a good collection of FX Presets that are supplied to get ya rolling, and you have a good course that will get you up to speed in no time (well the course is over 4 hours, but you know what I mean…)” - Jim from Ohio

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When you buy this DVD you will receive more than video tutorials!

You will also acquire Jonny Ginese’s custom made FX Chains which utilize Reapers built in plugins, that way EVERYONE can use them!

Real World Recording With Reaper presets Include:

Drums, Guitars, Acoustic GTRs, Bass, Piano, Violin, Buss Comp,

Mastering channel, and more. (30 FX Chain presets in total)

What else do you get?

You also get Jonny Ginese’s personalized help when you need it!  Just give him a call, TXT, e-mail or IM and he will be more than happy to help you as soon as he is available.

.RAR is used to compress files.  WINRAR may be required to extract which has a free 30-day trial..

The Download file is Approx. 1.7GBs in total.

The videos are based in Reaper 3.xx with a customized theme based on Apollo.

Methods used are still fully relevant for used with Reaper 4.

All orders are handled personally by Jonny Ginese.

Your order will be shipped/e-mailed within 24hours.

For any questions call: 423-521-5349

Hey everyone! I’m SO sorry that it appears that I haven’t been replying to comments… It appears that in a new update/plugin/something to the site I had to click “APPROVE” for my own comments!!!.. Anyways, fixed now… Please keep posting comments and if you want the more direct route try this…

E-mail: Jon.Ginese(AT)Gmail(dot)com
AOL: Rsrecordings
Skype: RSrecords.

Thanks for all the donations and pre-orders!

Jonny Ginese

This is one of the requested tutorials for a few months ago.  I’m happy that I was able to get this up.  Its a must have ability in the studio.

You’l learn how to apply a reverse reverb effect to a vocal track.

I’ve been wanting to post this video for awhile now… FINALLY I’ve gotten the time to get it on the site.

You will learn to use ReaGate to trigger a VSTi drum sampler… by doing this you can replace audio with your midi trigger sounds and/or edit your drums in Midi instead of audio.

This video has been requested a few times from people so I it was time to post it. The requests were mainly for the “Auto-Mode” but to be honest… I don’t recommend using ANY tuning plugin in that fashion. Anyways, I’ll show you how to manually tune a vocal with ReaTune and also create a harmony out of a lead vocal track in this video.

Enjoy!

Over Christmas I did a lot of recording with my family in their studio using a M-Audio Delta 44 and Mackie 1202-VLZ3 Pro. It was a ROCK SOLID setup!  I kept the interface buffer at 1024 and used the Mackie for direct monitoring.  I used the “Inserts 1-4″ off the back going into the 4 1/4 inch inputs of the Delta 44.  If you are interested in this setup let me know and I’ll help you set it up. 

One of the issues we needed to resolve was getting reverb from Reaper back to the singers headphones.  This is actually a lot easier then you think… There are 2 ways to do this(that i can think of).

Option 1
1. Set audio buffer all the way down.
2. Create vocal track – Enable input monitoring and record enable
3. Create Reverb Track
4. Send audio to the Reverb Channel
Done

Option 2 – for direct monitoring solutions(ie USB)
1. Set Audio buffer to whatever works best
2. Create Vocal Track – Record enable
3. Create Reverb Track – Record Enable + Monitor Enable
4. Right click the Record button on the REVERB track and set it to “Record Disable”
–The reverb channel will have a latency of whatever your round trip latency will be. SO if you are running at 1024 you might have a latency of ~35ms… So I would recommend NOT putting “Pre-Delay” on te reverb plugin.
Done

Learn to setup Reason with ReWire into Reaper…. This will get you setup to do 2 things.. Record Midi in Reaper, play it through Reason, and then mix the audio on separate tracks in Reaper… Or… Sequence beats and patterns in Reason and mix them in Reaper… or a combination of both.

Thanks for the help Zee.

Hey everyone! I’ve been doing more and more live audio lately and the AKG D112has been my mic of choice.  Its only about $250 and it gives you all the punch, attack and depth that you would expect from a kick drum.  Although I’ve been using it for live audio, it would be a great mic to start using as an alternative to my favorite combo setup, which is the Sennheiser MD421 on the inside and EV RE-20 on the outside.

Learn to route audio out of Addictive Drums and use them to either, mix tracks individually, render audio tracks separately so you can disable AD once finished, or record Live Drums to audio tracks via via MIDI input performance .

Requested by RussUK  from the Reaper Forums and http://www.Reaper-Blog.com

Recently I’ve been having a lot of experience with the Shure Beta 87A.  The venue that I book shows at and run sound for have this as one of their main microphones.  If you haven’t used one I’d highly recommend this for your main vocal mic for a project studio.  It is probably the only “live” mics for vocals that I would recommend for studio use(except for an Shure SM58 for screamers).

Learn the basics of Reapers Envelope system for Volume and Pan… Just enough to get your feet wet so you can do some experimentation.  Also, see how to render your song so that its ready to burn to a CD.

I just read a post on the Reaper forums… a user is trying to get a drum sound as a click track.  Here is how I prefer to get this job done.

GTG Synth has a very light weight drum module that I recommend Downloading.

Website: GTGsynth.com – they also have a lot of free VSTi’s that you should check out.

Direct DL:  GTG DPC 3 – Drum Module

Learn to setup 16 channels of audio recording so that you can capture an entire band in 3 different scenarios.

- Full band recording 1 song at a time while using Reaper as a monitoring system for the artists

- Full band recording, full concert without using Reaper as a monitoring system

- Full band recording, full concert and using Reaper as a monitoring system/sound board.

***I will post a separate tutorial on how to make 3 separate headphone mixes for multi-tracking purposes in  a studio setting. i.e. Drums and Bass at the same time with a scratch guitar.