This is a feature that I really need, I write in track notes what capture from nano cortex I used, what guitar, if splitted coil or regular etc. in the project notes I usually paste the lyrics of the songs etc. the problem is that from time to time (more often than than not) they are deleted, something I can do?
Some days ago I asked if there was something like chord id of logic, and the answer was no, so I created a script you can find it here https://github.com/Dagniele/ReaScripts
It creates a track on top (you can pin it) and it will show the chords, you can even manually change them, it creates a simple track with empty text items
you can just add https://github.com/Dagniele/ReaScripts/raw/main/index.xml to the repositories in ReaPack and then install create chord track script, you can also find the instructions at the repository.
Feel free to test it and contribute.
The biggest challenge is the chord dictionary, maybe in the future it can be connected to some external dictionary or create a shared one, feel free to give suggestions
Tried to fix this with the help of AI and could not fix it so far. I have a MacBook and I use external Magic Trackpad, when I scroll up in the timeline everything fine, when I scroll down it also scroll to the left. But it’s not a big scroll, hard to explain it’s like a 1/3 ratio ratio of scroll to the left, of course I checked all the actions but nothing seems to fix it
Just when logic 12 came out I switched to reaper, now in the middle of a project I moved everything to logic and moved on with the project in logic, now I have to move everything back to reaper. I just wanted to remember why I appreciated reaper so much and now I appreciate it even more. Logic is buggy, slow, and so on. Only three things I like more in logic:
How would you fix these three “problems”?
Today I upgraded to version 7.75 and suddenly it's slow, it freezes constantly and makes noise all the time in the audio. It was super fast until yesterday. I'm on mac M1 pro with Tahoe 26.4.1
So this sub is for music makers but you can’t post your music, not even to discuss the creative process or anything else, what’s the scope of this sub then? Abstract chatting?
Hey everyone, I'm looking for some insights on how you handle vocal phrasing and song structures when moving into longer, less conventional meters.
I recently released a progressive/atmospheric metal track called "Fading to Void". The first half of the song is built on a solid 8/8 groove (just easier to follow than 4/4 in this specific part), which made laying down the initial ideas fairly straightforward. However, I hit a massive wall when the track transitions into a 14/8 meter for the final section and outro.
I used 14/8 because it's two bars of 7/8 and everything follows that pattern of 3+2+2
My biggest struggle was finding a vocal melody for the chorus/outro that locked seamlessly into that 14/8 phrasing without sounding forced, or a lullaby, while still maintaining the dark, heavy, and metaphysical atmosphere I wanted to build. It's so easy for a vocal line to lose its impact or sound unnatural when a single measure spans that many eighth notes.
On top of that, deciding how to arrange and fade out a 14/8 atmospheric outro without making it feel abruptly cut or overly repetitive was a huge challenge.
I eventually found a balance that I feel works for the track (you can check out how the 8/8 to 14/8 transition and the final melodies turned out here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahz143rSgv4
https://open.spotify.com/track/3IVUqETuFyaST9ftMa3d7R?si=651d6bdecceb47d5
), but it took a lot of trial and error.
For those of you working with wider meters like 14/8, how do you approach vocal phrasing? Do you break the bar down into smaller rhythmic subdivisions (like 4+4+4+2 or 3+3+3+3+2) to anchor the syllables, or do you just improvise over the macro-groove? And how do you decide when an atmospheric outro has run its course?
In general it takes me no time to create the music and forever to find the right vocals 😞
Would love to hear about your workflow and experiences!