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r/WeAreTheMusicMakers r/Reaper r/progmetal r/ThisIsOurMusic
▲ 11 r/Reaper

Tried to go back to Logic Pro after 6 months in reaper, I regret

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:

  1. Bounce to new track. While reaper bounces to a new take, bounce to new track I feel better so I leave the comp where it is. I’m pretty sure it can be achieved with a custom action tough.
  2. Flex Pitch. I have melodyne essential that lacks a lot of things from Flex Pitch or melodyne assistant, but I don’t want to spend money on melodyne, at least I can’t find a good discount
  3. The new chords id in logic, it makes so easy to play when you have all the chords visible on the track so you don’t have to remember.

How would you fix these three “problems”?

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u/DagnieleJS — 1 day ago
▲ 7 r/Reaper

Version 7.75 bugs or is it me?

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

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u/DagnieleJS — 12 days ago
▲ 16 r/WeAreTheMusicMakers

What?

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?

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u/DagnieleJS — 1 month ago
▲ 9 r/ThisIsOurMusic+1 crossposts

[Discussion] Shifting from 8/8 to a 14/8 outro: How do you write vocal melodies over long, uncommon meters without losing the dark atmosphere?

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!

u/DagnieleJS — 1 month ago