u/seekingeagle

Switching over from Logic, and feel like I'm in a candy shop now. I get a little tunnel vision once I'm handed freedom like this and can easily spend hours tweaking before I've even started using programs or products like this. I'm just starting to climb out the god forsaken plugin rabbit hole, and in the same vein now have a plethora of FX that I havent even begun to use.

I've been following Rtips guide. Downloaded Rpack. I just know once I start scratching the surface of whatever is in there I can easily get lost again, and god forbid I just discovered I can download even more repositories and omfg... TEMPLATES? I saw Rtips metal mixing package, starting looking into it, and now I'm here bc I know where I'm headed otherwise lol.

So, with Rtips guide still in mind, can anyone point me towards a less meandering path with what you'd consider essential and/or invaluable resources/repositories/scripts/templates/dare I say, plugins/or just some wisdom and advice on using this thing efficiently while still enjoying the freedom and power Reaper provides? And on a side note, any tips on setting up kontakt player or anything better so I can start playing with midi and vinstruments is greatly appreciated.

ps. Off subject, but I play guitar and just discovered NAM after using Natives guitar rig for the last year. I've been in heaven as far as tone now, but I saw someone mention using NAM for analog tape mixing on master tracks. If anyone has any experience with that, I'd love to learn the details of how exactly you apply and use it. Eveything regarding NAM on youtube has been catered to guitar rigs and not neccisarily mixing.

Thanks for any help or advice!

Most tips and tricks seem to be along niche concepts for an assistant. I’m trying to get just a simple cut and dry list of prompts or customizations to cut back on some of the simple mistakes I keep seeing chat make regardless of detailed and precise inputs. If anyone can help or give advice that the average user could use for reliable consistency in general everyday questions, research, or assistance, I think a lot of us could benefit being alot of people have joined the casual side of this party.

And to be specific on the issue, it’s somewhere along initiating chat to somewhat read between the lines and contextualize a subject enough to understand detailed questions without us having to constantly reign the ai in or steer it as much in the right direction once we’ve already established what we need it to do, let alone answer initially with a correct response even if it’s missing the full scope.