r/Reaper

Hi everyone, hope you're doing well and staying safe. I'm totally blind and use the latest version of Reaper on macOS. When I use plug-ins, I use a plug-in view that displays all plug-in controls as text with sliders and pop-up menus. This plug-in view renders plug-ins is pretty much text only with no UI, i've been using this plug-in view for ages but does anyone know what the name of it is? What does Reaper call it? I know that Logic Pro calls this kind of plug-in view controls view but if somebody could tell me what reaper calls it that would be great thank you very much everyone 😊

Hi,

I'm looking for a free fx vst that has an all in one/pedal board chain of fx.
Is there anything like this?

I don't need anything spectacular, just the usual reverb + delay + chorus + flanger + distortion is enough.

I know there are thousands of single vst for apms, fx, compressors but I'm not good with modeling sound so I rather have some presets (for example "rock", "indie rock", "pop") and go with that.

If this vst is not a thing, could you please recommend me just one of each, and I'll just create a chain on my default file.

Thank you for your help!

When I PAN to the center it plays ”normal”. When i fully pan it to left or right it plays in both of my ears but louder. When i pan like 6% it plays from the other ear. What could be wrong? I just reseted reaper settings and the problem is still there. I tried to adjust the settings before the reset but it didn’t work either.

I do realize that Ableton relies on external plug ins but I‘ve downloaded a few free ones and they were like.. meh.

Reaper‘s is amazing! I have yet to find a way to make it less robotic while still sounding good, but even that doesn’t sound bad, some of my songs even require it. I‘m in awe and it’s motivated me again to record vocals, since I really struggle with being pitchy.

TAB key does absolutely nothing and I don't know why. I have tried using SHFT + TAB and CTRL + TAB aswell but all it do is put the playback position at the very start of the item not on the transient. I've tried changing the sensitivity but that does absolutely nothing. I'm using simple 48Khz wav files so it's not some mysterious audio file either. I'v etried turning off snapping to see if that works but no. I'm using Reaper v7.73, can someone help me figure this out?

I got a piano and it's connected to my computer but every time I look up how to play a piano it says to use files but I don't really know how to use the files on the computer what do I do please I need help?

Title. I've seen videos about lanes and such but they're always about setting them up BEFORE you record, and recording takes on top of each other. I didn't do that at first and am trying to comp and edit my ideal vocal track as efficiently as possible. What do I do?

Need a good grand piano, organ, keys in general, plus some drums and Edrums free VSTi plugins, what’s your recommendation? Your favorites?

I’m pretty new to recording drums through MIDI/e-kits and had a question about workflow.

Right now I’m using an e-kit triggering GetGood Drums in REAPER. I can’t really record my acoustic kit at the moment because of money/space/noise limitations, so this is the route I’m going.

I was watching one of Nolly's mixing sessions and noticed he had both the MIDI drum tracks AND separate WAV/audio tracks for the drums in the project.

What’s the benefit of having both? I'm sure Nolly has said this somewhere in his videos, I just haven't come upon it yet.

For context, I’m mainly recording modern hard rock/metal stuff. FFO Breaking Benjamin, Chevelle, From Ashes to New, etc.

So i would like to identify the frequencies and their rates in hz used in sound healing videos and audios. What would be a precise frequency identifier (like the ones that are used for peak detecting like SPAN in audacity which after a range it does not show it precisely (like above 1000hz).

Hey everyone,

I’m running into a strange issue where a single audio file (track 11-07) went missing from my project folder. The surrounding tracks (11-04, 11-05) are perfectly fine and still in the folder, but 11-07 completely vanished.

Here is what I’ve checked so far:
- I didn't delete anything, and the file isn't in my Recycle Bin.
- I turned on "Hidden Items" in Windows Explorer, but it's not there.
- I searched my entire PC using the "Everything" app, and it shows 0 results for the file name.

Crucial context: I recently upgraded my RAM from 8GB to 16GB by adding a new 8GB stick right around this time.

Because the Project Bay path is completely blank, did REAPER fail to write the file from RAM cache to the hard drive due to a memory hiccup? Is there any way to recover this, or is the file permanently gone?

Thanks for any help!

edit: my c drive (ssd) is almost full (but i store my projects in a separate drive which has plenty of space)

I know this has probably been beaten to death here on this subreddit, but even the threads I looked at from previous people, have still not helped my problem. I am getting absolutely no audio. I’m on Windows 11. I have a Focusrite Scarlette Solo Gen 3 that came in today. I downloaded the driver, went through the website tutorial on how to set it up properly, and it’s registering sound through the software, but I get nothing. No audio. I’ve gone through Monitor speakers, I’ve gone through my headset, just dead silence.

I’ve gone through multiple YouTube Videos, and multiple forums, and no solution is helping at all. I’m literally at a loss for words and getting irritated with it all. I have no other options here and I feel like it shouldn’t be this difficult.

I’m trying to select the next region in REAPER only on one region lane using a pad controller like an Arturia MiniLab 3.

I have different lanes for different parts of my live setup. For example, Lane 2 is used for creating my soundtracks at home, and during live performance I want to use a cue system.

For now go to next is working with all the region in all the lane and what I’m trying to do is navigate only through the regions on a specific lane (for example Lane 1) using the pads, without being affected by what on the other lane .

How can I set this up precisely in REAPER?

Hey all! So I'm new to producing, playing around with some VSTs to experiment with some operatic rock sounds. Anyway, I'm trying to pan a track, and for some reason it just gets quieter and doesn't actually pan the sound. I've tried changing the pan mode, but all it does is get quieter as I pan it to the right or left, and I can still hear it through both sides of my headphones. My master is set to stereo and width to 100%. Not sure if it matters but it is a MIDI track, I'm using Splice INSTRUMENT. On Windows 11.

Setup:

• REAPER 7.71, Windows 10
• M-Audio M-Track 2x2, ASIO driver
• Sample rate: 48kHz across all settings (project, interface, driver panel)

Symptom: Play cursor appears but doesn't move. No audio output. Happens only on existing projects — new projects play fine. Other apps (iZotope RX, YouTube) work normally.

What I've tried:

• Matched sample rate across project settings, audio interface, and ASIO control panel
• Switched audio systems: ASIO → WASAPI → DirectSound — all fail on existing projects
• Reinstalled M-Audio ASIO driver
• Changed USB port, rebooted
• Reinstalled REAPER (didn't help — config files in %APPDATA%\REAPER persisted)
• Wiped %APPDATA%\REAPER entirely and reset — new projects now work, but existing .rpp files still don't play

Current suspicion: Something baked into the existing .rpp files is blocking the audio engine. Not sample rate — already checked. Could be a plugin/FX issue?

Question: What inside an .rpp file could cause the audio engine to stall on playback? Any way to diagnose or strip the problematic setting without rebuilding the project from scratch?

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I downloaded reaper to record my Neural DSP Fortin Nameless X . When I try to record it picks up the clean audio of my Scarlett 3 instead of the effects on the fortin nameless. What do I need to do?

1. I use reafir to stop the buzz from my guitar and amplitube for amp settings. Can i save those fx without manually doing it every time?

2. There is a delay in when I play and when I hear noise. It makes playing with headphones in impossible.