Recording Metal Guitars - Reaper Tutorial [For Beginners]

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Recording Metal Guitars - Reaper Tutorial [For Beginners]

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Күн бұрын

If you're an aspiring metal guitarist who wants to get started recording your playing and making songs, this is the tutorial for you!
I'll walk you through:
00:00 Introduction
01:04 What an audio interface is and how it works
04:26 How to configure the audio interface in Reaper
05:20 What latency is, and how to get it at low as possible
06:09 Making your first guitar recording
09:42 How to use Reaper to tune your guitar
10:14 How to get a metal guitar tone
11:09 How to record in tempo.
11:49 Recording and checking your levels to avoid clipping
13:34 How to double track your recordings to make them sound great
16:20 Outro - like and subscribe!
Equipment and software used (no endorsements):
- Reaper 6.41
- Izotope Ozone Elements 8
- Ibanez S470 BK
- Aston Spirit
- NeuralDSP Fortin Nameless
- Focusrite Scarlett 2i4
- Canon EOS760D
- Davinci Resolve 17
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@ericpando2458 Жыл бұрын

Saved my life with this video man. I’m 38. I put the guitar down at 22 and regretted ever since but life happens. I just picked up an Ibanez S for $150 and decided I wanted to just do MY thing. No bands, none of the BS, just me jammin for me and recording it so I can track my own progress and growth. That’s it. This is the millionth video I’ve seen from all over KZfaq and you’re instantly the first person to actually teach me how to do this without making it ridiculously complicated. Thank you man. I can just jam away now.

@donjoseph73 Жыл бұрын

I did the same thing and I’m 48. It’s pretty common more then we think. I read this kinda thing all over the place.

@njbright8626 Жыл бұрын

Same here man. Bands ruined it for me. I put my guitar down because of it. Lol. Just wanna play for fun and a personal challenge. 42 now and getting the fire again :)

@iel69burner Жыл бұрын

This is nice. I'm 29 and i'm kinda done with bands either. Let's just build ourselves into it :) wish you all a good journey, gentleman.

@KhyrisEidan 8 ай бұрын

I go long periods without playing guitar, but I would say I played my whole life, off and on.

@DiegoFernandes-vv3qo 7 ай бұрын

Im on the same boat. I had 2 bands my whole life (from 17 till 38 - im 43 now) recently I moved to another city and stopped playing. Tried to start a band again, we rehearse 2 times and the guys just disapeared without saying anything, it let me so so so frustated that I think I got a little bit of a depression, didnt want to do anything! Now it's gone, I said to myself I will write an album and release it on spotify, it will be my "revenge"!

@DiamondLifer Жыл бұрын

I’m two weeks into Reaper and I am loving it. I was a touring musician for a long time and produced bands from behind the engineer because I have an ear but I never got the education on a DAW. So here I am. Next I’ll be getting into programming drums.

@osiris-guitar Жыл бұрын

Awesome! For me, the key to programmed drums is humanizing velocity rather than humanizing timing. Also lean into how much drums can change a guitar riff. Listen to the chorus of No one knows for an example :-)

@zelobinksy 2 жыл бұрын

This is probably the best tutorial I have watched, simple and clear unlike a lot or them! Liked and subbed dude! 👍

@AyBi_Studio Жыл бұрын

Another great tip is to have different eq for each track to have even more wide stereo image. In general, I think that recording the double separately is better sounding and improves your playing overall.

@jgalvao569 6 ай бұрын

Thank you so very much for this easy to understand tutorial!! I've been racking my brain for a month on this and now after 20 minutes I've got all the right stuff and made a recording .I'm 54 and this is a great new hobby after playing guitar for past 30+ years..

@osiris-guitar 6 ай бұрын

Awesome! Recording yourself really brings something new, and even more so when you start to make full songs.

@SamiK1989 Жыл бұрын

This is the BEST tutorial on how to get started recording with reaper. Thank you sooo much!

@osiris-guitar Жыл бұрын

Awesome, glad to help!

@gabrielmercado8872 2 жыл бұрын

Best walk through, hands down. Saved me a lot of heartache. Well done sir!

@PascalP007 26 күн бұрын

Just fantastic. Your video has been super helpful, man. Reading tons of long docs is not as helpful as your short video. It gives a nice start to Reaper. Thanks a lot. Keep staying young, doing "young stuff", like I try to do as well :)

@osiris-guitar 23 күн бұрын

@@PascalP007 Great it was helpful. 18 years old trapped in a 50 year old's body 😅

@Vexatedcanicus 4 ай бұрын

Huh... I was very intimidated but curious to try this myself. I'm glad I found your video. You made it look simple and I understood everything perfectly. Thank you

@osiris-guitar 4 ай бұрын

Glad to hear it!

@jy2567 Жыл бұрын

Great tutorial!

@osiris-guitar Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Use it well, would be awesome to see a song down the line!

@SunAndMirror 3 ай бұрын

Simple advice & very foundational, really SOLID tips for all players. I appreciate you sharing your experience.

@think41c Жыл бұрын

Great job actually mentioning ASIO drivers. I've watched a dozen videos like this and yours seems to be the only one that hits all the major points.

@osiris-guitar Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I haven't used windows in ages but I wish someone had told me about ASIO back then. And that I could have the hours I wasted on ASIO4all back 😅

@9livesK9 4 ай бұрын

Woow this demystified metal recording in a quick video, Ive been struggling to understand stero mixing

@paulclarke4099 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this really great well explained tutorial it was very helpful. Please keep the Reaper videos coming. I am now a subscriber 😀👍

@osiris-guitar 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'm working on a new video about guitar harmonies. There's a bit of work with tabs and fretboard diagrams for that one though...

@bestboy897 Ай бұрын

in the first min of this vid i had a suspicion this would be a really good tutorial and i was right.

@osiris-guitar Ай бұрын

😍

@nightly522 3 ай бұрын

Great video! I also use Reaper. It's great that you are able to help a lot of people get recording guitars into DAW properly.

@yorch5d Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! I recently discovered Reaper. I only tried Ableton and FL, but Reaper seems more like it for metal. I will install it and try to record some stuff.

@JohnDoe-ls2ww Жыл бұрын

Reaper is not just for metal.... check out a few of the other channels with Reaper in their names.

@gerdez 6 ай бұрын

Be sure to check Privacy settings on a Mac and give Reaper the proper rights if there is no input and everything else is set up correctly. Learnt the hard way.

@sandvip3r 2 жыл бұрын

well explained! thanks a lot!

@CazaraDragon 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for such a clear video!

@JohnDoe-ls2ww Жыл бұрын

Great simple walk through. One change, a computer MIC input is usable with an adapter from instrument cable to 1/8” stereo jack. Although, it would be much better to just buy a used single input usb audio interface for a few bucks.

@gerardgutierrez7393 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing. Nice job! clear and easy to follow. Wish you great success with this channel!

@osiris-guitar 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man!

@Steezington Жыл бұрын

Awesome video. Thanks for keeping it so clear and simple, I'm pretty much sold on going with reaper as my DAW for my own metal

@emach07 10 ай бұрын

Yup, same here brother! I spent more time trying to figure out the DAW than I did recording until I tried Reaper. I did ok with Acid but Reaper seemed to be better equipped for my needs so moved on to that many years ago. Great vid! Thanks

@giaosuhieu 10 ай бұрын

i truggled all the day figure out why i can't hear anything. Then i pressed INS button and everything done :"))) thanks for this video

@osiris-guitar 9 ай бұрын

Good you found out what the problem was :-)

@oskarbugaric7085 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man this was very helpful!

@megajeremy3000 6 ай бұрын

Great video. Idk if you still check these but when I record a track, put distortion on it, save it to my files on Mac, and when I listen to it it’s just clean guitar. 😵‍💫

@osiris-guitar 6 ай бұрын

Reaper uses what is called non-destructive editing, which is a great thing. No matter how much you cut up or manipulate a track, the original file is always left alone. This means, if you want to get an audio file with all of the changes applied (such as having a distortion plugin) you have to render it. Mark the time segment you want to export, select render in the menu (file -> render), set Bounds to "time selection" (or entire project if you want that), select format and then press the "Render 1 file" button.

@jackelinefreitasmortare 3 ай бұрын

Thank you very much! It helped me a lot!

@osiris-guitar 3 ай бұрын

Great to hear!

@tetzel0587 Жыл бұрын

Osiris Guitar, Thank you so much! I'm new to home recording and this tutorial was very helpful. You have yourself a subscriber, sir. I would love to see a tutorial for adding/using EZ Drummer with Reaper. Thanks again.

@kylandsanders546 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this! Great info!

@brandonmitchell2374 2 жыл бұрын

7:09 holy sh*t thank you thank you thank you! Dude I was about to pull my hair out because I couldn't understand why my FX weren't coming through, I had it under input one LOL! Earned a sub here

@romanstrazanec 7 ай бұрын

Thanx for this and you are Right I was so puzzled in Cubase and it is so easy with Reaper

@dallasbiggz7007 Жыл бұрын

7:50 - pure gold as far as troubleshooting! 👍👍👍 I've wasted a lot of time trying to figure these things out. 🤦

@osiris-guitar Жыл бұрын

Haha, me too. Glad to give the rest of you some kind of shortcut.

@Airsniper1 6 ай бұрын

Clear and to the point!

@88Guitars Жыл бұрын

Sir this video was a massive help. Thank you soo much for taking the time to do this.

@noelduggan72 Жыл бұрын

Excellent Video... Good Stuff, Thanks!!!! - 🎸🤘👍😀

@noelduggan72 Жыл бұрын

Just Done a Bit Experimenting With Track Panning Guitar After Watching Your Video. Yes, it's a Noticeably Different Sound, Much Fuller, Better. I've Been Recording On Reaper For Over 10 Years, With A Line 6 Pod Farm Interface, And Have The Basic Reaper License. I Used It Free For Years, And Find It Relatively Easy To Use For Basic Stuff...I love Finding New Stuff With Recording on there, I'm Learning New Stuff All The Time, Cheers!! - 👍

@osiris-guitar Жыл бұрын

@@noelduggan72 Yeah, double tracking is magic! Just for the record, Reaper isn't free. You can use the full version for ever without paying, but if you use it you should really pay for it. You get two major versions for just $60. Best money I ever spent.

@noelduggan72 Жыл бұрын

@@osiris-guitar Yes, I Used It For A Long Time Free, And Loved It!! I Bought The License 2 Years Ago, And Have Recorded Lots Of Songs, Which I Post On KZfaq, And Sound Cloud. - I Love Listening To Metal And Heavy Rock, But I'm Not A Shredder, So I Usually Record Softer, Slower Stuff, But Still Enjoy Myself - 👍

@osiris-guitar Жыл бұрын

@@noelduggan72 Good man! Definitely not a shredder myself... I can learn quite tricky rhythm stuff but leads always have me stumbling for some reason.

@noelduggan72 Жыл бұрын

@@osiris-guitar I'm A Lefty....And I years ago, I Picked Up The Black Sabbath Tony Iommi Power Chord Stuff Straight Away, With My Little Zoom 707 effects pedal . I Just Mirrored What He Was Doing.(I Watch KZfaq tutorials now!! 👍) It's What Got Me Into Electric Guitars, I Just Had An Acoustic Before That.

@titmusspaultpaul5 2 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial. Thanks.

@quasipseudo1 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@osiris-guitar Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@hargappelpie4845 Ай бұрын

Qubase on the atari 1024 was awesome. Could control my guitareffectpedal via midi, could even upload and change sounds & params during playing

@osiris-guitar 23 күн бұрын

@@hargappelpie4845 Back then I never did anything outside a bit of tracker doodles. But that was the big selling point of the Atari over the Amiga right - MIDI. (I was an Amiga guy 😅)

@philjames1019 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this awesome tutorial .... very informative!!

@trevsweb Жыл бұрын

Amazing video. Super helpful

@hawkspirit8021 Жыл бұрын

Great tutorial, thank you! When you add the plugin effect for metal sound (at 10:14), you jump directly to the plugins window, but I can't see how exactly to get there.

@osiris-guitar Жыл бұрын

Yeah, that's an editing trick :-). I actually clicked on the FX button on the track and then add in the plugin window :-).

@hawkspirit8021 Жыл бұрын

@@osiris-guitar hi, thanks for that!

@Backfromthestorm Ай бұрын

My plug in box is tiny and I use guitar rig, can barely make out the words it's a nightmare@@osiris-guitar

@evanarcher7083 5 ай бұрын

awesome video thank you!

@rodneyrc-fan2731 Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for your superb explanation .

@osiris-guitar Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@CP-mb2ge Жыл бұрын

Great tutorial, thanks!

@osiris-guitar Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@wreckedsun 10 ай бұрын

One of the coolest, simplest and easy to follow tutorials I have ever watched on KZfaq. But, do you have links for the plugins that you used? Also do you tutorial on how to mix that drums and how to do it? Liked and subbed!

@osiris-guitar 10 ай бұрын

Thanks! I haven't done any videos on drums, mainly because I'm... not great with drums :-D. But it's my biggest focus right now in my metal production, so it's not impossible there will be a video about it down the line. I'll update the description with the plugins I've used.

@Aced91 6 ай бұрын

for any guitar player out there that is looking to record his/her guitar parts and at the same time sounding thick and heavy i dont recommend to copy/paste your samples into another tracks, just play them by default that way you are getting the full benefits of the "stereo" recording if you do however copy/paste your samples into your guitar tracks than actually playing them, its still OK but you are basicly recording at "Mono" which is bad

@osiris-guitar 6 ай бұрын

I'm not copying the same sample. If you watch carefully I record the same part twice, split the recording in half and drag the second part to another track. There's no copying going on whatsoever. This is the most misunderstood part of this video, I'm thinking I should probably make a separate video about just that.

@MoreMeRecording 4 ай бұрын

I recommend people have their 0 point of the session, not right on the zero for tracking. I have all my tracks start at around 5 secs up the timeline. It avoids cutoffs of the start. Then if you want, once complete, you can simply pull all your tracks back to 0 before you print.

@osiris-guitar 4 ай бұрын

Good advice! I'm almost always a little bit off when tracking, and if you're early you will just miss a tiny bit of your recording. Also when you are rendering your track for upload to Spotify etc you want a short silence (200-300 milliseconds) at the start of a track so it won't get cut off when it's streamed.

@davebarber9201 9 ай бұрын

This has been a God send!! I also got bummed with Cubase till a friend suggested Reaper!! Question for you - how did you adjust recording level..?

@RObotziDumi 10 ай бұрын

very well explained. thanks

@osiris-guitar 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@KennyAlmendral 4 ай бұрын

Nice tips in there! By the way, what's your approach on tracking dual harmonizing guitars? Thanks!

@osiris-guitar 4 ай бұрын

Super simple - melody panned to one side, harmony panned to the other. I made a whole video on harmonies (but that's more about creating hamonies than producing) Guitar Harmonies for Beginners [Reaper Tutorial] kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l6ukjZt21ryZhqc.html

@Vassilis61 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks... a real helpful video...

@davidlalremruata Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@dfgvjnkjdsnbkjsbdvjkhdsb 2 ай бұрын

some amp plugins r not stereo. so u must put on each track also havin a different amps on tracks r more fun)

@osiris-guitar 2 ай бұрын

Very true. You also can't control the volume on the channels separately if you do one plugin on a parent track (if you lower the volume on the left it will make the input lower on the left, not the output). So one completely separate track for each channel is safer. The only reasons I usually put the amp sim on the parent track is for better performance and to be able to make adjustments in just one place.

@techniqueswithtodd 2 жыл бұрын

Great video thanks much!!

@GOHpsycho2 2 жыл бұрын

Very well done, my new friend.

@x6x745 2 жыл бұрын

thanks men your videos are amazing, you speak so well thanks

@osiris-guitar 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'm a little bit annoyed my Swedish accent shines through so much :-D

@x6x745 2 жыл бұрын

@@osiris-guitar i didn't notice at all keep going thanks again

@Douglas_Aguirre Жыл бұрын

thank you so much!

@osiris-guitar Жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@vontippitt 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing. This is really helpful for me. How did you separate the main track into two pieces?

@osiris-guitar 2 жыл бұрын

Put the cursor where you want the split and press S on the keyboard. That's the standard cut command in Reaper. After splitting the clip into two parts, just drag and drop them to the sub tracks. Dragging a clip into an empty area will even create tge the track for you (as its own track, not a sub track)

@vontippitt 2 жыл бұрын

@@osiris-guitar I really appreciate the help. Thanks!

@luisleal4169 Жыл бұрын

great video! do you have, or can you make one about lead guitars? It would be nice if added to what you already did in this video.

@DestructX 7 ай бұрын

I wish I saw this video sooner. Do you have any recommendations/videos about the best plugins/VST for reaper?

@osiris-guitar 6 ай бұрын

Oh, that's such a difficult question to answer depending on what you want to do. For instruments, I really recommend the NeuralDSP guitar amp sims and Superior Drummer. Also wouldn't make it without Izotope Ozone for mastering...

@DrSMILE-xc1dp 2 жыл бұрын

done subscribe. Please Do more about metal tips recording especially for Reaper 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

@SpookyApparition 7 ай бұрын

For the double-tracking part: when you drag the recording from the parent track to the sub-tracks, are you actually removing the audio from the parent track itself and not just duplicating it on the sub-tracks? Is that why the audio on the parent track is grayed out after you drag it to the sub-tracks?

@osiris-guitar 7 ай бұрын

I'm dragging it away from the parent track. The gray waveform shown on the parent track is a sort of superimposed "shadow" of all the child tracks combined.

@DavesWoodFloors 2 жыл бұрын

I was taught it's always best to play and record the left track then play and record the right track it will sound more natural and wider..

@osiris-guitar 2 жыл бұрын

You are correct! But I didn't copy it, I just played it twice in the same recording and then split the recording in half. So that's exactly the same as recording the left, stopping and then recording the right. If I had copied the entire take there would have been no widening at all.

@lookforthegood1 Ай бұрын

When I go to do custom action is seperates into the first guitar spot but with all the tracks not just one

@osiris-guitar 23 күн бұрын

@@lookforthegood1 Don't select all tracks / items, just the one you are changing

@steven11359 Жыл бұрын

I tried using my katana 100 MK2 but whatever I do I can't get it to work. Brand new to this world. Can anyone help?

@osiris-guitar Жыл бұрын

Windows or MacOS?

@georgelensgraf643 2 ай бұрын

When I play my two takes back to back in doubling I can't figure out to split them in half. When I play them play back together after doubling it's all out of time!

@osiris-guitar 2 ай бұрын

Not entirely sure what you mean... But you don't split the tracks, you pan them. One take to the right, one take to the left. When it comes to time sync, did you record with a metronome or a drum track so that the recordings sit right on the grid?

@bibelgaming4524 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful reaper tutorial for very beginner in reaper. 👌👌 Just a question, how did you create subtract from main track? Just click on it? Thanks

@osiris-guitar Жыл бұрын

Do you mean how I split the recording? Click on where you want the split and press s

@hunter00143 2 жыл бұрын

Jesus Christ this si why I used audacity for so long It just works

@osiris-guitar 2 жыл бұрын

If you’re happy with Audacity just keep using it. It's developed a lot over the years, but I still wouldn't call it a fully-featured DAW.

@felipegodoybarrios2229 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video mate!, question, how do make a sub-track? is there any command on the keyboard+mouse?. thank you!

@osiris-guitar 2 ай бұрын

I don't know any key bindings, but with a mouse: 1. Press the little folder icon on a track. That will make all the following tracks subtracks of the current one 2. Drag tracks like to reorder them, but drag them "inwards" (to the right). Then the line marking where the track will end up gets indented indicating it will become a subtrack.

@Zerroth Жыл бұрын

My lowest buffer size is 1792. Any lower and I hear crackles. But the latency is barely present. Trying to lower it without the crackles.

@osiris-guitar Жыл бұрын

1792 sounds absolutely insane, I'm surprised you don't get a lot of latency. I'm at 64 :-o. What audio interface do you have? If you're on windows, are you using asio4all or an asio driver that is specifically made for your interface?

@rickkdv 7 ай бұрын

Can someone please help me? At 8:00, you can see that he goes through the input settings. He selects mono 2. I would like to record my guitar sound in stereo. When I click on this, my guitar sounds best through the headphones, and it also sounds stereo. This is true during recording as well. But when I listen back to the recording, I only hear the guitar playing in my right ear. This stereo setting sounds the best, so I would like to record my guitar in stereo. What am I doing wrong?

@osiris-guitar 7 ай бұрын

Recording in stereo does nothing helpful since the output from the guitar is mono (unless you have stereo effects like ping pong delay). It sounds better in your headphones since it's playing in both ears, but it's still mono. If you want an awesome sounding guitar tone record mono twice and put those as the right and left channels of a stereo track. Look up double tracking for more in-depth tutorial (haven't made one myself).

@DugiDevetCarabolium Жыл бұрын

Thanks man, you clear so many things how to do it and do it easy. I have only one question, i have Emu 0404 USB and M-audio fast track pro sound card on each pc, so i need turn up the gain on sound card inst all the way up but keep under the clip before using VST plugins or i can leave gain all the way down?

@osiris-guitar Жыл бұрын

Yes - gain should be up, but not clipping. The gain affects the input, not the output (to the computer), so if you turn it all the way down you won't get any signal at all into the interface and consequently nothing into the computer.

@adrianramirez4129 Ай бұрын

recorded a short track but now after playing it i cant hear it, not sure what im doing wrong

@osiris-guitar Ай бұрын

Does it show up as a waveform on the track? (if not, probably nothing was recorded) If there is a waveform, do you have any plugins on the track? Do other tracks make sound?

@dragandd4517 Жыл бұрын

Hi, i just,purchased reaper V6, but i can t find any plug in for my guitar, for example i tryed to to find the neural DPS, but it doesn t appear in the list

@osiris-guitar Жыл бұрын

Reaper isn't bundled with any instrument plugins. The Neural DSP plugins you have to purchase separately. There are free amp sims as well, links to them and tutorial is here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p6l5adR7zLiyqWg.html

@matthiasdoffek3282 Жыл бұрын

And now I need the funktion of Audio Quantize! And I use as a beginner 4 x Guitar 1 and 4x Guitar 2 for Wall of Sound. Chorus 8x Guitar 1 and 8x Guitar 2. I cant' copy becsuse of Phase and I will use my Valve Amps and no PlugIns.. Do you have a Video for me, please?

@osiris-guitar Жыл бұрын

I usually do just 1 x guitar 1 and 1 x guitar 2 for rhythm (verse and chorus). That's double tracking. Rarely I do 2 x left and 2 x right (quad tracking). But for that you need four really really tight takes. 4 x of each will not give you a wall of sound unless you're exactly spot on with every take, it will give you a wall of mud. Make sure you're using the bass correctly to provide the right punch and low end including low mids. Guitars provide mids and highs, not lows.

@mastodon1314 Жыл бұрын

Quick question - How can i change the output on reaper to my pc speakers? i can only get the output on my audio interface....

@osiris-guitar Жыл бұрын

I don't know exactly how to do this in Windows.... You can change audio device in preferences to your system default audio device. But I'm guessing you want to use input from your audio interface and output to your regular sound card. In MacOS you do that by creating an aggregate audio device, in Windows... It's been too long since I used Reaper in Windows 😅

@XMetalChefX 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome video but one thing I would recommend is that instead of copying the track and pasting it is to redo the performance again that way you get an even wider stereo effect if you just copy and paste the recorded track you just end up with the stereo track that's louder

@osiris-guitar 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! It's actually two separate playthroughs of the same riff in one take, so it's exactly the same as doing two takes. If you watch carefully I'm not copying anything, I'm only moving half of the clip to the second track. Copying and pasting the SAME part doesn't do anything, it won't create any stereo widening at all. For a recording of a final song I always do two complete playthroughs of the entire track, since cutting, pasting and reusing smaller chunks can make the song lifeless.

@Steadybeheady 2 жыл бұрын

@@osiris-guitar Obviously I won't keep doing it this way, but starting out yesterday I duplicated the track, panned hard left/right for each. Obviously sounded wrong, so I then took off snap-to-grid and it worked surprisingly well

@XMetalChefX Жыл бұрын

@@osiris-guitar ok good to know!

@13Ghosty13 10 ай бұрын

asio drivers are in fact, built in to windows. just to clarify.

@osiris-guitar 10 ай бұрын

ASIO drivers are unique to each interface (manufacturer). Those are not built in to windows. Or did you mean something else?

@byronbranch4645 5 ай бұрын

But where did you get thst plugin? And im using Linux so im sure thats a whole diff ball game

@Big_Nasty 10 ай бұрын

How did you cut track 2 at 14:51 in the video and move it down to track 3? I'm on a Mac and can't figure it out. I just bought Reaper today.

@osiris-guitar 10 ай бұрын

You place the playhead where you want the cut and then press S on your keyboard. :-) Then you can just drag one of the parts to a separate track.

@beeemm2578 Жыл бұрын

As a guitarist, Reaper is like a Kahler, everything else is a Floyd Rose. The Kahler is practical, and you don't need a tech to change strings. Sure you can do a touch more bending with a Floyd, but not worth the trouble by a long shot. Reaper is the way to go, like a Kahler 😃

@osiris-guitar 11 ай бұрын

All of my guitars are hardtails or have blocked trems 🤔😂

@jbdguitar Жыл бұрын

when i go to change the input on my track it is only giving me the option for input 1. how can i fix this?

@osiris-guitar Жыл бұрын

What audio interface do you have?

@richarddavis5542 11 ай бұрын

My version of Reaper didn't come with the Neural plugin.

@osiris-guitar 11 ай бұрын

No that's a (series of) commercial separate plugin(s). Totally worth every penny, but you can do it with free ones: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p6l5adR7zLiyqWg.htmlsi=p25urPRBJW0q2BIt

@parjosumarno7751 2 жыл бұрын

Saya hampir frustasi menggunakan reaper. Permasalahan yang Saya hadapi Adalah suara gitar Saya tidak terekam di reaper. Bagaimana mengatur device preference? Saya menggunakan effek zoom G3Xn kemudian ke guitar link. Tapi suara gitar tidak terekam di reaper. Mohon bantuanya. Terimakasih

@HaruSkage 2 жыл бұрын

Question: The LePou AU files on your blog ... they're 32-bit correct? Garageband won't recognize them, and neither will Reaper.

@osiris-guitar 2 жыл бұрын

I’m not sure, I never used the AU versions. But if they’re not picked up by Reaper it seems very likely they are 32-bit yeah.

@HaruSkage 2 жыл бұрын

Never mind, I realized that they actually weren't on the right folder location. The AU files on your blog ARE indeed 64-bit version of both VST and AU and they do work in Garageband, so it's safe to assume that they'll work on the latest version of Logic as well.

@osiris-guitar 2 жыл бұрын

@@HaruSkage I don’t have Logic so I can’t say for sure, but I’d be very surprised if they didn’t work

@HaruSkage 2 жыл бұрын

@@osiris-guitar I'm not sure if it's a software compatibility issue, but when I open on Garageband (latest version) it works but when I change amp channels (orange to red in Lecto) there is some lag. Also for some reason it does not give me an option between Mono and Stereo, so it's basically just mono. Just thought I'd share this in case someone is having a similar experience.

@RobboElRobbo 9 ай бұрын

wow in a way i wished i never learned this tuner trick just now lol. my yamaha thr tuner is what i've always used and i always thought my floyd was perfectly in tune. well...

@osiris-guitar 8 ай бұрын

Haha, ignorance is bliss :-)

@georgelensgraf643 2 ай бұрын

I had to copy and paste the second track to the third track just to show three waveforms otherwise when I moved the second track to the third it left the second track empty. I have the parent track in stereo and the subtracks 2 and 3 panned hard left and hard right. I don't think you're supposed to do this.

@osiris-guitar 2 ай бұрын

You can't copy the same take to the two panned tracks. You have to make two separate takes. I know this is a bit unclear in the video where it looks like I'm copying the same take. What I'm actually doing is two takes in the same recording, and then cutting the recording in half..

@georgelensgraf643 2 ай бұрын

@@osiris-guitar don't know how to cut recording in half my friend

@vnicx821 Жыл бұрын

hey man i have done everything but the audio i cant hear at all do you know how to fix it

@osiris-guitar Жыл бұрын

To hear the sound as you play, you need to arm the track and have monitoring (the little speaker icon on the track) activated. If the meters on the track aren't moving there's something wrong with your input (the wrong device or port selected for instance).

@Dhieen Жыл бұрын

I dont understand how do you have the lowest latency possible, I have reaper on Windows, a focusrite scarlet 2is, a good computer (for games and 3d) , but i dont have the same options as you in the preferences When i select an audio system i have waveOut by default, then i hafve input device and i put the focusrite Then i can choose sample format : 16, 24, 32 bit, but idk what it is I have samplerate at 44100 Hz (i can change it but idk what it is) I have Buffers: 8x126 samples (by default 1024), and my latency is 22ms but i still find it huge

@osiris-guitar Жыл бұрын

Don't use waveout. Install the asio driver provided by focusrite anf then select asio as output

@Bible_Ben 2 жыл бұрын

Hey! I have a burning question: when I recorded my guitar, and play it back, I can’t hear it. I have headphones plugged in, my speakers on, but I don’t hear anything. How? Also, how to save it as MP3?

@osiris-guitar 2 жыл бұрын

Is this in reaper? Can you see the waveform of the recording (so you are sure something is actually being recorded)?

@danielalejandro419 Жыл бұрын

Did you just copy paste the track or re-recorded? Would this also work for lead playing? Thanks

@osiris-guitar Жыл бұрын

No I didn't copy and paste it, even though it might look like it (probably the biggest mistake in this video, not making it clearer what I actually did). If you do, you don't get a stereo widening effect, you just get the same as a single track but louder. What I did was record the same part twice. Then I split that recording in half, putting one half on the left track and the other on the right track. It absolutely works for leads as well, as long as you get the two takes similar enough (just like with rhythms).

@maximumguitarage Жыл бұрын

Question: I have a Neural DSP Quad Cortex. I want to double track. Can I just record a left mono track and right mono track into my DAW with one play through. Then pan each left and right . I am also able to record in stereo on one track with two different amps. Help or do I have to always record twice meaning the same lines twice or can I record one line into two different amps that are on a left mono and right mono ?? Help thanks 🙏

@osiris-guitar Жыл бұрын

I won't be true double tracking. For a live situation it would be good, but when you record you want two different takes. There's something in the subtle differences between to similar but not identical takes that creates width and smoothes over small mistakes. That doesn't happen with one take, even if it's split, hard panned and routed through different amps.

@maximumguitarage Жыл бұрын

@@osiris-guitar ok great !! Yes! On the right track now ;) - see what I did there 🙂 Good Man thanks a bunch

@codyspencer656 2 жыл бұрын

I have a question, I need help with transitions, so let’s say I play a riff for an intro, it abruptly stops and abruptly starts the next riff I record. It doesn’t sound fluid into the next riff, how do I make them flow correctly? If you want I have a recording I did I could send you and you can tell me what I’m doing wrong?

@osiris-guitar 2 жыл бұрын

That's a common issue, I struggle with it frequently. This video has some great tips: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ftxiecqU0MWqZX0.html

@user-ct3ml6iu4n Жыл бұрын

Hi I'm new to reaper so to do two seperate recordings and or extra effects to I need to have amp sim instances on all the tracks? thats a bit CPU intensive also how can I record over a certain part of a riff to play it better but also have a few bars before recording that I can have the guitar ready in my hands and not record over the track? I can't find any videos on this

@osiris-guitar Жыл бұрын

You can do one parent track with amp sims and the two recordings on sub tracks panned 100% left and right. But it's easier to get right with effects put on both tracks, especially if you don't pan 100%, do volume changes on the sub tracks etc

@user-ct3ml6iu4n Жыл бұрын

@@osiris-guitar found out how to punch in record on selected time thats a big help and thanks

@georgelensgraf643 2 ай бұрын

I'm using amp sims to record and they suck! Amplitude and Revalver are two of them so I am not gonna use them. I'm recording my real amp tone cause it's way better! How do I double track using no amp sims?

@osiris-guitar 2 ай бұрын

Just as you would with amp sims. Make two separate takes, pan them hard left and hard right.

@thunderbird2364 2 ай бұрын

good for jumping in. Backing track over the whole video is a bit to much, other than that good vid, thanks!

@osiris-guitar 2 ай бұрын

Yeah, I've lowered the background music quite a lot in videos after this one.

@osm1718 2 жыл бұрын

Hello there, I have a scarlett interface and Im using the gojira plug in but Im getting a buzzing sound, any idea as to why it does that?

@osiris-guitar 2 жыл бұрын

Is it buzzing when you are playing or between notes? If it is between, increase the gate. If it is when you are playing it's a bit more tricky to find... I would start by listening to the incoming signal, by disabling the plugin and listening to just the guitar - does it sound clean? Is there buzz or weird noises?

@bigcheeseman6570 4 ай бұрын

How do you get plugins working?

@osiris-guitar 4 ай бұрын

1. Install the plugin 2. Make sure path to vsts in Reaper include where your plugin was installed (if not in standard location) 3. In Reaper preferences, press scan for vsts 4. Press the fx button on a track 5. Select and add the plugin

@FiendTheatre 2 жыл бұрын

im having a lot of trouble with this. the meter on the track isnt getting any input even with the track armed and input selected. im on windows 10. if i go to preferences and under audio im on direct sound and have the input and output selected to my interface. any help? Ive used it in the pass but after i get through a hiatus its like everything just stops working

@osiris-guitar 2 жыл бұрын

The best way of getting low-latency audio is to use ASIO. Check on the manufacturers website, almost all interfaces have a native ASIO driver.