Many people are using the Evaluation version which is indeed free for evaluation, he stated this within the first minute of the video! Absolutely purchase Reaper if you plan on releasing your music. Lots of people who are recording at home can't afford a licence and the Evaluation licence is perfect to get you going! Thanks for the video, it is a great beginner introduction to the basics. Keep on rockin everyone 👊😁
Alan, this is an insanely good tutorial! As someone just getting started with Reaper for home recording metal, this was everything I needed with no added fluff. Thanks so much for taking the time to post this.
Nice simple tutorial. Found this on reddit. And I was sitting here painting in my notes in bar format hahaha. To anyone else watching, whatever you do, please do not use Quantitize, ever.
I realized that I completely forgot to mention how to set & change tempo, which is pretty important! This video explains it really well: ua-cam.com/video/1r_RMb5o1ws/v-deo.html
Thanks this video was very helpful. I am trying to program EZ drummer in reaper, so the process will be similar. My only problem is fills and knowing how man beats to put in. Made a simple drumbeat so far. just practicing.
I have a question. I got rectangles instead of diamonds, and they won't snap on the grid. They are either snapping before or after the grid. Do I need to change something?
Good tutorial! Do you set any particular option in Reaper's midi editor to have different colors for elements in drum set? In my editor every note is just a black rectangle and what I can see on your screen is much more readable.
Thank you! And yes, there's a setting I forgot to mention. When you're in the MIDI editor, go to "View", click on "Color notes by", then select "Pitch". That should do it!
@@alansimpsonguitar This is a great tutorial! Gave me some helpful tips. What's the difference between pitch and velocity though when doing midi drums?
@@gr1mr33p3r Glad to hear it! Velocity is basically a measurement of how "hard" the drum/cymbal is hit. A low velocity is a soft hit, and a high velocity is a hard hit. I don't think pitch is a factor when doing midi drums, though.
@@alansimpsonguitar Can you adapt the colors of the midi notes in reaper? I mean, when you have set it on pitch, each pitch will have another color..but can you adapt these? I am a long time cubase user where I've been using pitch colors so much that it feels like reading notes. It's easy when it's the same, so i can instantly recognize the pitches. Thanks!!!
@@PowerRedBullTypology That's a good question! I've never tried to change MIDI note colors myself, but I think this video goes over it (skip to 2:40): ua-cam.com/video/3CE6HDuz4rE/v-deo.html
Hey i have this problem where i want to change up the drum pattern. But when i remove some notes, it screws the beat up completly. Should i just add another midi file to fix that?
I haven't come across this problem myself, but it sounds like you might have ripple editing enabled. Go to "Options", then see if "Ripple edit per track" or "Ripple edit all tracks" is enabled. If so, turn them off and try changing your drum pattern again.
Dude I loved this video. The only thing is, my Reaper does not make me write the drums while I listen to the tracks. How do I solve this? Thanks. Flavio
Reaper isn't free it's $60 for the license so if you want to legally release music you should buy it
I definitely encourage everyone to purchase a license for Reaper!
Many people are using the Evaluation version which is indeed free for evaluation, he stated this within the first minute of the video! Absolutely purchase Reaper if you plan on releasing your music. Lots of people who are recording at home can't afford a licence and the Evaluation licence is perfect to get you going! Thanks for the video, it is a great beginner introduction to the basics. Keep on rockin everyone 👊😁
He said it was free to try.
Alan, this is an insanely good tutorial! As someone just getting started with Reaper for home recording metal, this was everything I needed with no added fluff. Thanks so much for taking the time to post this.
Hey man, I'm so glad you found it helpful! Thank you!
Nice simple tutorial. Found this on reddit. And I was sitting here painting in my notes in bar format hahaha. To anyone else watching, whatever you do, please do not use Quantitize, ever.
Diamond mode is the way to go! And I tend to avoid quantize, too :)
Hey, thanks for putting this together. Very helpful!
No problem, I’m glad to hear it helped!
I realized that I completely forgot to mention how to set & change tempo, which is pretty important! This video explains it really well: ua-cam.com/video/1r_RMb5o1ws/v-deo.html
Very good tutorial!! It helped me a lot!! Thanks man!!
Glad to hear it! Thank you so much!
Thanx for making this man. Good guide.
No problem, glad it was helpful!
@@alansimpsonguitar would love it if you did one on blast beats and black metal guitarsound.
@@Cochmazh If I have the time, I'll put one together!
Thanks this was really helpful. Sick riffs btw
Thanks this video was very helpful. I am trying to program EZ drummer in reaper, so the process will be similar. My only problem is fills and knowing how man beats to put in. Made a simple drumbeat so far. just practicing.
I have a question. I got rectangles instead of diamonds, and they won't snap on the grid. They are either snapping before or after the grid. Do I need to change something?
Really useful video for me. Thank you.
Glad to hear it, thank you for watching!
Hey great tutorial, this really helped
Thank you, I’m glad to hear it!
very nice video!
Thanks, I hope it helps!
how do you get that grey background with all the lines in it. Mines the white default setup right now
I'm using the Default setting under "Options > Themes". You can also find more themes here: stash.reaper.fm/tag/Themes
Thank you so much
No problem, glad to help!
Sir i just bought reaper a while ago and I'm wondering whether i can run on my new pc .... 🙄🙏🙏
That should be no problem, Reaper is constantly being updated and should be compatible with your machine.
@@alansimpsonguitar okay sir thank you so much 🙏🙏
Good tutorial! Do you set any particular option in Reaper's midi editor to have different colors for elements in drum set? In my editor every note is just a black rectangle and what I can see on your screen is much more readable.
Thank you! And yes, there's a setting I forgot to mention. When you're in the MIDI editor, go to "View", click on "Color notes by", then select "Pitch". That should do it!
@@alansimpsonguitar This is a great tutorial! Gave me some helpful tips. What's the difference between pitch and velocity though when doing midi drums?
@@gr1mr33p3r Glad to hear it! Velocity is basically a measurement of how "hard" the drum/cymbal is hit. A low velocity is a soft hit, and a high velocity is a hard hit. I don't think pitch is a factor when doing midi drums, though.
@@alansimpsonguitar Can you adapt the colors of the midi notes in reaper? I mean, when you have set it on pitch, each pitch will have another color..but can you adapt these? I am a long time cubase user where I've been using pitch colors so much that it feels like reading notes. It's easy when it's the same, so i can instantly recognize the pitches. Thanks!!!
@@PowerRedBullTypology That's a good question! I've never tried to change MIDI note colors myself, but I think this video goes over it (skip to 2:40): ua-cam.com/video/3CE6HDuz4rE/v-deo.html
Hey i have this problem where i want to change up the drum pattern. But when i remove some notes, it screws the beat up completly.
Should i just add another midi file to fix that?
I haven't come across this problem myself, but it sounds like you might have ripple editing enabled. Go to "Options", then see if "Ripple edit per track" or "Ripple edit all tracks" is enabled. If so, turn them off and try changing your drum pattern again.
@@alansimpsonguitar I fixed it myself haha. All is good
@@sebastianviuf Awesome!
Dude I loved this video. The only thing is, my Reaper does not make me write the drums while I listen to the tracks. How do I solve this? Thanks.
Flavio
Thanks, glad to hear it! I'm not sure how to fix that issue, I'm sorry.
how do you use a midi controller like an IRig pads
Here's a great guide: ua-cam.com/video/QV9WkY4Zy_I/v-deo.html
Thanks dude. Really helpful.
Glad to hear it, no problem!