If you’re going to be doing a cover where you play the drum parts exactly the same, note for note, the need to remove the original drums will be less of an issue for you as you can mask the original drums. But if you’re going to be taking creative liberties, your drum sound cl...
I'm just starting out in learning to record audio but am beginning to expand on what I want to do. Though I'm now fairly competent at using my DAW of choice (Reaper), I'm finding it really difficult to create drum parts. What would be the most straightforward way for a complete beg...
How To Change Output In REAPER: Channel Setup Guide Pro Mix Academy December 20, 2023 0 Changing output settings in Reaper is a crucial skill for both new and experienced audio engineers working with the DAW. This guide will provide a detailed walkthrough on how to change output in Reaper...
Advance to more complex patterns: Once you feel comfortable with basic strumming, experiment with different strumming patterns and rhythms. You can incorporate downstrokes, upstrokes, palm muting, or arpeggiation to add variety and musicality to your chord progressions. The metronome helps you maintai...
This screenshot shows a drum loop that has been 'sliced' in Reaper, to sync it to a slower project, a tempo-matching technique that often sounds more transparent than time-stretching for percussive sounds. Beat-slicing can also lend a hand when a sample is ostensibly at the correct tempo,...
How to Make a Beat in Reason Here is an example of how to make a beat. Even though the beat below is made in Propellerhead Reason, the same thought process can be applied to other music programs and hardware. Lay out your drums, add instruments, and arrange your beat into a full song...
recording, editing, and more. Unless you’re going to be recording your drums often and want the same high end software pro engineers and producers use (likePro ToolsorCubase), you can getAudacity(not super user friendly, but it’s free), orReaper(very affordable and great bang for your...
Creating that in my brain reflected the panic I’d need to feel to get out of the building with that strong of a motive, the stakes being that high. Sometimes you have to play with your brain to get there. “I imagined there was this reaper killing my father outside the door and ...
Andre Matos + Bruce Dickinson, "Run to the Hills"The late Steve Grimmett of NWOBHM icons Grim Reaper made a bid to join the metal legends, too. Although it had been heavily rumored that Helloween's Michael Kiske was a favorite to fill the vacancy, Kiske himself has denied even being ...
Go to View > Show Inspector > MIDI SETTINGS. Select a track to see its details and assign the appropriate MIDI channels. For example: Guitar 1: channel 1 Guitar 1 Effect: channel 2 Guitar 2: channel 3 Guitar 2 Effect: channel 4 Bass: channel 5 Bass Effect: channel 6 Drums: channel...