Category: Reaper Tutorials

Workflow and Organisation in Reaper: Naming tracks, Icons and Colors

When creating large projects in Reaper it can get pretty confusing as to which track is which. To make thing easier can do a few things. Name the track – give it a descriptive name – i.e. Drums, Synth, Piano, Guitar We can also allocate an icon to a track. And we can give each […]

Reaper Tutorials: Track Templates – Workflow – Favourite Settings

One thing that I have found in reaper is that I spend a lot of time fiddling with setting up tracks. This can include routing midi or audio in and sometimes routing midi or audio out. This also applies to using a combination of FX plugins. Getting some templates together can save you a lot […]

Reaper Tutorial: Organising VST and AU Plugins – Custom folders

It’s good practice to organise your plugins – well it is for me. You can always filter and search for a plugin, but sometimes the amount of plugins you have can mean that you overlook certain plugins that are within your arsenal. So let’s get organised. First you’ll need Reaper up and running. Next add […]

Where are the Reaper Plugin and Data Folder on a Mac?

If you ever have to install a js plugin or for any other reason need access to Reapers resource folder there is a very easy solution. Go to ‘options’ ‘Show REAPER Resource path…’ You now have access to the all Reapers plugin and Data folders. This should work user windows as well.