REAPER 5 Explained - 10. Plugins and FX Video Lecture | A Complete Course: Reaper Tutorial - Video & Sound Editing

okay next we're going to check out
plugins or effects in Reaper now in this
video we're going to focus on track
effects which are effects we put on our
tracks right here
we could also put effects on our items
but I'm not going to show you that in
this video we'll go over that a little
bit later so the track effects we put on
over here
are going to affect any items that are
on that track and we could add them
right over here on this button if we
click it
of this dialogue showing us all the
plugins or effects that are on our
system as you can see we have a bunch of
them you might have more or less a
reaper comes with a whole bunch now to
make it easier to find one just use the
filter down here so if you want to use
an EQ plug-in just type in EQ and all
the plugins that have EQ in their names
are going to show up
so it filters it down a bit well
compressor
and it makes it easier to find one for
your needs now another way we could
organize our plugins is using folders if
we go over here and right-click we can
create a new folder
let's clear the filter
let's name it EQ
and now have a folder named DQ
we can use a filter to find out EQ
plugins select them all
and drag them right into here
we can go through these and delete the
ones we don't want me
the j/s ones just delete them and then
no longer in this folder
we can make one for compression
and select and drag these over
now we have a folder just for our
compressor plugins let's create another
one for our favorites
let's add a few of our favorites let's
go to the reaper ones and choose the
compressor the delay the EQ the gate and
the reverb we'll drag these in
our favorites we have those plugins now
that's one of the folder I should show
you and it's a newer feature added to
Reaper five if we create a new folder
down here
what's needed waves
and we can choose this option Smart
Folder so if we choose that we could add
a filter right here
what's typing waves
now if we hit okay
this folder just has plugins with the
name waves in them but this folder is a
smart folder unlike these which are
based on we drag in any plug-in on our
system with the word waves in it is
going to automatically be added so if we
install more plugins with the name waves
in them they're going to automatically
be added to this folder we don't have to
do it manually and that's the benefit of
a smart folder so now let's add some
plugins to this track
let's go to our favorites let's start
off with an EQ we can double click it
and now this plug-in is on this track
bypass this plugin by choosing this
right here
now it's bypassed but we do the same
thing over here
that's going to bypass this plugin we
can choose presets over here
but we can make our own by adjusting
things over here but let's say another
plugin go down here to add let's add a
compressor
double click it now we have a compressor
after the EQ now the order of these
plugins does matter so the way it's set
up now it's going to first EQ then it's
going to compress but we can change that
order by dragging it
presa first
or back again now we could also float
our plugins just by double-clicking them
and now the EQ is in its own window
let's do the same thing with a
compressor
let's close this now we can see both
windows at the same time
let's close these
now if we go back over here notice this
button is now green that lets us know
that those plugins on this track we can
also see it with our tooltips
see how it says effects re EQ Andry
compressor and we can open them up
either by clicking them or by
right-clicking them
over here we could add plugins based on
that folder the EQ ones a compressor our
favorites or the waste plugins and down
here while the plugins or effects that
are already on the track like our cue
see it's floating or a compressor
so it's a quicker way to get to it
directly by right-clicking over here
instead of choosing it in this window
now we could also
by pass up plugins if we go over here to
this button if we click it the effects
button turns red letting us not let the
plugins on this track are now bypassed
and we can see that using the tooltips
it says it's bypassed click that button
again and other plugins are back on
we can also delete our plugins right
from this button on the PC hold on alt
on the Mac hold an option and click this
button and the plugins are gone so it
turns grey and if we open it back up
they're gone let's add some more plugins
my favorites with stuff with any cue
compressor
then another EQ
now let's adjust these to taste let's
say for the first EQ we want to cut off
some low end using a high-pass filter
let's do that about here let's cut out
some mud with this one
now let's go to the compressor and
adjust that
let's make the ratio at four to one with
a slower attack and just a threshold
right here
now let's go to the second EQ let's head
some top-end
using a high shelf bring that up
now let's say we're really happy with
this and we want to use this effects
chain all three plugins on some other
tracks we can save this as an effects
chain
just right-click over here go to effects
chains and choose right here save all
effects as chain
now if we wanted to we could just save
selected ones
if we just want to say the first two we
could select them right-click it
and choose save selected effects as
chain and that would just save these two
as a chain
let's save them all
z-bo effects is chain
let's give it a name acoustic guitar
effects chain
and now if we delete these let's select
all three hit delete and they're all
gone now you can right-click go to
effects chains and choose load effects
chain
that opens up a directory and he
the effects chain we just saved
double-click it and all those effects
get loaded along with their settings all
the changes we made are intact the
high-pass filter
the compression of 41
in the top-end shelving EQ so all of it
was saved with our effects chain now we
can also load an effects chain by right
clicking what's tweet these
and right click over here
here's our folders and right here are
effects chains we only have one saved
but we can choose it from here
does the same thing it's our plugins
with our settings ready to go
now let's check out a mix window
mixer we can also see our plugins or our
effects
right over here we can reorder them from
here
we could bypass them by holding down
shift and selecting them so changes
color
we could deactivate them or put them
offline so they don't use any processing
right down here offline
and we can see that if we open them from
here while the plugins show up but
they're not loaded
but we could load them by hitting this
button
then each one is back online
we can copy our plugins to other tracks
let's make a new one
just by dragging them over
and we could delete them by holding down
alt on a PC option on the Mac and just
click on them then each one gets deleted
now one of my favorite features is the
ability to rename our effects instances
so if we right click this right here we
could choose this option rename effects
instance
and the purpose of this is we could
rename our effects based on what they're
doing so with the first EQ
it's a low-pass filter
so it's named it that way
now we see the name right here making it
easy to remember what this plugin is
doing let's change the compressor
to like impress
and we see it here in the CQ
and boost so it's name that
so now we can look at these plugins and
know what they do
boost's is right here like compression
and no pass filter
and all that is saved with our fax chain
let's go back
to this
and once we save our FX chain
right-click
Sabo affects is chained and named it the
same thing
we can replace it and now we could
delete these
made them back in by right-clicking go
to effects chain
it opens back up with all plugins their
settings and our names low-pass filter
like compression and high frequency
boost so it makes it much easier to use
this on other tracks now we can also
adjust the parameters in the track
control panel let's go to a compressor
one of the things I like to adjust while
mixing is the threshold but I don't want
to have to go and open the plug in every
time I want to do that
got to go over here choose it and then
go to our threshold and readjust it a
more efficient thing to do is to add
this control to a track control panel
so we want to do is touch this
last touch thing go to parameter see
what says West touched threshold and
then choose show and track controls
and that shows up right over here
so even with this closed
just a threshold for that compressor
right from here
and just so you can see it
over here watch
moving it moves in both places it's the
same thing let's do it again
for low pass filter
just the frequency right over here
just touch it go to parameter
Jack and Charles
and there it is right here
we do the same thing right here
high-frequency boost
to the control right here
for the game
ah controls
we can adjust it from here
now we can also drag and drop our
effects to duplicate them we'll put them
on a different track
let's make a new track over here
we grab this one and drop it over here
this track now has this plugin
high-frequency boost with the setting
and the extra knob over here let's do it
again with the compressor just
drop it over here anywhere on the track
copied to that track with the preset and
the name
now one more thing I want to show you
with effects let's delete these
over here
all the effects I've been showing you
the track effects
but after the audio is recorded it's not
being recorded on to the track that way
so everything over here
can still be readjusted after we record
the
not printing the effects but we can do
that what's to eat these again
if we go over here this button is for
input effects so if we open up here
we get the same dialogue
same filters same folders but the
difference is these are input effects
so if we add the chain over here
all these plugins and presets are going
to be printed as a recording so we can't
undo them afterwards but it does save
CPU so if you know for sure that you
want to print the effects as you're
recording
we can do it from here the input effects
see how it's green let against all these
plugins on the input of X and we can
right click and see them
we could delete them from here by
holding down alt on the PC or option on
the Mac
and they go away
now one of the benefits of using input
effects is if you're sure you want to
print them but say using a moderating
effect like chorus flanger or dynamic
filter those things change over time if
you put them on after the fact as a
track effect they may not playback the
same every time so if you put those
plugins on over here as an input effect
you're going to hear what's being
printed and that effect will become
permanent so any modulation you're
hearing you know is always going to play
back that way if you want to learn about
specific effects and how to route them
or how to use them as I mentioned in the
intro go to Reapers main website over
here and go to videos
and down over here I go through a whole
bunch of them like compression EQ using
the gate reverb and delay and there'll
be a whole bunch more as time goes on
but in these videos are going to create
a depth on specific effects so anyway
those are the plugins or effects in
Reaper let's move on
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