REAPER 5 Explained - 11. Folders Video Lecture | A Complete Course: Reaper Tutorial - Video & Sound Editing

okay next we're going to take a look at
folders in Reaper
now folders can be used for sub mixing
or as a bus kind of like a container for
our tracks let me show you we've our
project here kick snare hi-hat and
acoustic guitars let's make a folder for
all these tracks make a new track down
here now the order of the tracks really
matter we can't just make a folder down
here we have to put this track at the
top
let me go to the bottom right corner
right over here it looks like a folder
so we get closer
turns into a plus just hit that
and all the rest the tracks in our
project move over a little bit to the
right you can see it over here so all
these tracks are in this folder so for
organization purposes the folder can
control the child tracks these tracks
are considered child tracks so if we hit
mute all the tracks in the folder get
muted
for each solo does the same thing and we
can also control the volume so if we
play the track now all the tracks are
routed through the folder track and we
can change the level of all them
together with the fader so all the child
tracks are routed to the folder
and we could also use folders for adding
effects to many different tracks let's
say we wanted a a DQ - all these tracks
you want to put a filter on there we
don't have to do it on each one of these
tracks so by creating a folder and
putting an EQ on that folder track we'll
right-click
and choose an EQ
let's make a low pass
just the bandwidth now we have a filter
for the tracks that are in the folder
so we can add effects to all of them at
the same time but it's really great for
organizing our session based on what's
being played let's delete this let's
make another folder just for the guitars
make a track down here bring it up
hit this again
now this folder is just for guitars but
right now this folder is for everything
so this controls everything and this
just controls the guitars
so you'd solve this and we just hear the
guitars but if you want to separate it
so just this does the drums go down here
to track above the folder and hit that
same button
that makes it a folder but let's hit it
again and it pops it out so that this
tract is a folder for these two and this
track is a folder for these three but
they're separate from each other
so if we mute this one it just meets the
drums and this one is just for the
guitars
but we have folders within folders
let's create another folder put this one
on the top
this button again now everything below
it from here down
is in this folder so if folders within
folders
chose everything
this controls the drums
this controls the guitars
so folders can be within folders if we
create two more tracks on the bottom
here
right now they're in this folder
but we could take them out by hitting
this button right here
making this the last track in the folder
so if we click it
it pops these two out so they're no
longer in this folder
so this is a great way of creating sub
mixes for our tracks want to adjust the
drums use this fader want to readjust
the guitars use this folder and readjust
both we can use this fader now we can
also use folders for organizing our
track Heights let's take a look at a
more complicated project to see how that
works so now with a more complicated
project setup we have a drum tracks in a
folder
our bass tracks in a folder
our tracks in a folder
vocals in a folder
X returns in a folder
so we can use these for sub mixing our
tracks adjusting our drums on the hole
or the bass
guitars but we could also use it for
adjusting our track heights
and therefore organising a project a lot
easier
in our folder track if you go to the
upper right right here will triangle if
we hit that once all the tracks in a
folder get minimized see right here we
can still see their names
the fader
of other things like mutes all effects
but it's a lot smaller so for not
working on the drums at the time we can
make it smaller right from here or base
then minimized
thar the vocals
X returns
now we can see a lot more tracks at once
now if we hit that triangle one more
time
it hides the tracks almost completely
you can still see them but you can't
adjust anything on again it makes it
easier to organize our tracks hide the
base ones the guitars the vocals and the
effects returns and now right from here
in this one window we can adjust our sub
mixes
change the bass level guitar level
beauty effects returns soul the vocals
a lot quicker when you can see
everything and then if you want to edit
something go to the little triangle for
the vocal it opens to full size we can
see our vocals my backup vocals hit it
again
they get minimized hit it one more time
they get hidden so there's three
positions for justing on track heights
with folders now let's check it out with
the mixer if we open our mixer we could
see all folders and our tracks
right here and notice they're in the
same order folder child tracks folder
child tracks and so on but if we want we
can change that
free right quick over here there's some
options we can hide our folders by
choosing this option here not to show
the folders
and now we won't see our folders in the
mixer owning the track control panel
let's show them again
now you can see them again
we can hide the tracks that are in
folders which is going to hide the child
tracks
now we only see the folders
let's put that back
and the next option I want to show you
group folders to the left if we choose
this
all the folder tracks in our project
show up over here so again it's great
for sub mixing we could just a drums our
bass guitars vocals and effects returns
all together in one spot having the
child tracks over here but it still
looks the same in a track control panel
we still have to have a folders at the
top of our child tracks I should also
mention there's one drawback to using
folders let's open up the drums minimize
them
the one drawback of adjusting a volume
here is if we use effects ends on these
drums those effects ends are going to
stay constant even if we adjust this
because these tracks don't realize
anything's being changed so if we send
this to a drum reverb and we adjust this
level
the effect level for the reverb is going
to stay the same and we don't really
want that so it's two ways to get around
that
one way is to put the effect track in
the same folder
verb track bring it up
and put it in the same folder like this
so now the reverb for our drums is in
the same folder so if we just adhere the
sends are going to stay the same but the
drum reverb return is going to be
adjusted also it's going to match so
that way is going to work but the
problem with this method is that we
can't use this reverb with any tracks
but the drums if we use it for vocals or
guitar but just think it over here is
going to change that balance so I don't
want that so in those situations let's
take this out in those situations
I'd recommend leaving the volume on the
folder track at 0 don't reach us tit
just use the mute or the solo or some
effects
weren't just the level of our drums just
select them all either as a temporary
group or later I'll show you how to
create custom groups and adjust the
overall volume of the drums right from
here
we're going to move together instead of
doing it from here
because if we adjusted here and our
effect sends a post-fader
it's all going to be adjusted so a germ
reverb will match the drum level as we
just this
other thing I should mention let's go
back to the first project
when using folded tracks we can put
audio MIDI or even video on the folder
track like this
now the kick is on the child track and
it's on the folder but I don't recommend
doing that because this fader will now
control a kick and the drums at the same
time which can be kind of confusing to
make it easier and more organized I
recommend not putting media on the
folder tracks and just using them for
combining tracks so anyway that's
folders in Reaper let's move on
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