REAPER 5 Explained - 22. Media Item Properties Video Lecture | A Complete Course: Reaper Tutorial - Video & Sound Editing

okay next we're going to learn about the
media item properties in reaper now the
properties elect preferences or settings
for a specific item which makes them
very flexible as each item can be
treated differently
so the way to open them select an item
go to the menu under item and choose
item properties or you
hit f2
but does it even better way just
double-click the item and that opens up
a media item properties for that item
now one of the things that's great about
this dialog is you don't have to close
it to switch items so right now these
are the properties for the acoustic
guitar but you could switch it to the
open hi-hat and now these are those
properties with a snare or the kick
we can also do multiple items so if we
select them all
these are the properties for all of them
but let's go back to one we'll start
with the acoustic guitar let's check out
the properties for that item now it's
important to understand that everything
in this dialogue is non-destructive so
we can't mess anything up we can always
change it afterwards because it's not
changing the file
it's just adjusting it so let's start up
here right over here is the position
this is where the item sits on our
timeline based on beats it's over here
we could change it to bar to hit apply
and it moves to bar 2 right on the grid
that's important to note you have to hit
apply down here or you can hit OK which
applies the change and then closes the
window
but if you change this to bar three and
just close the window nothing changes
it's still on bar 2 so you have to apply
or okay
so you can do it based on beats based on
time but based on time code hours
minutes and seconds and frames
next we could change our lengths right
now it's 152 bars we can change it to 1
bar
hit apply
one boy long so we can change the length
right here
now over here we can change the fade the
fade in or the fade out and their curves
now you might be wondering why do you
want to do it here it's easy to do it
right over here
right in the item that is true but there
is one benefit if you remember in the
earlier videos about I am grouping we
could group our items by holding down
shift change their volume altogether or
trim them all together
but we couldn't fade them all together
for grabber fade those are separate so
this is a great place to change our
fades on multiple items right now
they're all be different different
lengths and different curves so they
don't show up here
they're grayed out but we could still
change them we could change them to 250
milliseconds
and change the curve to being a swole
faded
hit apply
and they all change to that value
we change it to 500 milliseconds
apply and it changes to that we change a
curve to be linear
and they all change to that so it's a
very quick way of changing all your
fades or multiple fades on your items
and it's also great when you want to
fade out a song when you know exactly
how long you want to fade to bait
next we have the snap offset right over
here if you remember earlier I explained
snap offset and go right here and the
cursor changes and we can move it
back and forth this is the snap offset
right here what is basically used for
as you can put it right at the beginning
of a transient like that and then with
snapping turned on it's gonna snap to
this instead of the front of our item so
now if we move it snaps here right here
or here based on the snap offset instead
of the beginning of our item but if you
want to tweak it
we could tweak it right here put it back
to zero
and it goes back over here if we move it
that value shows up right here
then over here with the item time-base
and by default it's set to a project
default which is set up in our project
settings
right over here in the default so it's
set to beats position lengthen rate and
what that means is if we change the
tempo of the song right now it's set to
1:30 so it sounds like this
if we change it to 120 everything
stretches to change to that tempo so it
sounds like this or if we go higher to
140 it sounds like this
but that's based on how we said it let's
put it back to 1:30 and go back to our
project settings
we could change it to beats position
only
and now if we change the tempo to 120
the items stay on the same bars and
beats position but they don't time
stretch so the tempo changes but the
item position stays the same
and the last option is based on time
right here if we choose this the items
aren't going to move when we change the
tempo so that grid positions will change
let's change this to 100 and see they're
not on the bar anymore because the items
are based on time not bars and beats so
it's going to sound the same even though
we changed the tempo this is the option
you want to use we're dealing with video
or narration well you don't want to
stretch those items I'll keep them on
the grid but you want to add music to it
so you create a tempo for that new music
but the default
the set right here beats position
lengthen rate so we'll stretch if we
change our tempo
but we can change it based on our items
the purpose over here right now it's set
to a default but we could change it to
time or beats position only so some of
the items will stretch based on song
tempo and some of them won't
down over here we have the item mix
behavior this is our items behave we
place them on top of each other or mix
them
let's make some splits
now let's take this item and place it in
the middle of this one
by default we're gonna hear this then
this one then this one which makes sense
but if we move it so it's not enclosed
by this one we're gonna hit both you can
kind of see you can see both at the same
time
and the same thing on the other side
if they overlap we're gonna hit both
items at the same time
but if it's enclosed in the middle we're
only gonna hear one we're gonna hear
this then this one and then this one and
that's set up in the project settings if
we go to advanced
right over here is item mix behavior and
the default is enclosed items replacing
closing items but we can change it we
can choose items always mix
and now we can hit both the same time so
you can see them both
if it's over here over here or even in
the middle we're always gonna hear both
items
and the last option is items always
replace early items so if we choose this
it's going to play them based on their
order so if we take this one and place
it on top it's going to replace the
early item so they go in order but they
don't trim them
this one's still here
but they fold on top of each other like
stack cards this one's first
this one replaces it when you place it
on top and this one replaces that one
when you place that on top
so a stacked
but if we keep this and its default
we can change these just for certain
items let's move this back to here
right now these are not going to mix
when they're enclosed
but could change that behavior just for
this item let's choose this item and
change it to items always mix hit apply
on top now these items always mix even
though the fault was set differently so
we could change it on an item-by-item
basis now it's important to note
none of that mixing behavior really
matters if we turn on trim content
behind media items when editing it's off
by default but we turn it on
and move this over here it terms this
one
so you cut it down
so the items can never mix because
they're never on top of each other there
are bees trimming as you placed them
and personally I prefer this mode
because we're always hearing one sound
on each track at a time it makes it a
bit easier to keep track of what's
playing
but this option is off by default so
keep that in mind
over here we could choose if our item
loops and they loop by default we could
turn it off here
like a kick track it's looping right
over here you could see a loop is the
original and then it loops over here if
you want to turn that off
just hit it here
apply and this item no longer loops
back on and it does
the next option is to mute the item
let's say on this guitar why not show if
we like this note over here
we could go here split it do the same
thing over here and take this item go to
mute apply and this item is muted so now
if we play it we're not gonna hear it
now the reason for this when you're
arranging a song you may not want to
remove things permanently maybe later on
you might change your mind and want this
note back if you deleted it that's a bit
too permanent so by muting it we have
the option of turning it on later
notice the little button right there hit
that button to unmute it
as a quicker way of muting on the PC
hold on alt M on the Mac hit option M
and that toggles on mute hit it again
it turns it off so it's a bit quicker
with the keystroke
mute it unmute it but you can still see
it right over here
the next option is to lock our items
let's say we're done editing this we
don't want to accidentally change it
move it around put on the wrong track we
could select it go right here choose
lock apply it and this item is locked
can't move it put on different tracks
can't delete it can't shift it
so it's great way of protecting our
items now this is different than locking
up here
this locking is more global it's gonna
work for all our tracks like our items
preventing movement up and down
but the walking over here is based on
the item so we can lock this one
well this one is unlocked so it's great
when you're done with you drums you
don't want to change them but you still
want edit your guitars or your bass
next option is Auto phase by default but
of course visa turned on right here
move an item
let's get rid of our feeds
if we move this item over this one they
course fade because oral course fades is
turned on by default
but if you want certain items not to
crossfade just choose them go over here
choose no Auto fades
apply it and then when you move it it's
not going to course fate they're going
to mix
but these two items will still crossfade
because it's not change globally just in
the item
over here we could change the active
take
one-take but it can be changed from here
it's a lot quicker to do it from here
using the T key but we have the option
of doing it here
now down here we can change the tape
name this is a great place to rename our
items
we can name this keeper acoustic guitar
then it changed the name of our item
down over here we could change the start
and source if you remember earlier I
showed you by using a modifier alter the
PC or option a Mac
if you drag in here moves the content
inside the item well that's reflected in
our starting source if we change this to
zero
hit apply that's how it was originally
recorded and we moved it over here to be
in time
but if you want to see it or change it
manually
just change it right here
down over here we could change the
playback rate which happens
automatically let me change the tempo
but we could also change it on the fly
when it said to one it's normal
21.5
it's going to playback faster
so let's hear it and notice when you
play it back faster it also plays back
higher in pitch that's going to changes
it in proportion
you can see it right here rate is 1.5
and the pitch is up +7
if you don't want it to change
we could choose the option right here
preserve pitch when changing rate if we
choose this and apply
now it just changes the rate so
pitch should be the same let's make the
rate slower
point seven-five
and sores it down but it didn't change
the pitch
we turn this off
so we have that as an option
we could also change the pitch
completely separately up here
let's put this back to one
let's just change the pitch let's go two
semitones
it sounds like this but down two
semitones negative two
so you could change them separately
now over here we could change the volume
and the pan of our item now this is not
to be confused with the track volume or
pan and it's also not to be confused
with the option over here so the cursor
changes we could change our volume just
on this item right here
so change it separately over here
bring it down a few DB it apply and it
brings it down but it's completely
separate from this
but they do work together
let me can do the same thing with our
painting we can change the painting to
the left or the right apply it and it's
just gonna play out of that speaker and
it's gonna beep and just for that item
now over here we have normalized if we
choose this it's going to bring up this
volume as far as possible without
clipping so lets us know how much
Headroom we have we click it we can
bring it up about a DB and a half
without a clipping hit apply and it
brings it up that amount
and everything can be seen right over
here it normalize apply you can see the
volume change right here so anytime
something changes
it's going to be reflected over here
unless nothing changes and that looks
like this then down over here we can
change the channel mode now this track
is in stereo but if it was you can leave
it normal we could reverse it so the
left is the right and the right is the
left you can put it in mono which
combines the left on the right put it in
mono and only here the left well put it
in mono and only here the right
we can invert the phase which is the
same thing as doing it over here
the priority or the phase but we could
also do it based on the item
just choose it here hit apply and the
phase when the priority gets reversed
then over here we can choose take
envelopes now we haven't gone through
envelopes yet I'll show you that a bit
but just know we could set them up here
hit this and make one for volume pan
mute or pitch
then down over here we can choose the
pitch shift time stretch mode this is
the algorithm of how the sounds going to
be changed or manipulated it's said to
the project default which is in the
project settings so we can change them
to fall here
or change it on each item right from
here choose this one instead
the options over here
go back to three Pro
choose the options over here so we could
change it based on the item
and we could also optimize each item for
tonal content
now that over here deals with the media
source this is the file it's being
played in Reaper this is the name of the
file we can't change it here but we can
change the section the file itself
starts right here which you notice is
the same as the starting source up here
so we can shift the playback start of
the original file right from here we
could also change the file length this
is the original length let's change it
to be one second
now only seeing one second of it and
then it loops let's turn the loop off
let's put it back
look at this before
change to one second
and we're only using the first one
second of the file so it can be adjusted
here but we can turn it off and it goes
back to normal
over here we can reverse a file hit
reverse and apply
and now it's going to play in Reverse
what's here so if you want to reverse
the file for a special effect just do it
right here and we can undo it
the same way
over here we have the properties which
are the properties of the original file
so if we hit this we can see all the
data of this original file
the length sample rate channels bit
depth and so on
and over here we could choose a new file
this is a very powerful feature let's
say you're doing a movie with sound
effects and you want to replace a sound
with a new sound you can do it very
easily from here just choose a new file
go to the directory and replace it
shift it around
using section for the length
and I'll change it in multiple places so
it's great for doing sound effects or
even music with video
then over here we can rename the file
which is going to rename the file in
your directory then down over here we
have nudge this is a very powerful way
of moving our items around so let's
choose it
and right over here we can choose what
we want to move let's go to position
change it by half a second to the right
or to the left
change the trim to the right
left
change the contents
left
we can duplicate and we can change it by
milliseconds seconds greed units
measures and beats or even frames pixels
or item lens
very flexible way of moving things
around
and then finally we have take effects a
few videos back I showed you that but we
could also turn it on and off from here
but it's a lot quicker to do it with
shift e hit it
and we can quickly add an EQ to this
item
but we could also do it right from here
Mitnick you does the same thing
as an EQ
on this item
and we could delete it right from here
so anyway those are the media item
properties in Reaper let's move on
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