REAPER 5 Explained - 27. Rendering Video Lecture | A Complete Course: Reaper Tutorial - Video & Sound Editing

okay next we're gonna check out
rendering in Reaper
I have a project in front of us here
let's take a look at it is about to drum
tracks right here in green some
electronic drums over here in orange
in blue with some bass tracks in pink we
have some synths
tsegga tars and some lead vocals
followed by some background vocals
and we've gone through this whole track
and made a nice mix of it and now you
want to bounce it down or render it so
here's how we do it a reaper go to the
file menu and choose render
of this dialogue and from here we could
do many different things from simply
bouncing down on track making a stereo
mix to creating stems and a whole lot
more let's take a look
we'll start on top
first option chooses what we're going to
render in this situation will choose
master mix bogel through the others in a
bit
right below it we choose the render
bounds which is going to be the length
of our render the start and end points
for bouncing down a stereo file we're
going to choose entire project but again
we'll go through the other options in a
bit
then we choose we're going to put the
file in what directory which is browse
and I'm going to choose a folder in my
documents directory called rendered
files
so I can see that path right here
then we can choose a foul name the song
is called rock song so I'm gonna name it
rock song mixed number one
so now just below it it shows us where
it's gonna be rendered here's our path
name of the file
next we have our options choose the
sample rate it's at the 40 for one now
which is CD but we can choose anything
else 48 96 192
but we'll use 44 1
then we could choose how many channels
most times with a two-track mix will
choose stereo but we could also choose
mono or anything else
then we'll choose how it's gonna be
rendered
the options of full speed offline which
is going to go as fast as possible
depending on your computer speed but
we're not gonna hear it because it's
going to render offline the next option
is real time but still offline so we're
not going to hear it
bounce in real time but we could also
bounce in real time and actually hear it
this is a good option to choose for when
a healer mix back as its being bounced
or as it's being rendered but we're
gonna choose full speed offline so it's
gonna go as fast as possible but we're
not gonna hear it as it's rendering the
next option over here we can choose to
use the project sample rate for mixing
and effects processing the project
sample rate is over here
the project settings
in this situation set to 40 41
but if we were bouncing 248
by leaving this on the mix is still
processing at 40 for one and it gets
converted afterwards to 48 instead of
processing at 48 the whole time
but we're doing 44 1
so doesn't really matter because they
match
the next option chooses how every sample
if we're doing a sample rate conversion
on the fly we could change the quality
of it right here from good to extreme
the higher quality ones take longer but
they sound better
but it only matters if we're bouncing a
different sample rate or resampling
these next two options here don't really
apply for bouncing down a stereo mix
I'll show you what they do a bit later
then over here we can choose to add
dither or noise shaping I'm gonna leave
those off though and then I can choose
the output format right now it's set to
wave but we could choose AFF mp3 or a
bunch of other options let's stick with
wave then we can choose the bit-depth
I'm going to choose 16 bit which is
cd-quality
but if you choose anything we want
really high quality ones or not so high
quality
then down over here we could choose to
silently increment foul names to avoid
overwriting we would choose this option
if we're doing many mixes over and over
again and instead of race in the
previous ones we was going to
automatically name them with a higher
number to avoid overriding the first one
we're not gonna need that though so
we'll turn it off
and down here we could choose to add
rendered items to new tracks in the
project if we choose this whatever we
render is going to come back into this
project on a new track but we don't
really need that so we'll turn that off
and finally we could choose to save a
copy of the project to its own file this
is really useful and we're printing many
mixes and we don't wanna go for the
trouble we might forget to save each
time by clicking this option everytime
we render reaper saves the project file
so it's very easy to go back to a
project file and tweak that mix because
every render has a reaper file that goes
with it but we don't really need that so
we'll turn it off
so now ready to bounce down
here it says render one file so if we
click it it's going to bounce it down or
render it
and we can see the file being created
right here and we could watch the meter
as well so now it's done week either
close it show and finder
of the directory and here's a file let's
choose back
back to the render and here's our
finished file let's bounce it again but
this time let's choose to increment file
names now if we do it it's going to
bounce it again
but create a new file with an extra
number at the end zero zero one so it
increments the file names to avoid
overwriting let's get rid of these and
let's uncheck this option here so that's
how we create a master mix now let's
take a look at creating stems let's go
up here and choose stems
now this is based on selected tracks so
only the tracks we select we're going to
have stems for them so let's select our
drums
from here down to here and if you notice
down over here it says render seven
files because if seven drum tracks so
it's going to create one file for each
of our tracks
so let's render that
we could see each file bouncing right
here
go to the finder
and here's our files and as you can see
the names of the files aren't very
helpful
they just say rock song mix number one
they don't tell us what track they came
from because each track has a different
name so let's delete these but we could
do instead is use the feature right over
here called wildcards let's get rid of
mixed number one and let's go right over
here and choose the wild-card track in
fact let's choose track number first
next let's choose track
if you go down over here you can see
what it's gonna be named one kick rock
song that's just for the first one right
here the second one will be called to
snare so let's get rid of this space
right here so it looks more like this
and let's also add
the song tempo right down here and the
letters bpm
four beats per minute
let's give it a rock song and instead
choose the wild card project which is
still called rock song but just does it
automatically
so now each file is gonna the track
number the track name the project name
and the tempo now let's see what happens
will render seven files
but this time they named a lot better
one kick to snare snare bottom our toms
overheads and moves rock song and then
half tempo which is useful for sending
these stems to somebody else they might
want to know the tempo and there's a
bunch of other wildcards to choose from
format time signature
so Stephanie worth checking out because
it's a huge time saver
what's to eat these notice one other
thing if we make them again
of stereo which doesn't make a lot of
sense
as many of these tracks a mono kick
track the snare only overheads and room
mics are actually stereo so what's
rear-ended them
but this time choose this option right
here tracks with on e mono media - mono
files this is a big time-saver for the
person getting the files as the mono
tracks of anarchy Amato and the stereo
tracks will appear stereo there's also
an option down here for multi-channel
tracks to be multi-channel files that's
not really the case with this song but
we can choose it anyway
what's to eat these
and let's render this again and this
time these tracks amano and these tracks
of stereo
so it's a lot more useful for the person
receiving these files now the one
limitation with this when you're
creating these stems is that we have to
do it on a track-by-track basis if you
want to create stems for all the drums
or all the bass tracks or all the
guitars we can't really do it this way
let me show you how you can what's to
eat all this
and let's create a folder for each group
we want to create stems for like our
drums you can you track from the top
and make it a folder and name it drums
let's do the same thing
sonic drums
make that a folder
in our base
our keys
our guitars
our lead vocals
and our backing vocals let's make these
smaller
so now we've a folder for each group who
wanna make stems for our drums or
electronic drums our base our keys
guitars vocals and backup vocals so
let's select those tracks and because
their folders all the sound from the
child tracks are bouncing into the
folder or the parent so I can render
this
using the same wildcards except
let's get rid of the track number
we don't really need that
now let's bounce these files
these are all stereo
now it's done it looks like this
drums latronnik drums our bass our
guitars keyboards we vocals and our
backing vocals so it's a real easy way
to create stems pretty quickly
next let's check out the render bounce
over here we could change our render
bounds so far we've been doing the
entire project every time but we don't
have to do that instead we could choose
a custom time range let's put this back
to master mix and change this
to a project
an image section number one
and now we can choose a custom time
range the song is 211 let's say we just
wanted the first minute
it's now all that bounce or render is
that first minute choose render
and now this render or this file is one
minute long
see right here one minute
so you can create custom time ranges for
bounces or renders or even our stems
let's tweet this
we can also choose
to do it based on time selection let's
choose this and what's closes for a
second
I'm searching
let's say from here
- here is all we need but before the
chorus a little bit after the chorus go
to render
choose time selection and just that
section is going to be rendered name it
selection one chorus one and render it
and just what we selected is rendered
right here
now we could also choose under ender
bounds
project regions this is going to render
files based on regions we created over
here see up here maybe an intro
for Swan pre-chorus 1 chorus 1
first to pre-chorus 2 and course 2
each one of these regions is set up for
different parts of the song and we can
create separate bounces for each one of
them so if we go to render
and choose project regions it's going to
create seven files because you have
seven regions which we see right here
use the reagent manager
so let's choose take master mix although
we can also do stems master mix end
stems or the region render matrix which
we'll get back to in a bit but just do a
master mix well its name it
based on a project which is rock song
and also based on the regions
first ones called intro
but we'll have one for verse one pre one
and so on
so it's written to that
and we could see each one rendered
separately
and here they are named a project and
the name of the region that was actually
rendered it's pretty handy
now let's get rid of those and show you
one other option
if we choose under render region render
matrix this is similar as is based on
our regions
the ones up here
more flexible let's core the region
matrix and right here we could use
exactly what's being rendered for
instance for intro we could choose
master mix
and it's going to render one file
but for verse one we could render any
group of tracks or all the tracks
boy let's just choose our kick our
overheads and our room mics and for the
pre-chorus let's choose the master mix
again
now for our chorus let's choose a hi-hat
and our bass tracks and for verse two
will choose the master mix again for
pre-chorus 2 we'll choose our guitars
which we can drag
and for course to will choose the vocals
now I realize this is a bit overkill but
you can see exactly how flexible or
customizable it could be so now over
here it's going to render 27 files based
on what we selected in the region render
matrix
now before we render these files let's
head into the wild card we have a region
set up track names
now it's render them and there's a whole
bunch well based in the region and the
track they came from
and here they are all named correctly
based in the region and the track it
came from and we choose the master mix
then a master right here so like I said
it's pretty flexible and very
customizable
now the next and last option I want to
show you in the render is selected media
items if we choose this any items we
select I'm gonna be rendered so let's
close this and go down here to our
filter drums make this a bit bigger
and let's cut these up based on the
transients let's go right about here and
split it
here here
now let's say you want to export each
one of these items as their own file
maybe for our effects for a videogame or
something similar we could select them
from here to here go to rendering
and choose selective media items now
each one of these pieces or items is
going to get their own file and we can
change the output format to mp3 change
the bitrate to 192 I'm going to create a
separate file for each item that we just
cut up in this case it's six files now
let's name it
based on the project
in the item
let's also use
the temple
so render it
now each one of these items has its own
file
so it's a great way of cutting up loops
or samples and creating many files based
on them
like for video games or creating a
sample library or just about anything
next I want to show you how to save and
recall presets in the rendering dialog
over here we could save our presets so
if we get this set up exactly how we
want it like this
go to our presets go to all settings and
save it let's name this video game
splits
and now if we change it
- master mix
change the name
make this mono
forty-eight
wav files
make them 24-bit if we want to go back
to that previous preset go right here
and choose it and everything goes back
to how we left it before now we don't
have to save presets in total we can
divide them
this is for all settings we can also see
that for bounds and output
which is just right here these bounds
and this output
this
custom time range
and change this to a few different
wildcards
we can save this
as a bounds and output
Beno
and even if we change our format to wave
these two 192 recall in this preset is
only to change up here
so if we choose entire projects
and stems we recall that preset B no it
only changed over here that's what was
saved everything down here
options of format didn't change because
that wasn't saved
and we can do the opposite we could set
this to mp3
let's choose 8 kilobits change our
sample rate to 8,000
we could say the option some format
right here Oh an F
and it only saved the options and the
format it didn't save anything over here
which is helpful for breaking it up
if you want the same options in format
but we want to change to stems we could
do that
and get the options and format back
right here
but didn't change how we set the
rendering our bounds or the output so it
separates it in a very logical way but
if you want to save it all just save it
down here all settings
so anyway that's rendering in Reaper
let's move on
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