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Reaper on Windows: Episode 1: General Introduction, Why Reaper is Awesome

Alex Hiironen On January 25, 2016

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Welcome to the Reaper on Windows series. In this series, Alex will show you how to start using Reaper for your audio needs. Reaper is a full-featured digital audio workstation (DAW) with tons of capability for a reasonable price tag.

In this episode, Alex demonstrates installing the unofficial OSARA keymap and explains some features of OSARA and Reaper. At the end we make silly noises with effects. This is intended as a general overview and why Alex enjoys REAPER so much. We’ll get into specific topics later.

In future episodes, we’ll explore recording, in-depth effects usage, actually getting things done. Suggestions are welcome. If Alex has the know-how, it’ll most likely make it into this series.

OSARA is an open-source Reaper extension that allows screen reader users to enjoy Reaper more fully by exposing inaccessible features of Reaper and making controls speak better and more accurately.

The Reaper homepage

OSARA Homepage

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About Alex Hiironen

Alex joined the CBT team in November of 2015. He is a musician and audio engineer. He is interested in a multitude of topics, music and technology being two of his favorites. He also enjoys reading and poetry and is a master of satire.

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  1. alexfilmuniAlex says

    February 10, 2016 at 3:59 pm

    Thanks for this, could you do more vocal tutorials please? I want to record, and add affects to that. also a podcast on cleanup with sound removal will be great too! Keep it up!

    • Alex Hiironen says

      March 6, 2016 at 3:35 pm

      Hi Alex,

      Thanks for the kind words! I can do a vocal tutorial certainly. I’ll need to create the project and then go from there. Were you thinking general vocal mixing, or any specific genre?

      Noise reduction is a good one. There’s tons of ways to accomplish this, and I want to cover many of them. Thanks for the suggestions! 🙂

      Cheers,
      Alex

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