We did 50 streams in 2023! It was about 129 hours on stream, which was fun, and I think a very good thing for the community, but pretty draining for an introvert. I don’t fully know the plan for this coming year of streams, but monthly is looking a lot more likely. When I do stream again I would love to see you in the chat.
This post is collecting the four condensed live stream videos from December 2023, many hours of content to see and learn from.
A LOT of my time goes into these streams and edited videos. Support these efforts with the YouTube Channel Membership, or Patreon.
Questions and answers – Dec 1 2023
Big Q&A stream with cat camera
Links
@VultureCulture OB-XD v3 tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLwauTGsvYc
Arya’s LABS video @IDDQDSound https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkBG9PU3kLc
0:00:00 - Welcome
0:00:07 - cat cam
0:00:34 - REAPER news
0:01:36 - I changed my toolbars
0:03:55 - OBXD updated
0:05:03 - ## Q&A start
0:05:09 - Is Fresh Start still relevant for V7?
0:05:41 - Missing MIDI device troubleshooting
0:08:09 - Automatic track arming
0:09:15 - Alternate record shortcut
0:10:02 - Select everything right of the cursor
0:14:53 - remap control surface buttons
0:21:24 - Mouse modifier changes
0:22:55 - Razor editing
0:24:18 - Relative path for recent project?
0:25:50 - Selecting envelopes on multiple tracks
0:27:52 - I Ruined a sleep noise generator
0:31:03 - Synth station rebuild
0:33:02 - Synth jam
0:35:29 - Kitchen samples?
0:36:07 - Toggle track size and envelope lanes
0:41:13 - Global marker navigation shortcuts
0:43:15 - Zoom presets
0:45:33 - Marquee select tool
0:49:00 - Time Compression / Expansion
0:51:39 - Show FX not in folders?
0:55:21 - Dock multiple fx windows?
0:55:32 - Find your workflow bottlenecks
1:00:13 - modular templating
1:01:00 - track and item coloring
1:01:53 - track templates
1:02:41 - Track template with MIDI note names
Q&A; RX17; and VCV Rack – Dec 8 2023
Here’s what you may have missed in the last live stream: I got an old drum machine, I played with VCV Rack, and Answered a bunch of your questions
LINKS
https://reaticulate.com/
https://yamahablackboxes.com/collection/yamaha-rx17-drum-machine/
https://vcvrack.com/
0:00:00 - Welcome everyone 0:00:19 - Nektar inpact good with reaper? 0:02:28 - building orchestral template? 0:04:58 - more about MIDI controllers 0:06:02 - Spitfire BBC Orchestra template 0:07:22 - Reaticulate 0:10:43 - start cheap 0:11:57 - The C Hensen problem 0:12:32 - Features from other DAWs I'd like to have in REAPER ? 0:14:05 - Cakewalk's tempo mapping 0:14:26 - REAPER.blog's connection to REAPER devs ? 0:15:06 - Mapping tempo from freeform performance ? 0:16:46 - problems with mp4 in REAPER ? 0:18:02 - customize track layouts? 0:18:59 - copy take volume envelope to other items 0:20:03 - snapping and grids 0:21:49 - how i use global sampler 0:23:24 - Yamaha RX17 vintage drum machine 0:30:18 - more gear coming 0:31:01 - sampling the drum machine 0:32:52 - Moving items vertically only ? 0:34:07 - Are SoundToys plugins a must-have? 0:35:35 - Modular time 0:36:10 - VCV Rack basics 0:40:35 - making connections 0:46:33 - the bare minimum 0:52:04 - Mixing LFOs
UVI Noctua, Yamaha REX50 vintage fx and more – Dec 15 2023
This is highlights from the last stream of free plugin news, Noctua demonstration, vintage hardware reverb demonstration and more.
The segment of building a Decent Sampler instrument is a separate video https://youtu.be/5rWvJaLckUY
LINKS
Cherry Audio Synthesizer Expander Module (Oberheim SEM)
https://cherryaudio.com/products/synthesizer-expander-module
see also Vulture Culture comparison
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWQvNUCRc2Q
Bertom Audio vocal compressor (free)
https://bertomaudio.com/vocal-compressor.html
Klanghelm TENS studio spring reverb (free version available)
https://klanghelm.com/contents/products/TENS
Aberrant DSP Lofi Oddity (free)
https://aberrantdsp.com/plugins/lofi-oddity/
Noctua by Venus Theory
https://www.uvi.net/noctua
Making a Decent Sampler library https://youtu.be/5rWvJaLckUY
0:00:00 - =START
0:00:30 - what we're doing today
0:01:24 - New Free Plugins - Cherry Audio SEM
0:02:30 - Bertom Audio Vocal Compressor
0:04:21 - Aberrant dsp Lofi Oddity
0:05:07 - UVI Noctua by Venus Theory
0:05:55 - Quick primer on UVI workstation
0:06:34 - Trying Noctua
0:13:39 - Alternatives to Kontakt
0:16:05 - Making of a decent sampler library
0:16:19 - Decent Sampler built-in editor
0:17:02 - Vintage hardware Reverb Yamaha REX50
0:32:05 - More Venus Theory stuff to watch
0:32:51 - LFOs for reaper
Final stream of the year with Sounds Human – Dec 22 2023
I’ve achieved the goal of 50 live streams in 2023! Thank you all who have watched, become members, and supported REAPER.Blog this year.
On this final stream I was joined by Juan Carlos Sotello from the channel @itsoundshuman who is primarily a mastering engineer and also makes videos on REAPER. We answer many questions from chat, get to know each other a bit better, and overall have a good time talking about audio together.
Sorry about the low levels for Juan, my monitoring was different from what went out to stream and didn’t realize the extent of the issue until later. I attempted to fix in editing so it shouldn’t be too bad.
0:00:00 - Welcome all and thank you
0:02:23 - Welcome Juan
0:03:50 - given a clean install, how long to get customized to our needs
0:06:37 - REAPER MIDI manipulation like Ableton
0:09:52 - Surviving REAPER default settings
0:10:46 - what were you doing with computers at ten?
0:11:33 - Backblaze
0:12:51 - Envelope Shape actions
0:14:51 - Favorite gear purchased this year ?
0:24:18 - EQ curve in mixer
0:25:44 - to Juan - How did you immediately get into mastering ?
0:28:51 - Split MIDI in half
0:31:03 - Inline MIDI Editor
0:33:39 - tempo mapping
0:41:33 - MIDI Controller
0:43:25 - Audio to MIDI conversion
0:44:04 - default MIDI note length
0:48:53 - What were you excited about this year that others overlooked?
0:52:06 - 7.07 certificate issues
0:57:01 - Missing add to sampler action
0:58:02 - Fabfilter updates all plugins to support CLAP
0:58:27 - Protoverb?
1:00:12 - We need a betamax effect
1:02:45 - Altered Strings
1:03:25 - Soundpaint
1:09:05 - a favorite moment of the stream from this year
1:09:49 - Microphone talk
1:27:55 - Wrapping up
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