Professional composer Joel Schwartz found many moments of friction in his workflow that could be optimized through coding utility scripts. Using a Python server he got REAPER talking to Google Drive, Dropbox, Frame.io and Nifty, greatly reducing the time and effort of updating the team documents while he can focus on writing music.
Even without a background in programming, Joel was able to make all this through AI and its been a massive improvement to his workflow.
You can find Joel online at https://filmguitars.com
0:00:00 - Welcome back Joel
0:01:07 - An integrated system for creativity
0:01:36 - Warning: Vibe coding ahead
0:04:51 - Workflow to build new project file structure, dropbox, calendar and more
0:08:58 - Connecting REAPER project to google drive
0:12:39 - Importing spotting data
0:19:53 - Script to render stems
0:21:21 - Bringing rendered cues back to video project
0:23:05 - This is all to be less distracted
0:25:46 - archiving old cue versions
0:30:08 - New ruler lanes
0:37:26 - Routing verbs to stems
0:43:21 - headroom and mixing levels
0:46:34 - Calibrated monitoring (the lazy way)
0:49:14 - Keyswitches and articulation systems
0:52:08 - Using 2 computers with reaper
0:57:57 - Cue sheet script
See our previous interview here: Getting Started Media Composing in REAPER with Joel Schwartz
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