It’s not boring, it’s super important and helpful. Thanks Jon!
@fivebyfivesound
2 жыл бұрын
SUPER helpful, thank you! Came here for best practices on storing peak files, stayed for the entire layout of how manage project files optimally. 🙏
@marceloribeirosimoes8959
29 күн бұрын
First of all, thank you very much! Not just for this video, but for all your work and effort to keep the Reaper community up-to-date and glowing 9in the best sense). But if there's something Reaper keeps missing, it is a better way to organize plugins. WOW! How cool would be seeing plugin folders with subfolders and actual plugin GUI IMAGES...?
@renecardenas3237
3 жыл бұрын
This is SO not boring. Coming from a DAW that crashes A LOT, this is fantasyland come true!
@timocarliermusic
Жыл бұрын
Please never delete this video!
@tommyzai7038
Жыл бұрын
You're awesome. Not only great info, but delivered in a clear, concise, friendly, informative way . . . and you have an attractive way about you. Thumbs up!!
@xNARCx
4 жыл бұрын
Been doing this shit for a couple years and finally got tired of workflow issues. Wish I took the 13 minutes to deal with this when you first uploaded. THANK YOU!
@rune288
4 жыл бұрын
Hi john and the reaper blog community, After a brief one year fling with pro tools I am happy to report I am back using reaper. God what a ball ache pro tools can be. I'm back using the best 60 pounds I ever spent
@TheREAPERBlog
4 жыл бұрын
welcome back!
@deltavistastudio124
4 жыл бұрын
I had the same experience back with PT7. Found REAPER and never looked back. :^)
@TheeCapN
4 жыл бұрын
You and people like you are saints. I know you're probably used to compliments and thanks but seriously dude reaper professors like you save lives lol
@streck0486
3 жыл бұрын
This was helpful! I'm often just noodling around in Reaper and my project folders always ended up being a hot mess. Dedicated folders for backups and reapeaks should clean things up. The subfolder for project media is also a good idea. Speaking of .reapeaks. In an attempt to get organized, I just deleted a couple of 100MBs of .reapeaks that had been cluttering up my sample folders over the years. Having those created and saved next to the files by default was really not the best decision the Reaper devs have made. Makes no sense at all for drum hits or other short samples. A native temp folder with the option to override (per audio item) would have been much more elegant.
@michal.ochedowski
4 жыл бұрын
Auto-backup is incredibly useful. Even when you just want to try something out, like a new plugin, you don't even have to worry about saving untitled new project. Even if Reaper crashes, which it rarely does, your project will be waiting for you in pre-selected folder. While watching this video I revisited my wildcards and made some minor changes. Thanks for sharing !
@MrFeinberg
2 жыл бұрын
Very VERY not boring, and I only wish I could go back and retroactively apply these settings. Thank you!
@birdbrainsane
2 жыл бұрын
Sorry, i found answer to my question in your video specifically on Video Templates. Thanks for having covered all my questions before in advance.
@TadDoylemusic
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Jon, the recommendation for backblaze was worth the price of admission alone. If your back-ups don't exist in three separate drives, they don't really exist at all. Redundancy has saved me a ton of heart-ache and misery multiple times over the years. Wildcards on Track name and take. I love it! 000
@edufighter5643
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Jon, even after being a REAPER user for a long time I've never set my file structure so efficiently as you suggested here. Big thanks!
@ricardoposada211
2 жыл бұрын
Nada de aburrido, demasiado importante esta información que nos regalaste. You are the best. El que quedó aburrido fuíyo cuando vi el desorden que tengo
@tomphillpotts
2 жыл бұрын
Nice work thanks, 8:45 is so important to have a media folder!
@crawlinginfilm9683
4 жыл бұрын
Fantastic tutorial - removed uncertainties over file management, not only for this app, but more generally. Thanks!
@arnoth440
3 жыл бұрын
Just moved my Reaper related folders and files to a new drive and started configuring all the settings and made some project templates to clean things up. Your videos are easy to follow and you go straight to the point. Thank you.
@liamcubes7691
Жыл бұрын
Incredibly helpful. Just setting up a new recording pc and wanted to avoid the insane mess I got in to on my old one. Thank you!
@TheREAPERBlog
Жыл бұрын
you may also like this one on fixing your messy projects kzitem.info/news/bejne/poaHm5aQkaGJn4Y
@jeanz9174
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! The paths and backups have been confusing me for a while, and this just helps me a lot with all those stuff!
@timocarliermusic
4 жыл бұрын
This is one of your best videos. I'm so glad I bookmarked it now that I'm transferring over to another laptop!
@ultralife73
4 жыл бұрын
Just did a fresh reaper install and followed your method. Works great, thanks!
@kieroneil
4 жыл бұрын
I'm just a hobbyist trialing Reaper and found your video super-helpful with getting an optimal setup to start from.
@Billyssword
4 жыл бұрын
Very helpful video Jon ! People coming from pro tools are most of the time lost in Reaper file management system. This video will save me some explantation time during my Reaper tutorial ;)
@reghunt2487
2 жыл бұрын
That was good. And getting these settings right makes everything a whole lot easier.
@daviddahl8562
10 ай бұрын
Yeah after I got everything set up and working with the extensions and Reapack, there was a few things I had to change in preferences and project settings break time
@MichaelRossMurphy
3 жыл бұрын
This was great - these are all things that bothered me and are better solutions than I came up with on my own... Thanks!!!
@TheREAPERBlog
3 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome!
@DopamineOverload
4 жыл бұрын
Yet another extremely helpful and informative vid. Thanks, Jon!
@blazelarson1427
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for explaining this, painful but necessary computer skills.
@lazarusrize
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Jon. As usual, this was extremely helpful.
@robbolandsvids
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Jon, this is perfect timing as I'm just about to setup Reaper on a new machine and had been scratching my head for the last couple of days on the best way to organise it all. You've just saved me a whole load of time. Cheers, Robbo
@barankaypakoglu7643
Жыл бұрын
God bless you my good sir.
@kurthendrix7324
4 жыл бұрын
Jon this not boring at all. I'm in the process of removing everything I need from a different computer so this was very helpful. If you or anyone here have any other useful tips to include prior to setting up the new computer I would appreciate it.
@thomas.cloutier-guay
3 жыл бұрын
i realy need to spend time going through all settings, data management was what was missing going between reaper and pro tools.
@TheREAPERBlog
3 жыл бұрын
I was a Pro Tools user before so this should be similar
@jeffevansmusic
2 жыл бұрын
Excellent video. Very helpful.
@clydesight
5 ай бұрын
Thank you for the tips!
@jppagetoo
4 жыл бұрын
Project Templates. The biggest time save ever. I have created very complicated project templates. The default one I use has about 80 tracks in it. The default template should be filled as much as possible to allow you to just start creating. I never use all the tracks, but the ones I need most of the time are then for when I need them. You shouldn't need to add tracks just to get going (unless you are doing something very outside your norm). Project templates set up and configuration would be a great video.
@nicolawoodham
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much, this was really clear and helps a lot!
@joshzero4293
2 жыл бұрын
This dude is awesome thanks man.
@coreymelanson2906
4 жыл бұрын
Just perfect,omg!! Im gna delete and start over,i had it so confusing. Thank you a million times!! All made perfect sense,im in need of a good computer course ,but this post def saved me from lots of wasted time finding stuff. Thank you,i cannot say enough of how mundane it may seem to others,and so mindblowing to newbies like myself. Ok,sorry for long rant,but seriously keep up the posts. Im ordering the Reaper hardcopy online as we speak,and prob shoulda a looong time ago.😕 Thanks again-COREY M.
@julianc.227
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you man, great stuff.
@jeremymullins1294
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, man. Exactly what I was looking for!
@noompsieOG
Жыл бұрын
It’s so true mismanagement of my files has resulted in significant negative impact on my art and ability to create there needs to be a crash course when installing reaper lol
@beatweezl
4 жыл бұрын
Got a lot of nuggets on this one!! Thanks Jon!
@J3unG
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you. This is very important stuff that I knew nothing about. Keep up the good work!
@jasonjohnston5256
4 жыл бұрын
This is an outstanding tutorial!!! Thank you!!
@CFM7
7 ай бұрын
Would be nice if Cockos added Optional settings to their setup file to set these kinds of settings into place.
@1tigercat2
3 жыл бұрын
Very helpful. A huge thank you. If you ever want to explore themes and changes thereto I am super interested.
@granaff
3 жыл бұрын
fantastic video and invaluable, thanks
@midiman5045
4 жыл бұрын
Jon Get your self a NAS with minimum raid 5. You will need 3 drive to do that. Best investment you can make for backups.
@carolinastringband
25 күн бұрын
Thanks brother!
@jameswallace5967
4 жыл бұрын
This is complicated stuff. That's one reason I like recording on a tape machine!
@plummetplum
4 жыл бұрын
Have you tried calibrating a tape machine? 🤔🤔
@rollandjoeseph
2 жыл бұрын
im with you on that , this is like a crash course in programing
@Joey.Darkwoods-Studio
2 жыл бұрын
great tutorials! thank you!
@groovydrummer19
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you. You are great. I have just realized that we have the same glasses
@politicscultureandsomeothe9868
4 жыл бұрын
Why is Peter Sagan giving me reaper tips? , awesome. 3 times world champuon AND recording engineer.
@a-donflores4836
2 жыл бұрын
Idk how you manage to make this so simple and i have no idea how i manage to not understand it still.
@TheREAPERBlog
2 жыл бұрын
just using it every day and talking to a lot of users with different backgrounds and experiences
@jmd76family
3 жыл бұрын
Very informative.
@patrickgregory6745
3 жыл бұрын
Very useful! Thanks
@azeguitarist1
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!🎸
@flickeringscreens
7 ай бұрын
Great man, thanks
@shanefiddle
4 жыл бұрын
EXCELLENT video, super useful, thank you!
@colinfjs
3 жыл бұрын
This was a life saver! Thank you so much!
@richardweidner1625
3 жыл бұрын
very useful. thank you
@fabiojorge3160
3 жыл бұрын
legend! thanks mate
@ArielAlbrecht
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Jon, great tips.
@caryheuchert
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you 🙏 Jon!!! Very helpful...
@pedroahets
2 жыл бұрын
super helpful! thanks!!!!
@KamilKisiel
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks John, I've always found Reaper file management to be pretty messy. These settings should really help.
@zbsfm
21 күн бұрын
7:41 FYI on my system, this is now in its own tab under Media, called "Import"
@TheREAPERBlog
21 күн бұрын
@@zbsfm yep, lots of preferences moved in v7. New, better defaults too
@roelgarcia
4 жыл бұрын
This is very helpful! Thank you
@alexsbsantos74
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks man!
@francoisBonin-phils
3 жыл бұрын
Time saving , thanks a lot
@grandmaenjoysmusic
3 жыл бұрын
Great tips! :) Wish I knew all those things when I started out ;)
@getstew
4 жыл бұрын
This was helpful. Thank you!
@exscape
9 ай бұрын
Hm, I'm not sure why you'd want to have reapeaks or especially backups in a separate location from the project files. Having them in the project directory makes the whole project much more portable. I keep them i subfolders, so basically all my files are in one of: (Project dir)/Audio, (Project dir)/Audio/peaks or (Project dir)/Backups. Clean and handy. For most projects, the only file in the project root directory is the .rpp file.
@TheREAPERBlog
9 ай бұрын
both are temp files. peaks are created when needed, backups are usually only needed when there was a crash. if you took the project to another computer neither would be required to open the project. having these in a separate single folder makes it easy to clean of old files
@crums2brikks
2 жыл бұрын
Perfection!
@RKBibleStudy
4 жыл бұрын
Very helpful. Thank you
@crawlinginfilm9683
4 жыл бұрын
Why not set the peak files location to be a subdirectory of the project directory (which as in your case could be on a fast-connection external disk, maybe even a SSD) ?
@TheREAPERBlog
4 жыл бұрын
main reason is so it's just one place to clean up
@ErikNolander
4 жыл бұрын
A great video, Jon, hadn't even considered the Audio Files folder as an option. Will definitely change my settings now. Quick q, how did you set up the grid division buttons in the toolbar? That looks like a really useful thing.
@TheREAPERBlog
4 жыл бұрын
This video kzitem.info/news/bejne/rYaJ2KNocaRydZw
@FrankTGuitar
Жыл бұрын
Very helpful thanks, just hope I didn't mess anything up. I was having issues with Reaper overcrowding my desktop with individual takes of guitar tracks for some reason. I did the first few parts of the video because that was my main issue. I just finished a project and now I have to clean up the desktop. My question is should I just save all the files to "Reaper Media" or a subfolder or..?
@foodlord1
3 жыл бұрын
1000th like! and thank you!
@TheREAPERBlog
3 жыл бұрын
whoa! that is cool Thanks for letting me know!
@persiaguitar
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@pascalhaux
3 жыл бұрын
Perfekt!!! Danke.
@VanjaSpirin
11 ай бұрын
Reaper's defaults are always user unfriendly. Rule of the geeks, without understanding needs of a producer/composer. I was really suprized when Kenny Gioia made 3 videos with making initial settings useful. I tryed to do some MIDI in Reaper, and that was so badly made process, that I quited and made everything in Ableton. This is why Ableton is the most popular DAW, and Reaper is not even in a first ten.
@TheREAPERBlog
11 ай бұрын
Its great that you found one that works well for you. We've all got different brains and there isn't one daw that works for everyone.
@ExclusiveLM
3 жыл бұрын
I seriously recommend having a computer with 2 hard drives inside it 1 for C drive 1 for D. If your C crashes to reinstall Windows 1st disconnect D drive so it won’t be reformatted while re-installing C drive that way whatever you have on the D drive willl remain intact.
@juanchis.investigadorsonoro
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this video. :) Do you have a video on how did you set up grid changes on the transport bar? I made custom keyboard shortcuts for that.
@saberreiter8569
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@GKB.official
4 жыл бұрын
I just worked on this after losing multiple files 🤪
@robstorms
4 ай бұрын
thanks!!
@Not-Only-Reaper-Tutorials
4 жыл бұрын
I also made a video tutorial (in italian) explaining how to set it correctly up. I'm wondering WHY they STILL giving so confusing setup. At the end, it's just a small touch to the default settings. And many people will not get in trouble with
@ThatBeTheQuestion
2 жыл бұрын
This video is a few years old, so this probably won't be seen, but how did you get the buttons to quantize the grid in the transport dock? That'd be super useful to me.
@TheREAPERBlog
2 жыл бұрын
Of course I read the comments. It’s a docked toolbar with actions for setting the grid. I did a video on my toolbar somewhere
@ThatBeTheQuestion
2 жыл бұрын
@@TheREAPERBlog thanks! Actually, just after posting the original comment, I noticed KZitem was recommending your Fresh Start tutorials to me, so I'm going through those now. Over the years I've watched many a Reaper tutorial, I largely had my file management set up, and my friend who is an avid Reaper user has helped me set up various things. But your videos are my far the most comprehensive that I've seen so far, so I appreciate that. Though I do think there were a few things that you kind of glossed over that could've warranted a big more explanation, but they were small things. At and rate, but the title of the Part 2, I think you might cover the grid snap thing at some point, and if not I'll search for the video in your channel.
@leongrinberg8758
4 жыл бұрын
very helpful thanx
@eddiepersa1752
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Jon. I have a question: what hub are you using today to connect all drives to macbook pro M1 ? Are currently using all SSDs ? Thanks again !!!
@TheREAPERBlog
Жыл бұрын
Currently my 2 external NVME drives are connected directly to my Mac Studio thunderbolt ports. I have an old OWC Thunderbolt 2 hub, plus hubs on monitor and audio interface for additional usb devices.
@Not-Only-Reaper-Tutorials
4 жыл бұрын
I’m wondering what forbidds to release default settings that are compliant. I also struggled to get them done. It’s possible ... so ... It’s even possible to have the same structure and behaviour that Nuendo/Cubase has ... I did it, so why not setup as default?
@jsmacks11
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks. I like your tutorials. Do you have any tutorials on your long toolbar at the top of the screen?
@TheREAPERBlog
4 жыл бұрын
mostly explained here kzitem.info/news/bejne/yKqP1pNrepmEipg
@lunanimomusic
3 жыл бұрын
I've been using dropbox for a few years. Would it be worth it to switch to Backblaze? Or do you think dropbox is good as well?
@tomburden
3 жыл бұрын
Awesome video again!! Thank you. Do you recommend putting these files on the system drive or can you put them on the audio drive?
@TheREAPERBlog
3 жыл бұрын
I have temp files on my system drive. I don't think it makes a difference so long as their managed.
@tomburden
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheREAPERBlog thank you. Your videos are very helpful.
@kenbrunet6120
2 жыл бұрын
I set this up after having done 3 or 4 test projects. Now I can't seem to be able to load up those previous projects. I moved the folders into my new Projects folder but Reaper is giving me a missing files message when I try to open one of them. What do I do?
@TheREAPERBlog
2 жыл бұрын
That's because the project file is still pointing to the old location for files. in the Relink Files window that comes up, press Search and direct it to the right folder, then save the project. Should be good from then on.
@vladrileynavilys
Жыл бұрын
isnt there an option to delete / not keep the takes you're finally not using in the project? I thought i saw tat somewhere but can't find anymore.
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