The ULTIMATE GUIDE to REAPER BEAT MAKING 🎹 | Cockos Reaper Tutorial

🎵 Beats, mixing, online lessons: 🔌 VST plugins (affiliate link): 👏 Sample Packs (affiliate link): 📸 Instagram: 💸 Donate to Wodzu Beats: In this tutorial I’m going to show you how to make a trap beat in Reaper from start to finish. You’ll learn about all the essential tools, VST plugins, recording and writing techniques and many more. 👥 Join the Reaper producer group: 🎨 My Reaper theme: 💸 DOWNLOAD 5 BEATS FOR FREE: 💰 For ordering a custom beat please contact me on facebook, instagram or via e-mail: wodzu@ Some of the links in this description are “affiliate links.“ This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, I will receive an affiliate commission. #wodzubeats #musicproduction #reaperdaw 🎥 Related videos: - Get more scales in Reaper: - ReEQ (best free EQ for Reaper): - Multi Waveshaper: - Chord generator: - Paranoia Mangler: 🔌 Plugins I’m using w/ affiliate links: - Air Music Technology Xpand! 2: - Air Music Technology Hybrid 3: - Cableguys Halftime: - iZotope Ozone 9 Advanced: - iZotope Neutron 3 Advanced: - iZotope Nectar 3: - iZotope Trash 2: - iZotope Iris 2: - XLN Audio Addictive Drums 2: - Arturia Rev PLATE-140 Vintage Studio Reverb: - Cockos ReaPlugs (Reaper’s stock plugins): - Decomposer Sitala: - ReaSamplomatic5000 (my main sampler) - VoS Epicverb: - TDR Kotelnikov: - TDR Nova: - TDR SlickEQ: - Xfer Serum Wavetable Synth - Native Instruments Massive Synth - Sonivox Orchestral Companion Brass - Sonivox Orchestral Companion Strings - Sonivox Orchestral Companion Woodwinds - iZotope Vocal Doubler - iZotope Vinyl - Waves Tune LT - Neural DSP Fortin Nameless Suite Amp Sim - Neural DSP Archetype: Plini Amp Sim - Neural DSP Archetype: Nolly Amp Sim - TSE . Bass Distortion Sim 🎛️ Studio gear I’m using: - M-Audio Profire 2626 audio interface (studio interface) - Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 Gen 3 audio interface (travel interface) - Akai MPD218 (mpd 218) midi controller (travel pads) - Nektar Impact LX25 midi controller (travel keys) - Presonus Faderport v2 production controller - Adam A3X studio monitors - Resident Audio M8 studio monitors - Yamaha NS-M125 passive speakers - Beyerdynamic DT 990 PRO 250ohm open headphones - Audio Technica M30x closed headphones - Yamaha MG 10/2 mixing console - Unitra Fonica GS461 vinyl player - VOX Valvetronix VT20 electric guitar amplifier - MXL 770 condenser microphone - MXL 2006 condenser microphone ⌚ Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 0:54 What you’ll learn from this video 1:52 My theme (iLogic by Blankfiles) 2:24 Basics of Reaper 3:25 Drum Bus (track grouping) 4:13 ReaSamplomatic5000 (one-shot sampler) 5:18 Media Explorer (like in FL Studio) 6:09 Using ReaSamplomatic5000 with MIDI 7:12 Recording a hi-hat pattern 8:34 Quantizing in Reaper 9:40 Inserting a VSTi with multiple outputs 10:15 Sitala (a free drum sampler) 10:53 MIDI mapping in Sitala 11:53 Sitala features 13:43 Recording the kick and snare 14:27 Precise fader movements 15:21 Instrument Bus (for melodies) 15:15 Best plugins for making melodies in Reaper 16:08 Writing a MIDI melody in Reaper 17:06 Key Snap (Scales in Reaper) 18:50 Recording a MIDI melody 20:09 Making the 808s (Bass Bus) 20:46 Velocity in ReaSamplomatic5000 21:06 Semitone shifted mode in RS5000 21:47 Tuning the 808 22:33 Making the 808 pattern 23:46 808 glide/slide (portamento) 24:14 Sidechaining in Reaper 26:13 Reaper’s stock EQ - ReaEQ 27:05 Precise EQ - ReEQ 27:40 Multi Waveshaper (808 distortion) 28:20 50Hz Kicker 29:06 TDR Kotelnikov (free mastering compressor) 30:06 TDR Nova (free dynamic EQ) 30:36 TDR SlickEQ 31:19 Paranoia Mangler (BitCrusher) 31:53 Writing automation in Reaper 34:19 MIDI Learn (controller configuration) 35:55 Recording automation in Reaper 36:42 Sends for reverb and other FX 39:34 Chord generator in Reaper 40:35 Humanizing MIDI in Reaper 41:07 Creating a beat template in Reaper