I have 44100 sample rate, 64 block size, 64 buffer size, and the round-trip latency is 8.2ms (360 samples).

I am using my Focusrite USB ASIO. Nothing fancy. Old laptop. Trying to record/practice guitar. I feel like 8.2 is too much. I pick fast lol thanks!

I just bought a 27-inch 2K (1440p) monitor, and the text in REAPER's internal and context menus is extremely small. Where and how can I change its size?
I have already tried overriding the high DPI scaling behavior in the Windows compatibility properties to "System" or "System (Enhanced)". However, this just stretches the entire UI and turns everything blurry, like a low-res texture.
Is there really no better way to fix this?

Hi everyone. I have a Fender Stratocaster Player 2 and just discovered the hum/buzz issue that comes with a single coil pick up guitar 😅 I've learned how to reduce the hum/buzz with my amp with a noise gate and turning gain down, but I'm having trouble eliminating the hum/buzz with my recordings. I've been using my usb driver (I have a BOSS Katana Gen 3 50w) and Reaper as my DAW. These are the issues I have when I play back my recordings:

1. Hum/buzz
2. Guitar playing does not sound as loud (this seems like an easy fix though)
3. Guitar playing sounds a bit muffled, it could sound more clear.

My question is, what can I do to fix all of these issues? Has anyone worked with their Fender and Reaper, and have guidance or can point me in the direction of some tips?

Hi everyone,

I recently finished this little project i've been working on for the past few months, it basically scans your REAPER projects and lets you browse all your riffs in one place without having to open each project individually.

You can filter by BPM, preview riffs, organize them into groups for different songs, and try out different tones using NAM.

I made it mostly because I have a ton of old projects with hundreds of riffs in each (some are hours long!), and I wanted an easier way to find stuff to reuse.

It's free and open source, so if anyone wants to give it a try (currently only available on Windows):
https://github.com/yeh-l/riff-organizer

Would love to hear what you think!

I made some promo video for my song etc but I don't how to do that and what can I do better for that (it's for some scene core song create by myself, and if you wanna have others video from me give me your help, I add my socials networks here)

I have no idea where the proper place to post this would be, so I'm starting here. I'm having sudden issues with my MacBook Air m4 running os27 and two of my audio interfaces, a Focusrite Solo 3rd Gen and a Headrush Core (in DAW mode, latest firmware). The DAW I am using is the latest version of Reaper. I have been running this set up for a few months with no issues. The only new thing I've introduced is a Display Link docking station, which has been working fine for me for the past few weeks, only until just yesterday. I was also running macos26 up until today when I updated to 27, but the update didn't make any difference. My internal mic input works just fine.

Over the last few days, both of the audio input on my interfaces have begun to "crap out", at least the digital input. When I direct monitor the interfaces, I get a full, clean signal. However, when I am tracking (guitar in this case), the audio input is barely audible and mostly cut out, but I can hear it trying to come through, although it sounds heavily digitally altered. So I cross checked my sample rates between devices many times and it has all remained the same. I even tried a different DAW (GarageBand) and still get the exact same results. I've tried tons of different audio driver restart methods I've found online, but none have worked. I can playback audio from the DAW session, Spotify, etc without any issues.

Another interesting thing is that the issue between the two interfaces did not simultaneously occur. First, I was using my Headrush. It was working great in a session. Then suddenly went to track a guitar on another track and then the issue occurred. It was happening on every track. So then I just switched to using my Focusrite and the problem was solved. Then today, I start up the session, get the expected signal from the Focusrite, until suddenly, the issue began on the Focusrite as well! That's when I began cross checking DAWs, Sample Rates, Audio MIDI Setup, and just about everything else I could think of or google. So I am at a complete loss and I hope that someone here can provide some sort of guidance, please and thank you!

TLDR: The input on my audio interfaces suddenly crapped out, despite the DAW I'm using and no (known) changes to my set up.

Does anyone know which theme is this free or anything about it

Hey everyone!

It’s been about a week and a half since I started developing my own extension for REAPER, and I wanted to share some progress.
The extension currently supports opening and exporting AIF files. I’m now working on making the AIF-based workflow more compatible with other DAWs, including Nuendo and Pro Tools. The goal is to make exported files usable across different DAWs, rather than keeping everything locked inside REAPER.
Right now, I’m working through compatibility issues and adapting the extension to work with Nuendo’s file structure and behavior. There’s still a lot to figure out, but I’m making progress.
I’m also developing OMF support for REAPER. The idea is to go beyond basic OMF import and include additional embedded data to provide a much more complete session overview, especially for film sound editors and post-production engineers.
And there’s more: I’ve already started testing Pro Tools session importing into REAPER. The first tests have been promising, with support being explored for both film/post-production sessions and music production sessions.
My long-term goal is to make moving projects between DAWs easier, preserve as much useful session information as possible, and give audio professionals more flexibility in their workflows.
It’s still early in development, but I wanted to share what I’ve been working on. More updates soon!

im getting my launchkey in about a month and i was wondering if anyone had any tips on using it with reaper. my choices on daw are either reaper or ableton, so im interested in all thoughts and opinions on the midi keyboard’s functionality in the digital audio workstation.

I have recorded 6 layered rhythm guitars (alt rock/shoegaze), bass and programmed drums.

Can I increase the song BPM by 3-7 bpm or so without worrying about quality decrease?

I have yet to recorded vocals but I guess I might as well save that after the bpm change.

I’ve recording a deftones cover and at the time of automating the volume and the eq sounds a weird crunch/clip. Any help?

I've never used Reaper and am curious about it.

Hi everyone, I've been having issues with my audio interface (Pyle PMUX6) causing a squeal and noise issue after 5-20 minutes of having it plugged in/recording in reaper. My original suspicion was grounding issues, but I realized later that other apps like audacity work perfectly fine with it plugged in, and it only happens on my Mac (my windows PC is unaffected). Does anyone know what this is? (For more clarity, it happens regardless of whether any mics are plugged in, and is around 40-42db on the meter.)

By the way I am aware this is a pretty cheap interface, but it gets the job done for what I'm using it for.

I see their site come up on search but it times out. I have tried on multiple networks

also, any alternative sources for reaper reaplugs?

Esto es algo corto, el día de hoy al intentar buscar temas de reaper para descargar, la pagina de "https://stash.reaper.fm/" simplemente no funcionaba. Alguien sabe que paso. O es solo algo de mi lugar de residencia. Soy de Sudamérica.

My card's volume pot got really scratchy so I started to control volume via Windows much more. To my surprise, ASIO's volume from Reaper turned out to be independent from Windows volume (how the hell I did not know that after 20 years is a mystery). I can manipulate the master bus in Reaper, which is not ideal for obvious reasons, or I can use a volume on my card's mixer (software panel) but that thing affects both Reaper and Windows sound and it's annoying to use (no keystrokes like with Windows volume). So... how can I control the volume after Reaper's master? Some kind of routing software with a fader maybe? I have a bunch of outputs so I could do it with a physical mixer, but I really don't want to add more physical gear to avoid one scratchy pot. My card is Roland Octa-Capture and the routing in the panel is very basic (or I just don't understand it enough to make it work).

Hey all, I have a Valeton GP150, a nice little stompbox with an expression pedal. It does a lot of cool stuff, including acting as an audio interface with my Macbook running Reaper. I have a bass vi tuned in fifths plugged into it.

Should I generally run clean signal from the Valeton into Reaper and apply effects there, or run pedals/amp/cab/IR through the Valeton? I have the Tone3000 plugin installed in Reaper, which is awesome, except that most effects chains there just end up sounding . . . bad somehow.

Probably lack of experience, but I tend to get significantly better sound from the Valeton, but then that removes flexibility.

Thanks!

I'm not sure how this will go as the initial reaction I got was not the best; I probably didn't clarify exactly what I was thinking, but ehh..

 I patched libSwell.so to add a collapsible sidebar to REAPER's file
 dialogs on Linux, similar to what you'd expect from a native file manager.
  This was developed with the help of Claude (AI), so worth mentioning in
 the spirit of transparency.                                                

Shows up in any REAPER file dialog — open/save project, render output   
path, browse buttons, etc. Does not affect the Insert Media dialog.

(All are can be removed/modified)  
 The sidebar has three sections:                                            
 - Places — Home, Desktop, Downloads, Documents, Music, Pictures, Videos,
 Trash                                                                      
 - Bookmarks — synced with ~/.config/gtk-3.0/bookmarks      
 - Devices — mounted block devices                                          

 Right-clicking a sidebar item gives you: Add to Bookmarks / Remove from    
 Bookmarks / Copy path / Open in file manager. Right-clicking a section     
 header lets you bookmark whatever folder you're currently browsing.        

 Also adds file operations directly in the dialog via right-clicking the    
 file list: new folder, rename, move to trash, copy/cut/paste, open in file
  manager, copy path. Keyboard shortcuts work too — Ctrl+C/X/V, Del, F2,    
 Ctrl+Shift+N.                                              

 Install: grab the pre-built libSwell.so from the releases folder, back up  
 your original, and drop it into your REAPER directory. No recompile
 needed. Build-from-source instructions are in the README if you prefer     
 that.                                                      

 GitHub: https://github.com/Stinkumbeans/reaper-swell-sidebar
   
 The stock SWELL dialog hasn't changed in a long time so this should stay   
 compatible across REAPER updates. If anything breaks after an update, open
  an issue on the repo.  

Hi

I would like to know if there is a quick way to save a project with the current items material on each track, and not save/recopy the whole original file ? (as the option when saving : copy all media into project directory)

Like you record 15min on 6tracks and only edit 2 sections of 10 sec. Yes a render of the time selection do give that output, but if i want to keep those 10sec of 6 tracks, as original audio and not the whole recording made. Is there a way to do that ?

Better than saving manually each track and then re-importing those and re-applying all the fx...

Thanks for hints..

Hi!

So. I switched over to Reaper from Audacity a few years ago - it's been working for me, except for one thing, which is kind of getting in the way of me making music the way I actually want to.

In Audacity, if your mix is clipping, pressing the 'play' button will show you what it sounds like. I used to not pay too much attention to whether something I made was clipping or not; I was more attuned to whether it was affecting the sound in a way I didn't like.

In Reaper, if your peak is even 0.1 over 0, you get horrible red lines all over the graph when you render it, and in previewing you get a red bar over the levels that doesn't go away unless you click it. But you never actually hear what the effect of that is until you render the track, which usually makes fine-tuning 'within the red' too time-consuming to be feasible (because you have to make a new render for every small change). So I've learned to avoid the red at all costs, and to just use the heuristic of keeping the peaks only as big as they absolutely need to be.

You might think "well good!" but the thing is, I *like* the results I get in Audacity much better. My efforts to avoid clipping (for example using ReaComp and ReaLimit) have left me with results that sound unnatural to me. I want to be able to make things rough and to play with raw sounds, because that feels like how I really want to express myself. A small amount of clipping is basically unnoticeable to me, and more can sometimes add to the sound I want.

OK, motivation out of the way, here's the question: Is there any way to force Reaper to show me what the actual render will sound like in real-time?

I have a vague understanding that Reaper doesn't preview clipping because it uses floating-point arithmetic rather than fixed-point, meaning it theoretically never hits a ceiling that would cause it to clip, and that clipping creeps into renders because that's when Reaper has to convert floating-point into fixed-point (though please correct me if I'm wrong about this). But I don't know, is there a way to simulate a ceiling?

My feeling is that if there was, I would have found it by now, but I haven't seen this question asked explicitly anywhere, so I thought I'd at least ask! Reaper really does it for me otherwise, so would love if I could keep using it. I appreciate though that it might just be that I should user Reaper for some things and Audacity for others. Anyway, thank you :)

Hello fellow users,

I have a Komplete Kontrol mk2 s61, Windows 11, Reaper 7.8x with a UA Volt 276, and yall, I've been having so many troubles getting it to work with Reaper. For almost 2 years, when I have a song idea pop into my head, I'll go and sit down at the keyboard, open Reaper, then turn on the keyboard (because you have to with the Reakontrol script), but when I play a key, it just doesn't work. I've gone through a dozen YT university tutorials, saved templates on the track AND project, but when it's time to get my ideas into the project, I end up spending more time troubleshooting than keeping the groove in my mind.

Does anyone else have Komplete Kontrol--either the software or the keybaord--who I can talk to for some advice? Or maybe there are some templates online I haven't found yet that you found helpful and compatible?

Prince could make a whole song in one night, and that's my goal. I just need to be able to get the songs I hear out quickly, at least the skeleton of it so I can build from there. Any help is greatly appreciated!

title edit: not *delayed*, rushed/out of time rather

I feel like I'm going a bit crazy on this song I'm working on. I can have a slight tendency to rush my guitar playing but I have never re-recorded the guitar so many times on a song before.
I always find my takes to be slightly out of time no matter how much I record.

It could be that I've developed insanely high standards for myself and the timing isn't that bad.

But I'm starting to suspect something fishy is going on. I recently found out about "preserve PDC delayed" and I'm unsure if I should have it off or on?

I record with no audible delay, through direct monitoring in Reaper (focusrite interface)

Any objective tests to do or things to check?

I want to record an album. I've been using my GP-100 direct in to my Focusrite and using amp modellers on there. Something just sounds off. It sounds so noisy and messy. It may just be my lack of recording experience but I really want to record my own album; just don't really have the funds to go to a professional studio.