1.5 Have You Done Your Homework?
This Mixing Primer assumes that you have a fairly good grounding in the essentials of working in the REAPER environment.
Kind: concept (reamix-section) Chapter: 1 Before We Begin …. Source: ReaMix (October 2009)
This Mixing Primer assumes that you have a fairly good grounding in the essentials of working in the REAPER environment. In particular, you should obtain a copy of Up and Running: A Basic REAPER User Guide. This is available as a PDF download for $5 or for around $20 you can purchase a hard copy from
http://www.lulu.com/content/1295509
You should also familiarise yourself with REAPER’s default keyboard shortcuts. These can make life easier for you and save you heaps of time. A summary guide is available from :
http://www.cockos.com/~glazfolk/ReaperKeyboardShortcuts.pdf
Spend some time – quite a bit of time in fact – making sure that you are familiar with those aspects of REAPER which will be most important to you when you’re mixing. In particular:
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How well do you know the REAPER Track Control Panel – really know it, that is?
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How well do you know REAPER’s editing techniques?
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How familiar are you with REAPER’s Channel Splitting and Routing capabilities?
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Are you making use of REAPER’s various views, such as the Routing Matrix and Mixer View?
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Are you comfortable using REAPER’s automation techniques, such as envelopes?
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Are you on top of the various Preference Options that can be used to make mixing easier?
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Do you know how to create and use both Track Screen Sets and Windows Screen Sets?
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Have you assigned your own keyboard shortcuts to those tasks and actions that you will use most frequently when mixing?
Let’s take a look at these items one by one.