Reaper users, question about effects

[popthree]

i could probably dig thru the manual and find 'the' answer, but i'm hoping someone here can share their methods for what i'm trying to do.

i want to apply an effect to only sections of a specific track, rather than the whole track. is that possible ?

[Daddydex]

You can copy and paste just the section you want to another track and then add effects to that track. That is one way. I am sure there are others. Good luck.

Dan

[popthree]

hey daddydex.. yeah thats the approach that had occurred to me as well. i'm thinking i'd need to cut/remove that portion of the track from the original track to avoid a volume increase on that one section during playback.

that may be the only way to skin the cat, but thought i'd see if anyone had another method.... it would be nice if the program allowed you to select a section of a track and appy an effect to only that section.

i'm working with a vocal track. i want to use a delay on parts of the vocal but not the whole vocal.

[Daddydex]

I would bet those guys on the Reaper Forum will give you a few more options but that is how I would do it. I am decidedly low tech.

Dan

[popthree]

Originally Posted by Daddydex

I would bet those guys on the Reaper Forum will give you a few more options but that is how I would do it. I am decidedly low tech.

Dan

you are right. i searched and found exactly what i needed @ the reaper forum. just like it is possible to use the automation feature of reaper to control volume or panning of a track, effects can be brought up or down the same way. thanks daddydex, for reminding me of the reaper forum.. i should have checked there first.. but tdpri is always my first stop on the net.

and hey, i'm becoming more decidely low tech with each passing day.. and i like it !

L8r

[Daddydex]

Happy to help. If I had time to record these days I would spend more time on the Reaper forum but this is my only stop these days.

Dan

[ramblinmike]

This thread ended a while ago, but I'll throw this out there for future inquiries. Yup, there's automation, and there is also splitting the track (at cursor seems to be the easiest way to do this). You then just drag the FX you want to the section of track you want it applied to. A little FX box will appear on the track itself. By clicking that you can set up a whole new FX chain for that portion alone. Handy when you want to add something resource heavy to just a portion of a track. You can render just the part with the effect, which frees up alot of CPU, and then glue it back on to the rest of the track.

Just make sure that your 'Glue' settings are the same as your recording settings, or you may turn tracks into 16bit WAV when everything else is 24bit AIFF.