TTR Recording Studio

[iblive]

Just saw all these responses. Stepped away for a bit to play some guitar. Don has helped me with what little I've tried to do in Reaper.

 

[iblive]

And the nice thing is. There are a bazillion videos for both Reaper and the Solo in You Tube. Like any videos on YT, some are pretty much worthless. Others are packed with knowledge.

 

[Ps. 37]

Just saw all these responses. Stepped away for a bit to play some guitar. Don has helped me with what little I've tried to do in Reaper.

And the nice thing is. There are a bazillion videos for both Reaper and the Solo in You Tube. Like any videos on YT, some are pretty much worthless. Others are packed with knowledge.

I'm reading the Reaper User Manual from their website.

We'll see how this goes.

Thanks again guys!

(Almost 500 pages! I think the Tascam manual was like 12. Brave new world for this luddite!)

 

[iblive]

I basically used the 244 and now the DP03SD as a learning device to help me "decode" songs I'm trying to learn. I hear things on playback that show me where I'm missing the mark more clearly than when it's "live."

I've downloaded a few backing tracks and play along whilst learning the song. Site @WavMixer pointed to lets you download the complete song as well as individual tracks. I believe it's actually a Karaoke website. But it lets me do the whole song track. Then split out say the keyboard and drums since I can play neither one of them. Then add my own bass and guitar parts. It's been kinda fun.

 

[Thatbastarddon]

I'm reading the Reaper User Manual from their website.

We'll see how this goes.

Thanks again guys!

(Almost 500 pages! I think the Tascam manual was like 12. Brave new world for this luddite!)

This is a great page to keep bookmarked…lots of great video instructions…

REAPER | Videos

There are many resources available, but…you can always try to keep it simple. Well captured tracks make for easy mixing.
Sometimes less is more. Insert encouraging cliché here. Etc.

 

[Ps. 37]

I've downloaded a few backing tracks and play along whilst learning the song. Site @WavMixer pointed to lets you download the complete song as well as individual tracks. I believe it's actually a Karaoke website. But it lets me do the whole song track. Then split out say the keyboard and drums since I can play neither one of them. Then add my own bass and guitar parts. It's been kinda fun.

Yup, me too.

I've been downloading backing tracks or isolated bass tracks and isolated drum tracks from YouTube.

I didn't see the @WavMixer site.

 

[Thatbastarddon]

I've downloaded a few backing tracks and play along whilst learning the song. Site @WavMixer pointed to lets you download the complete song as well as individual tracks. I believe it's actually a Karaoke website. But it lets me do the whole song track. Then split out say the keyboard and drums since I can play neither one of them. Then add my own bass and guitar parts. It's been kinda fun.

…and just to add another dimension….I like to mess around with midi backing tracks…there are tons of free midi sites out there, but that’s maybe a bit much to chew on for a beginner.

 

[Ps. 37]

This is a great page to keep bookmarked…lots of great video instructions…

REAPER | Videos

There are many resources available, but…you can always try to keep it simple. Well captured tracks make for easy mixing.
Sometimes less is more. Insert encouraging cliché here. Etc.

Thanks very much for that!

 

[iblive]

Yup, me too.

I've been downloading backing tracks or isolated bass tracks and isolated drum tracks from YouTube.

I didn't see the @WavMixer site.

This is the one I've been using. I think it's one of the ones Wav said he's used before. There is a minimal cost involved. Maybe 3 bucks. But that 3 bucks gets you unlimited track downloads. As I've done. Complete song. Keyboard track. Drum track. I've done a bass guitar track. Even split out the vocals once. Best thing.... they sound decent. Not like an AM radio playing the song tracks.

Backing Track Site

 

[Ps. 37]

This is the one I've been using. I think it's one of the ones Wav said he's used before. There is a minimal cost involved. Maybe 3 bucks. But that 3 bucks gets you unlimited track downloads. As I've done. Complete song. Keyboard track. Drum track. I've done a bass guitar track. Even split out the vocals once. Best thing.... they sound decent. Not like an AM radio playing the song tracks.

Backing Track Site

Thanks again!

 

[Don O]

I'm reading the Reaper User Manual from their website.

We'll see how this goes.

Thanks again guys!

(Almost 500 pages! I think the Tascam manual was like 12. Brave new world for this luddite!)

Reaper is like MS Word, it has 10,000 features of which you’ll use maybe 10. I record our band’s practice every Wednesday, 9 tracks in one long 2 hour file. Each track is a GB or so. Someday I’m gonna need to learn how to EQ and master some of that stuff.

 

[Sargeant Preston]

I’m guessing that’s better than numb nuts.

On average, nuts go numb 10 years prior to butts. I read about it on the internet.

 

[iblive]

On average, nuts go numb 10 years prior to butts. I read about it on the internet.

You read it on the internet, so it must be true.

 

[Ps. 37]

You read it on the internet, so it must be true.

 

[BFT Gibson]

Happy to help, if I am able…as are others here. There are a few Reaper users kicking around these parts.

Brother Don, without his help let's say back in 2019. I would not be able to make the amount of music i do theses days. Being computer illiterate but a very mechanical mind (locksmith-constuction background)

He was able to guide me in stages , using terms i understood, will forever be grateful & appreciative for his shared kindness.

Can't even imagine how much studio dollars it has saved me these past 7 years.

 

[frostyjr2]

The rig rundown:
the black macbook air runs the dj software, the Numark DJ2Go2 Touch controls the dj software, the sound is routed thru the RC-3 looper into the Scarlett 2i2 audio interface and from there into a DAW (Garageband, Logic, or Ableton) on the second laptop.

i really don't need more than that to do just about everything i want to; well, musically at least, LOL.
i've got amp and cab sims and fx plug-ins available in both the HX Stomp and the DAWs, and everything sounds pretty good to me, especially since my personal recording aesthetic is very 'lo fi' nowadays.
i'm using the same rig for practice and recording, so the sound is consistent no matter whether i'm at home or out.

Everything is small, light, affordable, and easily replaceable if it gets lost, stolen, or damaged too.

That's what works for me.

 

[BFT Gibson]

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The rig rundown:
the black macbook air runs the dj software, the Numark DJ2Go2 Touch controls the dj software, the sound is routed thru the RC-3 looper into the Scarlett 2i2 audio interface and from there into a DAW (Garageband, Logic, or Ableton) on the second laptop.

i really don't need more than that to do just about everything i want to; well, musically at least, LOL.
i've got amp and cab sims and fx plug-ins available in both the HX Stomp and the DAWs, and everything sounds pretty good to me, especially since my personal recording aesthetic is very 'lo fi' nowadays.
i'm using the same rig for practice and recording, so the sound is consistent no matter whether i'm at home or out.

Everything is small, light, affordable, and easily replaceable if it gets lost, stolen, or damaged too.

That's what works for me.

Very nice set up, So freeing when creativity hits & you can quickly hit a few buttons & capture the idea before it fades !

 

[iblive]

Very nice set up, So freeing when creativity hits & you can quickly hit a few buttons & capture the idea before it fades !

Now….. if in my case I could figure out which buttons those are….. well….. you know.

 

[Ps. 37]

Now….. if in my case I could figure out which buttons those are….. well….. you know.

I keep waiting for the "talent" button.

 

[iblive]

I keep waiting for the "talent" button.

There is a pedal for that.