Using EQ Effects In Reaper
Hello noobsters, welcome to the 9th tutorial of audio editing basics with Reaper. In previous tutorial we saw how to edit and record sound in Reaper, in this tutorial I will introduce you to the world of audio effects and how they work in Reaper.
To start you will need a track with a recording you just made, if you have none or can't make one right now any audio file will do just fine. I have a recording here this is the life and recording of Brahms First Cello Sonata that I have been using in previous tutorial.
They are like many programs that are applied to attract so they affect all audio clips placed in it with a purpose to process and alter the sound in some way. These mini programs are called audio plugins and usually are use only inside a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) like reaper, logic or cubase for example.
Reaper like other DAWs has a list of plugins built in by default but you can also install external plugging sold by other companies. The most common format for this plugins is 'vst'. I plan to talk more deeply about plugins in the future since they are a basic component of the other production process, how to find interesting external plugins, how to install them in your computer and configure and repair to be able to use them but for now I will keep it simple as possible.
To add a plugin to an existing track, go to the track control panel and click on the FX button, you will see the two new windows appear in here, this is the second window. The first one called FX track will display on the left in here a list of all the plugins added to this particular track and on the right the control of the selectd plugin because I have not added any plugins yet it's all empty.
The second one called Add FX xx track, shows the list of all the plugins available to you, classified by type in the left area. Then in here EQ, to begin the search all plugins called REA something are meaning Reaper plugin. Clicking ReaEQ which is very nice equalizer and click okay, now you see this plugin listed in the first window on the left and its controls on the right. This is an equalizer used to alter the color of the sound by modifying this graph, you can click and drag, this is the gain (the volume) and this is the frequency of the sound. You can have a look when you hit play, you see the different frequencies of the sound, it represent the relative volume of the sound accross all frequencies of the human hearing spectrum more or less from 20 to 20000 hertz, so bringing the upper register up like this will make the sound brighter while bring it down. See the difference? in the other side the low register, is actuating the low frequency makes the sound darker and while turning it down makes the sound more metalic. You can adjust the frequency also. You should experiment with this ReaEQ to learn how it works and have fun with the sound.
Again a proper explanaion of usage of equalization would required atlease one full tutorial which I plan to do in the future, be aware that to properly appreciate the effect of the equalizer you must use a headphone or speaker. I hope you found this video interesting and please join next tutorial.
To start you will need a track with a recording you just made, if you have none or can't make one right now any audio file will do just fine. I have a recording here this is the life and recording of Brahms First Cello Sonata that I have been using in previous tutorial.
What Are Audio Effects?
They are like many programs that are applied to attract so they affect all audio clips placed in it with a purpose to process and alter the sound in some way. These mini programs are called audio plugins and usually are use only inside a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) like reaper, logic or cubase for example.
Reaper like other DAWs has a list of plugins built in by default but you can also install external plugging sold by other companies. The most common format for this plugins is 'vst'. I plan to talk more deeply about plugins in the future since they are a basic component of the other production process, how to find interesting external plugins, how to install them in your computer and configure and repair to be able to use them but for now I will keep it simple as possible.
To add a plugin to an existing track, go to the track control panel and click on the FX button, you will see the two new windows appear in here, this is the second window. The first one called FX track will display on the left in here a list of all the plugins added to this particular track and on the right the control of the selectd plugin because I have not added any plugins yet it's all empty.
The second one called Add FX xx track, shows the list of all the plugins available to you, classified by type in the left area. Then in here EQ, to begin the search all plugins called REA something are meaning Reaper plugin. Clicking ReaEQ which is very nice equalizer and click okay, now you see this plugin listed in the first window on the left and its controls on the right. This is an equalizer used to alter the color of the sound by modifying this graph, you can click and drag, this is the gain (the volume) and this is the frequency of the sound. You can have a look when you hit play, you see the different frequencies of the sound, it represent the relative volume of the sound accross all frequencies of the human hearing spectrum more or less from 20 to 20000 hertz, so bringing the upper register up like this will make the sound brighter while bring it down. See the difference? in the other side the low register, is actuating the low frequency makes the sound darker and while turning it down makes the sound more metalic. You can adjust the frequency also. You should experiment with this ReaEQ to learn how it works and have fun with the sound.
Again a proper explanaion of usage of equalization would required atlease one full tutorial which I plan to do in the future, be aware that to properly appreciate the effect of the equalizer you must use a headphone or speaker. I hope you found this video interesting and please join next tutorial.
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