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Reaper is renowned as one of the best performing DAWs available today. But that does not mean that you will never have any issues with it. It is highly complex audio software, and therefore subject...

There are many excellent commercial DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) software applications available today. Reaper is a DAW that sometimes gets a bit of a bad press, and is thought of by some as...

Whenever I record vocals in my home studio, I always use a pop filter placed a few inches in front of the microphone. Is this use of a pop filter strictly necessary; could I get away with recording...

I've often recorded a vocal part where the performance was great, apart from just a couple of notes that are not quite in tune. In this situation, using an autotune tool to correct those wavering...

If you search online for information about mixing using headphones, you will find many opinions saying that it is not a good idea. When just about every studio, amateur or professional, contains a...

Mixing is one of the hardest aspects of music production to get your head around, especially for beginners. With so many aspects such as gain staging, EQ, compression, automation etc. it is difficult...