Software that will help you make music such as DAWs, audio editors, effects plugins, etc.
When you’re working on a song, there is often a need to output the tracks or stems. This could be to give to someone else for mixing, to make a backing track or to make a remix of your song. Fortunately if you use Reaper, it’s easy to export stems. To export stems or tracks…
Reaper is a great DAW (Digital Audio Workstation), suitable for beginners and experienced music producers alike. But to get the best out of it, it needs to be configured correctly. In particular, the audio device settings can make a huge difference in performance and sound quality. For excellent performance with Reaper’s audio device settings on…
So you’ve been working on a song in Reaper for a while, and you are very pleased with the results. When it’s finished, you’ll want to give it to other people to listen to. Fortunately, you can export to the extremely popular mp3 format from within Reaper. To export to mp3 in Reaper, select File->Render….
All home studios need an audio editor, and Audacity is a great option available completely free. Sure, it has its quirks but it is widely used with lots of help and tutorials available for it online. I have used Audacity for many years. But you know how it goes sometimes; you have an important audio…
Reverb can enhance the sound of your song perhaps like no other effect. If you are using Reaper as your DAW (Digital Audio Workstation), it has two excellent reverb plugins built in. But it is not immediately obvious how to add reverb in Reaper, or how to configure its reverb plugins. To add reverb in…
Guitar amplifier simulator software (“amp sims“) is very common these days. But all of these run natively on a device such as a computer, tablet or smartphone. Can you run an amp sim online in a web browser, just like so much of the modern software that we use today? There are two online guitar…
Guitar rig is one of the most popular amp sims available today, not least because it has a fully functioning free version. However, it can be intimidating to use for the first time, and it is not immediately obvious where to begin with Guitar Rig. To get started with Guitar Rig, go to File->Audio &…
If you want to alter the sound of something you have recorded in a DAW, using VST plugins is a great way to do it. From EQ to compression, from guitar to keyboard sounds, there’s a plugin for just about anything you can think of. But what if you wanted to use those plugins outside…
Guitar amplifier simulator software (“amp sims”) allows you to effectively have a guitar amp inside your computer, without an actual physical real amp. I have been doing all my electric guitar recording in my home studio exclusively with amp sims for years. But are they really as good as, and can they really replace real…
Recording multiple tracks has been made very accessible and inexpensive by the likes of DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) software such as Reaper. Once you have recorded and mixed all your tracks, you will very likely want to turn those multiple tracks into a single stereo mixdown file. To save a mixdown in Reaper, go to…
