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Posted by: Nick325 Aug 23 2007, 04:28 AM

ive starting to use reaper now but how do you put backing tracks in there

Posted by: shredmandan Aug 23 2007, 04:34 AM

Sorry but i dont know the answer to your question,but while on the subject .Can you tell me were to get reaper?

Thanks

Posted by: Andrew Cockburn Aug 23 2007, 04:36 AM

Create a project, then Insert/Media File - it will automatically create a track for it.

Posted by: Nick325 Aug 23 2007, 04:36 AM

www.reaper.fm

i think if not try googling it

Posted by: Andrew Cockburn Aug 23 2007, 04:36 AM

http://cockos.com

Posted by: Nick325 Aug 23 2007, 04:47 AM

andrew before i had troubles with the asio driver and i download this asiodrvier 4all thing and it works but when i record something i have to put it on my line 6 toneport and then if i want to listen to it i have to go back and switch it to asiodriver4all. is tehre a way to fix this? and also when i play back the backing track i uploaded it sounds all fuzzy.

Posted by: Andrew Cockburn Aug 23 2007, 05:08 AM

You should be able to configure ASIO4ALL to work with your toneport ASIO driver as well as your soundcard then you won;t need to swithc it, or you could use the output of your toneport to listen to the output from reaper.

Regarding the upload - do you have it set too loud? Try reducing the volume on the channel slider.

Posted by: shredmandan Aug 23 2007, 05:23 AM

Man i downloaded reaper just a minute ago and was excited only to find out i could not get any sound out of it.It kept saying playing by the files but never once heard a peep out of it

Posted by: Andrew Cockburn Aug 23 2007, 05:29 AM

You need to configure it to work with your soundcard, and you may need an ASIO driver (check out ASIO4ALL).

Posted by: shredmandan Aug 23 2007, 05:39 AM

So do u need to buy a new soundcard to run it ?Like i have a fairly new computer for example it came with windows vista not even 6 months old is my soundcard not going to work probably.And what is asio?

Posted by: Andrew Cockburn Aug 23 2007, 05:48 AM

Should be fine - ASIO is a device driver standard that works well for recording, it sorts out timing and delays. Most normal soundcards don;t come with ASIO drivers, high en audio one usually do. ASIO4ALL contains drivers for most normal soundcards so you can use it to present the right driver type to reraper, and it should work fine.

Posted by: shredmandan Aug 23 2007, 05:58 AM

I think i will try to download it again and see if i cam get it to work.Thanks for the answers andrew.I want to figure it out but at same time dont want to drive someone crazy playing 50 questions Also good job on the collab on blues Im working on mine right now thats why i really would like to have the reaper working

Posted by: No Payne No Gain Aug 23 2007, 06:10 AM

What are the advantages to Reaper vs. Audacity?

Posted by: shredmandan Aug 23 2007, 06:25 AM

ok i tryed to use asio and it says No asio drivers please configure your audio.Anyone know what to do?

Posted by: Andrew Cockburn Aug 23 2007, 06:33 AM

Download ASIO4ALL from http://www.asio4all.com/and you should be set



Audacity is really a wavefile editing tool. Its a good one and can do some simple multitracking but is limited.

Reaper is a full on multitrack recording encironment with all te bells and whistles such as virtual instrument and effect support, midi etc etc etc.

Audacity will get you started but if you want to do more than record yourself with maybe a drum loop you need reaper or a similar program such as Cubase, Logic etc.

Posted by: shredmandan Aug 23 2007, 06:51 AM

Andrew YOUR THE MAN
Ok i got sound now just to figure out how to use it all Thanks alot for the help.Lets see how far i can get on it now before im stuck again.Thanks again


Shredmandan

Posted by: Andrew Cockburn Aug 23 2007, 07:01 AM

Cool - enjoy!