I've been using a Mac for the last few years and would record and practice through GarageBand. My mac was stolen back in early January and since have replaced with a windows laptop. After trying ableton, protools and cakewalk I've landed on Reaper for recording software. I'm not very good at this stuff and find myself stumbling my way through it most of the time but making progress non the less. GarageBand was very simple and easy to use.
I liked clicking on a drum sample and letting it loop for practice. What plug ins are you guys using? I guess it doesn't have to be Reaper specific does it? Thanks for the help. I downloaded reaper yesterday, along with MT power drum and VoS plug-ins based on several recommendations.
Free VST downloads. Atlas (Analog drums by Meesha) - Combat Loop Drum Machine (Drum kits / loops by DCSI) - DEVIL DRUMMR. VST Instruments VST Effects Midi VST.
My problem is that MT nor VoS appear in my plug-in list. I moved the files to the plugin folder in reaper like the instructions said to and I re-scanned but they still don't appear. My biggest issue is the fact that I am computer illiterate. They write the help articles like you already know what you're doing. A help article on how to use it in reaper saying you can use it in reaper is useless.
ReaPlugs VST FX Suite. A package of FX that includes many of the plug-ins that come with REAPER, for free! VST PlugIn Technology by Steinberg Media. Multi Layer Drum Sampler AU / VST Instrument. The MT Power Drum Kit is a free drum sampler offering the powerful, high-quality sounds of an acoustic, realistic drum kit.
I am completely new to this digital world of recording and I am finding it frustrating. How do I make these things work in Reaper? I downloaded reaper yesterday, along with MT power drum and VoS plug-ins based on several recommendations.
My problem is that MT nor VoS appear in my plug-in list. I moved the files to the plugin folder in reaper like the instructions said to and I re-scanned but they still don't appear.
My biggest issue is the fact that I am computer illiterate. They write the help articles like you already know what you're doing.
A help article on how to use it in reaper saying you can use it in reaper is useless. I am completely new to this digital world of recording and I am finding it frustrating.
How do I make these things work in Reaper? I'm not at my recording PC right now, but you have to make sure the plugins are placed in the folder that Reaper is actually scanning, or add a new folder path for Reaper to scan so it's actually scanning the location you put them in. When you go to add a plugin, at the top of the dialog box you see 'Options.' From the Options drop-down menu, there's one about VST plugin settings. Select that and at the top of the next dialog box you see 'VST plugin paths.' Right below that you'll see the path currently being scanned. If it doesn't match where you placed the plugins, you can click the 'Add.'
Button to the right of it and navigate down through the folder tree that comes up to designate a new path for it to scan. That may not be the problem, but it's the first thing that came to mind. More often than not, when plugins aren't being found, it's because Reaper hasn't actually been told to look in the location where they reside. I'm not at my recording PC right now, but you have to make sure the plugins are placed in the folder that Reaper is actually scanning, or add a new folder path for Reaper to scan so it's actually scanning the location you put them in.
When you go to add a plugin, at the top of the dialog box you see 'Options.' From the Options drop-down menu, there's one about VST plugin settings. Select that and at the top of the next dialog box you see 'VST plugin paths.' Right below that you'll see the path currently being scanned. If it doesn't match where you placed the plugins, you can click the 'Add.' Button to the right of it and navigate down through the folder tree that comes up to designate a new path for it to scan.
That may not be the problem, but it's the first thing that came to mind. More often than not, when plugins aren't being found, it's because Reaper hasn't actually been told to look in the location where they reside.
While many DAWs now come equipped with their own highly-capable solutions for creating authentic-sounding acoustic drum tracks, there remains a large market for third-party products that contain high-quality, editable kits and drum grooves that can be used to trigger them. These are the products that are often referred to as drum samplers.
As their name suggests, they're powered by samples of real drum and cymbal hits, and are designed for producers, songwriters and other musicians who want the ultimate in tone-shaping flexibility. We should reiterate that a drum sampler isn't the same as a drum machine plugin - - and is often (though not always) primarily designed to produce 'real' rather than electronic sounds. Of course, there are many drum kit sample libraries on the market, too, but the products we're covering here are all self-contained solutions that can operate as plugins and work straight away within your DAW (some will also work standalone). If that sounds like the kind of thing you're after, read on. NEXT: Prev Page 1 of 7 Next Prev Page 1 of 7 Next.