7 Tips for Automation in REAPER

Jon & Kenny are the Apollo and Zeus of Reaper.

Great tricks in here

Tanks!!!

Is there a way to precisely move up the automation adjustment

Thank you. The information about the Global Override is very useful.

Is there any way to have more automations than one per track?

Very helpful video !

hi, is it possible to activate the FX effect: Show / hide track envelope for last touched FX parameter by double clicking with the mouse? if sinquale is the procedure? thank you.

I did exactly what you showed on the 5th tip before watching your video. It's extremely helpful.

Thank you so much!

That last one is a dream come true. Thanks!

I would really like to know why I can copy automation envelope points but I can't paste them.

Now post something on WHY we should automation. Better still, post something telling us what maturation is.

Just the first tip alone is gold

Thanx Jon! Great tuts! I am a longtime Logic Pro (and Ableton) user but a newbie in Reaper. First of all, I think your UI (colors, knobs on top) and the whole theme is awesome and I have to ask you how I can get the same. You Jon or you guys do you think Reaper is also good/ enough for creating and composing/ producing? and not just recording/mixing? Thanx a lot.

Awesome. How do I automate an effect to come off and on at certain parts of a song. For example, say, adding a delay to a vocal at the end of a verse.

More, Please! :-)

The only thing I miss in Reaper is the automation management style like in Ableton. It is so simple and good for the workflow.

Hello my question is not about the video but I have a "problem" who is annoying. The problem is: wen I add a new track the automation-envelope parameter are automatically displaying and it take place and make the session incomprehensible. I do not use so mutch the automation so have then display on my screen all long off the project is verry painfull. Hide all the envelope panel track per track is just too long and I want deactivate this option.
That makes a moment tan I search what parameter is the source of the problem but I can't found'it.
Thanks for help

That intro music, though

When I hide my envelopes, they get "unarmed" so the faders wont move in Read mode, altough I can hear the automation working. Why is that? 5.95 version here

very helpful thanks !

When I insert a time envelope I can not create in the position I want for the shift + click shortcuts, because the reaper creates the point a little further, but to create in the exact point I have to go in the mouse option ... what should I make it happen

Hi Jon! I like to write automation in trim/read mode, but I like to change do Read to see faders moving, but everytime I do that, my faders go to 0dB. Reaper reads the envelope with the fader and I dont want that. I use that "Never" option in Automation preferences. For instance: My fader is at -6 and I activate the envelope, ok, the envelope starts at 0dB, then If I switch to Read, the fader goes to 0dB, still, the volume will be the same but I dont want the fader going to unity position. Do you know how can I fix that?

Looks good but for beginners it's all a bit scarey!!!!

This is awesome! Do you know if when working with Midi items, if there is a way to view/copy/move the automation information from the track on to the midi item in the automation lanes?

If I'm writing some strings with the modwheel, I see that information in the midi editor (the green bars). But if I write new automation with a different parameter, it shows up as an active envelope on the track. I want to view/edit it in the same window with the modwheel information.

Jon, no matter how much I use REAPER you always bring something new I can learn from. Thanks!

Good tips.
Regarding #6: Show/Hide Last Touched FX Parameter
I used to use this, but then I discovered that if I put the track into Read mode, it would automatically add an envelope lane for any and every FX parameter I touch in the plugin interface. MUCH faster if you want to create envelopes for several FX (or synth) parameters all in one go.

thank you

For every little trick I know, Reaper has a dozen I don't know.

Pretty useful tips, thanks Jon! : )

Hi! Thank you for your blog. I have a question. What if I want the modulation of a parameter not to run all the time? Can I record the movement of an LFO at a specific point and not have it moving all the time?
Thanks again!