John Garden

Music Lessons in Bedford: Piano, Music Technology and more!

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  • Mix Walkthrough – Setting up a Mix in Reaper

    1. Starting with imported audio2. Copying in FX busses from previous sesison3. Organising into folders, reducing volume of audio items4. Song structure, regions5. Levels / pan / adding plugins6. Recreating a drum loop7. Re-recording bass part8. Final mix Thanks to Simon Arlidge for permission to use this song. https://www.simonarlidge.com Support me at: https://www.patreon.com/lnpaudio

    John Garden

    2019/09/28
    Tutorials
  • Varispeed Editing: Cut Time after increasing playback rate of item (in Reaper)

    When increasing playback rate of items in Reaper, there is a chunk of extra time left over that you want to get rid of. Here is one technique for accurately removing the extra time after increasing the playback rate of an audio item (or items).

    John Garden

    2019/09/21
    Tutorials
  • Stems Mastering: Multiple Item Placement – Custom Action for Reaper

    How to organise groups of multiple tracks in a stems mastering session using custom actions in Reaper. Dropbox link to download custom action: https://bit.ly/2kQmQyr

    John Garden

    2019/09/17
    Tutorials
  • Before and After Mixing: Carve My Name

    Before and after mixing: “Carve My Name” by Simon Arlidge. Many thanks to Simon Arlidge for permission to use this song. https://www.simonarlidge.com

    John Garden

    2019/09/13
    Tutorials
  • Rendering Stems Using Wildcards and Track Manipulation in Reaper

    John Garden

    2019/09/06
    Tutorials
  • Hide and Unhide Children Tracks Using Custom Actions in Reaper

    Hide & Unhide Children Tracks in Reaper Using Custom Actions. 4 custom views: Hide children, show folders. Show all children and folders only. Show all tracks. Show only children of selected folder. Custom Actions download folder here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/o59shs182b…

    John Garden

    2019/09/04
    Tutorials
  • Using Dynamic Split and Stretch Markers to Quantise Audio in Reaper!

    In this video I meander around various subjects including: • Using Stretch Markers to Quantise Audio to the Grid. • Using Dynamic Split to Insert Stretch Markers at Transients. • Using Dynamic Split to ACTUALLY SPLIT AUDIO. • Whether it is always WISE to quantise. As always, I appreciate your feedback, especially the comments that…

    John Garden

    2019/07/15
    Tutorials
    audio, music, production, Reaper, studio, tutorial
  • Import / Export Markers and Regions in Reaper

    How to quickly import a song structure from one session to another using the Region/Marker Manager.

    John Garden

    2019/06/12
    Tutorials
  • Using Playback Live – Some Thoughts

    Using Playback Live – Some Thoughts

    Using Playback Live – Some Thoughts If you are a musical director, session musician, playback tech or band member who regularly uses backing tracks as part of their live show, then this post is for you. Whether you are using Ableton Live, Digital Performer, Reaper or Pro Tools, I hope there are some ideas here…

    John Garden

    2018/11/19
    blog
  • Quanthumanise!?!

    Quanthumanise!?!

    Here’s a quick custom action tutorial. Zoom to midi items, quantise, then humanise. I really like the humanise function in Reaper, as it avoids quantised notes layering up exactly on top of each other, and gives the mix a bit more breathing room.

    John Garden

    2018/06/27
    Tutorials
  • Pre-soundcheck light flex, Alison Moyet world tour 2017

    John Garden

    2018/02/14
    blog, news
  • Onstage somewhere in Europe, December 2017

    John Garden

    2018/02/05
    news
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