If you are unfamiliar with Reaper’s Custom Actions, I highly recommend you read this more in-depth guide.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nIn the instance of a cough, you would make a cut before and after the cough, delete it, then the audio that follows it would snap backwards and connect as if the cough was never there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first custom action requires you to split the audio manually (I use keyboard shortcut S to split at the cursor). IT is a custom action with two actions chained together:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Custom: Ripple Delete<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nScript: X-Raym_Delete selected items and ripple edit adjacent items.lua<\/em><\/strong><\/li>Item Navigation: Move cursor left to edge of item.<\/em><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\nThis simple custom item will delete the unwanted audio, snap the next bit of audio back to join the gap, then move the cursor to the edit point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe second edit is even more streamlined. It allows you to skip the audio splitting by dragging the mouse and making a selection over the audio you want rid of, then following the same action. It has these component actions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Custom: Ripple Delete at time selection<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nItem: Split items at selection<\/em><\/strong><\/li>Custom: Ripple delete <\/em><\/strong>[where this action is the one outlined above]<\/li>Time Selection: Remove time selection and loop points<\/em><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\nThis example is a good one to demonstrate Reaper’s ability to add custom actions within other custom actions as part of a larger chain. You could add additional actions within it depending on where you want the cursor to go too, as outlined below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\nAuto-remove silence<\/h2>\n\n\n\n Another really useful custom action is to automatically remove silence. This is a great one if you have long pauses that you need rid of. The way it works is it tells Reaper to select any parts quieter than a defined threshold and delete them. This can be tweaked to allow brief pauses \u2013 something natural in conversation \u2013 and only remove silences longer than a defined time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Custom: Remove silence and snap together<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nItem: Auto Trim\/Split items (remove silence)<\/li> Script: mpl_Snap selected items to each other.lua<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\nWhen you run this action, it will bring up a menu that allows you to define the volume, below which is silence. It will also ask you what length of silence to ignore. I tend to set it to ignore silences shorter than 5000ms (5 seconds).<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\nSave chain FX<\/h2>\n\n\n\n When you have finished editing and mixing an episode, it is very likely that the next episode will have the same presenter using the same microphone. There is no point going to all the trouble to set up you mixing FX and sound adjustments from scratch each time, so you can save your FX chains for later use. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\n Once you have made an FX chain you like, you can save it via File <\/strong>> Save FX Chain<\/strong>. By bringing up the FX menu and selecting File <\/strong>> Add FX Chain<\/strong>, you can bring up previous FX chains that you have saved. <\/p>\n\n\n\nYou can save an assortment of different FX chains for different presenters, rooms, microphones, or styles. These are also really handy for default mastering and mixing jobs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the best all-round DAWs in the industry is Reaper, my go-to software for…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12614,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[39,5],"tags":[1999,1263,1254],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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