{"id":1914,"date":"2018-12-20T16:03:31","date_gmt":"2018-12-20T16:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/audioordeal.co.uk\/?p=1914"},"modified":"2018-12-20T16:11:45","modified_gmt":"2018-12-20T16:11:45","slug":"useful-reaper-custom-actions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/audioordeal.co.uk\/useful-reaper-custom-actions\/","title":{"rendered":"Useful Reaper Custom Actions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Reaper comes with a tool called “Actions” these are all the possible things you can do in Reaper. For example if you wanted to split an item at the cursor, there is an action for that. In Reaper you can actually chain actions together to create advanced functionality. Here are some of my custom actions which have helped me out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have previously covered how to create custom actions<\/a> so if you need a refresher, the link opens in a new tab, and you can jump right back here!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A side note, you will ideally have the SWS extension pack<\/a> installed into Reaper to make use of all the actions and the installation is covered in the guide above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

16th Normalisation Tool<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This is one of my favourite effects I’ve designed and it is all done within the custom actions menu. I did an in-depth article<\/a> on it explaining how it all works, but in essence, it slices up the audio into 16th notes and normalises each slice individually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Of course, you can set it up to normalise in slices of any note division – I also have 32nd notes and 64th notes versions too!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is a sound demo of it below, showing how it is quite a crude form of “compressing” your sound in a rhythmic and glitchy way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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