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10 Tips for Writing MIDI Drums in REAPER

Reapertips | Alejandro

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This is how I program MIDI drums in REAPER, hope it helps ✨

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🕹 Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:37 Renaming notes
2:03 Rearranging notes
3:21 Different ways to display notes
4:54 Custom drum view
6:10 Coffee break!
6:23 Insert notes in one click
7:22 Quick ways to adjust velocity
9:01 Quick way to adjust grid
10:22 Paint notes
11:05 Select notes in pattern
13:42 Humanize
14:28 Creating a drum track
19:34 bai bai

20 Comments

@thedude7450 2 years ago

I am less than 60 seconds into the video and I don’t even know how to get to the editing screen you are on.

@ottodora9515 2 years ago

I swear to god reaper content creators are on another level sharing all these infos.

@joaoldmedeiros 3 years ago

Invaluable, I spent a lot of hours in front of this screen. Thank you Alejandro!

@WodzuBeats 3 years ago

I don't want to know how much time you've spend on editing this thing ;) So smooth!

@fbgmduck 1 year ago

a decade using this fucking DAW and I'm STILL learning shit from people.

@XMetalChefX 3 years ago

THIS IS FREAKING GOLD. Reaper owes you money.

@Zool2107 1 year ago

That "Bleed" reference at 2:26 was golden :)

@jennisonb37 3 years ago

This was incredibly useful and helped me with my frustrations with midi-editing in Reaper.

@djabthrash 3 years ago

10:31 paint notes
holy shit total gamechanger

@ShurekHam 3 years ago

This was INSANE!
THANK U SO MUCH!

One of the reasons I sometimes get lazy at creating new songs is jus imagining writing drum parts by hand (I don't like using pattern presets) now things are going to get a lot more fun!
Thanks

@2000jago 2 years ago

INSTANT thumbs up for that cool dog!

@Hadez_Techno 2 years ago

This is really inspiring - I love everything about Reaper, from the pricing to the minimalist approach to the open-ness of the environment EXCEPT the Midi editor. Your vid has made me rethink it and realise how cool it can be. Thanks!

@terracaramelbear 6 days ago

Massively useful <3!

@raoulzillani7763 2 years ago

This video has changed my life and I haven't even finished watching it.

@HallwayNomad 2 months ago

Dude this was exactly the video I was hoping to find when I searched for midi drums in reaper!! Thank you!! I’ll find the buy me a coffee link next.

@shimaal 1 year ago

Thank you! These changes made everything so much easier 🙏🏻🙌🏻 Reaper should just make a drum mode with all these settings by default

@arevus4all 1 month ago

dudee this is amazing thanks a lot gentleman

@jioclaudino 4 months ago

I was thinking about how to optimize my time when arranging batteries in my projects. Three years later, this video landed on my timeline at the perfect time. Thank you.