Track fx only in some items in Reaper?

[Scottxx]

Hi friends, I need to edit a video audio track that was made with different sources, so I want to apply some fx only on parts of the audio file. I know I can split it in items, but can I send the items to another fx track or putting an fx on the track and affect only the items I wish to process?

Thank you.

 

[El_Gato]

You mean automation? yes.

Would be ideal if there were silences between the different takes.

 

[Scottxx]

I know how to automate volume, but how to use an fx to affect only some items?

 

[bryan_kilco]

either use automation or cut the certain parts you want with FX out and put them in their own track with the FX on them, then render.

 

[El_Gato]

The same way, just choose the fx automation you want, there could be from 3 to 25 automation options for every plugin. Should be in the same dialogue as the vol.

Now, I'd retrack unless it's a John Lennon unreleased track you just found.

 

[MindMunch]

Select the item you want the fx, press Shit+E* and choose the fx.


The long way is "right click the item -> Take -> Show FX chain for active take"

 

[Fama]

You could also slap the plugin on the track, and automate it to be muted everywhere except during the items you want it to affect.

 

[AdamWathan]

MindMunch has it right, just use per item FX. Every single item can have it's own FX chain in Reaper.

 

[DaveBlack]

whaaat?? see, i never knew that. So lets say for example you want to only apply delay to one word in a verse, you can slice that word and apply the fx to only that item? Will the delay continue even though the item ended?

 

[Fama]

whaaat?? see, i never knew that. So lets say for example you want to only apply delay to one word in a verse, you can slice that word and apply the fx to only that item? Will the delay continue even though the item ended?

I think it should, yeah. The other way is to have the delay as a send, and automate the send to be only during that one word.

 

[DaveBlack]

nice! I'll give it a whirl. It's a pain in the ass to automate sends like that.

 

[MindMunch]

whaaat?? see, i never knew that. So lets say for example you want to only apply delay to one word in a verse, you can slice that word and apply the fx to only that item? Will the delay continue even though the item ended?

Sure. Try it for yourself.

What you´re saying won´t work only if the fx isn´t "live". I mean, if it has been rendered on the take and removed from the fx list. Then the sound will only go as far as the media item go, as there´s no fx "above" it.

 

[DaveBlack]

Yeah, I figured that but what if i automate the bypass ? I'm thinking of CPU here as well.

 

[El_Gato]

Simply as that


depending on what the track requires I recently discovered the items (thanks groove 3) and it's really useful too.

 

[Scottxx]

Thanks for your help guys. Adam, I know I can use fx for each item; I want to know the best method to process only few items from a long audio file from a video taken from diferent sources, using any kind of send to use less cpu than the same fx in each item.

 

[RedDog]

I think it should, yeah. The other way is to have the delay as a send, and automate the send to be only during that one word.

+1

The way I go about it in Reaper is kinda complicated, but once you get it, it's simple.

Let's say I have a snare hit that I want to saturate with loads of reverb, but there's another hit right in front of it, but I don't want that to trigger the reverb too.

I would make a new track with my desired reverb effect active. Click the "IO" button, and add a recieve from the snare track. Then, click the "ENV" button, and under "Recieve envelopes", check the "Track 1 'Snare' Send Volume" checkbox. A new envelope will open under the original snare track. Bring the envelope down to -inf and add a couple points to send 0.0 db directly underneath your snare hit, then add a couple more points to bring the envelope back down to -inf before the next snare hits.

That's how it's done. No cutting, no offline rendering. A little imagination goes really far, dunnit?

Oh, and before I forget to mention, if you have fx on a separate track, make sure you have no dry signal coming through.

If that confuses you a bit, I can try to upload a pic to show you what I'm doing. I just finished a track using that technique, and it's fairly simple.

 

[Scottxx]

Thank You RedDog! If you can upload an image it will be good to complety understand your method.

Thank you all too.