The repository for all custom themes - as well as extensions, scripts and more - is the REAPER stash. Also: explode a stereo file in two mono tracks, and viceversa. Quick and efficient custom actions By hitting a single key, I create fades that would apply from/to my current mouse cursor position, without placing the playhead first. Custom floating toolbar A simple keystroke that allows to perform multiple tasks at the push of a button (the icons and the labels are customizable). Track manager & media explorer Shortcuts for showing/hiding these useful windows, as docked sidebars. Custom shortcuts They mimick the ones I got used to in Pro Tools or Logic. Volume and pitch clip gain Easily available on each item, for fast and creative editing. Master channel strip Always visible, docked to the left of the arrange window for a quick check. I’m scratching the surface here, the possibilities are endless.Ī floating toolbar I created, containing some of my custom actionsĪfter less than two weeks using REAPER, I have, among other things: Custom screensets Multiple windows setup, to efficiently manage different stages of production. Once I’m done, it hides with the escape key. It has actions and macros - in the form of buttons - that I only need sometimes. As opposed to the always-on main toolbar, which holds frequently used commands, I recall a floating toolbar with a shortcut. I even applied the same keyboard shortcuts in several cases, so that I didn’t have to “rewire” my muscle memory. Personal example: through the creation of custom actions, I embedded some of my most used workflows from Logic and Pro Tools.

REAPER is fast, and allows access to each and every function by hitting the ? shortcut, which opens the actions list.

The actions window, featuring my current custom macros at the top

Even without being a coder, a lot can still be achieved with the myriad of stock commands ( actions), shortcuts and mouse modifiers alone, not to mention the possibility of creating multi-layered custom actions (basically: macros). It’s a DAW that can be manipulated through programming, whether it’s Python, Lua, or its own open source language (EEL). Though it’s not my main interest, there are plenty of excellent (and awful) skins out there. Like its creator’s first successful software, Winamp, REAPER supports themes. Pretty much everything can be customized, down to the look & feel.

Reaper logic pro x theme