Re: recording assistance
Hi Dark,
Definitely go through the articles UltraLeetJ linked to. I'll try to explain some of the things that are confusing you at the moment.
- Setting up your microphone - in Reaper's preferences under the audio device, you'll want the audio system option set to wasapi and the mode to set to shared. These are the most modern options that will give you the least latency with what you're working with. Then set your input and output devices to your USB mic and headphones respectively. And while we're here, if you change the mode from shared to loopback, this will record every sound on your system even if you don't have a stereo mix feature if you want to record gameplays or other things, just remember to set it back when you're done.
Now, to actually record. Let's start by importing your backing track. First, press CTRL+Home to make sure you're at the beginning of the project, Osara will probably say bar 1 when you do this. Now, press CTRL+T to make a new track and give it a name like accompaniment. Then go into the insert menu and choose media file, or press the insert key twice quickly. This will let you load your backing track in. When the file is loaded, your cursor is automatically set at the end, so to hear it you'll need to press CTRL+Home to go back to the beginning and then when you press space it should start playing. Pressing space again *stops* the playback, meaning that your cursor will be back at the beginning, while CTRL+Space is a play and pause.
- Now, to record, make a second track, exactly the same way as the first. Pressing up and down will move you between tracks in your project, so make sure you're on the second. Then, press F7 to arm it, and F8 to turn on the monitoring. Arming a track tells Reaper that you want to record on it, you can think of it kind of like releasing the safety on a gun, so you don't accidentally record over something you don't want to. Finally, once again make sure you're at the beginning of the project, or the place where you want to start, and press R to begin recording. You should hear record and the accompaniment will start playing. When you're finished, press R again or space to stop and confirm that you want to keep your recording. Finally, just like after inserting, your cursor will be at the very end, so to hear your recording you'll once again want to CTRL+Home to the beginning and space to play.
And that's the basics. For the details, like how to edit your performances, read through the article above. Reaper is one of these programs that's extremely powerful but also incredibly overwelming at first. But it has a really large and active user base, so feel free to ask if you need any additional help.
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