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benadrian wrote:Hey, it s Kody. I know this is not a Line 6 thing, but all the people in L6 support are great.If that person is cool with pats on the back, you should give them one from me.There is no way that any of that nonsense would ever even have occurred to me to look for.

Reaper's folder function acts like a VCA, or a summing bus for everything in the folder. Alternatively, just shift or control select multiple tracks and it will move their faders at the same time by the same amount.

Had another session at my friend's space where he is on Reaper. I'm sure it's fine, but I am so much faster with Ardour or Protools that putting a mix together at the end of the night was making me crazy. Help me PRF! I have questions!Let's start here: How do I make a VCA with this thing?

Nate Dort wrote:Reaper's folder function acts like a VCA, or a summing bus for everything in the folder. Alternatively, just shift or control select multiple tracks and it will move their faders at the same time by the same amount.The first thing sounds more like an aux or a group than a VCA, I think the second will basically do what I want it to.I will try this next time I'm over there, thanks!

Reaper's initial folder is not a VCA.

That link explained what I was looking for perfectly, thanks!

projectMalamute wrote:Nate Dort wrote:Reaper's folder function acts like a VCA, or a summing bus for everything in the folder. Alternatively, just shift or control select multiple tracks and it will move their faders at the same time by the same amount.The first thing sounds more like an aux or a group than a VCA, I think the second will basically do what I want it to.I will try this next time I'm over there, thanks!I never learned to use this stuff so I'm not sure how to set it up but there is VCA functionality in addition to 'folders' (which I think sum and can have something like an fx bus)--I think VCA exclusively adjusts volume.

total\_douche wrote:One of youse recommended I try Reaper back when I was having issues with Sonar LE, and I owe a debt of gratitude. It's cheap, portable, and the license allows me to use it on as many of my machines as I want, which is great now that I'm in the process of migrating a bunch of old projects over to Reaper for remixing and some retracking, since the instruments and the computer that I use for tracking and mixing are downstairs, but all my old projects are on my bedroom computer. I can do the tedious setup work on this computer, then drop the projects onto a flash drive for transfer, so I can do the real work downstairs.Routing and sidechaining - two things that used to be black magic to me - are intuitive and simple. I really can't say enough good things about this DAW.This is where I would usually post a GIF of Snoop Dogg either dancing or nodding. While I ain't messing with it at this hour of the morning.Good to hear that it worked out so well for you.

One of youse recommended I try Reaper back when I was having issues with Sonar LE, and I owe a debt of gratitude. It's cheap, portable, and the license allows me to use it on as many of my machines as I want, which is great now that I'm in the process of migrating a bunch of old projects over to Reaper for remixing and some retracking, since the instruments and the computer that I use for tracking and mixing are downstairs, but all my old projects are on my bedroom computer. I can do the tedious setup work on this computer, then drop the projects onto a flash drive for transfer, so I can do the real work downstairs.Routing and sidechaining - two things that used to be black magic to me - are intuitive and simple. I really can't say enough good things about this DAW.