(Part 2) Best products from r/Reaper

It's as easy as looking at Focusrite's website for supported chipsets and finding a card with one they support.

I've played this game before, it really isn't that bad. There's even a bunch of positive reviews on Amazon from people using that FireWire card with the Saffire Pro 40.

All the general advice you are getting is correct. Here is a specific suggestion, though I'm sure you could find other options.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07B8VX5HZ/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_apa_i_NkxYDb3Q9JRMH

This is better than what you linked and for less money. More RAM allows you to use more effects and helps Reaper in general. SSD makes both Windows and Reaper load and run faster. The computer you linked doesn't come with Windows. This one does.

If you need more storage space then it is trivial to buy a large HD for ~$50 and add it yourself. There are probably YouTube videos that will show you how to preform the installation on this specific computer. Do you already have an audio interface? How will you record your audio to the computer?

Reaper doesn't have any system requirements as such, if your device can run an OS, it can run Reaper, that's basically it.

The better the processor you have the more plugins and effects you can use. The more RAM you have the more plugins you can load in or libraries you can use at the same time. If you can get hold of an audio interface it will give you an improved latency.

Might need to aim for a used laptop so check gumtree and such. Go for as fast a processor as possible with multiple cores, as much RAM as you can get, and ideally an SSD drive.

To give you and idea I picked up a used dual-core laptop with 4 GB Ram for ~£150 and installed a new 60GB SSD [£40 at the time] into it, something like this. I only use it for mic recording via Reaper and watching The Simpsons, but I'm certain it can handle a view plugins and some MIDI.

One of the best books about ever:


https://www.amazon.com/dp/0240818962/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_JWnJAb9FGWEFM


3rd edition improves the readability btw.

Edit: grammar.

I second what he said. Talk boxes are really hard to do right as a plugin, and I have yet to see a good one. And if you don't want to go the DIY route for a talkbox, you can find one somewhat cheaply. I ended up buying this talkbox used for around $70, and it has served me pretty well

I bought this book: http://www.amazon.com/Home-Recording-Beginners-Geoffrey-Francis/dp/1598638815

It covers pretty much all of the basics, comes with some project tracks on a disc, project 'assignments', and uses Reaper as the example DAW. It's been very helpful.

You are the second person to point me at Focusrite, thanks! I'm looking at this as we speak: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01NBT0A5T?psc=1

I'm not exactly sure I'm picking up what you're putting down, but what about something like this?

Depends on your price range. I started with a Behringer UCA222 then upgraded via a Steinberg UR-22 which broke after a while. Now I'm using a Behringer UMC404HD which has lasted well so far. You could go for the smaller version, which is surprisingly cheap, if you don't plan on recording many instruments at the same time.

People say good things about the Focusrite Scarlett series as well. I've never used one but they are a little bit more pricey than the Behringers so I always end up with one of them instead.

would something like this workhttps://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-External-Adapter-Windows-AU-MMSA/dp/B00IRVQ0F8/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=usb+sound+card&pd_rd_r=d38bf4a7-e4ad-46ac-925a-3bb66f550a14&pd_rd_w=lIah3&pd_rd_wg=txsen&pf_rd_p=7be70e42-b5c0-4077-873a-35a472a6fbd4&pf_rd_r=Z1E9BWCN55GPY8YP2AJK&qid=1569638681&sr=8-3

You need a 3.5mm to 1/4'' adapter if you have 3.5mm headphones and don't want to get different headphones. Like this one I think: https://www.amazon.com/3-5mm-Stereo-Jack-Adapter-black/dp/B00142BZSY

i use this tascam: https://www.amazon.com/Tascam-US-16X08-channel-Audio-Interface/dp/B00MIXF200/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1502468937&sr=8-1&keywords=tascam+1800

it works well!

Yeah, I didn't know there was any without it?

Mine is the Platinum Edition to be exact, as you can see it here on Amazon.

Ya... I'm very worried about it. But my budget is currently 0, so it's whatever I do out of pocket really. Hence my attempt to find some ways of of doing this.

The USB devices being perfectly in synch isn't too much of an issue, as it's commentary. As long as it's not a 1/3 of a second off, we'll probably be okay.

I'm using this capture card to get the game video and audio. Audio quality for the game has been passable through it.

The XLR route would be approximately 600 dollars, even if I cheap out. It's why I've completely dismissed it; good audio for commentary isn't worth that much to me yet. Video needs an upgrade before one that massive for audio.

I saw a couple other drivers recommended besides Asio4all, some of which said they had lower latency than asio, so hopefully I can get one or the other working. If all else fails, I'll just plug into my mixing board and crank the hell out of the gain.

So are you suggest a splitter like this?
I will eventually get a proper interface, but I'm trying to find a quick fix for the moment.

If you are trying to mic all of your instruments, I would suggest this book.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1285442016?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00

Advice for you, man. get a cheap midi controller. You don't need it to make anything, but it saves a lot of time. I'd suggest this.

This is probably because of HDCP. You might be able to get it to work using an HDCP-compliant splitter like this one to strip the HDCP protections from the signal.

This sort of thing?

it appears to have three phono outs so i could i use this to output three instruments each to a different speaker?

but it says 6 channels, so how do you get six individual streams of sound out of it if there aren't six outputs?

M-Audio UNO https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00007JRBM/ref=cm\_sw\_r\_cp\_apa\_XnR7BbYECRTK8

I'm glad you haven't had any issues. I have one unit connected to the computer with this TI card I installed last year. The other unit is chained to the primary unit by optical cable. The secondary unit is set as the clock at 44.1 kHz, the primary unit is set to sync via ADAT (all done through Saffire MixControl).

There are two modes of failure: when a project or application (Reaper or Adobe Premiere in my case) opens at any sample rate other than 44.1 kHz, the units stop making noise. This can usually, but not always, be corrected by setting the program to use 44.1 and allowing the program to resample from higher sample rates.

The second is more elusive. If either of the units loses power while the computer is turned on the default Windows audio driver steps in, as expected, but when the units are powered back on Windows doesn't allow the units to make noise even if the Focusrite drivers are selected as primary. If I switch back to the Windows audio driver, I can make noise through the built in headphone jack, but no amount of toggling will bring noise back through the Pro 40s. I don't know exactly how to fix this, but it's some combination of turning the units off, turning the computer off, turning the units on, turning the computer back on one at a time, and crossing my fingers that this will be the time it works.

Barring these two small issues I've got no complaints about the units.