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Jul 30, 2026 |

Unlock the power of REAPER with this brilliant rapid-fire guide by Chris Bolte

By Asbjoern Andersen
REAPER guide 2026

REAPER is an incredible tool for us in sound โ€“ and in this brilliant, rapid-fire presentation from AirCon 26, sound designer and audio implementer Chris Bolte (Bร˜LT) presents a ton of features, extensions, workflows and clever ways you can make the most of it. Check out the chapter guide below the video to jump straight to your preferred topic:

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0:00Introduction0:46Presentation starts2:01Who am I?2:47Act one: Hidden features2:56Spectral editing4:59Interactive HTML render statistics6:44Video editing in REAPER8:18Toolbars as context menus9:18Reference images9:34Shortcuts via MIDI10:32Act two: Ideation & control10:45Time stretching algorithms12:17XY pad extension13:27Playdium extension15:48Parameter modulation17:23Act three: Efficiency to the max17:34Rendering extensions18:49Rendering & wildcards20:03Render multiple projects at once (render queue)21:03Fixing clipping during render21:45Act four: Mind-blowing features and extensions21:56Turn any FX chain into an IR23:22ReaVerb is seriously deep24:55Portable REAPER installation25:49ReaPet extension (focus timer)26:30Closing and conclusions26:51Additional resources and links28:22Q&A: Fixing artifacts when rendering videos?

Companion guide

Want to dig deeper into the features in the talk?

Christopher Bolte has written a companion guide to this presentation โ€“ The Guide to REAPER Radness โ€“ which expands each topic with tutorials, deeper explanations, and links to the extensions and scripts he uses:

Get the in-depth REAPER Radness guide here

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