Reaper Synths - any good?

amphibian · Post by **amphibian** » Sun May 29, 2011 11:22 pm

I have been reading quite a bit on Reaper, and overall the UI looks really nice and it has some awesome features. However, I'm a big fan of using stock plugins and so I was wondering if anyone would be able to give some insight (from those who have used other DAWs previous to Reaper) on what reaper's synths/instruments are like, as well as it's stock plugins/fx.etc? I've started to become quite a fan of Operator in Ableton Live and tbh, if Reaper doesn't have decent synths then I probably won't make the move.

amphibian · Post by **amphibian** » Mon May 30, 2011 3:55 am

I assume they suck balls? lol

fragments · Post by **fragments** » Mon May 30, 2011 4:01 am

Personally I don't really like most of the stock plugins, except the EQ...it's worth using for sure. I haven't fooled w/ the synths too much, but I really can't recommend any of the stock stuff FX wise. I have not downloaded the newest version, but from a quick glance at the update list doesn't look like much going on in the plug in department. There is a lot to like about Reaper...I do 90% of my sound design and beat programming in FL Studio then bounce, mix and arrange in Reaper.

amphibian · Post by **amphibian** » Mon May 30, 2011 4:14 am

Okay tha tpretty much answers it then. I don't really want to go searching for a stack of stuff that a DAW really should have, and should be decent.

efence · Post by **efence** » Mon May 30, 2011 4:43 am

forget stock just search freebees

amphibian · Post by **amphibian** » Mon May 30, 2011 5:07 am

efence wrote:forget stock just search freebees

na I won't bother - I already have a stack of licensed plugins that I can use - but I like working with stock stuff (especially if it's good), because it's written by the DAW manufacturer, which usually means better performance.

buttock · Post by **buttock** » Mon May 30, 2011 7:10 am

the compressor and the multiband dynamics are top notch. Reatune is a pitch corrector like melodyne and uses the same algorithms as the big guys. Delay and reverb are not that great.

jrisreal · Post by **jrisreal** » Mon May 30, 2011 8:02 am

I run FL but I've DL'd theyre EQ VST and I really like it...use all the time

Electric_Head · Post by **Electric_Head** » Mon May 30, 2011 12:48 pm

I use the EQ over waves Req 4 band most of the time.
Plus and this will make a few cringe, the EQ presets are pretty spot on.
I use most of the JS plugins, Limiter, Comp, etc.

futures_untold · Post by **futures_untold** » Mon May 30, 2011 4:13 pm

Reapers synths suck imo.

However the EQ, compressor, multiband compressor, gate, pitch shifter and FIR plugin are good.

Electric_Head · Post by **Electric_Head** » Tue May 31, 2011 1:43 pm

I`ve been reading a fair bit of requests over at the Reaper forum for a native Reaper synth.
It will just make Reaper even better.

buttock · Post by **buttock** » Tue May 31, 2011 1:56 pm

I think improving samplomatic so that you can quickly map Items from the arrangements as multisamples would be more useful than another synth.

alphacat · Post by **alphacat** » Tue May 31, 2011 5:35 pm

TBH, I think people are a little lazy sometimes: I've built interesting sounding synths from the stock plugs in Reaper - you just have to be willing to play with the modules and chain 'em up in different ways, like ReaSynth > Tonifier (JS) > Compciter (JS) > Distortion (JS) > ReaFir.

No, it's not the same as having Massive or Absynth. Ultimately you'll want to find some other plugs... but it's still worth playing with IMO.

futures_untold · Post by **futures_untold** » Tue May 31, 2011 5:50 pm

I think workflow comes into it tbh.

I like Surge so much precisely because I don't have to switch tabs to make the sounds

Still, you're right about people (myself included) being too lazy haha!

alphacat · Post by **alphacat** » Tue May 31, 2011 5:58 pm

^ This is absolutely true. Some people like to tweak knobs more than others. I'm one of those people, but not so much so that songwriting takes a backseat.

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