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REAPER: Essentials

Important keybinds

Section titled “Important keybinds”

The following shortcuts have been added:

  • F6 - [EVENTS Tools]: Tools for the EVENTS track. Helps simplify dealing with crowd states and section events.
    EVENTS Tools, showing utilites to send markers to sections, add music start and end events, and various crowd events.
  • F7 - [EncoreVoxPreview]: See your vocal chart in real time. Includes harmonies as well!
    Swap between tracks with [ and ] keys.
    Encore Vox Preview showing three vocal parts. They each have different lyrics and are separated by color.
  • F8 - [HOPCAT]: A cleaned up and updated version of CAT. This is a utility that does an astounding amount of things and helps with tedious tasks.
    HOPCAT showing various utilites like automatic animations, reductions, and many other things.
  • F9 - [VenueGen]: Avoid the headache having to make events with clunky events. Make them with notes!
    VenueGen showing options to apply or pull lighting and camera from VENUE. There's also bottones to generate and generate and overwrite.
  • F10 - [VenuePreview]: Get a very good estimate of what your venue looks like. Check how your post-procs, lighting, and camera choices are. Also shows Guitar/Bass, Guitar/Keys, and Bass/Keys variants.
    Venue Preview showing the current camera, current post-proc effect, and lighting.
  • K - Makes a count off. You have to click on bar 2 before pressing this.
    • Reminder to tempo map first then chart because the count in will shift everything right!
  • Q - Sets tempo by bar depending on where your cursor is.
  • SHIFT+Q - Move closest grid line to mouse cursor while holding.
  • [MIDI Editor] SHIFT+L - Import lyrics for selected notes from file.
  • [MIDI Editor] CTRL+SHIFT+Mousewheel - Adjust note velocities. Extremely handy for Pro Guitar/Bass.
  • [MIDI Editor] ALT+SHIFT+S - Splits a long note along the current grid. Great for quickly creating things like 16th note patterns.
  • [MIDI Editor] NUMPAD 9 - Set note lengths to grid size. Helpful if you want to adjust lots of notes to a specific size, like shrinking down to 32nd notes.

Other included plugins

Section titled “Other included plugins”

These are some other plugins included in the template:

  • [ChartChotic] - An open source and modernized replacement for RBN Preview. This one is cross-platform so Linux (and Mac) users can finally see what they’re charting.
    There’s a lot of other cool features so make sure you explore this one!
    ChartChotic showing a drum track.
  • [Pro Keys Preview] - A plugin to help see your Pro Keys charts. Very helpful to spot range limitations and shifts!
    Venue Preview showing the current camera, current post-proc effect, and lighting.

Additional downloads

Section titled “Additional downloads”

It’s worth checking this stuff out and downloading it!

  • [MAGMA] - A tool to compile your custom so it can go in the game. It’s still in use and has been improved over the years.
  • [Nautilus (formerly known as C3 CON Tools)] - The Swiss army knife of Rock Band stuff. Lots of great and specific tools for customs.
  • [Onyx] - A must have tool if you’re testing on RPCS3 as it can export into a modern PS3 format.
  • [Ultimate Vocal Remover GUI] - Contrary to what the name is, this does a lot more than just remove vocals. This is AI stem separation software that can greatly help in separating a song into separate elements to help with charting. The version linked is a beta version that includes the ability to import Roformer models. Here are the suggested models:
    • Demucs:
      • htdemucs_ft - Separates into four instruments.
      • htdemucs_6s - Gives you six instruments instead of the usual four.
    • MDX-NET
      • [BS Roformer SW] - Like htdemucs_6s but with monumentally superior quality. Requires a beefy graphics card!
      • UVR-MDX-NET INST HQ 3 or 5 - Essential as it usually gives better vocal isolation than Demucs.
      • [Drumsep] - Essential as it separates a stereo drum track into various elements. Helps a ton with drum charting.
  • [Mvsep] - Like UVR but it runs on a server. You are restricted to MP3 quality and there is a queue. You can pay to avoid this.