Recommended REAPER Settings

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Recommended REAPER Settings

After you install REAPER and the other required and optional software, we recommend that you configure REAPER as described in this section.

REAPER is an extremely flexible DAW. These configuration settings are the same ones used during the creation of the Strata collections and ensure that:

You experience optimal performance.
You can experiment with projects freely and retain the ability to revert to earlier project states, which minimizes risks to project integrity.
All renders are saved to the same relative paths so that you can find all of the rendered files easily, even if you move the project.

Disabling Automatic Subproject Rendering

The Strata collection main projects contain subprojects. By default, REAPER is configured to render subprojects automatically, which is unnecessary with Strata because each main project contains rendered versions of selected sounds from the subprojects. We strongly recommend that you disable automatic subproject rendering to improve performance.

To disable automatic subproject rendering:

Open a REAPER project.
Right-click the project tab. If no project tab is visible, you might have to create a new one (refer to the REAPER User Guide for more information).
Select Subproject rendering > Do not automatically render subprojects (require manual render).

Setting REAPER Preferences

To set REAPER preferences:

Open REAPER.
From the menu bar, click Options > Preferences (Ctrl+P). The REAPER Preferences dialog opens.
On the Undo page, select the following option:
On the Paths page, do not set a default render path name if you are using ReaWwise.
info Note
Strata projects are set up to create a folder named Rendered in the project path.
On the Project page, select the following option:
This is useful if you move project folders to new locations or use a centralized shared storage or version control system.
On the Media page, disable the following option:
Click OK.
From the menu bar, click File > Project Render Metadata.
In the dialog that opens, select the following options and click OK.