Description
Curious about programming but hate generic tutorials?
Programming is one of those subjects that seems important and also intimidating. It’s like you should know it, or at least you should learn it, but it’s not only scary – most tutorials online are boring.
Boring tutorials are that way because they’re stuck trying to teach you programming fundamentals and good habits that are simple to execute and teach. But you may not want to become “a programmer”, and you certainly don’t want to slog through 10 hours of very generic tutorials on CodeAcademy.
What if you could just get right to the fun stuff? Better yet, what if the fun stuff could be audio related?!
Introducing: Begin Audio Scripting with REAPER
This short book was designed to hold your hand, assuming you have zero programming skills (or even that you’re deathly afraid of programming), and it teaches you to do some simple-but-awesome things in an environment you’re incredibly comfortable with: a DAW.
Lots of audio professionals know that REAPER is super cool because “it’s programmable and customizable” – but if we’re honest, those are things you know but may or may not spend time experiencing. It’s like how “knowing” that learning some programming can help you, but you may or may not ever get around to it.
The idea behind “Begin Audio Scripting with REAPER” is to make that jump so incredibly easy for you, that it’s laughable. Not only will it be easy, but it’s fun too!
What you will learn
- How to make 3 different Reaper scripts (actions):
- Quickly arming & disarming multiple tracks
- Rapidly muting & unmuting multiple tracks
- How to re-use code to solo & unsolo multiple tracks
- How to read an API, and learning what an API is
- The basics of the “Lua” scripting language
- How to convert your programming knowledge to other languages and more ambitious projects
“Okay, this seems interesting… but how will it actually help my day-to-day work?”
Great question – realistically, it can help as much as you’re driven to see results. I took what I learned to write this book and parlayed it into a complete career!
Realistically speaking, REAPER allows you to make your own custom hotkeys, and instead of having those hotkeys do simple pre-existing actions, you’ll be able to build your own from scratch. Nowadays, this knowledge can even transition over to other DAWs like Pro Tools, Cubase, and Nuendo (which have developed scripting support!)
If you wanted to go absolutely nuts, I’ve used the ability to script REAPER to automate entire editing jobs for me:
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Refund Policy
If you’re not completely satisfied with the product, I offer a 30-day, no questions asked 100% money-back guarantee. Just send an email to me@adamtcroft.com
