Best settings for REAPER 7 (2025)

In this video I go over some of the settings I would change if I had to start REAPER 7 from zero ✨

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🕹 Chapters:

00:00 Remove auto-fades
01:53 Hand-scrolling navigation
04:09 Zoom center
05:12 Disable tiny fade-in
06:08 Disable item loops
08:14 Keep playing forever
08:57 Insert MIDI notes in one click
09:55 Collapse folder options
10:55 Check this out

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[Reapertips]

Thank you for watching ✨ I am curious, what's another setting you would recommend people to check?

[sadbuttrue]

OMG, reaper is doing a fade in?!?! This has been bugging me for years, but I didn't realize there was a solution to this. Most of your other setting tips are excellent too. Thank you so much.

[semyonboyk]

I've just recently purchased Reaper and started exploring it, and you sir, are one of the most helpful and sweet people in the community. I really appreciate everything that you do.

[jakeshotrosky]

You and Kenny Gioia are the BEST resources on Reaper. I've been using Reaper for over ten years and you guys teach me new stuff all the time!

[JackZucker]

if you disable the tiny fade in on playback, reaper will audibly click when you start playback in the middle of an item. I prefer the tiny fade-in honestly.

[SorooshMhs]

I always wondered why Reaper stops playback when it reaches the end of the longest item in the session. Thanks to you i no longer need to worry about that 😅

[aethyrien]

Holy shit. I feel like I just rediscovered Reaper all over again 10 years later. Incredible. Thank you so much! #Subbed

[greccoox]

omg you just point out literally everything that bothering me since forever, and i was too lazy to search in the preferences... thanks hermano! reaper fans need you alive posting.... letsss goooo!!!

[jamisondonald]

Thank you for this and all of your other videos. I've been using Reaper for ages and you continue to bring new things to my attention

[UtopiaFade]

This is SO nice, thank you kindly for making what is ultimately overwhelming, simple and quick. I LOVE Reaper's customization though some complain - it's well worth having a tool you can customize as I'm coming from Reason DAW with nearly zero configuration choices.

[mmmimmm]

Gracias por todo esto. Llevaba tiempo buscando a alguien que subiera contenido de Reaper que viera todas sus capacidades como DAW, gracias por todo tu contenido. Ojalá tengas nuestro suficiente apoyo para que sigas subiendo videos !

[sylvaind]

Whoa! Those are superb tips Alejandro!👍🏻 Thanks!

[thelanavishnuorchestra]

Thanks, I implemented most of your suggestions. i'd been wondering how to change those behaviors and you showed me what I wanted. I was constantly zooming when I just wanted to scroll up. And most of the others were things I wanted to change as well. Perfect.

[andreasfranzmann]

Wow, this video solves a lot of issues I had on my „fix this“ list for a long time! And how come I have never even heard of that weird „tiny gap at playback“ behavior? Awesome Alejandro, thanks a ton! Best Andy

[stevewoodyt]

For vertical scrolling I’ve got it set to zoom when over the audio files and vertical scroll only when over the track controls. Not sure how I did that but it’s great. No modifiers! Just more your cursor over and scroll away. Same for horizontal scroll in the mixer. Scroll over the track controls and it goes.

[wilssantos]

For navigating my arrange view, I set my mouse commands to go: mousewheel scrolls vertically (the most intuitive for me); shift+mousewheel: scrolls horizontally; ctrl+mousewheel: zooms vertically; alt+mousewheel: zooms horizontally. Zooms are always on mouse pointer. Works like a charm :)
Also, on midi editor, I prefer to make it so I have to double-click to insert a note (not click and drag, nor just click), because I always click on things and insert notes accidently otherwise haha

[Herteleer]

Nice vid, very useful.
For a lot of small inconveniences I experience, in reaper you have the remedy.
TYVM

[jeramiahrossnz]

Thanks man, Yeah, all these little workflow tips really help, Just reminded me to grab your themes again, Even though I have been using Reaper forever, its all the combined tricks and tips that make life good, I find Reaper really good when I want to just test out plugins, scribbe down ideas, heck I even got it going really well on a very old Macbook Pro from 2009 running linux, so yeah, that was surprising with Pipewire (linux Core Audio/ASIO) styles.

[BenMartinBox]

Nice tips. Thanks for sharing. Yeah, Reaper default settings are somewhat "strange" and the options instead of being grouped by TAB issues seem to be spread all over in Tabs and "list" tables. Weird, but I do love the DAW.

[mervenca]

The item looping disabling just removed so many subtle annoyance I have with Reaper, thanks!!