Splitting Electric Guitar for FX Processing in REAPER

Splitting Electric Guitar for FX Processing in REAPER

[BobbyJamesCote]

Man, I've spent the last couple years learning Computer 101 for the sole purpose of being able to collaborate in Song Writing and Recording... To say the least; the Task has been daunting. I spent my first Thousand hours just trying everything out to see what Reaper actually does... The last few months Kenny has helped me out with the rest. I've still a long way to go but am getting there 😅 Thanks Brother Kenny from the Bottom of my heart ❤️ for the tutorials. 💯🙏

[redwoodlloyd]

Damn. He’s actually teaching us how a multiband compressor functions.

Great job Kenny

[holmesoffice]

Works really well again for my stuff...and helps me throw out unnecessary e-guitar tracks, as the sound is now clearer but wider with just a left and right. This splitting series is really improving the mix. Thanks again Kenny!

[nickeax]

I used this technique combined with a technique from another one of Kenny's videos to use the LUFS envelope of the lead vocal to control the volume envelope of the mid-range guitar split. Helps the guitar dip out of the way of the vocal without being an obvious gain reduction. Thanks Kenny!

[Mcqlfc]

This is brilliant. Thank you. It really makes the guitar sound multi tracked but with so much dynamics

[twomartoes]

This is so cool I can imagine using automation to bring more boom to a chorus ect. Thanks Kenny

[MrOmeyer]

These tutorials makes Reaper the #1 DAW

[lhu]

Thanks for this lecture, it works fantastic for bass and guitar and will be part of my workflow from now on.

[markholmes]

Wonderfully useful session as always. Really appreciate your channel, it really helps me get to grips with Reaper. Even better now with your Outro sequence graphics and music. Come for the instruction; stay for the Danse Macabre at the end!

[shredvenom]

Learn something??? For a newbie like me, secret doors were unlocked with this video!!!
Thanks so much for all the tutorials you do on this channel, awesome stuff!!!

[juanchis.investigadorsonoro]

Thanks for all your videos! Btw, you can always hold Option / Alt at the same time after pressing Shift so it deactivates the main send & generate the send at the same time. :)

[PocketSunlight]

I’d seen Kenny talk of splitting before and it is only now that the penny has dropped - I’ve just used it for a forthcoming production, guitar solo and will be using this often for now on. Cheers, Kenny 👏

[PaulWalkerMuso]

This and the one on acoustic splitting are brilliant man. Love it, thanks so much

[SunAndMirror]

Did...did you just teach us how to make our own 3(multi)band compressor?? Fan-TASTIC sir!!!

[JetManmusic]

Another awesome content! Thanks Kenny :)

[stevenm]

What a great way to mix guitars. Thanks Kenny for all the great knowledge. Much appreciated sir. 👍

[hristoistoyanov]

Kenny, this is very interesting... What I struggle with is to find use of splitting, because:

1. If you deal with heavily distorted guitars, there is no need for compression.

2. An amp sim plugin already has low/mid/hi knobs (the mixer sliders in your video)

3. You can EQ the guitar.

... So why go through the trouble of splitting the signal?

Perhaps the only justification would be to apply different FX for each band...

[banterbanter]

Wee question
How does this differ from using a multiband compressor followed by an eq? 🍻🍻

[JonHarris]

I like the way you show doing the duplicating using busses instead of duplicating the audio on the tracks! As you said, much better if you need to do any edits or punch ins later.

[Machoniak]

Amazing tutorial . Thanks Kenny for interesting and useful things .