I'm loading up my laptop with stuff to entertain myself while lounging beneath the mango trees in the Philippines for three weeks. I've decided to load up Reaper and give it another go. Maybe I'll click with it this time, in an ultra-relaxed environment.

So what I'm looking for today are tutorials (video or otherwise) that I can download onto my laptop for offline viewing. I do have software for capturing YouTube videos, but I'd rather not hassle with that if there's someplace I can simply queue then up for downloading.

I just downloaded reaper last night (just in case). Going to take a look at it again in case I need an alternative DAW.

The groove 3 videos come to mind. They recently had a special for 10 dollars a month use. 
Lots of other great videos there too.

http://www.groove3.com/str/reaper-training-videos/

EDIT: I just looked it up and unfortunately the 10 dollar deal expired January.
Still, it is worth looking into groove3 if you have not already. 

Have you checked out the Reaper forum? I think there are several links to videos including reapertutorials.com or some such on the main forum page. HTH

Yup, lots of links to YouTube. But capturing them for offline viewing is a hassle. I was hoping there was someplace with downloadable videos, so that I could queue them up for overnight download.

Ever tried Easy Youtube Video Downloader? I use it often mainly for the Dave Pensado "Inside The Lair" videos. It downloads in several formats including 1080p video mp4 I think. It is a Firefox extension that shows as a button on the Youtube page. I'm assuming you were thinking of a screen capture in real time.

I use a similar product, called NetVideoHunter. It's pretty convenient, just a click to capture a video. But you have to start the video playing first so it can intercept the URL. It looks like that'll have to be how I do this.

I found a bunch of videos on the Cockos Wiki, which contains a link that says "you can download all those videos in Windows Media format for offline viewing". Bingo! Unfortunately, it was a dead link. 

So I've decided to do it the slow way and have kicked off a half-dozen YouTube captures. It'll eat my bandwidth all morning, but I'll have something to watch on the plane and under the mango tree.

Enjoy the mangos and if you really learn something from the vids maybe you can recommend the best ones?

I played with Reaper back in the 3.0 days and I upgraded to 4.0.

My plan is sometime this year to record a whole song in Reaper using audio and MIDI to get a feel for the product. As well I plan to do a different song in Studio One Pro 2.5. Same idea.

I am NOT planning on leaving SONAR as my main DAW, I just thought I should learn the other DAWs that I legitimately own. 

I used reaper for about 6 months, when X1 first came out, and really liked it except that the mackie control and expander modules lacked the support that I needed and there was no activity going on to improve that area of the support.

I really enjoyed the dual pan pot features that were built in on each track strip and the speed control. Have not tried it since but it may be time to start giving it another look see.

Hope you get the vids you need and I think you will pick right up on it. Pretty sure that Modbod was using it also as he was the one that suggested it to me.
Maybe Dave will chime in here.

Kind regards,
Rick

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I mess with Reaper a bit from time to time....just enought to goof myself up....but it is a powerful DAW.

I have the Groove 3 Videos which I got them on sale and a few of Kenny's video's from the Reaper Forum.....I know that he has a number of them for free but then your stuck with your vidoe capture dituation. Same with You Tube.....

So in essence, it has all been mentioned before....sorry I could not be any more help but they would be my first choice as well....

Clifford

So many people really love Reaper that I have to suspect it's just me. Or maybe not. I hated X1, and it wasn't that big a change, so maybe I'm just set in my ways.

In any case, I've got a couple hours of tutorials on disk, Reaper's installed along with SampleTank so I've got some sound sources, and I've got my little AKAI mini keyboard packed. 

Now if I can just get lucky and score an exit-row seat on the flight to Tokyo I'll be set.