How to use Reaper FX Chain with Audacity for Podcast and Voiceover

Reaper can handle all your audio editing needs. However, if you're accustomed to another audio editor and wish to continue using it but require a stable editor for processing plugins such as EQ, compression, and setting loudness within an FX Chain, you can use Audacity (or another audio editor) for initial audio editing, and then complete the audio editing process in Reaper using its FX Chain. This allows you to take advantage of Reaper's stability and plugin processing capabilities using an FX Chain while still using your preferred audio editor. This video demonstrates how to adopt an audio editing strategy of using Audacity (or another audio editor) for the initial audio editing and then finish the audio editing process, including tasks such as noise removal, EQ, compression, setting loudness levels, etc. using Reaper’s FX Chain.

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Video Timeline:

00:00 - Introduction

05:18 - Audio Editing Workflow. First in Audacity and then in Reaper

06:25 - Plug-Ins used in Reaper FX Chain

24:20 - About Spreadsheet and PDF explaining Audio Editing Workflow and Plug-ins uses

25:34 - Processing Reaper FX Chain

44:45 - Playing before and after example audio that was processed using FX Chain in Reaper

49:30 - Closing

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Links to items mentioned in the video:

YouTube Videos mentioned in the video:

"Selecting A Small Section Of Audio From Just One Track In Reaper" on the Home Brew Audio YouTube Channel:
https://youtu.be/U-emPAj0JoM?si=0onOafLESYsSU7Xg

"REAPER Basics - The Complete Beginner Tutorial" on The Ultimate Mixdown YouTube Channel:
https://youtu.be/f6pUEjbCe5A?si=cd3Gm4GrSbo_iurF

Spreadsheet or PDF showing Processing Order, Type and Name of Plug-ins used in Reaper FX Chain, Links to YouTube Video Tutorials for each Plug-in, etc:

Spreadheet of Reaper FX Chain:
https://oportuno.org/files/FX_Chain.xlsx

PDF of Reaper FX Chain:
https://oportuno.org/files/FX_Chain.pdf

Software (Audacity and Reaper):

Audacity:
https://www.audacityteam.org

Reaper:
https://www.reaper.fm

Plug-Ins:

Noise Removal:

Clear - De-Noise & De-Reverb Voice Separator:
https://product.supertone.ai/clear

OR

RX 8 Voice De-Noise (or latest version) :
https://izotope.com

Noisegate:

Renegate – Noisegate:
https://www.auburnsounds.com/products/Renegate.html

Equalizer:

IIEQ Pro – Equalizer:
https://ddmf.eu/iieqpro-equalizer-plugin/

and/or

TDR VOS SlickEQ GE – Equalizer:
https://www.tokyodawn.net/tdr-vos-slickeq-ge/

De-Esser:

Lisp – De-Esser:
https://bedroomproducersblog.com/2014/09/20/sleepy-time-dsp/

Compressor:

TDR Kotelnikov GE – Compresor:
https://www.tokyodawn.net/tdr-kotelnikov-ge/

Harsh Frequency Remover:

Vastaus -Smooth high-end to remove unwanted harsh frequencies:
https://wavegrove.com/plug-ins/vastaus/

Loudness Increaser:

LoudMax - Loudness Increaser:
https://loudmax.blogspot.com/

Loudness Levels:

FinalLoud 3 – Set LUF and True Peak:
https://www.tbproaudio.de/products/finalloud

Loudness Meter:

Youlean Loudness Meter – Loudness Meter:
https://youlean.co/youlean-loudness-meter/

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