Reaper’s Track Templates are amazing!
Are massive orchestral templates slowing down your workflow? In this video, I explain why I completely stopped using traditional orchestral templates in Reaper – and what I do instead to compose faster, cleaner, and with far less CPU overheads.
As a musical theatre composer working with many orchestral libraries from the likes of Spitfire Audio, VSL and ProjectSAM, I show you the best way to use Reaper’s amazing Track Templates, how to disable tracks, how to use purging to load huge sample libraries instantly — without the 500+ track chaos.
Related to track templates are Reaper’s MIDI Note Channels, check out my other article to discover an easier and more realistic way of building orchestral templates, Composing in Reaper using MIDI Note Channels
In this video you’ll learn:
- A smarter, minimalist composing workflow
- Why traditional orchestral templates are overrated
- How to use Reaper Track Templates properly
- How to load full orchestras in seconds
- How purging saves massive CPU and RAM