I tried that one the UAD Pultec HLF filter I use on all sorts of stuff. Maybe my most used out of metering and tone generators. I always thought of that plugin as gentle and quite unobtrusive but even at 80 hz the hpf pulled out more than I thought. Granted, if I am putting the filter on there than I don’t want that stuff there anyways, but its good to know.

I rendered a 30 min master and it only printed on one side? The fuck did I do?

I have an oversampled API 2500 and Manley Massive Passive on the stereo bus and the master was compiled from 4 or 5 stems.

I usually select the option to render the wav live on the 2nd go.

Here’s my trick:

One mono performance, panned left or right

5-6 ms single repeat delay panned opposite. Adjust volume so that it sits where I want in the stereo field - you can tell when you’re at the sweet spot because raising the fader makes move from left or right.

Check phase on the og source and keep whatever sounds best. When its working right the track will sound like its panned - like with the rhodes the sounds might most sit in the center left until it hits harder, then it moves right. Pretty cool.

I do this with rack delays whether analog or digital - you can totally do it outside the daw on a mixer if you want. Will probably try it live next time I record Rhodes or Wurli sounds. It worked with the uad space echo plug, but the shortest time was too long so I had to render and then nudge it left about 63 ms or whatever.

Anyways, now I have two mono tracks - how do I combine this to a single stereo track? I’ve messed with it and feel like it’s changing the sound.

Also, I am about 90% sure I didn’t invent this trick, but hey guys I invented this trick.

llllllllllllllllllll wrote: Sun Apr 05, 2026 6:43 pm
Anyways, now I have two mono tracks - how do I combine this to a single stereo track? I’ve messed with it and feel like it’s changing the sound.

Also, I am about 90% sure I didn’t invent this trick, but hey guys I invented this trick.

Just render it to a stereo file? Or send it all to another track and record track output would work. should sound the same. You could also just folder the 2 tracks and hide them, leaving just the folder (or DCA) visible in the project to control it. Hell once they are foldered, you can record the Folder Output in place, mute and hide the monos. Lots of options.

Kniferide wrote: Mon Apr 06, 2026 12:14 pm

llllllllllllllllllll wrote: Sun Apr 05, 2026 6:43 pm
Anyways, now I have two mono tracks - how do I combine this to a single stereo track? I’ve messed with it and feel like it’s changing the sound.

Also, I am about 90% sure I didn’t invent this trick, but hey guys I invented this trick.

Just render it to a stereo file? Or send it all to another track and record track output would work. should sound the same. You could also just folder the 2 tracks and hide them, leaving just the folder (or DCA) visible in the project to control it. Hell once they are foldered, you can record the Folder Output in place, mute and hide the monos. Lots of options.

Yeah I don’t know why I didn’t try rendering. I guess I think of that as an end of project sort of thing. A quick google had me trying ‘implode stereo’ or something similar and it didn’t work.

llllllllllllllllllll wrote: Mon Apr 06, 2026 1:03 pm

Kniferide wrote: Mon Apr 06, 2026 12:14 pm

llllllllllllllllllll wrote: Sun Apr 05, 2026 6:43 pm
Anyways, now I have two mono tracks - how do I combine this to a single stereo track? I’ve messed with it and feel like it’s changing the sound.

Also, I am about 90% sure I didn’t invent this trick, but hey guys I invented this trick.

Just render it to a stereo file? Or send it all to another track and record track output would work. should sound the same. You could also just folder the 2 tracks and hide them, leaving just the folder (or DCA) visible in the project to control it. Hell once they are foldered, you can record the Folder Output in place, mute and hide the monos. Lots of options.

Yeah I don’t know why I didn’t try rendering. I guess I think of that as an end of project sort of thing. A quick google had me trying ‘implode stereo’ or something similar and it didn’t work.

I'm a big proponent of "packaging" things like this into folder tracks, Right clicking the record arm button on the folder track and choosing RECORD TRACK OUTPUT and doing a real time record pass of the summed audio. Then I can just mute the tracks that were used and use the audio track that is in the Folder lane. You can always go back and adjust it and replace it if you need. That or I will just keep it all in the folder and not bother rendering it at all. Folders are my friend.

Say I’m recording outboard or a plugin on a prerecorded track or something in real time, maybe a few different elements at once.

System resources on my laptop can suck due to throttling or whatever and you can get clicks and pops.

I found a setting where Reaper doesn’t waste system resources on muted tracks. That’s nice. But what about solo - does that work same way?

Like right now I’ve got two folders, one with mono pedal steel L one with mono pedal steel R plus a stereo reverb and delay track, all processed in their own way.

Then I’ve got another wurlitzer folder being processed similarly except there isn’t a dedicated reverb and delay track.

Would soloing those ensure Reaper dedicated resources to them alone? Or would I need to mute?

Also, confidential to @fm mason, I have got tape dither (italics mine) out for a spin.