Jake Hyatt describes how to overlay audio in Reaper. He opened the Media Explorer to easily listen to sound effects without having to use a separate program. He dragged sounds from the library onto different tracks to create a dialogue. Some clips were too long, so he shortened them by adjusting the edges until the clips were the right length. Finally, he added a fade to the second track by adjusting the corners to gradually increase and decrease the volume of the audio over time.

1. Jake Hyatt
Unit: 73
Task 7
Overlaying Audio:
To start off whenI firstopenedReaper, Iclickedonthe “view”tabandselected“MediaExplorer”so
that all the soundeffectswere atthe bottomof the screen andI couldeasilylistentothemjustby
clickingontheminsteadof waitingforVLCto loadup andtake me intoa separate window than
Reaper.
To create thissimple piece of dialougeIdraggedthe soundsthatI wantedfromthe soundlibrary
ontodifferenttracksbysimplydragginganddroppingthemintoreaper.Some of the audioclipsmay
have beentoolongso I had to shortenthembyhoveringoverthe leftorrightedge until Isaw the
twoopposisingarrowswhichthenallowedme toshortenthemuntil Iwashappywiththe audiothat
was produced.FinallyIaddedanaudiofade to the audioon the secondtrack by hoveringoverthe

2. Jake Hyatt
Unit: 73
Task 7
top leftorright corneruntil Isaw the quartercircle withopposingarrowsoneitherside which
alloowedme tocreate a fade inand out (the redlines) sothatthe soundwouldgraduallygetlouder
but the graduallygetquietertowardsthe enduntil the lastaudiotracktookover.