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The Best FX Plugins Hidden in REAPER - Part 2

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Summary of Tech/Plugin Concepts (FX plugins hidden in REAPER — Part 2)

This video is a hidden FX plugins walkthrough in REAPER, focused on practical sound-design uses for several built-in or less-obvious effects. The speaker shows how each plugin changes tone/space and provides quick setup tips such as filtering, blending, and workflow.

1) Filter: Butterworth 4-pole filter

  • A Butterworth four-pole filter is highlighted as a favorite.
  • It’s described as simple but aggressive, shaping the sound more strongly than subtle filters.
  • Presented as a plugin that’s “kind of hidden” in the FX list.

2) Distortion: Wave Shaping Distortion

  • A favorite wave shaping distortion plugin.
  • Warning: it can become too loud when enabled.
  • Workflow tip: insert a Volume plugin after distortion to control level.

3) Delay effects (space/echo textures)

a) Delay: “Delay Floaty”

  • Designed to sound ethereal, like space echo or tape echo.
  • Example setup: timing set to “eight 30 second notes” / quarter-note-style values (subtitles are unclear, but the idea is tempo-synced rhythmic delay with quarter/eighth-like variations).
  • Includes an additional control called warp to alter the character.

b) “Avocado ducking glitch generator” (glitch delay / ducking-style generator)

  • Characterized as weird and more experimental.
  • Parameters discussed:
    • Probability of pitch
    • Reverse
    • Fade out
  • Workflow tip: place it on a separate track, record the output, then edit together the best/random moments, since it behaves randomly.

4) Stereo widening / delay-based stereo enhancement

a) “Channel Time Delayer”

  • Delays left and right channels separately.
  • By increasing the delay amount (example: around 20), it becomes more stereo.
  • Called out as especially useful for mono synths to widen them into a stereo-like image.

b) “MDA pseudo stereo”

  • Similar goal (widening), but uses a specific method:
    • One direction uses comb filtering
    • The other direction uses all-pass/phase/“hos” filtering (subtitle unclear; concept is different filtering modes depending on settings)
  • Result: widening without necessarily sounding like hard delay.

5) Pitch / octave support (subtle lower octave doubling)

  • A plugin is shown that adds an octave in the lower register.
  • You can choose upper vs lower, but the speaker prefers lower for a more subtle effect.
  • Usage guidance: it can be very wet, so blend it in for natural results.
  • Suggested applications:
    • Vocals
    • Guitars (and anything that benefits from a subtle lower octave layer)

Overall takeaway

  • The creator emphasizes using these effects subtly for best results (especially octave and stereo effects).
  • Encourages viewers to check the rest of the plugin list and comment if they have other favorites.

Main speaker/source

  • Reaper Mania (channel/brand name repeated at the end).

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