I want to set an automated volume fade-out of an empty track in Reaper. Basically, my backing track (first track) will fade out at a specific point, so I know the timing perfectly. What I want to achieve is for my guitar, played through a separate (second) track, to fade out in volume starting from the same time point as the backing track. Is this possible in Reaper? I found ways to set a new track to have automatic fade out, but the effect is not applied live. You have to stop the recording, and then automatically the effect is applied to the recorded track. What I want is a fade-out effect that will be applied live, exactly during the time I play.
I know this can be achieved through volume pedals, volume dials on the guitar, etc.
Select track and click at the end of that track so the timeline marker is at the end of it
Then click in the top right at the end of the track and hold. It will say Fade Out and at this points the value will be zero. Just drag the fade out to the left for a much as you need.
You see something like this once you release the fader
I was just writing that. I know how to set fade in/out on a recorded track/region, but I need this to work on live play at exact time point.
It looks like envelopes are used for this, but i need to explore further. Thank you so much for the direction!
Right click on a Guitar (live) track → Envelopes → Volume envelope - then simply add points and drag down volume (green) line area to create fade out - works really nicely.
I will explore if possible to add the same fade-out to both tracks.
Once again, thank you Majik and Toby, I appreicate it.
Kenny’s video covers Fade In Fade Out at the start. Should have said I would replicate the Fade Out on both tracks, easy to fade them to the same degree/duration. Not the most elegant solution but quick easy and I’ve used it on many multis over time.
Envelopes don’t work the same as tracks, I didn’t manage to add the exactly same fade out to both backing track and live track’s envelope. But what I did manually above works perfectly, so no need to improve. The main thing here is that I managed to add fade out to the empty track (via envelope) which can now be used for live playing, and fade out will kick in live, during the play.
