REAPER 6.75 (WINDOWS) 32-BIT FLOAT GUIDE

32-BIT FLOAT GUIDE | REAPER 6.75 (WINDOWS)

32-BIT FLOAT GUIDE | REAPER 6.75 | WINDOWS

32-BIT FLOAT GUIDE | REAPER 6.75 (WINDOWS)

STEP 1

Download and install the ASIO driver.

a. Close all other apps and programs,

even Windows control panels, that

may be accessing your sound

settings to ensure they don’t conflict

with the ASIO driver.

b. Connect your NT1 5th Generation

to your computer via the included

USB-C to USB-C cable. If your

computer doesn’t have a USB-C port,

you’ll need to use a USB-A to USB-C

cable such as the SC18 instead.

32-BIT FLOAT GUIDE | REAPER 6.75 (WINDOWS)

Open Reaper.

a. Navigate to ‘File’ > ‘Project Settings’

> ‘Media’ > ‘Recording’ and under the

‘WAV bit depth’ dropdown, select ’32

bit FP’.

STEP 2

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STEP 3

Navigate to ‘Options’ > ‘Preferences’ >

‘Audio’ > ‘Device’.

a. Under the ‘Audio System’

dropdown, select ‘ASIO’.

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STEP 3 CONTINUED

b. Under the ‘ASIO Driver’ dropdown,

select NT1 5th Gen (Float)’. If you

have multiple USB audio inputs

connected to your computer, they will

show up as options in the ‘first’ and

‘last’ dropdown menus.

c. To set your sample rate, ensure the

‘Request sample rate’ box is ticked

and type your desired sample rate in

the box next to it (type ‘48000’ for

48kHz, for instance).

NOTE: You can select up to 192kHz, but

many Windows computers and laptops

have integrated sound cards that can’t

play back sample rates higher than 48kHz.

This means that your audio will still be

recorded at this incredibly high sample

rate into your DAW, but you will not be

able to monitor or play back this audio

via headphones plugged into your device.

We suggest recording at a standard

48Khz, unless your project specifically

requires a higher sample rate.

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STEP 3 CONTINUED

d. Click ‘ASIO Configuration’

and, under the ‘Output

Device’ dropdown, select your

headphones or other monitoring

output. Here, you can also adjust

the microphone’s input gain and

buffer size.

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STEP 4

Create an audio track by navigating

to ‘Track’ > ‘Insert New Track’.

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STEP 4 CONTINUED

a. On your Audio Track, on the far

left of the screen, click the ‘Record

Arm/Disarm’ button.

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STEP 5

Click on the ‘Record’ button near the

bottom left of the screen to begin

recording your performance. Hit ‘Stop’

to end your recording.

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If your audio clipped while recording,

rather than having to re-record the

track, you can simply adjust it afterwards

to the appropriate level. This is the

key benefit of 32-bit float recording.

To do this, right-click the waveform

of the audio you just recorded, select

‘Item Properties’ and navigate to

‘Take Properties’ > ‘Volume/pan’ >

‘Normalize’ and click ‘OK’.

NOTE: If you’d like the loudest section

of your audio to be below 0dB, you

can adjust this in the ‘Normalize Media

Items’ pop-up window by changing the

‘0.0dB’ value to a lower value (-3.0dB,

for instance).

STEP 6

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STEP 7

After normalizing, you will notice the

track’s waveform has decreased in size and

the previously ‘clipped’ audio information

is still intact.

NOTE: This post-recording gain adjustment

can also be applied to tracks that are too

quiet by following the same process.