SELECTED VIDEOS FROM INDEPENDENT CREATORS
Optional YouTube guides, credited to their original creators. These are curated links, not Myriagon-produced lessons or required actor training. For delivery requirements, use the recording reference.
THE VIDEO LIBRARY
REAPER and Audacity are alternative ways to record. Pick the one you use. Scrivener references are for writers preparing scripts; performers do not need to own it.
REAPER Mania
Get comfortable with the input meter before recording a scene with quiet lines and loud ones.
REAPER · Mac / Windows; controls may differ
Record a representative loud line while setting gain. A track's playback fader is not the same as the interface's input gain.
Video: Proper Recording Levels in REAPER
Source & context ↗REAPER Mania
Start a project and understand where the session lives before the recordings begin to pile up.
REAPER 7 · Mac / Windows
Keep the project and its audio together. A saved session depends on the media it refers to.
Video: This is REAPER 7 - Starting a New Project
Source & context ↗REAPER Mania
A focused introduction to recording audio, from a track on the screen to a take you can play back.
REAPER 7 · Mac / Windows
Follow the recording steps first. You can learn effects and mixing when you need them.
Video: This is REAPER 7 - Recording Audio - Part 1
Source & context ↗REAPER Mania
Understand direct monitoring before changing settings at random to chase a delayed headphone signal.
REAPER · interface controls vary
Monitoring options depend on your interface. Hearing both direct and software monitoring can create a doubled sound.
Video: Direct Monitoring (Zero Latency) in REAPER
Source & context ↗REAPER Mania
Learn what rendering does and where the finished audio file comes from.
REAPER 6 screen · render controls may differ in REAPER 7
Match the production's requested format. A music master or an audiobook target is not automatically the right actor delivery.
Video: This is REAPER 6 - Rendering (Bouncing) (15/15)
Source & context ↗REAPER Mania
Punch into narration to replace a passage while hearing the lead-in that helps you settle back into the read.
REAPER · Mac / Windows
Keep an untouched session or take before replacing material. Check that the pickup matches the surrounding delivery.
Video: Punching into Narration in REAPER
Source & context ↗REAPER Mania
A voiceover-focused editing reference for the work between recording a take and handing it over.
Older REAPER interface · concepts remain useful
Keep natural breaths and performance pauses when they serve the scene. Preserve the original recording.
Video: Cleaning Up Voiceover in REAPER
Source & context ↗REAPER Mania
Explore REAPER 7's lanes and comping when several performances contain something you want to keep.
REAPER 7 · lanes and comping
Listen to the scene as a whole after editing. A technically tidy composite can still lose the emotional through-line.
Video: Track Lanes & Comping in REAPER 7
Source & context ↗REAPER Mania
A look at recording and processing voiceover together, useful when you are responsible for post-production.
Earlier REAPER interface · stock-tool workflow
This is for editing and mixing. Keep raw actor recordings separate; do not bake a finished vocal chain into requested raw takes.
Video: Recording and Processing Voiceover or Narration in REAPER
Source & context ↗Keep the original. Save an untouched take before cleanup or processing.
Use the written spec. The default is mono, 48 kHz / 24-bit PCM WAV, without baked-in effects. Your written project brief takes priority.
Export an audio file. A REAPER or Audacity project is useful for editing; it is not the same thing as the WAV someone needs to play.
Keep the performance intact. A breath or pause can belong to the scene. Cleaner does not always mean better.
WHEN YOUR SCREEN LOOKS DIFFERENT
Some videos use earlier releases. Check the current documentation when a control has moved. For Scrivener, choose the Mac or Windows version you use.
Selected for practical use. Conversations and demonstrations are marked separately from software walkthroughs. Video details checked October 15, 2026.