Step-by-step guide

How I set up my sessions in REAPER with Claude, so you can do it too.

  • REAPER ↗Free to download. The license is USD 60 whenever you’re ready.
  • Claude Code Desktop ↗You can start with the USD 20 a month plan.
  • A folder with the tracksAll of the song’s tracks, just as you got them.

New: a free REAPER + Claude panel ↗

01

First, a template you like

It’s the foundation for everything: your folders, colors, buses and plugins. Claude builds the session on top of it.

A

You already have oneSave it in REAPER: File › Project templates › Save project as template.

B

You don’tAsk Claude to build one and save it as a template. Be really specific: which groups you use, which buses, which plugins you like, which colors, how you route. If you already know, say it: don’t let the algorithm decide for you.

No template? Use mineGuide 02: my 53 tracks with folders, buses and sends.Soon

Automate your DAW

Not on REAPER? What works in any DAW, and what Claude builds in yours.

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ClaudeDownload Claude Code Desktop ↗
My song

02

Open Claude Code Desktop in the song’s folder

Download it from Claude’s website, open it and pick the folder with the tracks. From there Claude can see the files and drive your REAPER.

+Opus 5.5 ⌄↑

03

Ask it to set up the session

Write it your own way. The clearer you are about how you work, the better it turns out.

GitHubVelador para REAPER, gratisEl panel con Claude que arma tu sesion. Bajalo en GitHub.

Prefer to see it live? Join the next group class.

Complete guides

I made you something really valuable

What I measure and use to mix, in one file. Valuable and affordable: USD 5.50 · ARS 8,500 each, so anyone can have it. PDFs in Spanish for now.

One favor: please don’t pirate it. Like everyone, I make a living from what I do, and every purchase lets me keep making free content. If it helps you, support it.

04

From random gray tracks to an organized session

Claude writes a REAPER script (ReaScript) and runs it. You end up with the groups from your template: drums with their tracks inside, bass, guitars and vocals, each with its own color and bus.

Template ideas: official REAPER videos ↗Community templates (ReaperStash) ↗

@pinitamf “Crack”

@rocioruiz.music “Muy buena!!”

Mix and master with Kiyo

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Kiyo listening on headphones in the studio

05

Start mixing

Obviously AI doesn’t do everything: it just helps you with the repetitive tasks.

Go track by trackListen to every groupTrust your gut
MASTER.wavDRUMS.wavBASS.wavGTR.wavVOCALS.wav
→Google Drive

06

Master and stems

Exporting the master is easy. Stems, not so much: it depends on your routing (buses, sends, effects on the master), so keep that in mind before you ask Claude. I’d do a few test runs before sending.

Mix and master with Kiyo

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Join the next group classLive on Zoom, with questions.Before you send your mixUSD 5.50 · ARS 8,500Velador for REAPERFree, on my GitHub.

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