First of all, thank you so much for your support. You are awesome! I hope you enjoy this product and make some amazing sounds with it :)
With your purchase of a license, you are entitled to free updates + exceptional support from me directly. This user guide should help with the most common issues, so please look for help here before emailing me. I will also create video tutorials if you prefer to learn that way.
Your license key is for your own personal use and may be used for commercial or non-commercial work. If you share your license key with anyone else, it will be revoked and you will not get a refund.
For a site license, just purchase as many copies as you need and activations will be added to the same license key.
In order to install this script you will need to first install ReaPack. It's an amazing way for people to easily share REAPER scripts with other users and will allow for this script and all other scripts to be easily updated from within REAPER. For more info on how to use ReaPack go here.
ReaPack Repository: https://reapleton.com/index.xml
Note: If you would like to automatically stay up to date with this and other ReaPack Repositories, you can select Extensions-ReaPack-Import repositories and then Options-Install new packages when synchronizing. Then, when you select Extensions-ReaPack->Synchronize packages it will automatically install all new scripts.
You will need to install this in order to use certain features of the scripts. This is available by default in ReaPack and can be found by searching "js_ReaScript API" in ReaPack if you have the ReaTeam Extensions Repository (https://github.com/ReaTeam/Extensions/raw/master/index.xml) enabled
Download SWS/S&M Extension and follow the instructions to install
Once you have the script installed, load your actions list and search "nvk" to locate the script. Double-click it or assign it to a hotkey and run the script. You will be prompted to input your license key, which you should have recieved immediately after purchasing the script.
This script is only guaranteed to work on the latest version of REAPER and SWS/S&M 64-bit. 32-bit is not supported. Make sure you are up to date before contacting support.
In order to use nvk_CREATE, you will need to create Media Explorer databases. For more information on how to use Media Explorer, check out these videos.
You can also search Soundminer databases with nvk_CREATE. In order to use this feature, you will need the latest version of Soundminer and the Soundminer Reaper plug-in.
nvk_CREATE is a script for REAPER which allows you to quickly search through your Media Explorer databases for sounds. It adds additional features such as automatic trimming, take numbering, and add file variations as takes. It is designed to be quick to open, light on memory, and simple to use. It is not meant to be a fully-featured search program, but rather a quick and easy way to try out new ideas and get sounds into your project trimmed and ready to go.
The multi-layer mode is where things start to get interesting. When in this mode (which you can access with TAB), pressing ENTER will automatically create layered sounds based on your settings and search string. This ends up being an extremely powerful workflow for generating new and interesting content. Unlike other alternatives, the tight integration with REAPER means you don't have to render anything until you are ready. You also have additional control over things such as the length of the the takes and the ability to add any of your vst plug-ins to the tracks for more interesting designs. There's even more, but that's why we have this guide!
To activate multi-layer mode, hit the TAB key while in the search window. This will make the multi-layer settings visible. While in this mode, pressing ENTER will execute the multi-layer action based on your search string and the multi-layer settings
OR, NOT, and "" can be used for more control over the search results (e.g. "wild horse" OR mustang NOT vehicle). You can also subsitute commas for OR, and hyphens for NOT (e.g. "wild horse",mustang -vehicle)
There are also special searches you can do for information about the files. Adding a letter from the list below after a number value will search for files that match that value. Adding "+" after the letter searches for anything equal or above the number and adding "-" finds anything equal or below the number. "=" after the letter will return exact matches, otherwise it will return matches that are considered close
Bit rate (b) : 32b, 16b+, 24b-
Channels (ch) : 1ch, 6ch+, 2ch-
Sample rate in kHz (k) : 192k, 48k+, 22k-
Note: sample rates such as 44100 or 22050 are rounded down
and can be searched with 44k and 22k respectively
File length in seconds (s) : 5s, 1s+, 10s-,
40s=, 0.5s-
Take length in seconds (t) : 5t, 1t+, 10t-,
0.5t-
Note: in order to search for take length you will need to
build your file cache. You can do this by pressing F5 and
letting the script run overnight. Take length is an average of
the various take lengths in the file and exact matches are
unlikely.
Hover over a control to find out more information, or right click here to dock/undock the script
Clicking the magnifying glass will open up the media database browser where you can select the database(s) you want to search (Ctrl+Click to select multiple). You will need to create these media databases in REAPER's Media Explorer before using the script.
Anything you type will show up here, no need to click in the box. Type in your search string to find the file of your choice. OR, NOT, and "" can be used for more control over the search results (e.g. "wild horse" OR mustang NOT vehicle). If a file is playing and you have waveform display enabled (in preferences) then you can click here to seek to a specific time during playback or click-drag in order to bring a specific take of the file into the project.
Click or use the arrow keys to select results. Shift+Space to start/stop playback. When you have found a file you want to add to the project, either press Enter or drag it into the arrange window.
On Mac, Ctrl = Cmd and Alt = Option
F1 : open the help file
F2 : toggle preferences/search view
F3 : select media databases
F4 : hide/unhide search results
F5 : start/stop file analysis
F6 : remove missing files from file analysis
cache
F7 : decrease the maximum results number
F8 : increase the maximum results number
Shift+F7 : toggle compact results lists
Shift+F8 : toggle combined results
F9 : make GUI smaller
F10 : make GUI larger
F11 : previous theme color
F12 : next theme color
Shift+F11 : previous waveform color
Shift+F12 : next waveform color
Ctrl+F11 : previous highlight color
Ctrl+F12 : next highlight color
Ctrl+Shift+F11 : previous waveform/highlight
color
Ctrl+Shift+F12 : next waveform/highlight
color
ESC : clear the search box or close
nvk_CREATE
TAB : toggle multi-layer mode
~ : toggle keep script open
; : toggle auto-trim items
\ : toggle track preview
? : shuffle results
Up/Down : select previous/next result
PageUp/PageDown : select previous/next page of
results
Left/Right : seek forward/backward through
preview regions
Shift+Left/Right : seek forward/backward
through preview by 1 second
Ctrl+Left/Right : seek forward/backward to
beginning or end of sound
Ctrl+Up/Down or Ctrl+Mousewheel :
increase/decrease playback volume 1 db
Ctrl+, : reset playback volume
Shift+Up/Down or Shift+Mousewheel :
increase/decrease playback pitch 1 semitone
Ctrl+Shift+Up/Down or Ctrl+Shift+Mousewheel :
increase/decrease playback pitch 12 semitones
Ctrl+. : reset playback pitch
Ctrl+D : toggle script docked state
Ctrl+Shift+D : toggle undocked split-view
Ctrl+E : focus arrange window
Alt+Click or Ctrl+F : add selected result to
favorites
Ctrl+H : hide selected result (will sort to
bottom of future searches and not be used in multi-layer
mode)
Shift+Space : play/stop selected result
Enter : insert result(s) or run multi-layer
mode
Ctrl+Enter or Ctrl+Drag: insert result(s) and
render with fx through preview track
Ctrl+Shift+Enter or Ctrl+Shift+Drag: insert
result(s) and render with fx through preview track (only one
region)
With the script docked (right-click below title bar), you can click on the waveform preview window when you have no items select to enable nvk_RECORD. This adds a jsfx to your Monitoring FX Chain which allows you to have a buffer of the last 20 seconds of output from Reaper. Right-click and drag in order to make a selection and the click-drag to bring that recording into your project. You can also click-hold to preview and click-drag outside the selection area to move the recording buffer area around. Zoom in and out with the mousewheel in order to find the section you are looking for.
This script allows you to quickly swap out items for other items randomly using the search and multi-mode settings of your choice. To use the script, simply select the items you want to replace and run the script. The search string and the settings used will be determined in priority in the following order from highest to lowest priority:
This means you can type a search in the track containing the item and quickly swap it out for a new item matching that search. You can also add multi-layer settings for randomization by using the following format:
<search string> l<length number> p<pitch number> r<reverse percentage number> (-r) (-t) (-n)
Example 1: ice crunch l6 p12 r50
Search the last
used database for "ice crunch" with length of 6 seconds, pitched
randomly 12 semitones, reversing 50% of the items, randomizing
takes, trimming, and normalizing items.
Example 2: explosion l3 r100 -n
Search the last used
database for "explosion" with length of 3 seconds, reversing
100% of the items, no pitch randomization, randomizing takes,
trimming, no normalizing of items
Track Name Settings
l6 : length (6 seconds)
p6 : pitch (6 semitones)
r6 : reverse (6% chance)
-r : no randomization
-t : no trim
-n : no normalize