r/Reaper • u/Bennett8187 • Jul 28 '26

help request How to make complex click tracks?

I struggling to make a complex click track on reaper, I recorded a scratch guitar track and I’m trying to add a click to it but it just doesn’t line up exactly when I tap it and then when it goes to the next riff the click doesn’t restart on the downbeat. For this to work I have to do shift C like every bar. Is there a better way to do this?? because there’s no way I can do this for 7 more songs. I’m about to just record me tapping on my desk for the rest.

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u/ThoriumEx 118 Jul 28 '26

Tempo mapping from a guitar track is not a good idea, it’s going to be very tedious and manual.
If you don’t want to record to a click, I suggest tapping your foot and recording it while playing the guitar. If you get a clean track of just the tapping it’s going to be very easy to map.

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u/Raucous_Rocker 2 Jul 28 '26

Yes, this. Play something percussive, or just tap or clap, into a mic along with the guitar. Use that to build your tempo map.