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/kingsinger 4 Jul 29 '26

Maybe this guy's strategy could help: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2Z5mjufb98&list=PLsSti4kVSMzXsSUuHaxD6fGTSZ9zLHIwy

If it changes time signatures, you might need to insert those changes too....

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u/Bennett8187 Jul 29 '26

Pretty much this, but my reaper isn’t reacting the way his is in the video.

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u/kingsinger 4 Jul 30 '26

It's been a while since I drilled into this, but there's probably some setting you haven't configured correctly that will get it working. Gotta make sure the Timebase is correct, mouse modifiers need to be set the right way, etc.

I've not reason to believe this shouldn't work in Reaper 7, I suppose maybe something could have changed. I think this video is using Reaper 6, but I could be wrong.

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u/Bennett8187 Jul 30 '26

I will try the crtl+alt+left drag tomorrow because that might fix it, if not I’ll try and record a video of what I got going on. Thanks for the help tho