Hey Sundance, just jumping in here with a few tips..

1. Stick with the Cockos plugins to start with. Their EQ's, Comps, etc are all fine IMHO, and my go-to's most of the time. The only thing I don't like is their Reverb, for that I use Breverb 2 & SIR.

2. Right Click is your friend in Reaper...Right Click Everything! LOL

3. The SWS Extensions are free & a must for Reaper.

4. You can watch some good free video tutorials for V3 HERE. Tho old, a lot still applies to V4.

To end with, you can go to HERE & grab a lot of pre-sets for the Cockos Effects. There are some good starting points in there. Plus the free Manual is well written.

Hope this helps!!


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