SWS Notes window in Reaper, Subtitles category, empty, by default. It is, in fact, the default behavior when we import subtitles.

It can also display other things, that don’t interest us in this tutorial.īecause subtitles files are just text with a timecode in and timecode out point, it is more clever to use subtitles with regions than with markers. Some actions are associated with the Notes window, which can show subtitles linked to a region (regions subtitles), subtitles linked to markers (subtitles regions), both, and the import/export button. It’s normal, there is most important things to do, subtitling in Reaper doesn’t interest a lot of people.īut this five actions are powerful, and combined with keyboard shortcuts and macros in a external software, you will be able to do everything you need. Some feature requests has been proposed (by my-self :P) in order to have more, but they are, without surprise, not very supported. There is not so many SWS actions associated with subtitling. It can’t do it natively, it needs the awesome SWS Extensions, which can bring its power to the next level. Reaper is, if I’m not wrong, the only DAW capable of handling subtitles. Pré-required : now basic functions of Reaper.Duration: depends on the project initial duration.This article is a bit long because it has a lot of details, but don’t worry, when we know what we have to do, it’s fast to apply ! Tutorials Details The SWS (extension for Reaper) Developers have understood that there was a potential behind this, potential that we will use to its maximum, first in seeing theorical concepts and then practical examples.Įlaborate this workflow take me a lot and experiences, I hope you will find them useful 🙂

Or if you could use the waveformes as a visual help to define timecodes which will be useful for subtitling… Yes, imagine, if you could prepare the subtitles of a project with the name, the position and the duration of the audio items it has… Unless that Reaper, our favorite DAW, is capable to help us on some parts of the process ? You have to define timecode yourself, rewritte the scenario… Subtitling has always been long and hard… The thing is that it can’t really be automated. 6 Advices for more Profressional Subtitling.4.1.2 Merge Consecutive Subtitles With Same Text.

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