Uploaded March 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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Smart Markers 201: SWS Skip Markers For Recording/Mixing (Rapid-fire Reaper Tutorials Ep63)

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This is the third tutorial on Skip markers so watch the first two if you find yourself confused.
First Episode: youtu.be/Lu_Z5GFj0Ts
Second Episode: youtu.be/88-aCc5dQ-k

In this episode we'll look at an example of a more complex smart marker structure for recording, and I'll show you how to save Smart Markers to recall later in other projects!

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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:25 What's a Skip Marker?
1:21 Understanding Smooth Seeking
2:45 Saving Markers as an action
4:15 Skip Markers for Recording
6:37 Program your own Recording Assistant
07:43 Review of the Marker structure
08:10 Why add extra markers?
09:00 Outro