New Reaper User

Is there an experienced Reaper user who can teach me how to use this DAW? I am a very experienced composer and music producer and have been using Sonar for 25 years but Cakewalk is now out of business, thanks to Gibson. I spend most of my time in the notation window, the event list and recording audio and using audio envelopes. Also working with VST soft synths and signal processing. Those are the aspects of the program I'll need to focus on. I do not use the piano-roll view. I will pay for this of course, but only if you really know the stuff I need to learn about Reaper. Please email me at if you can help with this! Sincerely, Jerry

Hi, I would suggest first trying the great video tutorials at or you can watch them on youtube here:

Reading the user guide will get you up to speed.

I know that Jon offers 1-on-1 sessions but I don't know how well versed he is in the notation view. Certainly worth reaching out to see, though.

Hit the REAPER Users Group up on Facebook for realtime responses as well, though this forum is also insanely fast

This might help you, though it relates to an earlier version of Sonar: