Presets, then morph between two
Every device opens the same preset list with search, favourites and recents. Store two states as A and B, and one slider moves every parameter between them.
For REAPER 7 · Free trial
Every plugin,
a native device.
FX Devices docks your plugins along the bottom of REAPER as devices, the way Bitwig and Ableton do it. Then it makes modulation and routing so easy to see that you'll actually use them.
Works with the plugins you already own.
01The dock · REAPER 7
FX Devicesdocked
Hand-built front panels for
Feels native
Your third-party plugins live in a device dock, like the instruments and effects in Bitwig or Ableton.
02Modulation in two moves
Right-click a modulator, right-drag a knob. That's the whole workflow.
03A chain you can read
Containers, parallel chains and splitters drawn so you can see the signal flow at a glance.
01 Native devices
Third-party plugins
that feel built in.
Select a track and its FX chain sits in a dock at the bottom of the screen, one device after another. Every plugin gets the same frame, the same knobs and the same gestures, whoever made it. No more hunting for floating plugin windows.
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One dock, every track
Select another track and the dock follows. Pin it when you want it to stay on one track.
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The same frame everywhere
Bypass, wet and a preset menu on every device, from FabFilter to REAPER's own FX.
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Drag to reorder
Move devices along the chain and watch the others make room. Fold the ones you're not using.
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Add FX from anywhere
Press Ctrl+F, type a few letters, and the plugin lands where you want it.
Front panels made for each plugin
The plugins people reach for most get a hand-built panel: the display, the main controls, and nothing in the way. They're real controls, so everything on them can be automated and modulated.
A working copy of the panel, right in your browser.
Plus VELA, Love 2, ReaEQ, ReaDelay, ReaVerbate, ReaSynth, FX Devices' own Algorithmic Reverb, and 121 community layouts that load by themselves when you add the plugin. Every other plugin gets a clean generic panel you fill with the controls you want.
02 Modulation
Modulate anything
in two moves.
Right-click a modulator. Right-drag the knob you want it to move, and how far you drag sets the range. That's all. Every knob then shows a coloured ring for each modulator on it, so you always see what's moving it.
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13 kinds of modulator
LFO, envelope, ADSR, steps, random, follower, transient, pitch, macros, XY pad, and MIDI velocity, key track and CC.
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Your value stays put
Modulation rides on top of the knob, so you can still turn it while it moves.
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Draw your own shapes
Edit LFO curves point by point, bend the lines, and keep favourites in a shape library.
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Stack and combine
Several modulators on one knob, each with its own amount and curve. Add them, or let a macro scale the rest.
03 Signal chain
A signal chain
you can actually read.
REAPER's FX window squeezes your chain into a narrow list and shows one plugin at a time. Containers and parallel chains become an indented list that's hard to follow and wastes most of the screen, so they rarely get used. FX Devices draws them the way you'd sketch them on paper.
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Parallel FX as tabs
Branches sit side by side as tabs, each with its own mix bar, mute and solo. Open one to see it in full.
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Containers as boxes
Group FX into a container, fold it into one device, and give it macros that drive everything inside.
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Always know where you are
The chain marks which branch or band you're editing, so you never lose your place.
04 Splitters
Split the signal.
Tweak each part.
Custom splitters cut a sound into parts you can process on their own: low, mid and high bands, mid and side, or the attack and the tail. Drop FX on any part and hear it right away. No pin matrix, no routing tricks.
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Band split
Drag the crossovers, pick the slope or linear phase, and give each band its own FX.
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Mid-Side
Widen the sides without touching the centre, or clean up the centre on its own.
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Transient-Sustain
Shape the attack and the tail separately, so you can add punch without touching the room.
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Nest them
Put a splitter inside a band or a branch. Mute and solo each part to hear what it does.
05 Clash Finder
Find the frequencies
fighting in your mix.
Put Clash Finder on the tracks you want to compare. It listens across 32 bands, ranks where two tracks fight, and tells you when: "58 Hz, strong, ducks while Kick plays."
- Fix the worst three clashes in one click
- Static cuts, or dynamic ones that only dip while the other track plays
- A/B the result, or swap which track gets the cut
121ready-made layouts
13kinds of modulator
2moves to modulate any knob
32bands in Clash Finder
06 Workflow
Built around
how you actually work.
Learn
Move a control in a plugin window and click Learn. It turns into a knob on the device.
Layout editor
Build a front panel for any plugin with knobs, sliders, buttons and your own colours.
Add FX, your way
A quick search, a full browser by folder or developer, or straight into a slot.
MIDI devices included
Note Generator, Step Engine, Echo & Strum, Note Shaper and Audio To Notes come with it.
Native REAPER underneath
Your FX stay ordinary REAPER FX, with REAPER's automation and delay compensation.
07 Download
Try it free.
Keep it if it changes how you mix.
FX Devices installs and updates through the free Cool Reaper Script Manager. Start a 30-day trial with no card required, and a license key unlocks it for good.
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Load the Script Manager
In REAPER, open the Actions list, click New action then Load ReaScript, and pick the
Cool Reaper Script Manager.luayou downloaded. - 2
Install FX Devices
Run the Script Manager and click Install next to FX Devices. Run it again any time to update.
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Run it
Search the Actions list for
BryanChi_FX Devicesand run it. Give it a shortcut so the dock is one key away.
What you need
- REAPER 7
- ReaImGui 0.9 or newer
- js_ReaScriptAPI
- ReaPack, which installs both for free
08 License
One license.
Yours for good.
Pay once and your key arrives right here and by email. When you install it, you sign in with that same email and it unlocks.
- 1 user, lifetime license
- Lifetime updates through the Script Manager
- Email support
FX Devices
$93$93
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09 Set it up
You're in.
Now set it up.
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Download the Script Manager
The free installer that installs and updates your scripts.
Download the Script Manager - 2
Load and run it in REAPER
Open the Actions list, click New action then Load ReaScript, pick the
Cool Reaper Script Manager.luayou downloaded and run it. It moves itself into REAPER, so the downloaded file disappears. - 3
Sign in and install
Next to FX Devices, click Sign in with browser. The activation page opens with a code. Sign in with the email your key was sent to, using Google, a password or Email me a sign-in link. Check that the code matches the one in REAPER, click Activate, then click Install in the Script Manager.
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Run FX Devices
Search the Actions list for
BryanChi_FX Devicesand run it. It opens already activated. Give it a shortcut so the dock is one key away.
Questions
Do I need FabFilter plugins?
No. Any plugin works. Plugins without a hand-built panel show their parameters as knobs, and you choose which ones with Learn or the layout editor.
Does it change how my plugins sound?
No. Your plugins do the processing as always. FX Devices gives them a front panel and adds small helper effects for modulation and splitting.
How do I assign a modulator?
Right-click the modulator to arm it, then right-drag any knob: up for a positive range, down for a negative one, and hold Alt to make it go both ways. Press Esc when you're done.
Can I modulate plugins that don't have a custom panel?
Yes. Any parameter you put on a device can take modulators, on any plugin.
Is it the same license as Vertical FX List?
No. FX Devices is its own product with its own license key.
How do I update?
Run the Cool Reaper Script Manager again and it updates FX Devices for you. Your shortcuts, colours and favourites are kept.