LKC Tools — User Manual

LKC Render Blocks — Optimized asset creation for REAPER

LKC Content Navigator — Quick and flexible project navigation for

REAPER

Video Tutorials

• <a

  href=“https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-cGNPrW-0Q&amp;list=PLHt0-4EZCM-OAHNzO7tYVgLez7Mn1fPvv”

  target=“_blank” rel=“noopener noreferrer”>LKC Render Blocks Tutorials -

  Youtube Playlist

• <a href=“https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQzChTUB8gE” target=“_blank”

  rel=“noopener noreferrer”>LKC Content Navigator Tutorial

What is it?

<a href=“https://lkctools.com/renderblocks” target=“_blank”

rel=“noopener noreferrer”>LKC Render Blocks is a REAPER script

designed to improve your project organization, clarity, and give you

render simplicity. It’s a result of five years of development. It

strives to be the simplest and yet most powerful game audio workflow

solution available. Blocks are special audio containers that are

visually and logically autonomous and independent from each other. This

allows great flexibility and saves you time.

Why another tool?

Over the last decade, REAPER has been gaining popularity among game

audio professionals. One of the main reasons is its Render Matrix. As

much as the rendering capabilities of REAPER are superior to other daws,

I have always believed that things could be improved even further. As a

sound designer, you sometimes want to have simplicity and speed, rather

than complexity, and sometimes more power. This tool is our attempt to

achieve this goal, and I can promise you, it’s only the first step!

Who is it for?

It is designed specifically with game audio workflow in mind, but you

may find it useful for many other things such as SFX or sample pack

library creation.

What can you do with it?

PACK

Organize your project in an easy and transparent way by packing desired

audio and/or MIDI items into a special kind of container.

NAME

Give your blocks a special name using multiple naming conventions.

Create arrays and notes without hassle.

EXPORT

Exporting your audio assets is now as easy as saving your project.

Forget about repetitive and tedious render settings. Everything is

automated, and you just need to select the files.

ITERATE

Not satisfied? Use

<a href=“https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIWxbkcT25s” target=“_blank”

rel=“noopener noreferrer”>ReaOpen to focus on your blocks. Unpack,

edit, add, or delete content. When you are done, just repack your blocks

again.

Requirements

• <a href=“https://www.reaper.fm/download.php” target=“_blank”

  rel=“noopener noreferrer”>REAPER 6+

• <a href=“https://sws-extension.org/” target=“_blank”

  rel=“noopener noreferrer”>SWS Extensions 2.9.7+

• <a href=“https://reapack.com/” target=“_blank”

  rel=“noopener noreferrer”>ReaPack

Known issues and limitations

• You need to adapt your current workflow to a new way of thinking about

  projects

• You need to prepare additional tracks for label items

• The tool does not work on PC when installed on the UNICODE path

• i.e C:\Users\Џон Малкович\REAPER\Scripts

• Reordering tracks after you pack blocks can sometimes break the tool

  and confuse you

• Name editor does not support entering UNICODE characters (although you

  can paste them in, but that is not recommended)

• When you hide tracks with active content, your rendered result may be

  affected

• Naming editor cannot name subproject instances

• GUI not tested on 4K and retina displays (may look small and blurry)

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