Music, much like anything else, can be improved upon by adding some additional elements, such as a bass line and drums. This is no different than us enhancing the look of a scene through better lighting, shaders, or post effects. The overuse of enhancements can drown out the original intent. We, therefore, need to be careful and self-edit, in order to not go too far.
We are going to add a couple of additional tracks in order to enhance our very simple song and hopefully give it more depth and interest. Follow the instructions to add the new tracks to our composition:
- Open up Reaper and from the menu and select Insert | Virtual instrument on new track. Then, when the FX dialog opens, this time select the VSTi:ReaSynth(Cockos) ...