ReaWwise

ReaWwise is a REAPER extension that sound designers can use to transfer audio files from REAPER into Wwise projects. The transfer process creates Wwise objects in manually defined hierarchies, so that Wwise users can start working with the imported sounds immediately. ReaWwise supports all REAPER wildcards and is available through the ReaPack package manager and the releases page of this repository.

Table of contents

• Getting Started
• Building from Source
• Contributing
• Legal
• Acknowledgments

Getting Started

Supported Platforms

• Windows
• Mac

Manual installation

1. Go to the the releases page, then download the extension file (reaper_reawwise.dll for Windows or reaper_reawwise.dylib for Mac).

2. Copy the extension to the REAPER UserPlugins directory.

3. If REAPER is running, restart the application. The extension is available in the Extensions menu.

Installing ReaWwise through ReaPack

Importing the Audiokinetic Reaper Tools repository

1. In the REAPER menu, go to Extensions > ReaPack > Import Repositories.

2. In the dialog, insert the url of Audiokinetic's Reaper Tools repository (https://github.com/Audiokinetic/Reaper-Tools/raw/main/index.xml) and click Ok.

Installing ReaWwise

1. In the REAPER menu, go to Extensions > ReaPack > Browse Packages.

2. Right-click the ReaWwise package and select the version that you want to install.

3. Click Apply in the lower right corner of the dialog to complete the installation.

4. Restart REAPER to use the latest installed version of ReaWwise.

Building from Source

Requirements

• Git
• CMake (minimum version 3.22.0)
• Platform-specific build tools (Visual Studio or XCode)
• Wwise with SDK (minimum version 2021.1.1)
• WWISESDK environment variable set to the path of the installed Wwise SDK

Building

git clone https://github.com/audiokinetic/ReaWwise.git
cd ReaWwise
git submodule update --init
cmake -B build
cmake --build build --target ReaWwise --config Release

After the binary is built, move it to the REAPER UserPlugins directory. If REAPER is open, restart the application. The extension is available in the Extensions menu.

Basic Usage

1. Open your REAPER and Wwise projects.
2. Configure your REAPER render settings appropriately. The render settings determine which files will be transferred to Wwise.
3. Open ReaWwise and configure settings such as the Originals Subfolder (optional), Import Destination, Wwise Structures, and so on.
4. Preview the audio files and Wwise objects to be transferred in the Preview Panel.
5. Click Transfer To Wwise to transfer the audio files and create the corresponding Wwise objects.

UserPlugins Directory

• Windows: %appdata%\REAPER\UserPlugins
• Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/REAPER/UserPlugins

Other Resources

Refer to the ReaWwise User Guide for more information regarding usage, installation and troubleshooting of the extension.

For general questions about usage, refer to Audiokinetic's Community Q&A.

Contributing

The repository is not open to pull request but in the case of a bug report, bugfix or a suggestions, please feel free to open an issue.

Feature requests can also be submitted to the feature request section of Audiokinetic's Community Q&A. Use ReaWwise as the Category when submitting a question.

Legal

Copyright © 2023 Audiokinetic Inc. All rights reserved.

Acknowledgements

Inspired by the work of Karl Davis