REAPER to Ableton

REAPER → Ableton. Drop a REAPER .rpp project and get a native Ableton Live .als project: the real session rebuilt, not bounced to stems.

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Local conversions never leave your browser; uploaded sessions are encrypted and yours to delete anytime. 3 conversions a month free, no account.

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§ What transfers

What comes across

Every track, clip and automation lane, rebuilt natively in Ableton, not flattened to stems.

Tracks Arrangement MIDI CC, bend, program Audio clips offsets, gain, fades Sample files Track levels Markers Tempo & sig full maps Folders & sends Automation vol, pan, mute, sends Plugin chains stock + 3rd-party Item stretch not yet
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§ Plugins

Your plugins come with you

Third-party VST, VST3 and AU plugins arrive as the same plugin with their saved state when it’s installed on the other side, and REAPER’s ReaEQ, ReaComp, ReaDelay, ReaVerbate, ReaLimit and ReaSamplOmatic5000 map to Live’s EQ Eight, Compressor, Delay, Reverb, Limiter and Simpler with their settings. Per-item stretch markers don’t carry yet. Nothing is silently dropped: every conversion comes with a report of what changed.

§ Privacy

Your music stays yours

Local conversions stay right in your browser: your session never leaves your computer, nothing uploaded, nothing stored. Uploaded sessions move over an encrypted connection into your own private space, with access only you control, and yours to delete anytime.

§ Same job, any name

Convert .rpp to .als

REAPER saves a project as an .rpp file; Ableton Live saves a Live Set as an .als file. So a REAPER to Ableton converter, converting .rpp to .als (RPP to ALS), turning a REAPER file into an Ableton file, opening a REAPER project in Ableton Live, importing a REAPER project into Ableton, exporting REAPER to Ableton, and moving, transferring or migrating a project from REAPER to Ableton Live all name this one conversion, and it runs here, free to start, online, with nothing to install.

FromREAPER (also written Reaper or Cockos REAPER): a project saved as an .rpp text file, with its media referenced from disk.
ToAbleton Live (also written Ableton, Live, Ableton Live 11 or Ableton Live 12): a Live Set saved as an .als file, with its audio in the project folder’s Samples/.
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§ Questions

REAPER to Ableton: common questions

Can Ableton Live open a REAPER .rpp file?

Not directly. Ableton Live can't read REAPER's .rpp format. Doseedo converts it: upload your .rpp, or zip the whole project folder so the audio travels with it, and it rebuilds the session as a native Ableton Live .als project you can open and keep working in.

How do I export or transfer a REAPER project to Ableton Live?

People describe the same job five ways (export REAPER to Ableton Live, import a .rpp into Ableton Live, transfer the project, open a REAPER project in Ableton Live), and none of it needs stems. Upload the .rpp and it converts to a native .als that opens in Ableton Live with tracks, MIDI, audio and the tempo map intact. Want to check the project first? Open the .rpp in your browser and play it before converting.

What carries over from REAPER to Ableton?

Tracks with their names, colours, levels, pans, mutes and solos; folders and buses with their sends; MIDI with every note, CC, pitch bend and program changes (pooled MIDI items included); audio items with their offsets, gain, fades, playrate, loops and takes; the tempo and meter maps; markers; and volume, pan, mute and send automation. Third-party VST, VST3 and AU plugins arrive as the same plugin with their saved state when it’s installed on the other side, and REAPER’s ReaEQ, ReaComp, ReaDelay, ReaVerbate, ReaLimit and ReaSamplOmatic5000 map to Live’s EQ Eight, Compressor, Delay, Reverb, Limiter and Simpler with their settings. Per-item stretch markers don’t carry yet.

Do my plugins transfer from REAPER to Ableton?

Third-party VST, VST3 and AU plugins arrive as the same plugin with their saved state when it’s installed on the other side, and REAPER’s ReaEQ, ReaComp, ReaDelay, ReaVerbate, ReaLimit and ReaSamplOmatic5000 map to Live’s EQ Eight, Compressor, Delay, Reverb, Limiter and Simpler with their settings. Nothing is faked: whatever doesn’t cross the REAPER–Ableton boundary is named in the conversion report.

Is my project private?

Your project is uploaded over an encrypted connection into your own private space, converted, and is yours to delete anytime.

How many conversions are free?

3 conversions a month with no account; a free account gets 120 credits a month and Pro 2,000 (a conversion is 1 credit), every plan at full fidelity. No watermark, cancel in one click. One conversion is one project translated one direction; a round-trip is two.

How do I convert .rpp to .als?

Drop the .rpp (or a zip of the project folder with its media) on the converter above, then download the .als and open it in Ableton Live. The .rpp isn't renamed or wrapped: the project is rebuilt as a native Ableton Live project, with tracks, clips, MIDI, tempo map and markers in place.

Is there a free REAPER to Ableton converter online?

Yes, this page. It runs in the browser on macOS, Windows, ChromeOS or Linux with nothing to install: 3 conversions a month free with no account; a free account gets 120 credits a month and Pro 2,000 (a conversion is 1 credit), every plan at full fidelity. You don't need REAPER installed to convert; you need Ableton Live to open the result.

Can I open a REAPER file in Ableton Live, or import a .rpp into it?

Not directly. Ableton Live has no .rpp import and REAPER has no .als export; both formats are proprietary. Converting the project here rebuilds it as a native .als, and Ableton Live then opens that like one of its own projects. That is the import.

Converting the other way? Ableton to REAPER →
Guide: How to convert REAPER to Ableton (step by step)
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