>> ..only reason I have Windows installed on my private computer
When you say Reaper, you lose me. I have used it for a long time and it's really the most basic of all the DAW alternatives.
When you say Reaper, you lose me. I have used it for a long time and it's really the most basic of all the DAW alternatives.
please don't misunderstand. I have no horse in this race. I like Reaper as much as I liked WinZip , winamp or Notepad++. But I wouldn't say it's enough to keep Windows installed on a private computer.
It's already 11 years old... [0]
> It's feature set is a "me too" set of everything which exists with minimal innovative features on top.
I don't even feel like getting into this, but it looks like the troll is winning: Parameter Modulation, unlimited nesting/grouping/takes. Dynamically create and split audio channels on one track. Mixing of MIDI and Audio in one track. Video editing support. Surround Sound and (more multichannel) mixing. Scriptable with LUA. Includes it's own DSP scripting language (Jesusonic) with hundreds of included (and source available) tools made with it. Great support for odd or rapidly changing time signatures. Rock solid latency compensation (looking at you, Ableton). Ability to undo even after saving (looking at you again, Ableton). Completely theme-able.
Reaper isn't a perfect DAW, none of them are. But it's up there with the rest and has some features others can only dream of.
> But I wouldn't say it's enough to keep Windows installed on a private computer.
Reaper is officially supported on OSX and unofficially supported on Linux. Many VSTs run fine under Wine.
Are you really using it for professional work or have seen anyone use it? And what are some features other DAWs can dream of; the ones you counted above?
Checking in. My side-gig and paid hobby is live production, and Reaper has more than earned it's place in my toolbelt. I've recorded shows produced for sxsw showcases (not to mention two years touring as a FOH guy, and producing for a major political event on the east coast-guess what? I used Reaper for all of them) and made master mixes that ended up on CD's sold by national, headlining bands with Reaper.
I think you are horrendously mischaracterizing and underestimating the tool-and from reading your other comments to people providing you with substantial and verifiable feedback as to the capabilities of the software, extensibility, platform support, feature sets compared to more expensive DAWs, it appears you're doing so deliberately.
You clearly haven't. The only possible way there's a shred of truth to this sentence is if you're referring to the included sample-sets/virtual instruments compared to other DAWs, which Reaper doesn't include many of.
You must have a different definition of basic. I've never felt limited by Reaper.
Also, have you seen https://www.reddit.com/r/Reaper/