Critique this DAW setup please

[enuenu]

Do you think this will all work OK with Reaper?

 

[UnityRecordings]

yup, reaper doesn't judge. its likes any setup you have! unless it sucks, then it says forget you and won't load!

 

[Erockrazor]

Reaper is free. Find out for yourself! Do some test runs. As Unity says, reaper doesn't discriminate.

 

[enuenu]

Thanks a lot. I don't have the gear yet, just wanted to see if problems may arise. I have done more research and it seems XP Media Centre can cause problems when using it for audio. You can remove the MC components but I fear unknown side effects on other aspects of the computer's operation. I think I will look for another laptop. Shame, I could have got a good deal.

 

[lumstar]

Just install another operating system if you're so worried about MCE. That should end your problems. In fact, it will even run in Linux under Wine, but that may be a bit of a headache to setup (I've never tried it).

 

[lumstar]

Reaper is free. Find out for yourself! Do some test runs. As Unity says, reaper doesn't discriminate.

From reaper's download page:

REAPER is not free. Be sure to purchase a license if you use it past the evaluation period. The full license agreement will be presented to you when you run the installer.

Edit: I should mention that it's totally free to download and try which is what I think razor was getting at. If you lik eit you will need to buy the license and support the developers.

 

[Treeline]

Reaper is designed to be efficient with resources, so that may make up for some weak link in the computer elsewhere. One thing I just did was to load a copy of my studio DAW Reaper on a thumbdrive so I can run it from a laptop that way. I have an external LaCie hard drive that I can take on location with a firewire mixer and simply USB data from the laptop to the LaCie. No more problems with slow drives or drive read/write conflicts. Then I reconnect the LaCie to the studio DAW and have all my toys handy. I'm recording a blues band tomorrow night with twelve tracks this way - should be a good test of the system; I'll report back.

Reaper has a utility for copying the whole shebang onto a thumb drive. Smart.