Reaper....all other multi-track software is a rip!

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ez_willis said:
I use zero MIDI capabilities and can't read or write music, so the scoring thing isn't really an issue.

What can I expect in terms of plug-ins? Is it using vst's or another established format or does it have its own?
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VST, DX, and JS

You can expect included programs actually designed (and often CODED) by actual engineers you converse with.

These are tools built by the people who actually have to use them in front of paying customers

Take the nearly a minute out of your life it will require to download and install this fine peice of code and take a look. The noisegate is tops for sure, and reacomp is a SERIOUSLY versatile piece of software! My Manley Vari-Mu sits unpowered in the rack since reacomp
 
pipelineaudio said:
My Manley Vari-Mu sits unpowered in the rack since reacomp
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That is SUCH a waste! Why don't you pack it up and send it to me! ;)
 
zed32 said:
the only thing i'm missing is being able to have VST's arranged into folders by category. it seems that Reaper just piles all the plugins into a single location, sorted by DX, DXi, VST, VSTi and Jesusonic (as opposed to having VST effects sorted by function for example). this makes it take a little longer to find the certain plugin you are looking for since you have to dig thru dynamics, EQ's, 'verbs, modulation, etc which all appear in the same area. unless there is a way to sort them that i'm not seeing.
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One thing you could do is to set up folders in your favorites (right click on "favorites" in the fx dialog). You could have a folder for each type and search using that.
 
Lots of updates to reaper since this thread was last posted to, some stuff I don't touch (MIDI), but two features/bug zaps that I do use; are that the UAD-1 cards are fully supported, in that UAD-1 plugs no longer sometime takes 30% of your main cpu, most are under 2% now. And 2nd reaper has added a hardware insert called ReaInsert, allow you to go out and back in with latency compensation for outboard reverbs, eq's, compressors, etc. Both features that I have been wanting since well since I bought the program.
 
Sorry for my grammar I am on pain meds for a 4 wisdom teeth pull, on Monday, and I am still in pain from that and grogy to boot...
 
This ReaInsert thing is simply great. In my PC I have 3 Creamware Scope Project dsp cards and thanks to ReaInsert I can now integrate the Creamware effects and instrument plugins seamlessly to Reaper environment and use them like any other plugin supported by Reaper. Before I used to use Reapers just as a multitrackrecorder and send each Reaper track thru separate asio output to scope environment and do mixing and apply effects there but now I can setup up to 30 mono loops or 15 stereo loops to hook up some scope plugins and use them as part of regular Reaper routing scheme. This really helps to maximize the cpu usage on both the native and the scope side as I can easily replace a scope plugin with an vst if I run out of cpu in scope or replace a native plugin with a scope plugin if I run out of native cpu.
 
very similar to sony vegas's layout... maybe the programmer is a previous vegas user
 
Nick The Man said:
very similar to sony vegas's layout... maybe the programmer is a previous vegas user
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I think he was on the team that wrote Vegas........
 
Invented gnutella? I just thought this guy was some random programmer. No wonder he can produce such an awesome program for so cheap, he made tons of money on winamp and gnutella.
 
I tried Reaper for a bit, mainly because I need the MIDI now and was using Adobe Audition. I didn't really care for Reaper and ended up getting Sonar Producers Edition because the Calkwalk program seems to have so many more features to it . I don't need to save money when buying software to cut corners. Not that I want to throw money away, but the low price of Reaper is NOT an incentive to buy it. What a program can do are the ONLY incentives.
I felt that some of the plugins with Sonar...such as the V64 channnel, the reverbs, and the layout were pluses too. I didn't get into Reaper enough to realize if it had write/read automation, but that is another good feature in Sonar I liked. The vocal editing seems better and I have to think even the sound quality with extensive editing will be better in Sonar too. Overrall, I thought just "getting around" in the program was better thought out in Sonar over Reaper. Maybe I am blinded, but yes...for 35 bucks the college student looking for a good program, Reaper is a good choice. Going past that, you'll end up wanting something better than Reaper. I kinda look at Reaper as Audacity on steroids....but not a full blown program
 
Funny, some of us who make their living using recording apps are using reaper. Its more than full blown enough to earn me a paycheck

The plugins it came with were designed by people who have to actually use the things in front of paying customers, and that can make a HUGE difference.
 
mixmkr said:
I tried Reaper for a bit, mainly because I need the MIDI now and was using Adobe Audition. I didn't really care for Reaper and ended up getting Sonar Producers Edition because the Calkwalk program seems to have so many more features to it . I don't need to save money when buying software to cut corners. Not that I want to throw money away, but the low price of Reaper is NOT an incentive to buy it. What a program can do are the ONLY incentives.
I felt that some of the plugins with Sonar...such as the V64 channnel, the reverbs, and the layout were pluses too. I didn't get into Reaper enough to realize if it had write/read automation, but that is another good feature in Sonar I liked. The vocal editing seems better and I have to think even the sound quality with extensive editing will be better in Sonar too. Overrall, I thought just "getting around" in the program was better thought out in Sonar over Reaper. Maybe I am blinded, but yes...for 35 bucks the college student looking for a good program, Reaper is a good choice. Going past that, you'll end up wanting something better than Reaper. I kinda look at Reaper as Audacity on steroids....but not a full blown program
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I suspect that is the issue right there. That along with the assumption that the price must mean that the features aren't there. For audio, Reaper is very hard to beat (it is extremely feature rich). For midi, it is getting there fast.

Automation? Of course it's in there.
 
mixmkr said:
I tried Reaper for a bit, mainly because I need the MIDI now and was using Adobe Audition. I didn't really care for Reaper and ended up getting Sonar Producers Edition because the Calkwalk program seems to have so many more features to it . I don't need to save money when buying software to cut corners. Not that I want to throw money away, but the low price of Reaper is NOT an incentive to buy it. What a program can do are the ONLY incentives.
I felt that some of the plugins with Sonar...such as the V64 channnel, the reverbs, and the layout were pluses too. I didn't get into Reaper enough to realize if it had write/read automation, but that is another good feature in Sonar I liked. The vocal editing seems better and I have to think even the sound quality with extensive editing will be better in Sonar too. Overrall, I thought just "getting around" in the program was better thought out in Sonar over Reaper. Maybe I am blinded, but yes...for 35 bucks the college student looking for a good program, Reaper is a good choice. Going past that, you'll end up wanting something better than Reaper. I kinda look at Reaper as Audacity on steroids....but not a full blown program
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You obviously didn't spend much time in Reaper at all and are making ass umptions. That's all I'm going to say about that. :D

I'm curious to know about any sound quality tests you've conducted.
 
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I'm really impressed with its effeciency, especially with super huge track count (128 inputs for live recording). I'm also very impressed with Justin because when I asked him about a couple things, he had updates within 2 days, and one time within 6 hours, to address them. I just hate the old school Vegas GUI, I just can't get past it right now for my own personal use.
 
I like the accurate and quick audio editing in Reaper. I'm using it a lot recently.

Some very good plugs, which I'm discovering slowly since I already have a collection of plugs I'm really happy with...

ReaFir - sounds very much like Soniformer in multiband comp mode. No haze, no added mud. Unless you specifically dial it in. ;)

Event Horizon, Major Tom - limiters that do really nice things to the sound whether or not you're applying gain reduction. They both remind me a bit of the hardware LA3A, which I've used a little.

I've also appreciated the good sounding and easy pitch correction function.
 
TravisinFlorida said:
You obviously didn't spend much time in Reaper at all and are making ass umptions. That's all I'm going to say about that. :D

I'm curious to know about any sound quality tests you've conducted.
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bite me.... that's all I am going to say about that.

did I say I made tests? You obviously didn't spend any time carefully reading the words in front of you. My reasons of sound quality stem from the 64bit floating ...but I MIGHT be the first to admit I couldn't hear a jump in quality too. You on the other hand, OBVIOUSLY prefer to troll and make ass wipe comments and probably don't know the first squat about recording two tracks at once. :rolleyes: Why don't you go back and play in your sandbox or go clean your shorts since they seem wadded up in your butt.
 
mixmkr said:
I tried Reaper for a bit, mainly because I need the MIDI now and was using Adobe Audition. I didn't really care for Reaper and ended up getting Sonar Producers Edition because the Calkwalk program seems to have so many more features to it . I don't need to save money when buying software to cut corners. Not that I want to throw money away, but the low price of Reaper is NOT an incentive to buy it. What a program can do are the ONLY incentives.
I felt that some of the plugins with Sonar...such as the V64 channnel, the reverbs, and the layout were pluses too. I didn't get into Reaper enough to realize if it had write/read automation, but that is another good feature in Sonar I liked. The vocal editing seems better and I have to think even the sound quality with extensive editing will be better in Sonar too. Overrall, I thought just "getting around" in the program was better thought out in Sonar over Reaper. Maybe I am blinded, but yes...for 35 bucks the college student looking for a good program, Reaper is a good choice. Going past that, you'll end up wanting something better than Reaper. I kinda look at Reaper as Audacity on steroids....but not a full blown program
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Freddy said:
I suspect that is the issue right there. That along with the assumption that the price must mean that the features aren't there. For audio, Reaper is very hard to beat (it is extremely feature rich). For midi, it is getting there fast.

Automation? Of course it's in there.
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no...reread my FIRST sentence... I needed the MIDI NOW. Reaper's MIDI when I tried it was poor at best.
 
mixmkr said:
bite me.... that's all I am going to say about that.

did I say I made tests? You obviously didn't spend any time carefully reading the words in front of you. My reasons of sound quality stem from the 64bit floating ...but I MIGHT be the first to admit I couldn't hear a jump in quality too. You on the other hand, OBVIOUSLY prefer to troll and make ass wipe comments and probably don't know the first squat about recording two tracks at once. :rolleyes: Why don't you go back and play in your sandbox or go clean your shorts since they seem wadded up in your butt.
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Easy there trigger. I'm just calling you out on your comments, which seem pretty silly coming from someone that obviously doesn't know anything about Reaper. Now I'm curious to know if you know anything about Sonar too. Spending more money on an app doesn't make it better either. You seem to think that you made a better choice buy dropping $600 on a recording app. Btw, I'm not wearing any underwear. :p
 
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