thebigcheese
"Hi, I'm in Delaware."
I've been using Pro Tools for a while now (well, maybe 2 years, so I'm not super set on it) and I liked it for a while, but then I realize that if I wanted to have any more than 8 tracks running in or out, I would have to pay thousands more dollars. I heard about Reaper here a while ago and checked it out, and of course all I'd have to do with Reaper is stick in another interface and link them, and it already works with the hardware I've got. Hmm... So I downloaded Reaper and I'm starting to play with it, and so far it seems pretty nice (it labels my inputs and outputs weird, but whatever, I figured it out). My main questions are, how does it compare to Pro Tools? Please say something more helpful than "it's better". How are the included plug-ins for those of us who can't afford more? Does it work in mostly the same way? I'm just trying to decide if I can do a full switch, because I've really started to like mixing on a console, and it's annoying to no end that I can only use 8 of my 12 channels b/c of Pro Tools limitations...