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You who choose to use Reaper: why?

My PC is a bit on the slow/old side so I've understood that Reaper is a pretty efficient and light program (?) I'm currently using Cubase.

Can you compare Reaper to other DAWs? Such as pro tools etc. pros and cons 'n stuff!
 
I have absolutely ZERO complaints about Reaper. There is a new version released like every 3 days, the developer is constantly taking suggestions from the forum and it does a lot of things better than the competition. The routing is absolutely phenomenal and the program is 3.1mb and FREE. Reaper is fucking awesome, I don't ever anticipate wanting to switch to anything else.
 
Reaper is extremely light weight and intuitive. I started off working with DP5 on a Mac at a bandmate's home studio, and moved over to my own DAW and started with Reaper. It ran on my laptop (2003 Toshiba Satellite, 2.4GHz, 1.5 GB) perfectly fine and was able to have 3 Amplitube2 instances running. I just switched to a new PC system and have expanded further.

The migration from DP was extremely easy. Most of the features were in the same spots on menus. There are a few MIDI implementation issues that Justin still has to deal with, but he is working on them. As was already mentioned, he really listens to his forum members and constantly updates. There are also some amazing plug-ins available stock that slay anything else. All of the Stillwell plugs come standard, as well as some built in Reaper plugs. Also, there are a ton of people constantly creating new plugs and themes and the community is very helpful and friendly.
 
Is Reaper really free, though? I mean, they say you have to buy a license after the trial period, and the licenses are either $50 or $225 (and the only difference between the two seems to be whether you intend to make money from the program, but how are they gonna know? I guess it's the honor system - SUCKERS :lol:).

And if you can just keep using it in trial mode without buying it (even though they ask you to buy it), wouldn't doing that be no better than using pirated software, cuz the company gets zippo from it?
 
Metaltastic said:
Is Reaper really free, though? I mean, they say you have to buy a license after the trial period, and the licenses are either $50 or $225 (and the only difference between the two seems to be whether you intend to make money from the program, but how are they gonna know? I guess it's the honor system - SUCKERS :lol:).

And if you can just keep using it in trial mode without buying it (even though they ask you to buy it), wouldn't doing that be no better than using pirated software, cuz the company gets zippo from it?
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Well it's zero limitation shareware that will function properly forever, so if you want it to be free then it's free, but you're supposed to buy it after 30 days. I'm going to buy the personal license soon, will upgrade to the commercial license once I actually have a proper space for my gear and can start tracking bands that aren't just friends for fun... I've got no problem whatsoever paying for things that I get a lot of use of, you have to support these people, just like buying CDs.
 
can you burn cds with reaper like you can in vegas??
if you can. im getting it.... as soon as the mac version is out
 
Yeah I have a PC downstairs that I sometimes use to edit projects that are sent to me and I use Reaper on it. Vegas and ProTools have some of the fastest editing features around, IMO, and since Reaper is basically an improved clone of Vegas...there you go. I also used Vegas for over a year at my last studio job so Reaper is an "old friend." :)

I still prefer Cubase SX on my Mac, which is my main rig.

~006
 
I have been tying it out for a few weeks, and I really like it. I'm coming from nuendo 2.2 and it does much more.
exteral hardware as plugins
you can slave your vst fx/instruments off of other machines
route it anywhere you want to
tab to transient
lots of useful stuff and it does it well and with less horsepower.

basically I am getting up to speed, when I am as fast as I am in nuendo it may be bye bye steinerg
 
everybody's x said:
I have been tying it out for a few weeks, and I really like it. I'm coming from nuendo 2.2 and it does much more.
exteral hardware as plugins
you can slave your vst fx/instruments off of other machines
route it anywhere you want to
tab to transient
lots of useful stuff and it does it well and with less horsepower.

basically I am getting up to speed, when I am as fast as I am in nuendo it may be bye bye steinerg
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I see new posts like this on a daily basis on various forums. The large name companies besides Digidesign must be feeling a bit of pressure.
 
lucky for steinberg they don't care
possibly the most non-responsive company ever.
Here's my question for them
"Why should I pay four grand for something that does less than reaper?"
if their answer is 'product loyalty' I'm burning their factory down
 
Reaper slays anything I've used. Very easy to work with, especially after the v2 release. I paid for it, and have no regrets.
 
reaper is well worth the pro ($200) or hobbyist( $50) license fee.

The coder Justin is a genius and somehow can pack any of the features of the top sequencers and keep the installer at 3 meg or so... The fact that he hangs out on his message board and fixes bugs and adds new features requested by users practically on the fly is the most amazing support you can have. And the official forums have helpful users that know the software inside and out and are willing to help, make tutorials and offer up awesome macros and custom plug-ins...

Unless you need compatibility with a PT studio I wouldn't use or recommend anything else at this point! I sold my nuendo license once I got comfortable with Reaper...
 
I've got a couple of questions about Reaper:

Can you group tracks together (rather than making a group track bus) so that moving one fader controls them all, doing one edit does it to them all, etc.?

Can you drag and drop inserts/sends from one track to another (either copying or moving them?)

Those are the two main things I love about PTLE which I'm working with now, and I'd have a hard time living without them - I'm sure I'll think of others
 
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