10 Reasons REAPER is better than PRO TOOLS

[@adamsteelproducer]

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[@michaelgraziotto7038]

Been playing music fornalmost 30 years but new to engineering and mixing. You were actually the reason I went with reaper about 2 years ago and I love it!

[@Gearjunkie35JasonBallou]

Recently switched. For my use as easy to use as audacity. As easy or complex as needed. Thanks as always for the great content. Cheers from Wisconsin

[@genuinefreewilly5706]

@@Gearjunkie35JasonBallou Glad to know there are other audacity users. Ive used it for lots of foley art and effects It was never designed for the likes of midi piano rolls, and full on logic music scores Id say for recording on the fly its great. As many channels as you need, and takes, editing, the silence feature, etc its brilliant Folks in the field in the wild, recording scientists, not so much musicians love audacity, humans far brighter than myself. If I were of another discipline I would use Audacity, it works well, easy to use and always expandable. I was blown away with ancient limited Sound Forge, just 2 channels in the day. Heck I think its still around like Audacity In some respects I think I made better one shot recordings using audacity and Sound Forge

[@christophervaca7116]

I guess this is part 1😉

[@voiceovervandeen]

Yep main DAW since I went full time in VO, being mainly a Linux user it's a no brainer for me. Love the flexability, + Carla brings win/mac plugins into play as well. I still use Audacity as a 2nd editor for bare waveform tweaks of individual samples though.

[@alteredanimesh]

And another feature I like in REAPER is that we can open multiple projects and can copy things from one project to another. This is really really helpful thing.

[@isaacmaestrecampo9294]

Indeed

[@isaiahhudson5470]

Holy Moly so this shit pretty much open source….🤣

[@LCRLive687]

Why the hell would a person want to have two sessions open? LOL

[@symphomaniac]

​@LCRLive687 the OP already explained why

[@libtardiacitizen]

@@LCRLive687 "MeHmEHmEh.. sO fUnNy. L0oOL".. There are many use cases noob. Maybe you want to pull a consolidated track from one project to another. A midi item perhaps. May be you don't want save it as midi and load it again. May be you feel you can use that part better in the current project than the one you intended it for. pr0-Fools have lost it.

[@cederickforsberg5840]

That ancient leftover code in Pro Tools gives the sound a more vintage vibe

[@martellackerman3434]

Underrated comment!

[@DarkArachnid666]

That's a good one. :)

[@matthewbryant2972]

Or you just want to add movie audio production into your hobby or business... there's so much more work with omf files than there is recording bands in 2021... The reaper hype is pretty unprofessional, to me, because there's an entire world of computer audio gigs you're actually locked out of, because no filmmaker can send you an omf

[@jpruhu7662]

Lol. For the win!

[@billB101]

@SunTai Why do people use it? Probably because PT can handle recording any size of session with low latency at the highest sample rates. I mean, you 're not going to see Reaper in many full orchestra sessions, large scale gig recordings or on a Hollywood sized film mixing stage mixing in say, Dolby Atmos that's for sure. There's a reason why you see PT in these environments, cos it's second to non working on that level. FYI I use Reaper and I use PT ( also Logic and Ableton ) horses for course and all that really.

[@TechBlokeUK]

The fact that you will never have to deal with Avid 'Support' is reason enough in itself.

[@deadshot4245]

Dogshit company with terrible business models and practices in comparison to anyone else. There’s about 5 to 10 daws that blow it out of the water on usability and pricing

[@kristianalexanderpedersen7382]

They are evil and dumb - I'M OUT. Had Pro Tools crash on me and won't open a session I have been working on for a year no matter what I do, and they want me to pay 60 USD for support. 10+ Year user here - I'M out. downloading reaper now - Freedom awaits !

[@PracticaProphetica]

Ah, Avid, the company that wrecked Sibelius...

[@conororegan7341]

One click to make a track a folder on Reaper - instead of having to route via busses. Really helpful.

[@FatNorthernBigot]

Yeah! The folder system on Reaper is inspired. Why aren't all DAWs like that?

[@kevinlong4657]

nested folder tracks too. folders are SO legit in reaper.

[@BrofUJu]

You can also literally just click and drag to another track! Super helpful with reverb sends, sidechaining, that kind of stuff.

[@RolandDeschain1]

Whenever I watch a video of anyone using ProTools and they start futzing with busses in that massive drop-down menu I just go cross-eyed.

[@piscesman54]

Yes, this was a game changer for me. It really simplifies the workflow and makes it easy to understand what's going on at a single glance. I don't whether there is any other DAW that does that.

[@FatNorthernBigot]

As someone who's used DAWs since the mid 90's (Cubase, Cakewalk, and now Reaper), and four track tape recorders before that (Fostex, Tascam), I'm absolutely astounded at what we can get for sixty dollars. My old copy of Cubase used to fall on it's arse every half-an-hour. Every time I did anything I pressed Ctrl-S.

[@ilikemyrealname]

PT user for over 15 years. I don’t trust that pos DAW for a second so I save all the time too. I’ve worn the S key out of multiple keyboards over the years.

[@h1k053]

Whereas you can set REAPER to make a backup of your project automatically as frequently as you want, even every single minute :)

[@ilikemyrealname]

@@h1k053 You can set frequent backups in PT as well. Still, a lot of artistic decisions can be made in a minute, and I don’t want to lose a single one of them. (Especially when I’m on the clock)

[@BrunoNeureiter]

I still do this in reaper

[@EthanNewsom]

I was trained on ProTools. I didn't like it even then, but I had to use it. I eventually found myself liking Logic a lot more because it's got a better UI and it really matches my quick workflow and I've been kind of afraid of switching to something else because it has to have the same kind of feel that Logic has had for me for the past 6 years I've been doing this. But I'm starting to like Reaper more and more despite never having used it once and I think you've convinced me to give it a shot.

[@robertw1871]

Pretty sure you can use PT shortcuts in Reaper if you set it up… the switch should be easy

[@andr3i-44]

i have a Logic X theme on my Reaper and because its so fast, i'm super happy

[@alessandrocernuzzi]

Since Pro Tools 9 sadly and annoyingly stopped working on Windows 10, I did give Reaper a try. I'm blown away already, after 15 minutes of playing around with it. Everything is so natural and straight forward! I was worried to change DAW and having to learn everything all over again, but your knowledge is not lost just by switching to another DAW. I'll definitely make the purchase soon and kindly say goodbye to Pro Tools 🖤

[@jakobole]

There are scripts that will make it behave like pro tools vis a vis shortcut keys :)

[@lexluthier8290]

Reaper: The best hotel in the world, where you can order pretty much anything you want and get it. Now. Tariff: 60 bucks for many years ( I paid mine about 4 years ago - still going on the same licence). ProTools: A bucket of cold sick. Tariff: How much have you got? Give us more. Not that I'm biased or anything 😁

[@anshuljain8515]

With SWS extensions, having a set of rules set for track coloring is such a huge time saver. The moment I name the track 'bass', it will turn pink. Reaper's recent update let's you see the peak RMS and LUFS values while rendering. SWS extensions make gain staging to particular LUFS values possible. What's not to like

[@Bluelagoonstudios]

Darn right, Importing tracks, mostly 70 and more, and your tracks appearing in the right color, a big time saver, maybe a few you have to do manually. But these are peanuts. SWS is a musthave in Reaper, my opinion.

[@Angelo-vb6dg]

I avoided Reaper for a long time as I had the perception it wasn't "pro" software, I ended up using even Reason. Finally tested it a year and a half ago and I was totally blown away by how good it is. The other issue is a lot of DAWs are freaking expensive, barely do significant updates and charge a lot for "newer versions with newer features". Reaper is a no brainer.

[@hojaboom6799]

What I liked best about Reaper, when looking into getting a DAW, They were the only one to give me ALL the bells and whistles to try. Needless to say, I bought a license and haven't looked back. Shout out to Hop Pole and Adam, Thanks for the Tutorials, I'm learning a lot. I also purchased Ozone9 from iZotope. Thank you.

[@NomaiMusic]

I'm a simple man - I see "REAPER better than PRO TOOLS", I hit like.

[@johnwalter6410]

The "I'm a simple man" comment is getting old 😉

[@NomaiMusic]

@@johnwalter6410 so is Pro Tools

[@GUPRPEET-Singh]

@@johnwalter6410 😂👍true..

[@johnwalter6410]

@@NomaiMusic I agree,, Pro tools STILL doesnt even have an insert plugin with automatic delay comp. Literally every other DAW does.

[@danielmconnolly7]

@@johnwalter6410 It served it's purpose but ProTools is heading for retirement.

[@timinglismusic6707]

Thanks for the video @adamsteelproducer As a current Pro Tools user, I was fortunate enough to have my subscription drop from around $145-$150AUD/m for Pro Tools Ultimate to about $45-$50AUD/m for Studio. That felt like Christmas! Then one of my lecturers says, "Yeah but, Reaper is only $60 once off. $225 if you get the pro licence." That's about $95AUD for the personal licence and $350AUD for the commercial licence! That's a no-brainer... I've been using Reaper for about a week now and I already love the fact that you can open multiple sessions, make portable installs, use different themes (I found and LOVE the Imperial theme because I'm used to using big consoles, so I feel at home with this theme), set different dockers for different stages of production, such as editing, mixing, tracking, and so forth. I'm proficient in Pro Tools, it's the main DAW in my course at JMC Academy, but Reaper will be my main DAW moving forward because I can take it with me and run it on the system in the studio I'm working in.

[@DavidSJ_DAP]

Rapid Environment for Audio Production, Editing, and Recording... It's massive amount of available customization is it's greatest strength and it's biggest weakness...

[@bayphoenix]

Wow. Im a huge PT fan but the last two are HUGE incentives for me to learn reaper.

[@kernjames]

great comment. Thanks.

[@kelvinfunkner]

been a long time PT user (20yrs) and now looking at switching to Reaper and also from a Mac to Windows...looks like the future for me is gonna be brighter than I thought :-) thanks!

[@robertoriccitelli2452]

Another thing I love about Reaper, is that if you import a project from another user, recorded at a different sample rate (i.e. 48KHz instead of 44.1KHz), it automatically resample the tracks in no time. Try to do that with Pro Tools....that's right, you can't🤭...it tells you that "some tracks are recorded at a different sample rate and they will sound slower or faster"🙈

[@timinglismusic6707]

Had this exact issue in the studio a few weeks ago. We were told the sample rate was 48K but it was actually 44.1K (should have checked it, rookie mistake, but then, I'm a rookie so, meh) so we couldn't time align anything to the tempo for the whole song. Once we fixed the sample rate, nothing needed to be aligned because it all slotted in. Reaper would have just cleared it throat and got on with the show.

[@haliaeetus8221]

Wow, that can be a biggie!

[@rodrigolaporte274]

Excellent! I'm going to switch from Logic to some-other-daw and so far reaper is #1 on my list, and this video had a lot of very interesting info. Thanks!!!

[@Melvin7727]

It has barely scratched the surface. You will love Reaper and it will grow on you in every measurable way for a DAW. My experience anyway

[@mr.e8432]

I’m switching to Reaper mainly for the first two reasons you mentioned. It’s so much cheaper, and maybe it’s just being a windows user, but the hours I’ve wasted because Protools crashed….I can’t even count. Glitches on startup, not finding an ilok license for a plug-in, after literally every update it’s guaranteed I’ll be searching for hours on forums for a solution to some new startup error code…. I can’t count the number of times I’ve just wanted to start it up for a minute to record a quick idea and it turns into hours of troubleshooting some new stupid problem. I’m done. Your tutorials have been a huge help in getting me up and running, much appreciated! My next project is to phase out any plug-ins I have that require an Ilok or that stupid pace licensing system.👍🏼 (which kind of sucks because I really like a lot of the Slate plug-ins, but they’re going next)

[@piscesman54]

Yes, definitely screw Ilock. It's just a way of having you by the balls. No matter how good the plugin is, surely there is something equally effective that doesn't require that kind of commitment, perhaps even free.

[@rl2905]

One of my favorite features in Reaper is with the extension pack. I like to color my tracks, and with a particular extension (can't remember the name of it exactly) you can tell reaper to search for keywords in your track titles and assign those keywords to a color. For example, I have guitars set to blue and keyboards/Piano set to green. So when I go through and title my tracks Lead Guitar or Rhythm Guitar, it will see the word "guitar" in my track title and automatically color the track blue. Same with piano/keyboard. You can set as many as you want. It's a small thing, but man it saves me such an annoying amount of time going through those dropdowns and assigning custom colors. Oh another thing I LOVE about Reaper - The routing matrix.....wow.

[@songmore]

Multi-track editing (especially for drums) in Pro Tools is the one thing that keeps me coming back. No other DAW that I have used makes sense to me the way Pro Tools does for this purpose.

[@adamsteelproducer]

Ok- but that’s just something you’re used to- I’m probably just as comfortable with drum editing in reaper. It’s a good point but not one that actually makes pro tools better imo

[@BrofUJu]

Hmm? You can easily do this in Reaper. You click G and group them together and then you can drag and edit stuff as a group, it's super simple.

[@joemarta8221]

Use the group feature in reaper for equivalent functionality

[@justin.johnson]

Multi track editing is the most basic function of EVERY daw

[@djmouglie]

My favourite feature is that you can have multiple takes on one track and play them all back at the same time overlapping. This makes a vocal dub easy without having to make a new track. Or you want to have two sound effects on one track but they overlap. In reaper that's no problem, you don't need to make two tracks and then rooute them or group them to add an effect to both. Later I might tidy things up with double takes on one track but when you are in the middle of being creative just being able to record on top of other takes and dragging samples and files in anywhere regardless if other stuff is playing there already is amazing.

[@FloorStylez]

Am a huge fl studio, reason, logic user. Reaper is slowly taking over for every task. I am currently reconfiguring the midi editor in reaper to mirror the FL studio commands. Going pretty well and the midi creating is super speedy now hahaha. No limits on this thanks to the genius Justin Frankel

[@CrushingAxes]

Man everything about Reaper is great! The only reason to still have pro tools is because sometimes you have to get some sessions from other studios, but I only use Reaper here!

[@andthoseotherguys]

Can you tell me how to remove hiss? I've always used Cool Edit and its pretty straight forward on that platform... I spent a few hours on Reaper and never found an option. I'm just a guitarist who writes lyrics and pretends to sing them after playing drums...not a tech guy.

[@CrushingAxes]

@@andthoseotherguys Hey there, I check some songs on your channel really liked the riffs on "Being Human Makes me Sick", did you try the JS: De-esser, also did you use a pop filter?

[@andthoseotherguys]

@@CrushingAxes I just recorded drums with my phone, replayed thru a 2 inch bluetooth speaker and recorded that and guitar on another phone. Lol. Going back to my roots inspired me to buy a Tascam 03SD. My new project sounds much better. I'm just having a hard time with Reaper and my revisit Cool Edit Pro.

[@AndyCampbellMusic]

@@andthoseotherguys kzbin.info/www/bejne/fna8aot_jq-nfck Look for Kenny Gioa instructional videos on the Reaper home page. He covers pretty much everything.

[@tonynicosiamusic7237]

I am a new subscriber and a recent new user on Reaper.You are with Reaper Mania, The Reaper Blog, you are actually the reason I went with Reaper, I am very happy a big thank you.Tony from Paris [France]

[@rayderrich]

I started with Opcode Vision for MIDI decades ago and got me BIAS Deck for multitrack audio (meaning about 4 tracks before my computer ran too hot). It is awesome to have lived through so much and see what Reaper can do for that price. Thanks for your video.

[@ThroughFallenEyes]

32 Bit plugin support. Yes, I know there's ways around it. But they JUST WORK. No messing about.

[@nicholasmullins3693]

Can confirm.

[@mageprometheus]

Number 0 - Reaper is extensible with scripting and C++ with an expansive API.

[@PianoManPaul]

I have viewed a few of your vids, and first let me say THANK YOU for all I've so far picked up from them. I love Reaper for many reasons, I WANT it to become my go-to and main DAW, but I find in most projects, connections that are simple to set up in other DAWs, become frustrating in Reaper. I'm getting better, and hope to 'master' this like you obviously have, but I'm in the beginnings of what has now become a time-sensitive original project slated for release next year, all of which I'm recording myself, so it's gotta be about the music NUMBER ONE. Learning, videos, researching, applying, repeating - that now has to come SECOND at least for the time being. And just today, wooaaahh that MIDI editor - don't get me started on that. (10:15 pm, same day edit): Example- I own Arturia's wonderful Vocoder 5 - I got it working effortlessly in Cubase... Studio One managed to stump me a LITTLE longer on it's setup, then 2 hours ago, I thought I'd give it a go in Reaper. I went through Reaper help tips and documentation/videos. I followed Arturia's own Reaper setup guide that's included RIGHT IN THE PLUGIN (because they're aware of the rocket science degree many need to perform complex routing operations in Reaper) ..... and, the reason for this edit, is to let you know: I'm STILL TRYING. :( I'm about to give up for tonight before something expensive gets broken... Don't get me wrong. I LOVE Reaper, like I said I WANT it to be my go-to... So please: KEEP POSTING these great videos! Need all the help I can get! =)

[@gabrieltauk]

11. Reaper edits video 12. Render queue 13. Instalation files have only 13mb 14. The community develops enhances, extensions and tools ...and more!

[@cristianibarraOfficial]

this last week i've been mixing you, playing bass and singing...and I'm going to say that: you take my life....and I'll take yours too!!!! absolutely stunning about your performance

[@MarkaryansChain]

Been using REAPER for 15 years and it just keeps getting better and better.

[@DopamineOverload]

Do another one of these videos-- including how easy it is to timestretch audio, midi... dynamic split... there are SO many things to mention. VST, VST3, DX support. For Mac-- Mac VST and AU. No proprietary AAX (formerly RTAS???) b.s. The list goes on and on and on and on.

[@AironExTv]

Similar reasons for me. I've used DAWs for almost 30 years, and Reaper travels fairly quickly, is lean, configurable, in addition to all the great reasons you've provided. You can take it with you. That's another thing Protools will not do. It also costs a fraction to setup a small mixing room that holds up well with a Command/Control and M5/6 controller units. Never mind that we can use EuCon hardware with Reaper anyway. I still find Protools to be a fine tracking rig with HDX hardware, essentially a digital mixer with a DAW frontend. You can get something similar with UAD hardware and to a lesser degree other hardware interfaces that have on-board DSP. Then again, a $1600 X32 console as a frontend will do that as well. Protools is stuggling to catch up with a few interesting feature additions, like swapping out DSP and native versions of plugins, but that kind of stuff should have been a thing when AAX first showed up. If I'm using Protools and have a significant investment in it, I'll use until it is absolutely no longer viable, or Avid drops the support football entirely. That's unlikely to happen, so it'll keep existing like all the others. Mostly without me using it for anything but session checking and importing, though I have a conversion program for that as well. :) Btw, the Reaper session file is TEXT. You can edit it in a text editor, support it with any tool because it's plain as day what everything in the session file does. Protools hides its session contents from its own users by encrypting them. Another brownie point lost.

[@DrProgNerd]

Adam's REAPER course has been a great reference tool. Spend the money. For what you save in time, it's well worth it. I use it all the time as a quick reference.

[@TimElliott42]

Why I love it - I taught the basics to my voice-teacher wife, who was able to create tracks for students to practice to, and use during remote lessons.

[@genuinefreewilly5706]

Good reason to like Reaper, I beleive I can now teach most anyone how to get it up and running. and make it do some cool things with the scarcest amount of kit As Adam is correct yeh it runs on most anything but as I am finding out of late Reaper does have its own idiosyncrasies, as all software does The way it saves state is wacky, and its good practice to create templates for particular purposes Sorry for the rant, its about panning and stereo width. I finally figured it out, and have some advice when the topic comes up in Reaper, which it has numerous times in forums, and not in tutorials. I was cursing Reaper and myself

[@Brian-Cherry]

I may be wrong but I’m fairly sure my previous version covered two complete Reaper versions i.e. 4 and 5.

[@justanotherpiccplayer3511]

As one forced to use sibelius at uni I've just written off Protools as bad because of AVID, I can't be dealing with more AVID nonsense, save me... Reaper is FABULOUS and I've been having a great time with it, its only downside is lack of instrumental plug ins that it comes with but there's plenty of free stuff out there anyways

[@johnfeole1971]

Thanks Adam, I was just researching DAWs and came across this info(as Reaper looked promising), and you helped me decide to try it..will look up any instructional vids you may have posted 😎

[@TheCatGoesRawrMusik]

So. I go to university to learn audio engineering and we have to learn pro tools there which I get a bit, as it is still widely used and therefore a good thing to be confy using. BUT what I have very much noticed is that from the bit I have learned in programming classes at school more specifically "user friendliness" is. Yeah Pro Tools can do a lot of stuff really well and like the one thing that I have to say for example is that pro tools beat detective for example is just insane, but as soon as we are talking usability I hate it. The short summary is as someone who is very new to DAW and who had Pro Tools as their first DAW to learn, evem then it feels like pro tools wants me to learn the workflow it promotes and doesn't really allow to make better. Stuff like having to open a drop down Menu to delete a track (that track btw is now permanently deleted and can not be recovered). Just tongive the idea: Move to the track's name click on it move to the very bottom of the list that now opens Click delete. Like. This alone is already something I find questionable and the only reason I can think for making it this hard to delete something is, because they know you can't recover it and they don't know how to fix it so they try to make sure you really only access that button if you need it. (Correct me if I am wrong but I have not found anything in the preferences when I searched for a way to set up a hotkey for this) Ohhhhh. Hotkeys!!!! Next topic... Thisnis turning into a rant huh. I will trybto stop after this point... Actually jusy remembered another so after the next two points. 1. Hotkeys. They can NOT BE CHANGED. My guess is marketing? So if people come from pro tools they can't get into a different DAW easily... But wait. They can just chnage the hotkeys in that other Daw to be like pro tools. Why doesn't it let me individualize the Hotkeys. That can't be so hard to implement. 2. Also a part of individualization. Protools interface. You can't change it which once again they have proven they can make windows out of the different parts of the program. The track and the fades which... Btw.. I hate those are in separate windows... Anyways... Why don't they let you adjust stuff like you can in reaper... I honestly see that thisbone might be more annoying to implement but still... Yeah.. That is my personal experience and maybe those troubles have their roots in inexperience but here you go xD.

[@johnwalter6410]

Pro tools is archaic. Studio One smokes it like a joint. Reaper is great too. But I switched from Reaper to s1

[@audiojake27]

So you'd rather just be accidentally deleting tracks with a single keystroke?? Why

[@kniferideaudio]

I keep a PT license ONLY because it is so ubiquitous. I get session sent to me and have to work with them in PT, but all of MY projects are Reaper. Unfortunately, I also have to have Adobe Audition, because for some reason the Podcast industry is in love with it. The DAW wars are pretty much over, and PT has lost but not left the throne. Were stuck looking it i's archaic interface and Microsoft Excel-like workflow, probably forever.

[@TheCatGoesRawrMusik]

@@audiojake27 ok. No. But. That is to me just a work around for that deletion being a problem. Any other DAW I have seen this fur will just allow you to press control z (or whatever command it is to you) and boom the track is back. This is not the case in Protools. It is just gone. And that is the problem.

[@g_john_90]

Totally agree, but I gotta say that hotkey customization in PT would have been an absolute nightmare when I was freelancing at 3-4 studios throughout the week a few years back. “Oh this studio has zoom in and out set to + and -“, “oh okay, this one has zoom in and out set to $ and &”, “okay this one is R and T”.

[@Bluelagoonstudios]

I came from ProTools 9HD right to Reaper, after 6 months learning I'm pretty a advanced user, thanks to your video's, the community, Kenny's tutorials, Justin for scripting ideas and much more. Last week 3 updates in a week, I just had to build a new system, because this old Mac is too little to run big projects. That's why I'm not yet member of the pro academy. Btw I have a question for other DAW users, are curved monitors a problem for audio production? I see only flat ones out there. @Wally same here, disabled, but very into mixing. Take care

[@misterringer]

It really is super stable. I have it and Cubase, and cubase crashes or near-crashes (audio engine spikes a LOT) quite a bit. Reaper, not a single hiccup on same projects/plugins.

[@PianoManPaul]

My thoughts EXACTLY. Sometimes, once your project gets past a certain point in size or your ASIO is needed to flex some muscles, it's almost as if Cubase starts 'pouting'... then it's gone! I say "sometimes" because indeed, it's happened quicker.... e.g. I add 8 audio tracks (no VSTi's) then a couple windows flash telling of "very serious problems occurring ..." ... and I'm like "WTF?!?!??" Question, do you happen to have an AMD Ryzen-based rig? I'm starting to think that may be an issue here, maybe their 64bit DAWs were coded and tested more on Intel based rigs (any 32-bit version of Cubase I had in the past ran smoothly). Sorry about my long reply, but you nailed it - Cubase is sluggish and slow in speed in comparison to Reaper - and also to Presonus Studio One 5.

[@misterringer]

@@PianoManPaul Intel for me. And mine spikes even on small projects. Super annoying. Running an RME interface which may be the only thing prevent a full crash lol

[@PianoManPaul]

@@misterringer "Great minds ..." I have an RME Babyface Pro FS which is now about 2 months old and I LOVE IT. You can't beat it for sound anywhere near that $ range. Actually, even my Cubase loved it as it now crashes just a BIT less frequently. Autosave set to 5 minutes, always the first setting I go to after a fresh install.

[@atlantaguitar9689]

Years ago I moved from Pro Tools over to Logic and never looked back. However, I've recently been learning Reaper incrementally and have been pleased thus far but haven't had time to make the jump in a big way. I've got a new project coming up that I will initiate in Reaper and I'm trusting that I'll get it all sorted without too much trouble. I don't really push the envelope in my productions so I'm betting it will be pretty easy to complete the work.

[@barrystevens3550]

I spent years with PT, the most crazy thing was , crashing, and then on reboot, the PC said there is another version already running! I went mental, I want that time back. Happy Reaper learner /user now.

[@akzentprod]

One of my favorite things about REAPER is being able to have a hot key for anything, even specific things.

[@subtitles1492]

respect for the heavy head bobbing and arm gesticulation. quite a workout.

[@toddd.8496]

I licensed REAPER in 2020 basically for hobby purposes - bored during the pandemic like many folks. My goal was really just learning and having some fun with no real plans to make a living with it. That being said... I love the fact that it was only $60 which fit my budget. Two additional things great about REAPER... 1. It opens fast even on an old machine. I installed it on a all-in-one that I bought at a thrift store for $20 that was many years old... and REAPER opens in less than 5 seconds. I installed Pro Tools First to try it out on the same exact machine and it probably took somewhere between 1-2 minutes to just open! (I didn't time it but it felt like forever) I immediately uninstalled Pro Tools and went back to the superior option in REAPER! 2. It's tiny in file size yet packs a punch in features! BONUS POINTS! REAPER has some incredible free tutorials not just in this channel but in other places too that make learning the software really, really easy!

[@smokinmoose2]

Pro Tools was my DAW of choice for many years. I still have it in the studio because I still get Pro Tools sessions from a lot of clients. But I started using Reaper about 4-5 years ago for all new projects and for sessions sent as wav stems. I thought I would face a bit of a learning curve, and i did, to some extent, but it didn't take long to find a skin that looks almost exactly like Pro Tools and that cut the time to learn quite a bit, as it at least gave me something familiar to work with. Now, I'm in the habit of asking clients if they can send wav files instead of Pro Tools sessions. If they can, great, if not, I still have pro Tools. The other thing I like is that Reaper doesn't take up a lot of CPU power, so I find, especially with bigger sessions, it runs much smoother. And, the fact that it can use vst apps is a big plus. And, to such an extent that this is a thing in DAWs, it sounds great.

[@piscesman54]

Absolutely, CPU usage is probably one of the most important factors. PT users complain that the Reaper UI looks outdated and unattractive. What they don't get is that that allows you to work on almost any computer, whereas PT is a huge CPU eater, and if your don't have the resources to support it, it will crash.

[@pdppdp3854]

from sampling with Stereo master into Medplayer on the amiga to .. now using Maschine + Reaper. God is Great!!

[@trapkat8213]

I am a Reaper user but I didn't know about the spectral peaks feature. Very cool!

[@simbaking6338]

After so many Protools crashes..I eventually changed to Reaper...never looked back since.

[@No-to4kd]

i wasn’t super convinced until i learned that Nik from Noisia has moved from Cubase to Reaper

[@PierreBaudinat]

RENDER QUEUE is incredibly time saving. In my case, on live jazz sessions I can send versions to the client waaaaaaay faster than in any DAW

[@voiceovervandeen]

Yep main DAW since I went full time in VO, being mainly a Linux user it's a no brainer for me. Love the flexability, + Carla brings win/mac plugins into play as well. I still use Audacity as a 2nd editor for bare waveform tweaks of individual samples though.

[@welchomestudio]

Same for Cakewalk (which is 100% free). It's got ARA, you get updates every few weeks, with not only bug fixes but also new functionalities. Granted, Cakewalk's GUI is not as flexible and customizable, but it is to a certain degree, and Cakewalk is only available for PC. Reaper has a more advanced routing system and might be a bit more stable than Cakewalk, but Cakewalk is improving on this point. Anyway, I use both and Reaper is a great DAW, no question about it. But I do prefer Cakewalk because I feel "more at home" with it... just a question of habit. Anyway, both these DAWs will let you achieve the same thing, which is to make music for little (or no) money, and get the same results as you would with much more expensive DAWs.

[@adamsteelproducer]

Cakewalk is pretty cool tbf

[@welchomestudio]

@@adamsteelproducer Yes, and so is Reaper. I really feel that I could be using Reaper all the time, but Cakewalk remains my favorite DAW, mostly because I'm so used to it. But when I have to recommend a DAW to friends, I will always tell them to download and try both Reaper and Cakewalk, and make their own choice. Some will prefer one, some will prefer the other. In the end, they all end up making music without having to spend hundreds of dollars.

[@ettiennelane9173]

If you buy Reaper 6 you get all the updates through 7 and only need to buy Reaper 8 again. I bought Reaper at version 5 (5 or 6 years ago) and will only need to pay again at version 7. Value for money much?

[@lolroflstomp]

Holy shit the spectral peaks part must save pros so much time on editing after hearing you explain how it works. I really do love this program and I'm glad I started off on Reaper and stuck with it even though I didn't understand how to use it at first.

[@rl2905]

Fun fact: The original creator of Reaper, Justin Frankel, also created WinAmp in the 90's.

[@justinturner653]

As someone who used to DJ & use that feature in Traktor for EQing tracks live, Spectral mixing looks awesome!!

[@hgurov]

After using Spectral Peaks for almost a year now, it kind of feels like Neo reading the Matrix. It's a game changer, honestly. I edit podcasts, sometimes hours of audio. So yeah...

[@dannyboystudios6604]

I also use Reaper for video editing, it’s not great at it but it’s what I have and does a good enough job for what I need.

[@andreasfranzmann9634]

That's another thing hardly anybody talks about. We are all audio guys, which means that most of us sometimes need to do a little basic video work (editing, subtitels, multicam stuff). Reaper can do it. Another reason why I switched from Studio One to Reaper. Great point!

[@TheBinaryWolf]

Thanks for the intelligent and objective assessment of a wonderful product.

[@EcBaPr]

13:10... when you buy Reaper you get free updates for two version numbers not one... so if you buy at version 6.00 you get all the updates until 7.99..

[@MixYourWay]

Only big trouble for us doing sound for film is Reaper not being able to deal OMF/AFF. It is the ONE AND ONLY downside, and it is the ONLY reason I still use Pro tools.

[@MixYourWay]

@@GillesAndrea big big sigh 😔! The day Reaper finally integrates with film/video/media standard workflows it will the nail to seal the PT coffin. I guess there has to be some issues/challenges regarding this matter but anyway there's hope 😅

[@Krantykeys]

Sir I'm in need of some help i am a keyboardist and i have been using reaper for 3 years and this is my 1st daw and i love it a lot but i got my self a micro korg recently and it works perfectly except native instrument kontact. But that plugging works perfectly with my yamaha psr keyboard. I have tried to use this same keyboard and same vst in other daws it works but not in reaper and also i tried a m audio keystation 61 too. But it Doesn't work with native instrument at all only psr works with it Please help i love reaper and i don't wanna switch

[@herbie747]

I've been using Pro Tools since 2005. I just got a new PC and installed Reaper instead, and after 5 minutes I already found where everything was and did a quick test recording. I'll be sticking with Reaper now and paying the $60. It runs so much faster and boots in an instant. I just hope all my plugins install and work on it - Superior Drummer, T-Racks, Guitar Rig, Komplete/Kontakt, etc. I've not tried them yet.

[@mistamichal]

I can tell you for sure from my own experience that all the Komplete plugins work and also Omnisphere in case you have that.

[@RasShango]

How can I bypass the first slot plugins on multiple tracks simultaneously in Reaper? Specifically, I am working with ten tracks, and each one has a unique saturation plugin in the first slot. I need to bypass all these first-slot plugins in one action, regardless of their brand or type. Furthermore, it's crucial that this action only affects the first slot plugins, even if the same plugin type appears in a different slot in the FX chain on these tracks. Is there a method in Reaper to selectively bypass only the first slot plugins across multiple tracks without affecting other instances of the same plugins in different slots?

[@Originalmusicbharris]

Can you do a video on how to hook up the Audient id4 audio interface and Akai MIDI MPK keyboard to reaper? I can’t get both to work at the same time. They don’t communicate with each other.

[@edumas8706]

Hi Adam, do you provide the instruments tracks you wirk on in the promix course?

[@superconnie5003]

Hello thanks for this vid really helps. Got a question really appreciate if you can help with.My Reapers is connected to a Allen & Heath Q 16.If I press 'Mute' on any channel will reaper still record?.Or will that particular channel be muted?.

[@kenbrunet6120]

Waiting for my laptop to arrive. Then I shall dload Reaper Then I shall purchase the Reaper guide!! I can't wait.

[@ettiennelane9173]

Why Reaper? 1. Cheap (No update payments for 5-10 years) 2. Super stable. Only a bad plugin will make it crash. (Before Reaper I thought it was normal to restart my DAW 20 times per song) 3. Lowest CPU hit of any DAW. (Just try it, you'll see) 4. You can design virtually any imaginable custom workflow to speed up your workflow. (Reaper gets out of your way)

[@Salsuero]

A point you missed for reason #3 is that they don't just allow you a free update for one major version number, but the next version is also free. So it would be 6.0.0 to 7.9.9.

[@rickhammel9541]

Dumb question, I just started using Garage Band, and I play guitar. I like the built in drummers, and jam along to all the loops built in there. Does Reaper have anything like that to use? Thanks in advance!

[@badhairdave9126]

Can someone help? No output signal thru my mac outputs. Signal on the VU's for tracks and master going strong. Have looked everywhere on net and tried everything on mac and reaper settings. Reaper forum isn't working for me, joined but I can't post, comment, reply, etc!), Reaper support isn't answering, and my free trial is about to end. Anyone?

[@JohnWallsrockmusic]

I agree TOTALLY REAPER is better than.....Everything!!! 🎸🎸🎸🎉🎉

[@drutgat2]

Great stuff, Adam. Many thanks.

[@KennyLauderdale]

what big albums have been done with reaper?

[@TheRealestIdealist]

I can’t find the link to the Ultimate Reaper Guide that you mentioned.

[@adamsteelproducer]

hoppole.co/reaper

[@tgrimes175]

What computer do you use to run reaper on?

[@RyRyTheBassGuy]

ARA is great. Thanks Celemony and Presonus!

[@perrypelican9476]

I have not seen anything about protools being better than reaper. The industry standard thing is only of value if you want to work for a studio that insists on using it only. Being the industry standard definitely has no value for your own studio. So since Reaper does everything, is totally configurable in every way, is more stable, faster and the cost is ridiculously low, then why bother with Pro Tools?

[@phadrus]

Is there a plugin that can show “spectral peaks”?

[@Light31977]

Can you recommend minimum system requirements in a PC laptop compatibility with Reaper? Shopping on a budget. Does it have to be 16gb of ram or will it work great with 8? Also, if you can suggest other minimum specs as well. Thank you so much!

[@ivanadaev1000]

I guess it heavily depends on what are you planning to do with Reaper, and not on the Reaper itself. I use it for composing with Xpand!2 (great orchestral synth, BTW, especially for a beginner like me), and it works perfectly on my laptop with 4gb ram and 2-core AMD A6. My project has somewhere around 20 Xpand midi tracks, no glitches so far. From my experience, one thing I would pay attention to is screen size and resolution, because the more useful screen area you get, the more comfortable it will be to work, and this is important for any DAW, not just Reaper. I would definitely not recommend resolution lower than Full HD (1920 x 1080), even though technically you can work on lower resolutions.

[@jeffbridges6110]

Great video. I agree. It's better than Pro Tools in many ways. I used PT for a year and HATED it. I've only had Reaper crash twice in the 4 yrs I've been using it , and that was due to a bad plug in. And thanks for the spectral peaks bit. I'm gonna give that a try.

[@petergedd9330]

One of the best reasons is that Reaper is so flexible and the software is very streamlined so it can handle almost anything you throw at it. As for so called industry standard DAW's, having to pay a hefty monthly or yearly subscription is out and out daylight robbery and you'd have to be nuts to do so IMO. I paid a humble sum for Reaper and it's been my go to for many years. I dont know why it has had a name of being not 'Pro' Probably because it's so low in cost, people assume that expensive means good, not in this case, in this case it means 'Fair'.

[@zedcarr6128]

I remember paying £300 (over £700 in today's money) for a Fostex X26 4 track tape recorder in the late 80s. How times have changed.

[@Bloody_Marie]

Hy, where can I find the link to the discord?

[@JimWinstrand]

does it run on a slate raven toutch screen?

[@studio440hzz4]

Any idea how to sync reaper with digidesign devices ?

[@adamsteelproducer]

Like hardware? Probably by adding control surfaces in HUI mode I’d guess

[@SpirosPoullos]

O have been using Reaper for over a year and I'm super happy. Before I was with Logic. Very happy as well. Recently I purchased a license from a guy for a great price (280€). The only reason I purchased ProTools is because there is a possibility to work in a Huuuuge studio in Athens and they work with ProTools. Other than that I think it's a really heavy, CPU and RAM hungry DAW that consumes my MacBook's resources like a frickin elephant and crashes often. Reaper is much lighter much cheaper much more stable and it's set up for faster and more logical workflow! Worst money I've ever spent. (I hope they hire me at the studio at least!)

[@Nightowl427272]

To anyone who thinks REAPER is inexpensive or “cheap” and therefore good for beginners, it’s not. REAPER just isn’t bloated with the extra cost of software instruments that you likely won’t use, won’t need or already have superior alternatives to. REAPER is good for everyone because it’s amazing software at any price. The fact that other, high-dollar DAWs come with generic all-in-one producer suites that include, “everything you need (mostly bloated lite-ware) to get started as a producer” suggests that those are indeed the products that are for beginners.

[@PatrickGiraudi]

Can Reaper support more than stereo channel, LCR or 5.0 or 5.1 and event 7.1?

[@adamsteelproducer]

Yes it can support up to 64 channels of audio per track! So things like 7.1 and Atmos are possible

[@MS-1]

Reaper is better than a lot of DAWs.

[@BaadalWRLD_Official]

THAN STUDIO ONE PROFESSIONAL ?

[@stevekobb3850]

Really helpful. Thanks.

[@niclasnightflame]

The Reaper course sounds very interesting and I'm thinking about buying it. Before that I would just like to know, if the course is accessible for blind people. For example, when you explain in the course how to do mixing, do you really explain verbally how to do it or do you expect people to see what you do, like if you said "Click here and use this icon.". I would love to learn how to use Reaper but need a course which explains everything in an accessible way that people can follow with closed eyes. I would highly appreciate discussing that with you before I buy your course. Have a good day.

[@keyboardheuvelrug]

For me also important: Reaper runs 32 bit plugins without problems. For me teaching all sorts of students very convenient.

[@joshuakincheloe]

Ok I'm downloading it again. I deleted reaper a while back when I tried to just edit a pop out of an audio file and there was no simple way in the daw to draw the pop out.

[@dantepalomba7356]

Logic 🤘🏼