LIVE Change My Mind About REAPER with Myk Robinson

[@patkelly8309]

I really like Reaper's attitude towards licensing. It is very refreshing and harks back a little to the spirit of the early computer music scene. The Amiga, ST, Tracker days.

[@ruxtonau]

Justin's got ethics, which is pretty nice to see in a legendary successful software developer.

[@alexanderstuartpetty485]

loved my 520st amd 1040st back in the day!

[@IllSoulProductions]

Reaper power user here and I’ve been using reaper on all projects from major to indie my entire career now. The render que is indispensable

[@tonye9045]

It’s fantastic to see you exposing Reaper to a wider audience Warren, thank you. It’s probably fair to say that if Reaper was where it is now and had the marketing budget of Pro tools back in the day it would have become industry standard without a doubt. All I can say is don’t be put off by the massive customisation available, you don’t have to use it until you’re ready. Just jump in and give it a try, you won’t be disappointed.

[@jonborrmann3124]

I was a protools guy for 10 yrs,, had a perpetual license, ($600.00) and when they switched to subscription, I felt the absolute greed was too much.. went to Reaper and absolutely love it.. it's a bit overwhelming with all the parameters and 3rd party extensions. But again, totally loving Reaper..🤘👍

[@TheDilligan]

I really do hate how everything is on a subscription model nowadays. Part of the reason they do it is because it's harder to pirate the software. And it's absolutely the reason I do not use Pro Tools. But it also means that companies (cough* ADOBE) put out untested versions of software and fix problems as users complain about them, rather than only deploying software that is tested and working perfectly, with free "minor bug fixes" updates for anything that might come up.

[@montanamaxxamillion]

@@TheDilligan Its really not harder to pirate...its cracked wide open....ilok, Steinberg lock, all the dongle software is cracked just to prove there is no need for the stupid protection...its not harder to pirate, They're just greedy.

[@trevfisher]

After being with Cubase and PC since the Atari days I switched from PC to Mac M1 and got tired of waiting for Steinberg to release a Silicone version I tried Reaper last year. I had tried it several years ago and couldn't get one with it. The latest versions are different and much more intuitive. Cubase 12 is now out, I have it, I rarely boot it up now. Reaper is way more powerful and the support beats Steinberg outta site (not difficult really). Killer feature for me is that I can set up a custom remote (or several) on old tablets or phones without having to buy any other software or apps.

[@ArielTavori]

I remember when a mentor of mine switched from Cubase to ProTools and told me "it feels like switching from a Toyota to a Cadillac"... When I switched to Reaper a couple years ago (from Studio One, but ive used pretty much everything but Logic), I reflected on that memory and realized my current transition felt like switching from a Cadillac to a 787 cockpit... So many reasons I prefer it, but for me: -ReaPack/actions (how did I ever live without "auto track color/icon"!?) -paramater link/modulation -plug-in organization folders with redundancy (meaning I can put my LA-2A plugs in my "compressors" folder, and still have them show up in my "vocals" and "bass" folders) -performance (in practice, similar to a ~$400-800 PC upgrade)... All combine to put Reaper in a completely different league from the rest...

[@LetsTalkAboutReaper]

Well stated, I love the 787 cockpit analogy 🤣

[@PendelSteven]

Well, there's been requesting about the plug-in folder redundancy in Studio One. Things can change. Personally not an issue for me.

[@MrKingclaude1]

I guess you made an album with reaper that went platinum then ( joking), I just believe you can make good music with any DAW that you must first have to master, it is your music skills and creativity that do matter .

[@Gang-25j]

@@MrKingclaude1 dude is just the usual fanboy..of course he’s not really doing music for a living.. studio one is a awesome daw and really easy to use. The fact the he jumped to another daw clearly shows that he likes jumping around because he’s not doing anything remotely close to professional music.

[@JohnnyRawks]

"it feels like switching from a Toyota to a Cadillac..." So, your mentor preferred Cubase, I assume ;)

[@Derpadeedooda]

Switched from pro tools to Reaper and I'm in love with it

[@RyanMcQuen]

It'd be neat to see this with Kenny Gioia!

[@ZiggyKrueger]

Oh god, no thanks. That guy is the most annoying person on KZbin

[@lastdaysguitar]

Speak for yourself, Kenny is great.@@ZiggyKrueger

[@ZiggyKrueger]

@@lastdaysguitar Speak for yourself

[@lastdaysguitar]

I did. Kenny is nowhere near the most annoying person on YT. Look at the comments to him: Literally thousands of people THANKING HIM every week. At least TRY to be objective with your statements. Unless you work for Avid, then you are doing exactly what they pay you for - lol! @@ZiggyKrueger

[@ZiggyKrueger]

@@lastdaysguitar Speak for yourself

[@johnbentzen]

Reaper is like climbing a mountain. It takes som effort to learn and understand it, but when you are there (at the top) maaaaan what a view. Then you can make it as simple or as complicated as you want. So you need to understand it first . . . I've used Cubase and Logic . . and tried Pro-Tools. But Reaper did it for me.

[@TracingFlares]

same here. just switched here😊

[@johanarens9798]

My progression Tascam Portastudio 4 tracks on Minidisc -> Fostex 8 tracks on Harddrive -> "pause for several years" -> GarageBand -> LogicPro

[@johanarens9798]

I'm with Logic now, but if I would have to review this choice, I would seriously consider Reaper. I'm sticking with Logic as I've started with this one, just keep focus on music.

[@MarcosRobertoDosSantosJF]

@@johanarens9798 My first recorder was also a 4 tracks tascam (but with regular k7 tapes, not minidiscs). I also still have a Boss BR-532 (I think I bought it in 2001. And still works!). Minidiscs are a format that I really loved (and still have a sony player and recorder working fine). My first computer daw was cool edit pro, but I used n-track, cakewalk, adobe audition and since 2011 I use Cubase.

[@johanarens9798]

@@MarcosRobertoDosSantosJF Minidisc was cool, I love the fact the disc itself was protected by the casing. Oh and I forgot to mention, between the Tascam and the Fostex, I tried to use Samplitude and an 8 channels Guillemot interface, that was not that successful, I had performance problems with Win95 at the time, the issue was related to the way I connected the IDE hardrives (daisy chained), instead of connecting them on a dedicated IDE controller, off course, I've discovered this after the fact :) I fed up at the time and bite the bullet to get the Fostex 8 track, I still have the unit though. We have a similar progression, different products but similar approach, you might say, like pretty all of us.

[@MarcosRobertoDosSantosJF]

@@johanarens9798 yeah, minidiscs were ahead of their time. In the early 90’s a minidisc was like a futuristic media! Hahah. Good times!

[@TracingFlares]

switched from logic, cubase and fl studio to Reaper... Just one week and really pleased. Reaper just nails so many needed things and almost nothing i miss with respect to the other 3😊

[@southsideronnie]

Reaper is great! Myk, Adam and Warren, thank you guys so much for sharing!!

[@paulaustinbailey]

I went from making songs on a Roland vs1880 to Reaper back in the version 3 days and never felt the need to look at anything else. It does everything I need and if there is anything I'd like to do but don't know how, I can research it and it has always been possible.

[@freereacher]

I started on Steinberg Pro 12. Then Pro 24 on an Atari 1040ST, The first computer to have on board midi ports. I used a Steinberg SMPTE dongle on the parallel port to stripe one track on the multi track (Fostex 1/2" 8 track) recorder with code to sync the analogue audio with the midi sequencer. We went to a lot of trouble back then to record. I use Reaper now after using Pro Tools and a few of the others. Oh and I still have that Steinberg SMPTE dongle. As far as DAW's go Reaper works best for me. It's efficient and powerful and fully customizable. Good for midi stock plugins are pretty good too. If folks want an all in one DAW with instruments, samples and Amp simulators etc, then Qbase Logic or Studio One might be better.

[@ecmusic2605]

Im a REAPER user, I was, Cubase Nuendo DieHard, since the Times of Cubase as sequencer 1995 or so, I've changed to REAPER, 5 years ago and I cant find anyhing near as excellent and complete DAW as REPEAR, simply love it and can't change even if offer paid

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much for sharing

[@MrKingclaude1]

the problem is that many DAW users don't spend time mastering one software first, they learn a bit of this DAW then jump to another DAW, then when they settle on one that they get to know very well, they claim that DAW is better than any other but they never really get to know others DAW DEEPLY.

[@ruxtonau]

reapers design at heart, is the concept of an high track count tape machine attached to a unlimited routing high track count console.

[@wainsnyder]

I started with Audacity, then Ableton, tried Pro Tools and had to laugh at all those with my purchase of REAPER. The stand alone headphone mixes that you can have from this DAW is awesome! I have six fire-pads that I hand out to the musicians to get their own HP mixes! I don't have to worry about that at all! I use it pretty much stock like Myk does! What a cool laid back dude! I'm in West TN also! Would love to have you stop by some time! Ghostnote Studio in Mid-town Memphis! Thank you Warren!

[@LetsTalkAboutReaper]

You're in Memphis? I'm an hour away 🤔 Next time I'm in town for Ethiopian food at Abyssinia, I'll have to reach out!

[@wainsnyder]

Jamie Lee Curtis, who is married to Spinal Tap's Nigel Tuffnel! LOL

[@wainsnyder]

@@LetsTalkAboutReaper I missed the live feed. So I'm being a nut and answering as I watch here! LOL

[@JC3D]

I love Reaper. I used Logic before and Pro Tools before that - Sound Forge before that (way back)

[@wiseoldfool]

Angel delight, butterscotch flavour! Also "Instant Whip". The important ingredient of beans on toast is HP sauce!

[@aceedmond8053]

Mikes has an amazing channel loaded with Reaper knowledge.... good stuff, thanks Warren!

[@danpechacek3855]

N-Track! That was my first DAW, recommended by my guitar teacher at the time. With a Superlux condenser mic and a Behringer mixer, straight into my PC’s sound card: the 2004 equivalent of the teen with a 4-track, recording countless songs in my bedroom.

[@MarcosRobertoDosSantosJF]

I remember n-track (I used for a short period of time). My first daw was cool edit pro, but I also used an early cakewalk for a bit (that came free on a music magazine). But I’m a Cubase user since 2011. My first analog recorder was a 4 track Tascam that used regular k7 tapes (that I still have it)

[@SongMakerNYC]

love reaper...used all possible daws ... i wish that reaper and ableton can create some kind of collaborative daw, with sound engine by ableton and flexability by reaper...and thanks for this video....always pleasure to watch your videos

[@Firas_Patov]

I heard about reaper since its v2 but i was using anouther DAW at a time (sonar),, after (sonar) had its problems and discontinued i forced my self to start using reaper,, and i started using it (V5) in a recording session in my studio right away,, it took some time to fully understand it but now i can't go back to any other DAW 'coz REAPER spoiled us with its many many great features ❤️

[@LetsTalkAboutReaper]

Definitely takes a bit for the typical user to get their bearings, but once you do, oh my, is it nice.

[@ruxtonau]

I jumped into Reaper in 2009 from Cubase SX2 and haven't looked back. Resource usage was a huge thing for me at the time, nobody was doing multi-processing across cores properly except for Reaper. Cubase very specifically, locked a channel to a core, so it didn't take much to 100% an entire core and need to freeze something, even though the other cores were doing very little. The rationale was simple, buy an expensive upgrade or try reaper and if it works, buy some new gear :)

[@whatmusiciwant]

Cubase 13 is still horribly optimized.

[@arbogast4950]

I've tried Ableton Live, Logic Pro X and I'm still happy using Studio One.

[@Skalamusa]

I started it in 2007. Loved it ever since.

[@ellipsis101]

I'm a reaper user for about 2 years now and from what I know it's the same company who made also winamp. And that's also the reason why the guys from reaper already maked enough money, so reaper is not so expensive like other daws.

[@HammyHavoc]

Winamp was developed by NullSoft. Reaper is developed by Cockos. Different companies, same dev.

[@ellipsis101]

@@HammyHavoc Justin Frankel is the founder of both company's

[@amusik7]

Reaper is definitely one of the best overall DAWs - given the price and stability it’s just a no brainer - and for pure mixing purposes it’s definitely one of the best. The automations work like a dream, and routing is just the best. However I do find song writing and creative sound design more inspiring in some other DAWs.

[@duncanparsons]

I used N-Track around versions 3-5, even wrote some plugins for them :-) Cubase started out as Pro16 and Pro24.. I got to that after Notator!

[@parachuteman4]

I moved from sonar/cakewalk to reaper. I am staying with reaper. Rock solid and powerful. And as is being evidenced by Myk right now, the community is amazing. The availability of great tutorials is unmatched. Hail reaper!!

[@powerdither7309]

ok .. I want to switch to a new daw...always seemed like extra expense... can I ask.,.how many plugin windows and how many instances of NI can u run ?

[@parachuteman4]

@@powerdither7309 what is NI?

[@LetsTalkAboutReaper]

@@powerdither7309 I gave a longer answer in your top level question, but the short version is, as many as your hardware (CPU, RAM) will allow. REAPER doesn't impose any imaginary limits on what you do. If your hardware will support 100 instances, by all means, run them

[@LetsTalkAboutReaper]

@@parachuteman4 I believe it's Native Instruments, Kontact

[@parachuteman4]

@@LetsTalkAboutReaper OK. I have certainly heard of native instruments but am not real familiar with it. but like you said, It's the system/hardware, more than the daw

[@MS-1]

Cool Edit Pro/Adobe Audition was my first daw. Tried all the others but, gravitated to Reaper and, learned about the Winamp connection.

[@seans.8487]

Started out using Cakewalk on Windows 98, they gave you 4 tracks of audio along with MIDI. Over the years I spent time on Sound Craft, Cubase, Ableton Live, Sonor, and went out of my way to buy Logic Studio with an Apogee interface. I loved Logic, but then I had the rug pulled out from underneath me when I upgraded. Now, I use Reaper. Love it, it can do everything that Logic can do and more. But without all the bloatware, and software crashes. You will not find a better DAW for what you get. and they do business the right way. 👍

[@rhubarb99999]

I have been using Reaper since the original Beta. Love it

[@mpasistasyalanci]

Iam a strange guy, I am a apple/ reaper user. I had a 2009 basic 21.5inch iMac, not the strongest apple machine, and reaper being so light was working fine for years. Until almost last year when a peak of power on the grid burned almost every electronic device in my house. Then I bought a used bargain 5.1 Mac Pro from 2010, a basic one, with the hope that prices of graphics cards will drop and I could built a beast computer for cheap (while m1 Macs where not compatible yet with a lot of my plugins etc). That never happened so I was stacked with a unsupported Mac os, logic was not an option, reaper was there for me. I was working in an old studio occasionally, that had a old windows 7 32bit pc due to old interface and its drivers etc, there cubase was starting to have problems working, again, reaper saved the day. Now I've just moved to a m1 Mac and reaper surprised me again, while I've seen people opening logic through rosseta for unsupported plugins and natively for supported, reaper just works natively until you put an unsupported one and then switches automatically to intel based and through rosetta instantly. Ive worked with cubase, pro tools ,logic etc and I've seen others with a lot of daws, I like the workflow of a lot of them, but I consider reaper as the one that will be there for you every time, working fine from the best to the worst computer

[@dnashofficial]

i went Reaper 4 years ago and will NEVER go back. you can do ANYTHING any other daw can, AND create your own workflow to get there.

[@LetsTalkAboutReaper]

What did you use prior?

[@HammyHavoc]

I don't know about *anything*. The potential to do it is there, the ability to do it is another matter entirely. E.g. the MIDI is missing quite a bit from Cubase and Nuendo. There's also no asynchronous playback of non-linear loops ala Ableton Live, despite Playtime. No Atmos, but Logic and Cubendo do it.

[@ZodiacVoodoo23]

Old thread but why not...Started with SOS on an Akai 4000ds in mono...then two in stereo, then an R8 1/4" 8 track sync'd to Atari 1040 STFM and Cubase......Cubasis 4 & 5.......and Cubase 4 over a period of decades. Moved to Reaper because of expensive upgrades and the ditching of VST support for a large selection of VST and VST2 32 bit plug-ins. Been along for the ride since reaper 4.0 and am committed.

[@getstew]

Cool to see this. Myk is such a good dude. Then there's Warren... also such a good dude.

[@AironExTv]

Started on Protracker 1 (Amiga 500). Ended up at Logic, Vegas, Protools(via a wealthy friend who owned it and a lot of great mics), to Reaper.

[@johnsnyder4949]

im looking forward to watching that course for the slip editing in groups knowledge

[@Joey.Darkwoods-Studio]

As Myk mentioned, being new to audio production and a new Reaper user I find it overwhelming! The mods and settings are, IMO, limiteless!! So, finding out what way is a better way to work with Reaper, as far as ease of use is HUGE!!!

[@MorbidVizions]

I purchased the Reaper license early simply for the fact that it IS based on the honor system and they don't seem greedy. I love that I can use it on all of my PC's so I can track on the go when needed and don't need to purchase additional licenses, carry a USB key etc etc. I don't have a problem giving money for tools when I don't feel like I'm being nickel and dimed. Besides the fact that the software is damn amazing.

[@splashesin8]

Trying not to die, but marvelous❣️❤️😅🧘‍♀️Thanks y'all! The most important ingredient on beans on toast, is cheese. 😺

[@cerebralcoma4850]

Reaper user......love it, 2-3 years or so....before it was Cubase and Cakewalk

[@5dBRideTV]

I have owned a few Pro Tools HD rigs over the span of 13 years. I loved Pro Tools for its features. I didn't know Reaper well but I used it occasionally on my laptop when I was away from studio. Until one day I mixed a song in Reaper. Then I mixed another one, and after a week of playing with it, I decided to use two DAWs simultaneously. It took about a month when I became so much faster and my mixing became better and more efficient that I dropped Pro Tools. Ironically I started working less and earning more money using Reaper.

[@Radical_Middle]

have used Pro Tools, Cubase, Ableton to name few. love them all. I use Reaper.

[@serge4349]

Thanks for continually adding Reaper content Warren, great to see more and more of it!

[@mitzimusica]

YES YES YES! I've been using Reaper for many years now and I find it perfect. I made my bachelor's degree thesis entirely on Reaper. Best DAW ever you can't change my mind 🤣

[@dickrhintern2033]

Awsome me too! What was the topic of your Thesis? Mine was Customizing reaper featuring enhanced Workflow options of other popular DAWs.

[@mitzimusica]

@@dickrhintern2033 Amazing! Is it available to read it somewhere? Mine was a concept album made entirely in my home studio from the production stage till the final mastering, having the pandemic as a context, and being unable to go to big studios etc etc

[@tozzlin2964]

@@mitzimusica what subject ur studying ?

[@mitzimusica]

@@tozzlin2964 Music and Technology is the name of the career

[@tozzlin2964]

@@mitzimusica awesome

[@KernSound]

Wish I had been live with this one. My first DAW was a Sonic Solutions. Went from that to Frameworks, than to Merging Technologies, than ProTools, Now very Happy on Reaper, Oh an was both Apple and Windows user.

[@scarfypedia]

the bedroom producer college drop out experience of going from Audacity to Pro Tools to Reaper only to wonder why you didn't try Reaper sooner

[@dddux]

I use Reaper in Debian Linux and I'm vegan, so you got a big lol from me at about 19:00. ;) Still using Windows, too, because I just can't part with some of the plugins got so used to and I still don't use WINE, but I will probably get to it one day. I've heard it is very efficient and it doesn't create much of a processing overhead, so it's definitely an option for using Windows plugins in Linux.

[@jeffbridges6110]

No one will change my mind about REAPER. It's tops.

[@ChrisMartinsMusician]

Just got the Loc Ness plug-in. Can't wait to use it on my future projects. From the first few minutes of testing, it's absolutely killer. :)

[@LetsTalkAboutReaper]

I shared that same sentiment when I bought it yesterday 🤘🏿

[@ChrisMartinsMusician]

@@LetsTalkAboutReaper Well you made me buy it Myk. :) Thanks for the tip. Super cool channel you've got btw. Kudos. :)

[@LetsTalkAboutReaper]

@@ChrisMartinsMusician thank you!

[@musar03580]

Turtle Beach Systems 56K digital recording system / SoundStage software [1990 or 1991] Aspired to SPECTRAL Synthesis workstation (by company based in Woodinville, WA) but never purchased [1991-1993] SAWPro by IQS [2000 or 2001] REAPER [2020-present] REAPER is the only DAW I ever really loved.

[@76MrBlack]

SAW!!! Holy shit.

[@musar03580]

@@76MrBlack Yup! Still have it on my shelf. Looking at the Demo Pack and Installation CD's as we speak.

[@masterbluesrockguitar4966]

I'm a logic user and needed another daw for my pc. I tried reaper. First time I tried to save something, all my files were scattered on my desktop. First time I tried to record something the crackling and the latency was so bad that I spent all my energy adjusting the buffer size, Apparently reaper has at least 3 ways to adjust this correctly. After some time, it seemed that everytime I needed to do something, I first needed to search the program, adjust the parameters of what I was looking for and then proceed with my action. At the end I installed studio one and it was a sigh of relief. I really don't understand the hype for this program, for me it wasn't a pleasant experience using it. The excuse is that it's highly customazible and it's up to the user and blah blah blah but at the end of the day, I want to make music and not figure out how reaper can be the best daw if I learn how to program it

[@Tom-Studios]

Windows I suggest cakewalk which is very similar to logic

[@masterbluesrockguitar4966]

@@rano12321 Didn't mean to insult your experience with reaper. Every company has a way of promoting their products. Reaper has the rumour of a "well kept secret" among its fans, that it's way cheaper and at the end better than everything else. That's what I meant by "hype". I bought the hype and the program and for my needs I just did not find it to be true. Now, I'm sure that to a degree the hype really is true but it also gives dedicated users a snse of entitlement, that they are a little smarter than evrybody else for taking the extra mile to find out why this program is the best. This is another thing that I don't like about it. Hey, it's just my opinion, I understand your love for reaper and your need to defend it, great to know someone else has had fun with it!!

[@budgetguitarist]

@@masterbluesrockguitar4966 You're not alone. I downloaded Reaper, figured it out, and still prefer Logic because it has everything I need, unlike Reaper, which ships with no drum machines, no samples, no software synths, and minimal plugins. I'd run Studio One over Reaper, too.

[@LetsTalkAboutReaper]

@@budgetguitarist I'm the oddball who works 99% with live instruments and as such don't really have a need for virtual instruments. That said, I do need to investigate using them a bit more. I have used synths for textures and such , but my experience with VSTi is pretty limited. That was another attraction for me, the fact that I am not paying for a bunch of stuff i had no intention of using, and if down the road I wanted to add virtual stuff, i could just buy what i wanted. It would likely increase the adoption rate to have some virtual instruments included, but that would also increase price and file size, and complicate development. Mixing consoles don't come with virtual instruments either, but them again, there is no expectation of such things when you buy analog gear.

[@budgetguitarist]

@@LetsTalkAboutReaper I'd love to see Reaper include some drum machines, samples, and software synths as optional downloads. Logic sort of does that - it comes with a lot, but you can download additional drum machines and samples for free. I think a LOT of people want to make music straight out of the box (meaning set up a beat, toss on a loop or soft synth, etc), and Reaper can't... add on the complicated nature, and it's missing out on potential users who could turn into power users down the road. It has a lot of features I wish Logic had.

[@patkelly8309]

Here's a good one to ramp up the flavour on cheese on toast if you're skint - sprinkle an oxo cube over it before grilling ;-)

[@DANCEDWAT]

I dabbled with Cakewalk in the early 2000s. Used CoolEdit Pro in high school.. and Reaper was pretty close to that, probably even easier to use. My experience with Cubase, Logic, Ableton etc has been painful, some are just really annoying to get VST's working on 9and really expensive).

[@Doministry]

Music Maker is from Magix, the same company which makes Sampltude. Great software.

[@shoretyus]

10 yrs use ... love it

[@shoretyus]

First and only DAW... but the forum's/vids made it easy

[@senacht]

I’ll use it for quickly laying down raw tracks. But my real workhorse is Mixbus 32c

[@LetsTalkAboutReaper]

I have yet to try that one, may give it a spin in the near future

[@rocketpoolpki]

Awesome upload guys \m/ where would we be without all those bootlegged copies of Cubase 2??!! the 90's would not have even happened...and the mind blowing possibilities when they invented audio tracks!!!! I have always been a sample tweaker...might have to blow the dust off my Akai S950...fully expanded 2 and a quarter meg baby \m/...and can you remember which track had the intro " I like beans, I like sauce...I like sexual intercourse"

[@bensilicate]

I used the most important DAWS on Windows during the 2000's and Reaper seduced me with its efficiency and its free and clever workflow. I agree with many comments : at the begining, Reaper is strange, but mostly because some weird choices in the default settings. For example : the right drag mouse had to be optionnal and not THE default selection method. Same thing with these scary reapeaks that invade everything. They should always be stored at the same place or in a subfolder. But apart from this small criticism, reaper is and will stay my preferred DAW.

[@stephenstange4194]

Like Myk, I used ntrack studio (was a great DAW to start on) prior to Reaper. The attraction to Reaper was the unhindered trial, multi platform support, price and size. It is a very small download and installed footprint. I hate programs which are bloated.

[@LetsTalkAboutReaper]

Wait, someone else has heard of ntrack studio? I was beginning to think it was another Mandela Effect kind of thing, except for the fact that the website still exists

[@stephenstange4194]

@@LetsTalkAboutReaper Indeed! It had a fairly active support forum and recently an iPod version also. I am trying to remember why I stopped using it and I can’t.

[@twizax9739]

Not a user am a Nigerian producer that’s majorly into Afro beats but having a pro music has been the hardest for me both from concepts to using

[@markwolfe4444]

Smart guy, fun interview.

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much

[@simpson6700]

i use reaper because the super limited lite edition of cubase that came with my keyboard sucked and then i realized just how expensive music equipment and software is. reaper also got bonus points for not crippling itself during the trial.

[@paszTube]

So happy to hear I wasn't the only N-TRACK studio user on the planet hahaha!

[@LetsTalkAboutReaper]

Same, seems no one has ever heard of it, but it's still available!

[@shoominati23]

Man, it's supposed to be Autumn here in Australia .. it was over 40% Humidity today! worse than the middle of summer

[@tragicallymalicious1]

N-track was my first one, back in the 90's. Cheap and easy to use but not very powerful.

[@TheTimeProphet]

You didn't mention that Reaper was made by the same guys who made Winamp.

[@Magg-m]

The closest I can imagine to be similar to beans on toast is, my mom's egg and refried beans on a flour tortilla. I'm with you, that is comfort food. This brings back memories from my early days in grade school.

[@leonline3424]

Reaper user since 2008

[@RyRyTheBassGuy]

I feel Studio One still hasn't been beat when it comes to editing audio. I wish Reaper was more organized in its menus. Its so damn overwhelming. Reaper makes me feel like I'm working and not having fun making music.

[@RyanMcQuen]

The nice thing about the menus is that you can just hit '?' to bring up all available commands and filter them by typing, I use this all the time and almost never touch the menus because it is so fast.

[@PendelSteven]

Fellow Studio One user (and sometimes evangelist about it) here :).

[@TripsView]

@@PendelSteven studio one is the best daw far and away and I’ve used several of them. Mix craft. Cool edit pro 2. Abelton. Alittle pro tools. Garage band lmao it’s deff studio one

[@PabloWunderlichMusic]

I was also a S1 guy until I got into sound design. You need a batch export system and reaper does this beautifully. Cubase/Nuendo does this as well but Reaper is phenomenal. I'm on the fence. For Game Audio I like Nuendo and Reaper both. Bot export to Wwise in their own way. But due to lack of good expression mapping in Reaper I go mostly for Nuendo. S1 would be the bomb if they would listen to their users. S1 needs a batch export system badly.

[@AstrAir1]

"Originally called Cubeat, later on Cubit, but changed to Cubase due to trademark issues, this was the successor to Pro-24." [ Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steinberg_Cubase ] From 1987 to 1990, I used Pro-24 in my first endeavors trying to make music ;-)

[@violin-schwerin]

se mics: vr2, se8 cardioid and Omni, t2. beyerdynamic m130s

[@kevinmacshane4384]

Something Else to mention about Reaper is the way it handles processing. Reaper distributes processing evenly across all the computer cores available in your system, where most other DAWs use the first two cores until they are maxed out then start spreading processing to the rest of the cores. This was the main reason I moved to Reaper, and then I fell in love with the ease of routing capabilities. I like to use Acustica plugins and found I could run 3Xs the amount of instances than any other DAW (the usual suspects) before it would start taxing the system. The switch was a no brainer for me.

[@sarahtonin4649]

One reason I have no interest in Reaper is because I know of no other DAW whose users proselytize. Maaaybe, if I was looking for a DAW, I'd consider it, but when people in various audio forums go on about how fantastic it is, yet can't tell me what makes it better than any other of the major DAWs, I feel like they're trying get get me to join a club. I will say that in the "why I love Reaper" type video I watched, I saw a lot of functions that seemed a lot more complicated than they needed to be, things that were much more streamlined in the other DAWs I'm familiar with (ProTools, Cubase, Studio One). Anyway, I can't write a review, but from what I've seen, it would not appeal to me if I was DAW hunting, in spite of the apparent enthusiasm of its adherents. To each his/her own.

[@ruxtonau]

You know what Reaper has that none of them have? ethics and a fair pricing model.

[@RyRyTheBassGuy]

​@@rano12321 Small point, but in the latest version of Studio One you can put FX on individual parts in a track. Pretty cool. Never use it (hah!).

[@sarahtonin4649]

@@ruxtonau Well, that's quite a charge, and quite a generality. Based on . . . ?

[@jamesgrant3343]

‘Other people are enthusiastic about it and I am suspicious of them so I haven’t investigated it in any detail’ - sounds like a good reason not to try something potentially excellent. 😂

[@sarahtonin4649]

@@jamesgrant3343 In the first place, that's not what I said. Sorry if I insulted your favorite DAW, but my main point, which you seem to have missed, is that I'm not looking for a DAW, and even if I was, this video, and other Reaper video demonstrations, were not very impressive. Why would anyone switch from a DAW they're happy with for one that has nothing to offer that they don't already have? Especially, if after watching people demonstrate it, it didn't appeal to them. The point about Reaper users proselytizing was that when people try that hard to convince you to "join their team," you might get the feeling that they're really trying to convince themselves.

[@Doministry]

Samplitude user here and staying there 🙂

[@cebrith]

Holy crap. I also started with N-Track. Thought I was the only one... 🤣

[@crissabater7698]

Yes I moved from Studio One to Reaper. I have not looked back. Reaper does everything I need it to do and more.

[@Whoor]

I think one of the most under rated DAW's was Cool Edit Pro. I worked in a studio in the 90's that used it and it was as good as Pro Tools and, if Adobe hadn't bought the company and ruined the software by re-writing the code, it would have become as popular as Pro Tools is today. Adobe renamed it "Audition" and did not modify it much until version 5.5 when they rewrote all the code and ruined the software. Just to show you how out of touch Adobe was then with music production software, they removed the metronome from the software in version 5.5. Which, to me, was a clear sign how out of touch Adobe was with the music production industry. If you have a slow computer, Adobe Audition 3.0 will run twice as many tracks and plugins as Pro Tools without any issues and it still works on Windows 10. If you have an older computer and want to run 48 tracks with lots of plugins, try 3.0. It'll run most older plugins. I currently run Waves 7.0 on it. However, the newer Waves plugins will not run on it.

[@LetsTalkAboutReaper]

Ahh, the Cool Edit Pro theme song. Brings back memories

[@76MrBlack]

Cool Edit Pro was epic. Solid DAW. I used it in the late 90’s and early 2000’s for radio production and imaging. The multitrack was powerful and you’re right, ADOBE ruined it.

[@DizzyDocc369]

i actually LOOVE "N-Track Studio DAW". they actually have a beta out right now for a new version coming out, its pretty decent. but im right now really weighing options for a new daw right now.... really overwhelming actually

[@blindeddy2220]

I came into the live video late and missed the intro. It's -5 Celsius where I am (23 Fahrenheit). Haven't seen 18 Celsius since last October.

[@LetsTalkAboutReaper]

Yeah, that's WAY too cold 🥶❄️

[@redcurrantrecords]

Trying Reaper on a Raspberry Pi 400 (Linux) with UMC404HD interface, so far working well.

[@violin-schwerin]

Linux User using reaper in Linux here! :)

[@LetsTalkAboutReaper]

What distro are you running? Other people had questions about plugins in REAPER, I'd love to hear more from you regarding what plugins you like to use and if you use only Linux native plugins or if you're using a VST wrapper like CARLA.

[@violin-schwerin]

@@LetsTalkAboutReaper I use arch with pipewire-jack. Tukan plugins, and Presswerk and satin Linux vst3.linux native plugins only... I've used Carla, bit only for Skype/Obs stuff, haven't needed it for reaper. I mostly record classical acoustic

[@wiltaylor]

I actually did use cool edit pro for a long time. It was a good audio editing program.

[@ch3nz3n]

7:30 - Oh wow! I thought I was the only person who dabbled with n-Track back in the day. The 3 note "watermark" was a SUPER pain in the rear-end.

[@DizzyDocc369]

would of loved a course

[@alxd5068]

16:45 wow. i found out about reaper this year after getting a new pc and installing an old version of cubase sx2… it was just not up to par anymore, and i couldn’t install it on a older mac mini i have on which i didnt wanna spend money for Logic and the likes, and on which, so needed something more than an un-updatable Garageband…

[@CubaseAcademy]

Did anyone mention Voyetra SP Gold DOS-based MIDI only :) I had the VAPI interface - 4 banks of 16 MIDI channels on a 8286 in 1990 Whoo

[@markfangrad5628]

Started using reaper for 1.5 years

[@EqDior]

Great vid!

[@SimonSalloway1]

I used to use very old Cakewalk Sonar 10+ years ago, before Reaper

[@marktlog]

I've been stung twice by protools, were either the software and/or the hardware would become obsolete because of new Mac OS. It's annoying. Plus the subscription thing. So I've been using reaper for a year and I really like it now. It's a miracle, they don't seem interested in monetising. The time stretching, the way you can tune a single bass note for instance, all great. It looks basic to the point of ugly, but it's anything but basic. There's only two things that stop it from being absolutely perfect (for me anyway) 1) In protools you could join multiple clips together. A comp of a bassline for example. Then later on un-join them as if nothing had happened. But when you glue things in reaper, they seem to get bounced down to one clip, and you can't 'un-glue' them again. Well, you can ctrl-z it, but its not reversable later on. 2) It is awesome in garage band to be able to get mainstage for $60 and have all those brilliant sounding virtual instruments and the great guitar effects. You can try to hunt around and customise a suite of stuff for Reaper, it's time consuming or expensive though. I've downloaded some, but I don't love them. Although that has meant that I've started using all my guitar pedals again, and that has been great fun

[@LetsTalkAboutReaper]

regarding the comp, you can "lock" a comp and/or save multiple comps for fast recall. I'm at my day job at the moment, but if you need some help finding this, assuming it would be helpful, reply back and I'll locate it when i get home. I believe its a right click option in the Takes menu (been wrong before)

[@marktlog]

@@LetsTalkAboutReaper Yes thanks, that would be useful, I just had a look in the Takes menu (Where the awesome pitch changing function is ) , but couldn't find a lock function. I thought I found it, when I saw a 'lock' function in right click > Items , but that locked the clips in place so I couldn't move them. lol

[@LetsTalkAboutReaper]

@@marktlog right click the track(s) in question and go to Take>Lock to Active Take, that should get it. You can also right click and go to Comp>Save as New Comp Once you have comps saved, you can recall them as well from the same right click menu

[@object_Object]

I've grown fond of using subprojects for this. I do a lot of sampling, and gluing parts together can get very hectic and hard to navigate because of all the tracks with samples and the automation. The good thing with subprojects is the automatic rendering and updates in the main project whenever you do changes, also it reduces clutter. Save the subprojects in a sub directory within your project and you already have a consistent architecture.

[@epicwork5970]

i started on song scid pr 6 went to fl studio then logic now looking at reaper because something is missing from when i first started making music and want to go back to windows

[@Hoss4Blues]

I still have cooledit pro on my second computer

[@igorkhomenko2508]

I am doing maaaaaaaarvelously well!

[@ruxtonau]

I wonder how many LCT 640 TS's are about to be sold and how many copies of Locness were sold based on this interview.

[@LetsTalkAboutReaper]

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[@keithrowe1007]

God uses Reaper...

[@shoominati23]

Dude's sound deadening in the background looks like the Black Flag jailbars ;)