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Originally Posted by Herman Munster  I'm using Cubase SL3 and am considering upgrading to Cubase 4, but wanted to ask this question - how does Cubase 4 compare to Reaper? Anyone out there use both? I'm just wanting to make sure I'm not making a mistake before dropping the $$$. I'm a little bothered by the fact that Steinberg has dropped support for DX plugs. I also use a good number of soft synths/VSTi's and was curious as to Reaper's MIDI programming capabilities as I like Cubase quite a bit in this area. thanks. |
As others have no doubt pointed out, Reaper is a young and evolving product.
If you compare it, feature-for-feature with mature DAWs put out by big publishers like Steinberg, Cakewalk, Apple, Digi, MOTU, etc, you're going to be comparing something that is in its early stages with products that have gone through many years of development.
But the real answer to your question is for you to simply
try Reaper and evaluate its suitability to your needs yourself. Unlike
some platforms, Reaper has not just a free demo -- but allows a full, unfettered evaluation.
And to anyone who would doubt Cockos commitment to advancing the product, read Tallisman's post above on how fast they added a "view takes in lanes" type feature -- a matter of
hours.
I really like the idea that Frankel was first going to make a vid to show Tallis a quick workaround but then decided it would be just about as fast to
code a new solution to the problem! Damn...
that is developing with a big-ass capital D.
(FWIW, I'm
very happy, in general with my own DAW, Sonar, which I've been using for mutlichannel audio DAW work since 1996. So I haven't switched. But I'm keeping a close eye on Reaper for all the reasons others have cited. I keep an eval copy on my machine and update it somewhat frequently just to see what's new. I think it's an exciting product from a really admirable developer.)