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Originally Posted by illacov  What kind of computer are you using? Mac or PC?
What kind of cpu do you have? Memory??
THe only time I've seen Reaper even slow down is on a 1.8 ghz computer with 512 mb of ram. That was with a full instrumental mix with compressors and eqs on every channel some 40 odd tracks.
On my mix system (Dual core AMD 2.0 ghz and 3 GB of Ram) it NEVER gets close to slow. The only bottleneck Ive ever experienced was my hard drive and once I went SATA never had a problem since.
Sorry to hear that about PTs.
As far as other studios etc...I take peoples stuff all the time from Pro Tools, all they do is consolidate their files etc and I get wavs that are in sync in Reaper.
As far as sound quality difference thats on you and your ears. I think Reaper does have its own "better" sound (64 bit audio) but you are the first person that said it doesn't sound good to your ears that is.
I prefer Reaper to PTs any day.
I would hope that you are giving your clients a consolidated mix from PT in case they go to a facility that doesn't use PT right?? There are quite a few that are using Nuendo and even some now that are straight Reaper, but most still keep PT so the occasional client who comes with PT sessions can get things moved over quickly, but its an extra couple of minutes of work a song to give them a consolidated project. This affords this absolute portability without a need to have you recall anything.
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I have Reaper running on a Miko Gen 4 so no problem here.
It's no slowing down it's just crashing a LOT.
as far as reaper and PT I do production as well as mixing so no way to bounce wav files...you need the Plugs (like Eq, Compressors etc...) on the session!! as far as people going to a studio that doesn't use PT....that doesn't exist with majors.
I only deal with Majors and Major artists (my studio is not open to the public) and a PT studio is the FIRST requirement before any session is booked. matter of fact I havn't seen a Pro Studio NOT having PT in the past 5 years.
You can use whatever you want to produce but when it comes to mixing and recording the most compatible way to deliver a session is HANDS DOWN Protools.
I have never heard of the "occasional" client using PT.....but more the opposite. the occasional Client using Nuendo, cubase or Reaper. Even Big time producers using cubase for example always bring a "protools" session to the studio, that's just industry standard.
as far as the sound quality of reaper it certainly DOESN'T sound better then PT.
it's not bad at all, it just sounds different and quite a few people I discussed this with agree with me that once you are used to the PT sound and mix engine, using Reaper requires quite some times to get use to it.