Do yourselves a favor and check out REAPER multitrack software.

[manning1]

http://www.cockos.com/reaper/
ive been testing this software out for a couple of weeks now.
in my opinion its a brilliant piece of computer software engineering.
and folks are crazy if they dont at least check it out, as right now its free.
heres what impresses me.
1. the small footprint.
2. the smooth way it operates on my amd pc's.
3. the large range of features even though the midi side is under development still....(i use powertracks for midi). the audio multitracking side is highly impressive.
4. it has its own suite of impressive plug ins plus third party vst plug ins.
5. every couple of days the developer is issuing new versions.
this is an agressive development cycle.
there are many other things that impress me i dont have time or space to type about. just check it out for yourselves. or even if you dont use it as your "main squeeze", monitor its rapid rate of development. because i think this product is going to be a major contender in the pc multitrack software area.
someone on the reaper forum also turned me onto an impressive little verb called
"Aries". considering its very low pc useage i would suggest people check it out also.
a couple of other things i like about reaper. no dongle for one.
the developer really listens. and there are other nice touches amongst many like...
i can punch in "on the fly". also it has very flexible bus routing/stem possibilities.
just try it !! very impressive. (pc only.).
ps....i forgot. its already 64 bit enabled.
ive even run it under win 98.

[oneass]

i haven't tried it (yet), but don't you think the GUI looks a lot like the Sony software (Vegas, Acid)? And I really mean a LOT ...

[azwun25]

Originally Posted by oneass

i haven't tried it (yet), but don't you think the GUI looks a lot like the Sony software (Vegas, Acid)? And I really mean a LOT ...

wow..this could pass as Sony Acid for sure...on that note alone i don't dig it ..although at a price tag of zero who can complain? definitely wouldn't make me ditch my Nuendo rig but for those on a budget...go for it!

[manning1]

when i was dating women before i met my wife i learnt one thing. lol.
looks can be deceiving. its HEART n' GUTS that matter.
no good haveing something pretty as your "main squeeze"
if she dont make you happy...lol.
look under the surface. lots of very usefull features.
ie heart n' guts. ...features galore.
GUI's i dont worry about.
its whether i can do what i want.
look at the track automation feature sometimes.
and the way individual wavelets can be automated within a track.
a lot of thinking i feel has gone into this by the developer.

[Tibbon]

Amazing that a developer would totally ignore the fact that OS X is the primary platform in professional studios, and it isn't that hard to program for!

[Empty Planet]

Cool. I forwarded this to a friend who's in difficult financial straights but does good work.

Thanks for the heads up!



Cheers.

[azwun25]

Originally Posted by manning1

when i was dating women before i met my wife i learnt one thing. lol.
looks can be deceiving. its HEART n' GUTS that matter.
no good haveing something pretty as your "main squeeze"
if she dont make you happy...lol.
look under the surface. lots of very usefull features.
ie heart n' guts. ...features galore.
GUI's i dont worry about.
its whether i can do what i want.
look at the track automation feature sometimes.
and the way individual wavelets can be automated within a track.
a lot of thinking i feel has gone into this by the developer.

i can dig that but...and there is always a but....i wouldn't ditch Nuendo to run Reaper! For someone who doesn't have a budget this is no doubt a God-send.

[Lorddiagram]

Originally Posted by Tibbon

Amazing that a developer would totally ignore the fact that OS X is the primary platform in professional studios, and it isn't that hard to program for!

dude - it's free

[fraz]

Originally Posted by Tibbon

Amazing that a developer would totally ignore the fact that OS X is the primary platform in professional studios, and it isn't that hard to program for!

Your point? If it's open-source, then grab the source and port it yourself.

[Geert van den Berg]

I think it's very cool that someone put something like this online , I am sure it has lot of work and time into it to program this.

It doesn't matter if the GUI looks like... or if it's only for windows... Definately cool for those on a budget!

[manning1]

from my checking around on google it looks like the developer
was a creator of winamp ? can someone confirm this?
if so...it looks like he is rather nicely set in life.

thus we are not exactly talking about a rookie developer here.
the developer of reaper has been around the computer engineering block many times is my analysis.
frankly i was surprised someone decided to enter this market segment of multitrack software. as the market is already crowded.
but its an amazing effort. obviously a very seasoned developer/genius type in my opinion.
initially i was sceptical to be frank. but i KNOW a clever effort when i see it
from my engineering background. thus i'm convinced "you aint seen nothin yet"....
applies to this product...
in addition if you look on the forum the product is attracting folks with tons of studio in depth experience who are providing lots of very usefull user input as to project direction. its this intense user/developer interraction which is a very potent force in my opinion, and is resulting in a very potent product.
ie...users request something and BAM its there within a short time.
rather than users waiting a long time for a requested feature.

in summary i get rarely excited, but i'm excited on this one.
the more you use it the more it sucks you in ive found.

as to tibbons comment about mac.
tibbon...times change and technology changes.
i bet in 20 yrs multitrack software will prolly be given away in
packages of cornflakes to run on peoples super processor computers.

For the longest time if your talking major studios, PT HD was the thing in studios.
as we all are aware. in this context really the mac pc, because it didnt have the native processing power, custom dsp took up the mantle. In many respects this followed the direction of many large orgs (eg banks, govt etc) where the computers of that era were just more or less dumb data entry terminals for inputting and displaying rather than processing. I remember as far back as the early 80's at AES shows
(when the pc originally came out)...haveing intense discussions with guys in big studios and stating one day this "lil ole pc" would be a powerhouse, and being laughed at. Well it took too dam long....26 yrs....but finally both PC's and macs
are getting to be powerfull beasts.
As to how well Mac will fare in the future against the pc onslaught , only time will tell. But the big market is the pc market and prolly the developer of reaper is aware of this fact, and thus is attempting to carve out a niche in it.
you can ignore it, but the reality is folks are getting major track/plug in counts on pc's. ie...native processing.
All thats going to happen in reality tibbon is activities formerly handled by
dsp outboard will migrate (is already) into the pc more and more as more processor cores are implemented in pc's. 4/8/16 processors etc etc.

[pipelineaudio]

Originally Posted by Tibbon

Amazing that a developer would totally ignore the fact that OS X is the primary platform in professional studios, and it isn't that hard to program for!

Sometimes you just want to use/make the best tool for a job and care little what the trendies are up to

I pay twice as much for my MOPAR stuff as I would for Chevy generics, but hey

[theblue1]

Originally Posted by Tibbon

Amazing that a developer would totally ignore the fact that OS X is the primary platform in professional studios, and it isn't that hard to program for!

Amazing that he wouldn't take his fledgling, free program, and go through the time and expense of porting and testing and supporting it on a platform that is already dominated by Pro Tools, Logic, and Cubase -- with Garageband offering a near-free 'beginner' multitrack environment and developed and promoted along with Logic by the maker of the hardware and OS for that market segment -- a platform that only represents 4% of the desktop computers out there.


Yeah.

That's amazing.


I'm amazed.

Really. Amazed.

[azwun25]

Originally Posted by theblue1

Amazing that he wouldn't take his fledgling, free program, and go through the time and expense of porting and testing and supporting it on a platform that is already dominated by Pro Tools, Logic, and Cubase -- with Garageband offering a near-free 'beginner' multitrack environment and developed and promoted along with Logic by the maker of the hardware and OS for that market segment -- a platform that only represents 4% of the desktop computers out there.

very true statement

[manning1]

re reaper on mac.
actually i wouldnt be surprised if reaper would run on the new mac intels.
(obviously running windows). because band in a box and powertracks do apparently. and many other apps i'm sure.

[Kiwiburger]

I don't expect Reaper to remain freeware for very long, but the developer has promised that the demo's will always be unrestricted. Guiltware if you will, but this is very, very smart. Those who wish to steal will steal. Those who wish to pay will pay.

Dongles, iLock, Pace and Challenge/Response serve only to piss off the honest customers, and encourage the crackers to release cracked version (with viruses usually). So that serves to piss everyone off, and all that negative energy is wasted (like the Steinberg forum before they blocked it, total whinging).

I'm a Cubase SX3 user, but next time i'm forced to upgrade, i'll be looking at Reaper, because I like this guys approach. And already the features are incredible: varispeed, 64 bits internal maths ...

I hate bloated software - this seems to be really smart and efficient, and worth of support.

[defjamm]

i hope rewire will be added soon.

[pipelineaudio]

Originally Posted by defjamm

i hope rewire will be added soon.

Then you better look again, with propellerheads dragging their feet, Justin took matters into his own hands, and made ReaRoute

check out .953

hopefully reaper will still entertain rewire one day, but its working great with ReaRoute

[defjamm]

version 0.99 out!

[aussie_techie]

ive had 0.945 for awhile now, it ok but im not leaving tools for it.
recomended it to a few people aqs free software to get them start on basic stuff.
biggest problem is its not stable enough for professional use, but im sure it will be fine in another year.

[d_fu]

The screenshot (http://www.cockos.com/reaper/images/reaper0981.gif) shows files with a ".wv" extension... Is this not standard wav format?

Daniel

[7161]

Sony software (Vegas, Acid)? And I really mean a LOT

you must be using very old cracks then :) - same sorta header icons, but you couldnt mistake the 2

i cant scan for plugins, it always crashes for me with a HASP error when i try

[kelldammit]

mac guys have had metro for years anyway. not free, but very good. it's small, fast and stable. VERY capable, without breaking the bank. excellent midi, supports vst and au plugins, and has similar excellent support, with frequent updates also.
i'm glad these "little guys" are coming up with great software, regardless of platform.
hopefully, it kicks the big boys in the arse, and gets them moving in more positive directions (leaner, cleaner, faster, better features). it makes things better for all of us.

[firby]

I think that it is great I will look into it. But because it is not Logic Audio or Protools I have less interest in it.

It's great for people who just want to track without midi. But I think that there are already lots of softwares for the PC for tracking that are free or close to it. Traktion comes to mind.

[MustacheVerra]

I tried it and my net Pc and it really didn't workout to well, at one point as was really sceared . But I'm sure it will be fine in the future.

[manning1]

verra...
re scared....
for any recording daw i recommend one has the net disabled.
some net cards in pc's can cause clicks/pops in the audio because they interrupt the audio process. by the way reaper gives me no probs with the net.
if you list your pc components i'll comment further. it might be something to do with your pci slots/a problem maybe, or how your pc is configged.. peace.
d fu...standard wave files.

[MustacheVerra]

Originally Posted by manning1

verra...
re scared....
for any recording daw i recommend one has the net disabled.
some net cards in pc's can cause clicks/pops in the audio because they interrupt the audio process. by the way reaper gives me no probs with the net.
if you list your pc components i'll comment further. it might be something to do with your pci slots/a problem maybe, or how your pc is configged.. peace.
d fu...standard wave files.

Sorry for the late reply, I've been trying to find a spell utillity with no luck .

I'm not sure what the problem was, maybe a sound card compatibility issue, who knows??? But every things else works fine...

I'm glade i tested the software and will keep an yea on it. looks really good. but I've made my choice and it's going to be Samplitude , It just killed the competitions for me, cause it sound sooooo good! I love it!

MustacheVerra

[tuRnitUpsuM]

Been messing around with Reaper myself..... definietly a diamond in the rough..... ..... have gotten quite a few plugs working in it too... no real problems eg. sonalksis djaerhuis tritone et al .

[manning1]

vera...
at one point i nearly went samp myself but it was pricing that put me off.
have a lot of respect for it. the one thing i didnt like of samp was lack of midi functionality at the time which i have in powertracks and the darn VIP concept drove me nuts frankly. so i bought a copy (my wife did actually for xmas for me)
of magix music studio for playing around with. much cheaper (50 buks i think at the time)...basically a cut down version of samp.
one area of samp i did like from the demo was the mixer.