Reaper account activation issue

[testman3thousand]

I think any DAW will not feel intuitive at the beginning. But that is different for each person. I tried FL Studio, Ableton and Reaper. out of the 3 Reaper was the least confusing.

You're right, there's always learning curve with new software. But MuLab curve is almost non existent.

I didn't know about MuLab. Maybe i will check it out

[chk071]

Chances of finding a DAW that "thinks" exactly like you out of the box are probably pretty slim. Which is why I very much appreciate being able to just TELL the DAW how I want it to work exactly. Not much chance of doing that with nearly any other DAW out there. Cubase is more flexible than most, but still pales by comparison to what you can do in Reaper, flexibility-wise. S1 isn't even worth a mention in this regard. It's pretty much their way or the highway, and one thing that made it more flexible and featured (that extension that one guy wrote) got pulled from the interwebs, woop dee doo.

TBH, i think the most will pick the DAW which will be the closest to their preferred workflow, or the one which seems the most attractive for them, feature, function and GUI wise. You picked Reaper, because it is adjustable, which can also be seen as a workflow feature which is attractive to you. I don't think the majority of music producers/DAW users is really after something they can adjust and modify to their needs, i think the most will just want to make music, without too many obstacles. That's also why Reaper is often referred to as the Linux of DAW's, which is a pretty appropriate comparison IMO. Linux is for computer geeks, who have no problem adjusting it to their needs, or fixing things which aren't working properly. It isn't for the vast majority of users out there who just want to work with software on their computer, and have a largely issue life.

TBH, i would never recommend Reaper to a total beginner. I'd rather let him gather experience with other hosts, and then, if he feels comfortable with them, he can always take a look at Reaper, and whether or not he wants to have that amount of adjustability, and if he really wants to tailor his DAW to his needs.

[DavidCarlyon]

Chances of finding a DAW that "thinks" exactly like you out of the box are probably pretty slim. Which is why I very much appreciate being able to just TELL the DAW how I want it to work exactly. Not much chance of doing that with nearly any other DAW out there. Cubase is more flexible than most, but still pales by comparison to what you can do in Reaper, flexibility-wise. S1 isn't even worth a mention in this regard. It's pretty much their way or the highway, and one thing that made it more flexible and featured (that extension that one guy wrote) got pulled from the interwebs, woop dee doo.

TBH, i think the most will pick the DAW which will be the closest to their preferred workflow, or the one which seems the most attractive for them, feature, function and GUI wise. You picked Reaper, because it is adjustable, which can also be seen as a workflow feature which is attractive to you. I don't think the majority of music producers/DAW users is really after something they can adjust and modify to their needs, i think the most will just want to make music, without too many obstacles. That's also why Reaper is often referred to as the Linux of DAW's, which is a pretty appropriate comparison IMO. Linux is for computer geeks, who have no problem adjusting it to their needs, or fixing things which aren't working properly. It isn't for the vast majority of users out there who just want to work with software on their computer, and have a largely issue life.

TBH, i would never recommend Reaper to a total beginner. I'd rather let him gather experience with other hosts, and then, if he feels comfortable with them, he can always take a look at Reaper, and whether or not he wants to have that amount of adjustability, and if he really wants to tailor his DAW to his needs.

To be honest i think you are right on that. Not sure i would have done so well in reaper 5 years ago.

[EvilDragon]

But MuLab curve is almost non existent.

I would beg to differ. It all depends on what you're used to and what your expectations are. I probably expected too much from it, because its MIDI editor is very, very lacking, I find (and people usually knock Reaper for having a "crap MIDI editor", which is far from truth these days).

[dtrq]

its MIDI editor is very, very lacking, I find (and people usually knock Reaper for having a "crap MIDI editor", which is far from truth these days).

The problem with Reaper MIDI editor is not lack of features, but that it's unpolished, with a lot of small bugs and quirks.

[EvilDragon]

May be (but show me software without bugs), but I can't say that any of those affected me in my usual workflow (and I do a lot of MIDI).

[dtrq]

Well people have different sensitivity threshold for such things. Sometimes creative people are very nitpicky over design and UX, and Reaper has a lot of room for improvement in this area.

[LawrenceF]

TBH, i think the most will pick the DAW which will be the closest to their preferred workflow, or the one which seems the most attractive for them, feature, function and GUI wise.

True. Many people just concentrate on the music, and after finding something that works well enough for them, they move along and don't look over the fence every five minutes for "perfection" which doesn't exist in anything.

Somewhere some guy is on his fifth commercial album with Mulab or some other thing that KVR says is crap, not caring at all what the Internet thinks, just actually regularly churning out music. In some other place, there's another group of musicians who wouldn't touch anything MIDI and couldn't care less about piano rolls and arpeggiators and modulators and such things. They're far too busy playing and churning out music.

The third group, we audio engineers, pick our daw based on what we personally prefer for tracking and mixing, not how cool or popular it is on the Internet. We actually don't "make music" at all.

All of that is to say, picking a daw is a lot more diverse than the singular... "What do I choose to make electronic music at home all by myself."

[sl23]

But MuLab curve is almost non existent.

I would beg to differ. It all depends on what you're used to and what your expectations are.

Do you think so?
My first DAW was Muzys. Which is entirely different from MuLab despite having the same author.

MuLab is far easier. There's no figuring out to do anything or find functions. It's just all at hand.

Looking at reaper is daunting. But over time I will get used to it. I've not really had time to try composing anything yet. If I find it's easy enough to use I may switch. But will always wait in hope that Jo adds my most desired function to MuLab. If he did, I'd drop any other DAW in favour of it!

[testman3thousand]

All of that is to say, picking a daw is a lot more diverse than the singular... "What do I choose to make electronic music at home all by myself."

that is completely true. when it comes down to it, any of these available daws allows you to make music of any genre really.