I really, really, REALLY wanna switch over to Waveform Completely, but... Tracking Experiences/ Metering...

[vitocorleone123]

Im responding to the OP wanting to hear from a die hard Reaper user that has some knowledge of Waveform.
I have used Reaper for 8 yrs nearly every day. It is my sample library creator, my video production tool, and tracking/ mixing DAW. I come from the analog tape/mixer world. Reaper felt more comfortable to me transitioning into DAW Land. Having tried em all at some point I stuck with Reaper due to familiarity and stability. I have spent the time to customize Reaper to look and act the way I want.

That being said.....when it comes to creating on the fly or capturing ideas fast, Reaper leaves me wanting. I have turned to Mulab and now Waveform to fill the gaps. I really like the work flow in Waveform for quickly capturing and arranging ideas. It its a bit quirky to me but I am trying to maintain an open mind to embrace the developers intentions.
Reaper is a click fest for me where Waveform allows me easier access to what I need at a glance. I seem to get results much faster with less 3rd party vst. I would not be ready to track a 16 input session with Waveform. Mainly because that is where Reaper really shines especially considering stability. Waveform has not been the crash fest for me that some folk experience but it has had its share of crashes. Reaper simplly doesnt crash for me.
The efficiency would be another area of concern. Waveform isnt terrible but Reaper is clearly a cleaner code compared to anything. I am on a 10 year old laptop so it matters to me. It may not if I had a modern PC.
I would imagine with time, I will track more with Waveform and steal some of Waveforms workflow and layout and modify Reaper to resemble WF.
It is OK to use a couple of DAWs that suit your needs as they all excell at something and struggle with others.
Reaper is hard to beat for tracking and complex routing.
Waveform feels more inspirational.

You can route any track to any track in Waveform, plus the Rack feature. You can do very complex routing in Waveform.

Managing it, however, may not be as easy...

(I always delete Reaper 10min after install it seems the times I try it every few years as I just hate it)

[tmaworks]

Im responding to the OP wanting to hear from a die hard Reaper user that has some knowledge of Waveform.
I have used Reaper for 8 yrs nearly every day. It is my sample library creator, my video production tool, and tracking/ mixing DAW. I come from the analog tape/mixer world. Reaper felt more comfortable to me transitioning into DAW Land. Having tried em all at some point I stuck with Reaper due to familiarity and stability. I have spent the time to customize Reaper to look and act the way I want.

That being said.....when it comes to creating on the fly or capturing ideas fast, Reaper leaves me wanting. I have turned to Mulab and now Waveform to fill the gaps. I really like the work flow in Waveform for quickly capturing and arranging ideas. It its a bit quirky to me but I am trying to maintain an open mind to embrace the developers intentions.
Reaper is a click fest for me where Waveform allows me easier access to what I need at a glance. I seem to get results much faster with less 3rd party vst. I would not be ready to track a 16 input session with Waveform. Mainly because that is where Reaper really shines especially considering stability. Waveform has not been the crash fest for me that some folk experience but it has had its share of crashes. Reaper simplly doesnt crash for me.
The efficiency would be another area of concern. Waveform isnt terrible but Reaper is clearly a cleaner code compared to anything. I am on a 10 year old laptop so it matters to me. It may not if I had a modern PC.
I would imagine with time, I will track more with Waveform and steal some of Waveforms workflow and layout and modify Reaper to resemble WF.
It is OK to use a couple of DAWs that suit your needs as they all excell at something and struggle with others.
Reaper is hard to beat for tracking and complex routing.
Waveform feels more inspirational.

You can route any track to any track in Waveform, plus the Rack feature. You can do very complex routing in Waveform.

Managing it, however, may not be as easy...

(I always delete Reaper 10min after install it seems the times I try it every few years as I just hate it)

I absolutely cannot STAND using Reaper. Editing in it is nearly impossible for me and I'm not even going to go into all the things about it that I find chaotic, messy and convoluted, but -it does excel at tracking. And, I've grown accustomed to mixing in it. By mixing I mean, messing around with plugins and pushing the undo/ redo button A LOT... Ha! I'd like to move over to Waveform completely, but it's not there, yet. The undo/ redo feature in Waveform is insensibly pathetic. As well the "shift+select" option only being applicable to certain parameters. Plus, I don't like the look of the meters (they also lack a few key numbers for me). Just, not my thing -The one meter that is horizontal that is hidden in the bottom box/ bar thing or whatever is FANTASTIC. Why they didn't just make this their standard mixing window meter (vertically, as well), I don't know... 32 bit bridge in Reaper is a bonus, as well...