Is REAPER the current best long term choice?

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maanga wrote: Sat Mar 02, 2024 3:32 am https://youtu.be/XP0shh1mTL4?list=PLVTP ... 9Wq4pOa7Si
If too many commands in Reaper might confuse and feel complicated, have a look at this video.
Have not seen with any other DAW.
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Awesome! Thanks for posting.
We need a "Reaper Gems" thread!
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If it fits with your working style. It doesn't replace Bitwig, Live or Reason, and the sorts.

But instead of Cubase, Pro Tools and the sorts, it has a more affordable price.

I wouldn't compare features directly, because their relevance is a bit subjective. But REAPER costs less to use in long-term, and it incorporates some amount of open source aspects. Such as not requiring dongles and being scriptable. It also gives a large amount of free updates.

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soundmodel wrote: Sat Mar 02, 2024 7:17 am If it fits with your working style. It doesn't replace Bitwig, Live or Reason, and the sorts.

But instead of Cubase, Pro Tools and the sorts, it has a more affordable price.

I wouldn't compare features directly, because their relevance is a bit subjective. But REAPER costs less to use in long-term, and it incorporates some amount of open source aspects. Such as not requiring dongles and being scriptable. It also gives a large amount of free updates.
Reaper is not design to behave like AL or BW and under that aspect, of course, is not a precise replacement but it can be a replacement as an overall working environment as it has been for numerous musicians and for me (it replaced successfully Ableton and Bitwig for producing music).
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Danilo Villanova wrote: Sat Mar 02, 2024 2:58 am
Kalamata Kid wrote: Sat Mar 02, 2024 12:44 am Interesting! This is totally new to me.
Is Paranormal FX Router a VST?
It seems to me that Paranormal FX Router has an audio in and an audio out.
The modules are audio FX.
What I really need a Paranormal Instrument and FX Router similar to Bidule.
But I have Bidule so it will have to be better than Bidule or Unify or Mulab ...
It's not a VST, it's a script. What it does is provide a routing window with boxes and cables for instruments and FX.

It's basically a graphic interface for the routing that's already possible in REAPER (since version 7 there's an 'FX Container' feature and a parallel FX feature). You can also split a signal in separate frequency bands to create monster multiband FX! It also has utilities to separate the mono and stereo channels, and even the transient and sustain of a sound to process them separately.

And if all of that is not enough, you can apply LFO's to FX parameters!

And yes, you can use it for FX and instruments, with parallel processing, or whatever you want.
I have only a mild interest in the Mulab Matrix
In Mulab Plugin most interested in Mux.
If Mulab fully implements ARA2 I would be very interested in Mulab App as my Main DAW.
Add multi-touch capability and surely Mulab App will be my one and only DAW.
Sorry Reaper!

Is the Paranormal FX Router superior to Bidule as VSTi or Mulab Plugin to run in Reapar 7?

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Biggest benefit for reaper is still the price and the massive options for customizations (themes, scripts, plugins)

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liquidsound wrote: Thu Feb 29, 2024 10:13 am How long is "long term"?
Long term = tomorrow.

Sadly, not so long anymore. :ud:

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rj0 wrote: Tue Mar 05, 2024 2:06 am
liquidsound wrote: Thu Feb 29, 2024 10:13 am How long is "long term"?
Long term = tomorrow.

Sadly, not so long anymore. :ud:
If that’s a sign over your computer and you reading it every day… that’s a hell of long term.
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liquidsound wrote: Tue Mar 05, 2024 2:57 am
rj0 wrote: Tue Mar 05, 2024 2:06 am
liquidsound wrote: Thu Feb 29, 2024 10:13 am How long is "long term"?
Long term = tomorrow.

Sadly, not so long anymore. :ud:
If that’s a sign over your computer and you reading it every day… that’s a hell of long term.
:lol:

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liquidsound wrote: Tue Mar 05, 2024 2:57 am
rj0 wrote: Tue Mar 05, 2024 2:06 am
liquidsound wrote: Thu Feb 29, 2024 10:13 am How long is "long term"?
Long term = tomorrow.

Sadly, not so long anymore. :ud:
If that’s a sign over your computer and you reading it every day… that’s a hell of long term.
Technology used to evolve at a more leisurely pace. Much faster now. If it's not here today, wait a day.

And don't forget, as you get older, days shrink. It's like repeatedly putting them in the wash.

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rj0 wrote: Tue Mar 05, 2024 2:06 am
liquidsound wrote: Thu Feb 29, 2024 10:13 am How long is "long term"?
Long term = tomorrow.

Sadly, not so long anymore. :ud:
What does “future-proof” mean? Everyone probably has a different
idea of “future-proof” - depending on their own experiences and
trauma.

“Future-proofness” of a software can be:

1. The certainty that the software company will still exist in 10 or 20
years.

2. The security that the software is OS-robust, i.e. that it will still be
running on the then very old operating system in 10 or 20 years -
even if only in "compatibility mode".

3. The security that the software will not stop running in 10 or 20
years due to activation mechanisms and security restrictions -
even if there will no longer be a new activation code.

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So there are three areas of “future security”. (1) and (2) are difficult to
estimate today. But (3) can be seen immediately. :tu:
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enroe wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2024 9:59 am
rj0 wrote: Tue Mar 05, 2024 2:06 am
liquidsound wrote: Thu Feb 29, 2024 10:13 am How long is "long term"?
Long term = tomorrow.

Sadly, not so long anymore. :ud:
What does “future-proof” mean? Everyone probably has a different
idea of “future-proof” - depending on their own experiences and
trauma.

“Future-proofness” of a software can be:

1. The certainty that the software company will still exist in 10 or 20
years.

2. The security that the software is OS-robust, i.e. that it will still be
running on the then very old operating system in 10 or 20 years -
even if only in "compatibility mode".

3. The security that the software will not stop running in 10 or 20
years due to activation mechanisms and security restrictions -
even if there will no longer be a new activation code.

----------------------------------------------------------------------

So there are three areas of “future security”. (1) and (2) are difficult to
estimate today. But (3) can be seen immediately. :tu:
You forgot #4:
“Stay healthy and strong” just in case #1 & 2 come to pass :party:
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replicant X wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2024 1:59 pm If there are people who think that REAPER's goodness is based on cost performance, they don't know how to use REAPER.
I asked that question 12 years ago :hihi:
viewtopic.php?t=335752&hilit=reaper

That's how long it took me to get my own answer :D
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Hi,

I've been using Reaper for a while and recently started to learn to write scripts
I'm a novice, but I'm really enjoying it.
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Are you supposed to know how to do this kind of scripting in order for Reaper to be useful?
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