The only downside i have with Reaper is the lack of a session view/live view/clip view. But there are different ways to do that n reaper like live looping scripts etc. but none works for me but thats ok. Been using Reaper for 3yrs now (completed) the pro are way more, much much more.
Jumped from Live during 2020 after using it for 10+ yrs during that time used Sonar, demoed S1, tried mix craft for brief time, and b4 tat Fl.
But none seemed so flexible like Reaper, i could customize every thing and have my way around and abuse it the way i want.

I ve said it here b4 and saying it again im not selling the idea that Reaper is best, but just saying that all the features that features a Musician or a producer need is right in there within that 15MB and its really very simple to use. But U just have to know what u r looking for to know what u need.

Perhaps Bruce Lee could explain

 

I wish Reaper stuck out somehow, having some type of clear profile.

One thing that could complement its until now pretty dull profile could be an extremely efficient compatibility and capacity to connect with other midi gadgets, over blue-tooth/USB/network/Midicables with other hardware and apps in IOS (Iphone, Ipad) for them to be used as sound sources and remote controlled to the teeth.

Special continuously updated scripts designed to excel in compatibility with ALL main brands of midi keyboards, making use of all their knobs and faders better than their stock scrip (!) and why not interaction with hardware synths.

THAT would set Reaper apart from every other freaking Daw and gain a special place in the market.

It would be feasible and extremely attractive offer since we all know how shitty the pre-programmed scripts provided by Arturia and other brands are and how little they commit to further development after they have made their initial sales. Instead all that could be covered by Reaper in a never before seen way.

THAT is innovation, and would bring the focus to the facilitation of actual music making.
Making a mark by just being stripped down doesn't cut it.


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THAT is innovation?
You mean like the fact that tracks in reaper can contain anything - like mono or multichannel audio, video and MIDI) ?
You mean, like the fact that most features are designed to serve multiple purposes at once, making their use less limited than in other DAWs?
You mean something like customizing pretty much anything?

You mean like the fact that you can create and run your own scripts? And the GUI of these scripts can even be included (almost) everywhere in the Reaper UI (I think even as your own track buttons)?
You mean like the fact that some users have already done exactly what you are asking here?

 

Check out ReaLearn and the other user projects.

 

Very interesting. Reaper should employ that guy and let him lead a development team and make it a priority.

Thing is its not enough to "be able to fix" this and that. Either its integrated and fully committed and supported or its sadly enough like it doesn't exist. Im talking from the perspective of really having an impact as a fully fledged feature. Its like Blender 3D software, it has really gone through a revolution since a couple of years ago BUT, its still full of cases where you have to have an "addon" to be able o work in a proper way and that doesn't really count, not to change the behavior of a potential user base.

Its the result of software and electronic development today, it goes fast and having "possibilities" or ability to "fix" stuff does not go far, may sound lazy but its just reality.

But i loved the work of this guy behind ReaLearn, shows i share a vision with more people.

 

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I love Reaper, wish I could go back in time and use it from day one. Hate the interface, although it looks better in 7; I want dark (adobe) gui. But I've just got too used to Steinbug's way of doing things, layout and my own user "scripts" / presets / chains. I am using Reaper a bit more, nowadays, it's really quick to get up & running and test new synths / fx. At least compared to the Titanic loading time of Cubase, lack of customisation / sorting / et al of vst/i! Reaper did crash a couple times (may have been once?) recently, tho. It was a surprise!

 

. I don't use it enough to justify any cash outlay as it's not my main DAW. I'll fire it up once maybe every other odd week to test plugin compatibility. That's about it.

 

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If you're looking for innovation in the production software (or even the hardware for that matter) business, I'm afraid she's an orphan. Back in the day when there was basically Steinberg and MOTU, there was some innovation happening. Then the capitalistic greed set in whereby everyone and their mutt started getting into the production software (and hardware) biz, and innovation went out the window. Innovation got traded for stagnation and redundancy. These piece of shit corporations/companies found that for very little input of brain-power and employee count the same shit "products" could be churned out year after year (properly clothed and disguised of course) and still generate profits. This is where we are at today.

 

New lanes are awful and makes TCP that cluttered enough even worse.
You cannot disable it.
They force you to use it.
WHACK.

Ohhhh, all my post are deleted.
D - Democracy.
Cockos ban me on reaper forum twice for their politics critic,
maybe ban me here too, ну так, чтобы два раза не вставать как говорится.

 

good one i would say Reaper is most def the Bruce lee of the daws the way its so flexible and customizable it is unbeatable

 

similar over here

 

They're great

You can

They don't

Yes, you are

 

Yes, but i also wanted to point out the quote "do not concentrate on the finger, or you will miss all the heavenly glory" to the ppl who were disappointed about the gui.

 

thats funny stuff dude, i get u, it can turn hostile much easier tr.
Btw

U can right click track and untick 'Fixed item lanes' or check if its enabled under preferences>project>Track/send defaults untick Fixed item lane.
Also u can Shift+left Click the small arrow in tcp to minimize the lanes.

 

Is that image a new version of iLogic or is this how the old version looks on v7?

 

Yes, but:

May their force be with you

 

Why not just keep using the 6.8x version and be done with it. The 7.x can't be that much of a must have to live with something that backward.

 

But as for now that behaviour can be disabled under pref. and use it like before.

 

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IMHO, the best thing about Reaper is its flexibility. I mean, I really don't know which is more flexible, Cockos Reaper or Katie Kush?