This is human nature. A gamer will argue that PoE is better than any theoretical ARPG. A middle-class person will say that Toyota is better than BMW or Mercedes. A soy engineer will insist that Arch Linux is the best operating system. An audio snob will claim that Pro Tools is always at the top. An audio enthusiast will swear that Reaper is the best. They’re all right and wrong at the same time. You need to have enough ego to make your own decisions, regardless of the volume of the shouting mouths around you.

 

Oh gosh... here you come again...

 

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Please don't troll!

 

No they don't. Unless by most people you mean you and perhaps your friends?

Same answer as above.

I thought earlier you said you have no opinion.

There is no issue to begin with. Everyone uses what they fucking like. If i can see an issue here is your proper connection to reality.

Oh you are very kind sir. I mean we were waiting for someone to open such a thread and release our tongue so we can speak because till then we were so afraid to say errrr.. say ... errr...aahh... hmmm... Reaper. There. I said it. Reaper Reaper Reaper. See, not afraid anymore. Thanks doc.

Now you 're talking, Commands cause the work environment to be crowded. Yes, because commands are ... invisible. So what you don't see makes the environment crowded. This is so deep i am still trying to grasp it man...
Oh i know, this is a Twilight Zone DAW, that's why they call it Reaper. It's an Alien Killer who came to Earth seeking to destroy all the good people who never learn commands and use the mouse for everything but still claim to be producers/mixers/ etc. Its price is deviously devised so more people buy it and it infects all the moment they install it with an incurable alien disease, the Commandomania. Users stop using the mouse and become addicted to key strokes. NASA, NSA, CIA and the CDC are all at high alert. Walter Bishop is called back from Fringe to further investigate any more anomalies.

 

Several reasons are listed here, in case you do not know F(tr)O(ll)STER

https://www.reaper.fm/
https://www.reaper.fm/about.php

 

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Foster telling someone don't troll hahahahahha

Serious question now, why people keep pimping Bitwig hahahahahaha it's modular bro, gridd yooo hahahaha

 

If I can indeed believe that you are unaware of this...

 

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i always used Reaper as a testing/jamming tool. did a couple of songs in it but nothing serious. mostly low track number stuff. the heavy lifting go in ableton.

 

@Incontro

I have only one question for you, if you can answer it truthfully. Please keep in mind if you do not, there are very good odds than any moderator could answer it by checking your I.P and/or email given against it, if they chose to say otherwise. Fortunately for you they maintain privacy, though they can PM you.

Are you the person previously known as FOSTER?
If not, I will attempt to contribute meaningfully. Otherwise I will respectfully leave this thread for my own sanity.

 

Please do not make this personal!!!

I asked a simple question and there were many comments. I have always wondered what is the reason for all these recommendations of people to use Reaper. Whenever the question of choosing a DAW comes up, some people have suggested this DAW. Personally, I have not found anything special in this DAW, I said let us and other friends discuss about this DAW and learn more about the positive features of this DAW, maybe more users will be inclined towards it.
Unlike the large number of plugins, the number of DAWs is small and we have to choose from these few DAWs for our works. The hidden capabilities of DAWs should be identified as much as possible so that people may have better choices for each stage of their works.

 

besides all that's been said already, mixing in reaper is a breeze and it's using so little cpu that it goes to 11!!!!

and if you think the GUI is ugly (which it is!) these are 3 great themes to use (variations are available):
https://stash.reaper.fm/theme/2361/Superior Th3me Beta2.ReaperThemeZip
https://stash.reaper.fm/theme/2810/Echolot_FTC.ReaperThemeZip
https://stash.reaper.fm/theme/1835/I Logic Free.ReaperThemeZip

 

It's not the most influential software, being a relative latecomer, but in my amateur opinion it's the best music and audio tool ever made. I hope Sudanese kids are downloading it on their tiny secondhand netbooks and making beats.

REAPER is so efficient, I was able to make tracks full of physical modeling on an ancient Duo Core with 2 gigs of RAM and a 5400 RPM hard disk. It performed even better than my wildest expectations. It's so good at turning CPU eaters off-and-on in a seamless way.

Also, I don't think it's wrong for beginners. I think it's perfect for beginners. And the basic DAW functions have become more intuitive over time.

I still use Live for the Max devices, but it always feels clunky and primitive in comparison.

 

Im sorry but then you really dont know what you can do with this daw..It can do everything..
Maybe you just dont like it, and thats ok

 

I'll give you some specifics for my use case. I'm mainly using it for mixing, and it saves me so much time and effort. It takes a lot of tedium out of repetitive tasks.
For example, when I receive tracks for a mix, I hit a button that runs a script that puts those tracks in the right folders based on their names, colours everything the way I like it, and then loads my mixing template so all I have to do is to open the routing matrix and route my tracks to the right busses and then off we go.
Another major plus for my use case is ReaLearn, which allows me to use two very cheap MIDI controllers (an Arturia MiniLab and an Akai LPD8) to completely control the DAW and all my plugins. I have it set up so that I don't have to touch the keyboard / mouse ever while mixing. I can insert and control plugins, write automations, control sends, and do basically anything I want using those two controllers.
I use other DAWs too, for other things. The reason why I zeroed in on Reaper for mixing is all of the above, which I haven't been able to do in any other DAW.

 

Great post. Here's the ReaLearn website for anyone curious. I don't see it mentioned in many threads outside of Cockos. But it's really neat, and it's free.

https://www.helgoboss.org/projects/realearn