Wrong again. As said earlier, for sends (and other things) Reaper has "d'n'd", as shown below, no drop down menu, no complication, no nothing, easy, tranquille.
Second image show how to"d'n'd" copy your reverb send, to another track. Wow. So easy.





Comparing Reaper and Live for mixing isn't even fair for Live. Real panning yet ? Vst3 ? Decent mixer ?

 

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Vst3 for... ummm... autotune?

Yup. With rms metering per channel and ability to create/switch chains on fly with proper d'n'd.

That pop up menus making my eyes bleed. Was it hard to implement all that crap right in the mixer without need to click on something to open something just to open submenu because there was hidden menu where you finally can switch the button to open menu where you need to type text for search and then press enter and finally call a pop up menu where you can insert pyton script to achieve another popup menu where you can adjust negative track delay?

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Your gifs demonstrating exactly what i was saying. Horrible workflow with endless popups/menus with zero understanding of ergonomics and logic. Let's say i want to create send for all tracks. I need to choose "receive from all" on the fx track . Done. Or not?



Why the hell they are all at 0 db by default? What's the point? Can i select them all and set to -inf at once? - As far as know right now - no, i cant. Nightmare? - Yes.

See?

I need to create split tool by myself, but i can send same track to the same return more than once by default. Reaper as it is.

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Yes you can. Just check the options. The rest, well I've just proven that it's just not true, I'm not going to argue regarding the color of god knows what. D'n'd for sends are really handy in Reaper. Hope you enjoy them now that you know how to use them. Also happy to prove that there dnd functionnalities in Reaper, as opposed to the fallacies you've been spreading.
Enjoy your real daw my friend, you might learn a few tricks....

 

Where exactly?

 

Hey being and IT guys for many, many years LInux runs the internet.
In fact it runs this form and it's sister site. Real IT guys use Linux because it works fantastically.
Now for Reaper, yes I agree the GUI could be better but to be honest it's not horrible.

But do you know who you are slamming as programmers on Reaper?
I know for a fact the the 2 main ones are very very smart guys and ( Von- S this is not to piss you off just as a point ) and they unlike say Steinberg listen to there customers via the chat room.

 

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Project, then "track/send default". You can customize anything in reaper. If you try and look hard enough.
Happy to be of help my friend.

 

Coming from Cakewalk to Cubase then to Reaper I can say they all were learning curves. I would not say they any are harder than the other just different in doing stuff.

One simple thing that Reaper is different, is a track is a track where as in Cakewalk / Cubase tracks are either midi or Audio.
I do like Reaper now and not to repeat my self I just kept the demo with the nag screen and used it until I felt really comfortable with it, then bought it.
Don't for get to get the SWS extension for Reaper. It adds more functionality to Reaper.

 

Found. Thanks.

How to adjust send level on few tracks at once? Group edit doesn't work for sends same as ctrl+alt.

 

Talmi thanks I even learned something.

 

If you are unable to configure Reaper to your needs, that's your personal problem. Live is best for people like you. Live users chose simplicity and Reaper users chose flexibility.

Answer is as follows:-
1. how to comp in Live?
2. how to open x86 plugins in Live?
3. how to open vst3 in Live?
4. how to compose via notation editor in Live?
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I can go on if you want me to.

The point is, both DAWs are great and compliment each other very well. If you can't use it/understand it, do not say it is not better. The problem is in you.

 

Reading all your posts guys, yes - I admit Reaper is somewhat different. It's got a different learning curve depending on your workflow, the workflow you are accustomed to, I mean. There is some similarity to using Windows and then coming to Linux... yes. The old Linux perhaps. Nowadays Linux feels easier to configure and maintain for me than Windows.

For some people it could take weeks to get used to it and for some it will take only hours. I always promote Reaper with my clients and I can definitely see that. I just wonder how come that Cubase users don't like it much... since I am a former looong time Cubase user and I do like it a lot. My only regret is that EnergyXT didn't get to be developed further the way it was in v1... I really liked the simplicity of connecting your own "studio" every time you started it. Speaking of flexible, it is the most flexible DAW on the market, ever. But the developer is an idiot. Oh well...

Back to Reaper, my experience with people using it tells me that it is somewhat more usable for tracking and it's the MIDI people like me who have problems with using it. That doesn't surprise me much because Justin Frankel doesn't do much MIDI and is generally recording his band live, thus Reaper is definitely more suitable for guys who make live recordings. I do both. Still, especially concerning live recordings I cannot comprehend the omission of mono tracks.

But sincerely, I've been trying to use and used several other DAWs when I was forced to and nothing can compare to Reaper [Cubase, ProTools, Logic]. I honestly cannot imagine me using anything else since I use two computers for producing my shit and I really love the way they work together. It's just fantastic! No other DAW can give me that. No matter how much it costs.

 

Easy.

Have zero installed. And yes, jBridge obviously.

You can use BC patchworks for the autotune or use a talented singer.

I have strange feeling that this question is more about ambitions than an actual need.

Sure.

 

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Why bicker? There's but One True DAW; you both know it.

 

Well I just don't like Reaper...
I don't like it's name, I really don't like how it looks, it's awful with video, it's too geeky...
It feels (and it is) cheap. Like that awesome phone that's supposed to be the mothership killer, but it doesn't charge anymore after 1 week.

 

Do you know about this guy?

Kenny Gioia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_It_for_Love_(Hall_&_Oates_album)
http://www.kennymania.com/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq297H7Ca98HlB5mVFHGSsQ/videos

 

Who uses Reaper, and what do you use it for?
http://exchange.designingsound.org/questions/question/who-uses-reaper-and-what-do-you-use-it-for/

 

Yes he is great at teaching Reaper. In fact that is how I learn what little I know about it.

 

From the Reaper community.

Adjust sends of selected tracks.
https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=159185

 

Hey mate i graduated in computer engineering and work at the development department of a big premium car manufacturer. So I know one or two things about Linux and I even know who Justin Frankel is.

But that doesn't change the fact that reaper has the worst gui in the business and shitty usability. Steinberg listens to their costumers as much as cockos. I just mention ARA integration...

 

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