If you don't know what the subject line means, no need to reply. 3.76 here.... long shot, but anyone else? Just learning it... 1 month in - no interface or surface yet (on order)... just noodling with the software at this point. Jedi
OMG Pops, you too?! I wish it had a score or notation editor and a built in wave editor. Using 32 bit VSTs in a 64 bit format is just astonishing. Cockos did a great show with the digital audio workstation. What I did there, you hear it?
Wow! I never would have guessed! I'm just playing with it on my office computer right now, going through a tutorial book I bought. But in July SoJ and I are going to build a 64-bit Win7 box and run the 32-bit REAPER and VST / VSTi - you get the benefit of tons of RAM (8gb in my case) for the VSTs with the stability of 32-bit VST performance. I use Audacity as the WAV editor plug-in - not that I've used it yet. But it seems very seamless - like it's part of the DAW. Hadn't thought about a notation editor - I can't read music so has little value for me anyway. Cockos really seems like a great development company... I'm pretty impressed. Pops
Fchat user Remix might have a lot to say on this software. Beyond that, there's no point in running lots of RAM on 32-bit software...ram is cheap but the point I make remains. How's the plug-in support on this for x64? That's where having lots of ram will be useful. x64 for 2GB+ files. Don't have that? Don't bother with x64 then. Are you using onboard sound? I'm not an audiophile (I listen to music, not stereos ) but there's a lot of thought out there that you are going backwards stuffing it through some crap onboard stuff. M-Audio makes decent kit and might fit with what you are doing if you don't have it or better already. Once again, Remix might have a lot to say about this, but I'm approaching it from a purely hardware stance. In other things, upgrading to a Sandy Bridge CPU and doing a nominal overclock to 4GHz or so and you've got a beast of a PC. Toss in a good SSD and you'll be set for a few months until SB-E comes out
Being both old school and geeky I'm in the Pro Tools camp.. but I've played with Reaper and it is a hell of a product. If you're a hobbyist, stick with Reaper, if you want to get more serious, Logic and Pro Tools are the biggies in the professional world. If I were learning today I'd 100% be Reaper guy... BTW I'm sure you know this but cockos has a hell of a forum.
The way it works: 64-bit OS, 32-bit REAPER with 32-bit VST's and VSTi's. The OS handles the RAM needs of the VST (beyond the 3 GB barrier). VST's don't concern themselves with the OS needs - REAPER on a 64-bit system (even though being a 32-bit app) handles the rest. Regarding plug-in support, REAPER is 100% VST supported - I already have DOZENS of freeware VSTs installed in the office computer (until I get the DAW box built) with zero issues whatsoever. The SONAR plug-ins are also fully supported. If you haven't tried REAPER, and are into DAW, it's A M A Z I N G . . . Jedi (REAPER is an acronym, hence capitalized.... for the grammar cops )
+1 to every single point. www.reaper.fm is a FABULOUS forum. I've been largely absent from F-Chat because I've been posting there REAPER is all I will EVER need for what I do.... nevermind all the "pros" using it... they post regularly in the forum. TONS of "ex Cubase", "ex PT", "ex Abelton Live", etc. etc. REAPER is a truly pro-level DAW. Jedi
Sorry Korr... missed that point. Every user has different needs/desires. From what I gather, REAPER would NOT be a platform of choice for Remix - it's not a "mixing/looping/DJ" platform. Acid, Ableton Live, etc. are MUCH more suited for that environment. I do classic rock - mostly live audio being recorded. I don't do "loops" in any serious way. I don't care about "beat matching" etc. like the live DJ / trance / rave guys do. Different tools for different purposes. Jedi
Well that's because if you're a Cubase user, it's a serious upgrade. ;-) But (as you know) so many of these packages are really aimed at different users. Abelton Live is a very different product than a Pro Tools. --Not that there's anything wrong with that. So calling one 'better' is like declaring one vehicle 'better' than the other. Although the price is a BIG universal selling point.
VERY well said. It depends entirely on what you do with it. A truck is a very cool thing for what a truck is for. A ferrari may be very cool, but can't do what a truck does. It's exactly the same with a DAW. For ME, personally, Reaper is EVERYTHING I NEED. For Remix, probably not. For John Williams or James Horner, probably not. Very good point 430man Jedi
