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Question: THIS : github.com/RobKor77/ReaperDarkMode; life saviour for Windows user who are tired of staring the white bright lines and windows even in dark theme because of Windows legacy stuffs. Justin, you should include it in your installer haha. It's very good, almost feels like native. Just the EULA and Changelong in About window are white, other than these, all are dark. And by applying Reapertips Theme, REAPER becomes even more beautiful and appealing to look into, looks like a pure, dark theme softwa
Asked by Abhi (223.181.44.x) on July 11 2026, 5:58pm
Reply on July 11 2026, 6:24pm:
    Problem is, that extension does a lot of really messy, dirty things to the OS, in order to make it work. We could do the same, but it leaves a really bad taste in my mouth. My hope is that someday MS makes there be a clean way to do this stuff.
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Question: Hello, to make a portable version, what can be added to the configuration file to change the status of these two settings? Show splash screen on startup and skip animation I tried several times and failed
Asked by kander (134.195.101.x) on July 11 2026, 11:03am
Reply on July 11 2026, 6:23pm:
    It should work to set the preference after running it as normal? What OS?
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Question: Have you ever thought of implementing one of the popular REAPER scripts as a native REAPER feature
Asked by Mommy (89.45.90.x) on July 11 2026, 5:52am
Reply on July 11 2026, 6:23pm:
    Not directly, but there have definitely been features that have been added because of a compelling script or extension
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Question: Hi Justin! I was wondering if you still have an old video you recorded back in October 2005 of you launching a RC airplane from Belboa Park, you mentioned it in one of your blog posts from the time and the link doesn't seem to work anymore. If you do have it, can it perhaps be seen once again by your audience, and if not, that's fine too... Have a good day!
Asked by Phoebe (75.221.165.x) on July 9 2026, 11:26pm
Reply on July 10 2026, 3:50pm:
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Question: What do you think of this...youtube.com/watch?v=Bp2ai2MD4Mk
Asked by adam (134.195.101.x) on July 9 2026, 9:17am
Reply on July 9 2026, 1:59pm:
    I get why people convert their software to a subscription model, but I don't like it. At all. Speaking of which I have a WinXP VM that I use for QuickBooks 2007, which I bought new and still use today.
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Question: Can the path of REAPER Preferences/General/Paths use relative paths?I want to put all the project cache recordings and other content together with my portable version.
Asked by cats (112.225.225.x) on July 7 2026, 2:45pm
Reply on July 7 2026, 6:32pm:
    Don't think so, at the moment, but will look into doing that.
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Question: Hello Justin, is there any chance I could get your YouTube handle @deadbeef?
Asked by Logan (161.216.164.x) on July 5 2026, 6:32pm
Reply on July 5 2026, 7:07pm:
    Uhh nah I like it
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Question: If computers had never been invented, what other profession you would likely have gone into? Full time musician? Spiritual guide(because of the beard ;) )?
Asked by Mespotine (109.104.47.x) on July 5 2026, 6:31pm
Reply on July 5 2026, 7:08pm:
    Probably something aerospace related, always enjoyed playing with R/C planes as a kid...
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Question: Someone posted this: Do you think there’s such a problem? Lately I’ve mixed some live recordings and noticed that when doing multitrack mixing in REAPER, the sound while working in the DAW always feels like there’s a veil over it. The more tracks, the more obvious it gets. But after exporting, the audio is noticeably clearer and more detailed. After repeated testing, 32-bit float gives the best quality — nearly the same as the exported file — followed by 16-bit. The default 64-bit setting sounds a bit muddy
Asked by colors (112.225.225.x) on July 5 2026, 11:31am
Reply on July 5 2026, 5:39pm:
    I think if you're going by feelings you're making a mistake... you should either quantify the differences using scientific process or A/B/X it to see if your perceptions are quantifiable...
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Question: I once found the source code for your NetMon; now I can't seem to find it! Any clues?
Asked by MEAK (41.33.145.x) on July 5 2026, 8:25am
Reply on July 5 2026, 5:37pm:
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Question: Sorry if asking here bothers you. I created a VST3 plugin with no GUI and set default values for all parameters in the code. In REAPER's generic UI, the sliders initially appear at the correct default positions. However, double-clicking a slider resets it to REAPER's centered default instead of the VST3 parameter's default value. If so, why doesn't REAPER reset to the plugin's actual default values?
Asked by VSTDefault (154.161.107.x) on July 3 2026, 3:43pm
Reply on July 4 2026, 1:06am:
    there's no way for us to query the default IIRC, and it would be too much work to save it...
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Question: You ever miss the bay area or are you fully a NYC man now? (BTW the bay area misses you!)
Asked by ToqerTV (71.204.187.x) on June 30 2026, 9:42pm
Reply on June 30 2026, 10:23pm:
    still love the bay area for sure!
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Question: is helium gas from a heated fluid does cooling it return to a fluid, anything work like this? make ufo engine
Asked by point (73.181.182.x) on June 30 2026, 2:47am
Reply on June 30 2026, 10:23pm:
    hard to cool it I imagine!
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Question: Appears when opening the project..Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library Runtime Error! Program: C:Program FilesREAPER (x64)reaper.exe This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way. Please contact the application's support team for more information.
Asked by adamlo (112.225.225.x) on June 29 2026, 10:54pm
Reply on June 30 2026, 10:24pm:
    Probably a plug-in I'm afraid! Try loading the project with FX offline, then bringing them on one by one to narrow down which plug-in...
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Question: I saw that reaper use to come with a demo song "Making me nervous" by Brad Sucks... Why no more demo songs now?
Asked by Alex (187.213.62.x) on June 29 2026, 2:01am
Reply on June 29 2026, 2:03pm (edited at June 29 2026, 2:39pm):
    adding a 500kb project for every single download seemed a little wasteful!
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Question: Have you considered adding higher-tier algorithms superior to élastique 3.3.3?
Asked by toyy (112.225.225.x) on June 27 2026, 3:10pm
Reply on June 27 2026, 6:17pm:
    What algorithms are you thinking of?
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Question: halo justin, barusan saya lagi nyari nyari software buat dimasukan ke set tools buat bikin lagu vocal synth saya. banyak yg bagus-bagus, tapi sayang nya itu berbayar semua. gua yg pengangguran mana punya uang kan. dan akhirnya setelah pencarian yg melelahkan saya nemu Openutau diffsinger yg bisa gantikan vocaloid yg mahal nya gak ngotak itu, yey. terus untuk DAW nya, awalnya saya berencana pake ... (bersambung) (sambungannya) ... FL Studio, namun sayang nya ini gak support linux. akhirnya saya ketemu sama REAPER ini, dan saya bener2 terharu sama sistem lisensi nya, maksudnya kayak wholesome banget gitu loh. gak kayak software lain yg maksa user buat beli lisensi (gua yg gak punya duit kasian....). dan ketika saya liaht REAPER ini, wow. saya terharu banget, bahkan saya orang yg selama ini anti banget buat bayar apapun itu produk digitalnya, tiba tiba jadi ada keinginan buat beli lisensi REAPER ini. intinya saya kagum dengan sistem lisensi REAPER anda ini. kagum dengan anda thx.
Asked by Asyadil Ali (104.28.156.x) on June 27 2026, 4:57am
Reply on June 27 2026, 6:16pm:
    thanks!
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Question: What should I do when I turn on the computer for the first time and the speed of opening reaper is very slow?
Asked by toys (112.225.225.x) on June 24 2026, 4:01pm
Reply on June 25 2026, 8:17pm:
    Windows? That always bothered me... it's gone so far downhill. I miss the XP days.
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Question: Is there a way to determine if a midi input or output is enabled or disabled? This can be useful for csurf extensions, so they can directly inform the user to disable their device in the settings (an API call for this would be great, of course).
Asked by Navelpluisje (62.45.65.x) on June 23 2026, 5:45pm
Reply on June 23 2026, 10:09pm:
    iirc you can use get_config_var() with "midiins", "midiins_all", "midiins_cs", "midiouts"... these will all be bitmasks, array of uint64s.
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Question: hi justin. im sorry i did the hack. can you forgive me. i was lonely. and hurt
Asked by billgatessuperarmy (152.233.21.x) on June 22 2026, 11:59pm
Reply on June 23 2026, 1:02am:
    what hack?
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