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Question: hey jf- why do we have vertical piano rolls in daws when a piano is played horizontally? (other than obvious answer) heh, would a horizontal piano roll make no sense to people? (+bonus question! how do you feel about top> bottom tracker style rolls?) ta
Asked by 2024 (86.185.199.x) on May 7 2024, 9:51pm

Question: Which countries have you been to?
Asked by Will (23.125.224.x) on May 7 2024, 2:38pm
Reply on May 7 2024, 7:23pm:

The big North American ones, a few in the Caribbean, maybe 8 or so in Europe and Tahiti. Comment...

Question: Have you got any favourite desert island distortion/overdrive/fuzz?
Asked by Dom64 (82.132.224.x) on May 7 2024, 6:29am
Reply on May 7 2024, 9:23am:

I’m very happy with my Plasmatron, but the Strymon Sunset is pretty versatile for the non-fuzz side of that question. But a friend has a lot of pedals and there are so many good ones! 3 Comments...

Question: Favorite destination to travel
Asked by Ben jose (152.58.203.x) on May 6 2024, 4:18pm
Reply on May 6 2024, 10:15pm:

I dunno, but I find I need a purpose for it to be fulfilling. Comment...

Question: Hey Justin, I'm a beginner, can you give me a licence now for reaper , I will buy it when I have money , till then can you. In return I will do videos with the software . Please , I will be grateful , I know 80dollars is very less for a developed country, but for a poor being like us it's difficult, please don't ignore this., hope you will respond .
Asked by Tom matthew (152.58.203.x) on May 6 2024, 3:15pm
Reply on May 6 2024, 10:14pm:

I'm sure if you go a little past the 60-day eval period nobody will show up at your house and arrest you. Comment...

Question: Do you know any trick to batch normalise all my 2000+ mp3 songs upto the volume of the loudest song I have got?
Asked by Norm (117.234.55.x) on May 6 2024, 8:34am
Reply on May 6 2024, 12:23pm:

not sure if it's what you're really looking for, but replaygain is probably a good idea? Comment...

Question: hey jf-most like drums,bass,guitar n vocals ..have you considered branching into some of the worlds vast array of instruments//tones or techniques.? .we can across a channel recently (youtube.com/@learningmusichub/videos & tohught some of the choices were gorgeous,inspiring & really unique...worth a share, if you care?
Asked by 2024 (86.185.199.x) on May 5 2024, 4:51pm
Reply on May 6 2024, 12:24pm:

been really enjoying the sax but only so much time Comment...

Question: hey jf. are you a C++ dev or C w/ classes dev?
Asked by whipped llama (162.19.25.x) on May 5 2024, 12:11pm
Reply on May 5 2024, 2:50pm (edited at May 5 2024, 2:51pm):

Somewhere in between... classes are useful, templates are useful (though you have to keep in mind the potential code size implications). Operator overloading can be very useful when refactoring code but I wouldn't write brand new code using it. Inheritance and virtual functions can be very useful, but multiple inheritance I will try to avoid, etc. Comment...

Question: What is your best memorable day in your life
Asked by Tom matthew (152.58.203.x) on May 5 2024, 11:33am
Reply on May 5 2024, 2:47pm (edited at May 5 2024, 2:48pm):

Hell if I know they all blend together. It probably changes day to day. The day in January when I ran my last trail race was pretty amazing. Comment...

Question: Which is your favourite artist DAW 🙂?
Asked by Tom Gonsalves (152.58.219.x) on May 5 2024, 7:12am
Reply on May 5 2024, 2:47pm:

Hmm not sure what an artist DAW is? Comment...

Question: hey jf- any note worthy dreams lately? (do you remember any usually?)
Asked by 2024 (86.185.199.x) on May 3 2024, 5:35pm
Reply on May 3 2024, 5:49pm:

I remember them for a short bit but any time I try to articulate them they just seem too weird to put into words 1 Comment...

Question: What are your favorite tenor sax players ?
Asked by SlikkTim (37.166.82.x) on May 3 2024, 4:18pm
Reply on May 3 2024, 5:48pm:

Hah no idea Comment...

Question: If you had a choice between removing bread or rice, what would you pick?
Asked by Wei Rong (27.111.71.x) on May 3 2024, 1:19am
Reply on May 3 2024, 5:48pm:

Hmm tough one, I'd probably keep bread. Comment...

Question: When it is raining/snowing do you still do your runs? If so, do you get some chill, cold from it?
Asked by Reich, Philipp Glass friend (186.210.95.x) on May 2 2024, 9:40pm
Reply on May 2 2024, 9:45pm:

Sure yeah, if it's above freezing I usually wear shorts and a long sleeved wool shirt, below freezing maybe tights depending on how long I go out. Light gloves or heavy mittens for the hands. Colds you only get if there's a pathogen... Comment...

Question: If you had to rewrite Reaper from scratch again, how long do you think it would take you to get back to the same point?
Asked by todd_r (86.142.172.x) on May 2 2024, 8:49pm
Reply on May 2 2024, 9:26pm:

I would refuse, but probably a long time Comment...

Question: hi Justin, what are your thoughts on cryptocurrency... is it all just a big ponzi?
Asked by Lachlan (104.28.90.x) on May 2 2024, 4:05pm
Reply on May 2 2024, 9:27pm:

totally, but don't forget it's also good for demanding ransoms etc! Comment...

Question: So when compiling Reaper for Windows. Do you use a virtual machine or bare metal for Windows?
Asked by Matthew (76.37.54.x) on May 2 2024, 10:52am
Reply on May 2 2024, 12:57pm:

Usually the latter but sometimes the former 1 Comment...

Question: Would you vote for Bernie Sanders?
Asked by Donald Trump (200.146.246.x) on April 30 2024, 4:26pm
Reply on April 30 2024, 5:06pm:

If he had a reasonable chance of winning, yeah! But seriously he's too old too. Comment...

Question: What is the most recent thing you learned regarding programming?
Asked by wasereb4 (95.90.211.x) on April 29 2024, 10:35pm
Reply on April 30 2024, 3:50pm:

Not exactly programming but win32-API, the way that GetMessage()/PeekMessage() generates mouse events based on whether the "mouse-changed" internal state is set, and the prioritization of that related to other events such as timers and paint events, and how you can use PeekMessage() with PM_QS_* flags in order to prioritize those other events if desired... 3 Comments...

Question: hey jf- in your mind, is there any benefits for using 32bit integers rather than 32bfp? reasons? (ie: rearouting audio) ta
Asked by 2024 (86.185.199.x) on April 29 2024, 12:23pm
Reply on April 29 2024, 1:08pm:

There are some theoretical scenarios that could be advantageous but for real life I'd say 32FP is the way to go. The reason we offer 32I is for compatibility with software that doesn't support 32FP. 1 Comment...

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