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Question: Any chance we could get a theme system for reaper's stock plugins?
Asked by Braxton (98.168.141.x) on February 9 2017, 4:43am
Reply on February 9 2017, 6:44pm:

Meh. see the above note on this page btw. Comment...

Question: What are your thoughts on the future of pitch-correction and Reaper?
Asked by Geir (85.166.55.x) on February 8 2017, 8:56pm
Reply on February 9 2017, 6:44pm:

None really, see the above note on this page btw. Comment...

Question: How does one learn audio programming? (Besides your suggestion to JSFX in Reaper) Any good books?
Asked by Chalk (50.204.171.x) on February 8 2017, 8:49pm
Reply on February 9 2017, 6:45pm:

I don't have many recommendations, though if you learn programming via whatever route you like, I thought

http://dspguide.com/

Comment...

Question: In general, how do you determine if the cost/benefit of a feature will be too high? In comparison to ARA, converting Spectral Peaks to adjustable blobs/notes seems to be very low cost and would probably satisfy 99% of the ARA crowd (including me). Am I right?
Asked by Mommy (99.173.156.x) on February 7 2017, 11:02pm
Reply on February 8 2017, 4:26am:

I don't think you have a good understanding of the cost there... Comment...

Question: How do you and Schwa work together to implement a feature like Automation Items? Do you each create sketches then talk over Skype before any code is written? Also, will the process be the same when implementing Melodyne's ARA or will one of you do all the work?
Asked by Mommy (99.173.156.x) on February 7 2017, 8:32pm
Reply on February 7 2017, 9:04pm:

We mostly do new features like that independently, consulting one another on the tricky bits, or for certain sections (e.g. the first draft of automation items was all schwa, but I did a bit of an overhaul on the undo system for it). As for ARA, well, we'll see (but generally speaking the cost/benefit of adding ARA is way too high). Comment...

Question: My regular coffee is Lavazza Qualità Rossa (pretty kick-ass Italian expresso) - If I wanted to expand my palette, do you have any coffee recommendations ?
Asked by neverbeeninariot (138.32.176.x) on February 7 2017, 12:10pm
Reply on February 7 2017, 2:30pm (edited at February 7 2017, 2:31pm):

Hard to say, depends what you have around you... I've been making french press coffee, using beans from Intelligentsia or Blue Bottle (though there are a number of roasters around whose beans I like), ground using a hand burr grinder... One ends up experimenting with the size of the grind, ratio of coffee to water, time spent steeping... so it's hard to give a blanket recommendation. But the result is quite nice. Comment...

Question: How many LOC is reaper?
Asked by jsfxll (82.49.232.x) on February 6 2017, 9:48pm
Reply on February 6 2017, 11:09pm:

REAPER.exe is about 400k lines, not including WDL or third party libraries. And then there are tons of plug-ins (both REAPER-native plug-ins and VST-like plug-ins), and JSFX, and such. Comment...

Question: What were your technological thoughts of Sonique in retrospect?
Asked by sengork (124.189.28.x) on February 6 2017, 4:53am
Reply on February 6 2017, 7:09pm:

It was very pretty! Comment...

Question: Could you make Licecap for Linux? It would be so handy for webdevs everywhere that work primarily on linux. :-/
Asked by Will (107.203.156.x) on February 5 2017, 7:07pm
Reply on February 6 2017, 7:09pm:

Someone sure could... Comment...

Question: Sorry, not a question, but a praise: you just made me move from Cubendo to Reaper after almost 20 years :) Respect!!!
Asked by Zabukowski (89.142.65.x) on February 1 2017, 8:42am
Reply on February 4 2017, 4:46pm:

Thanks! Glad it's working for you ;) Comment...

Question: (argitoth) Ho lee sh**, look what you have created!!! youtu.be/9sNSNGjf2fII can trim samples without listening.
Asked by Elan Hickler (174.17.189.x) on January 29 2017, 11:17pm
Reply on January 30 2017, 3:54pm:

nice! Comment...

Question: Have you ever had sciatica or other lower back pain? Any tips?
Asked by Will (107.203.156.x) on January 29 2017, 3:15am
Reply on January 29 2017, 3:40pm:

Thankfully no, I've had pain at times but nothing chronic. A good chiropractor can do amazing things, I think, but what defines "good" is hard to say... :/ Comment...

Question: Ginger, Mary Ann, or Swamp Rat Barbie?
Asked by Punky Brewster (68.43.120.x) on January 27 2017, 1:06pm
Reply on January 29 2017, 3:41pm:

Errr I would lean towards the word ginger, as it is a food and a type of person. Comment...

Question: Did you ever consider attending this Musical Camp with Tony Levin and friends ? threeofaperfectpair.com/ . It's worth it!
Asked by Dali (70.55.123.x) on January 27 2017, 12:43am
Reply on January 29 2017, 3:41pm:

Hah I haven't, though (unrelated) I'd like to join a marching band. Comment...

Question: Do you use Android or iOS?
Asked by Albi (83.36.161.x) on January 26 2017, 3:18pm
Reply on January 26 2017, 5:11pm:

iOS Comment...

Question: ''v2.25 -JSFX: update many stock plug-ins to define their I/O''. Just wondering, as I use many JSFX from the Stash that dont have this update. Just a bit confused, whether it affects these older FX's performance. Thanks.
Asked by Bean (1.178.252.x) on January 26 2017, 4:57am
Reply on January 26 2017, 5:12pm:

Ah, it's fine, just if you have a plug-in which only accesses 2 channels on a 64 channel track, REAPER will do a bit more work than necessary, but it isn't that much work. To be clear: there is no decrease in performance in that update, just a (potential) increase in performance for plug-ins that define their pin counts. Comment...

Question: Can we have detail about this flute described as "Flute (amazon $100 special)"? Nice Super8 performance BTW !
Asked by Dali (205.236.3.x) on January 25 2017, 1:30pm
Reply on January 25 2017, 1:58pm: