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Question: thank you for this Render reveal Party in 7.40 ! the ReaNINJAM multioutput upgrade is golden... do you want to jam with us sometime ? i have a 1969 Marshall 50w Plexi here , that i could route your guitar to now ...
Asked by Bernd Keul (84.44.226.x) on June 11 2025, 9:16am

Question: hey whats up? i just wanted to thank you for all the gif manipulation implementations in reaper. i really didnt expect to be able to use stretch markers to time gifs, pretty crazy stuff. i got pretty pissed about your response about good limiter plugins but i guess you were just being honest. anyway, just noting the gif thing because gifs are a passion of mine and now i know i can composite them into videos. what a day.
Asked by WARTHOG (100.1.67.x) on June 10 2025, 11:15pm

Question: what do you think of this? github.com/microsoft/edit
Asked by Rano (27.131.208.x) on June 10 2025, 6:39pm

Question: What is a software solution you wish existed in the next 10 days?
Asked by SRJRSWE (104.193.171.x) on June 7 2025, 3:05am
Reply on June 9 2025, 1:24pm:

something involving time travel would be pretty sweet. 3 Comments...

Question: who wrote the Gnutella protocol? was it solely you and pepper?
Asked by shrimp (136.23.6.x) on June 3 2025, 8:48pm
Reply on June 4 2025, 6:40pm (edited at June 4 2025, 7:36pm):

'twas just me, iirc 2 Comments...

Question: You might find interesting this video about, how nerds at NASA fixed the software of the Voyager Probe last year. It's so interesting to watch how the old technology works: youtu.be/p0K7u3B_8rY?si=QE4WdSe6cj8nnIo5
Asked by Mespotine (109.104.32.x) on June 3 2025, 4:32pm
Reply on June 4 2025, 6:40pm:

ooh awesome thanks for the link! 1 Comment...

Question: Are you a Jew?
Asked by Mariusz.Misa@ts.fujitsu.com (77.111.247.x) on June 3 2025, 10:01am
Reply on June 4 2025, 6:41pm:

genetically yes but I'm a secular humanist 1 Comment...

Question: What does PCM_Sink_CreateEx expect to receive a pointer to for the configuration? I've tried to pass different things to it and get it to return not NULL. It works without a configuration, but wouid like 32bit float sink-goodness. Sorry if this violates the rules about questions :) I promise I've tried to search for the answer!
Asked by sad_programmer (58.160.90.x) on June 1 2025, 4:30pm
Reply on June 1 2025, 4:50pm:

send me an email, first name at company domain.com Comment...

Question: As a human I know you get sad or discouraged sometimes if not often. How do you cope or deal with it? What gives you hope? What keeps you going emotionally?
Asked by Coping (102.176.101.x) on June 1 2025, 3:58pm
Reply on June 1 2025, 4:51pm:

hard to answer in the general sense; if there's no reason for the feelings, I'll remember that they probably won't last forever. if there's a reason for the feelings, well, I guess change the things you can change and accept the feelings if you can't change them. :/ Comment...

Question: Speaking about Winamp, did you use any prominent 3rd party libs back then (exaxmple?), or did you code everything from scratch?
Asked by wasereb4 (95.91.77.x) on June 1 2025, 1:19am
Reply on June 1 2025, 12:52pm:

iirc libraries for media decoding, other than that mostly was homegrown Comment...

Question: What happened to Winamp's source code? Is it going to be rereleased soon?
Asked by Dimitris (94.209.236.x) on May 31 2025, 1:07pm
Reply on May 31 2025, 5:14pm:

Unfortunately it's not up to me... Comment...

Question: In our area, many people call the reaper a "harvester". What's your opinion on this?
Asked by ytyy (112.254.92.x) on May 30 2025, 5:19am
Reply on May 30 2025, 6:14pm:

sounds about right! Comment...

Question: 'I'm a programmer/coder' sounds ok, 'I'm producing huge amounts of zeroes and ones' (what actually happens) sounds weird? lol
Asked by wasereb4 (95.91.77.x) on May 30 2025, 3:22am
Reply on May 30 2025, 6:14pm:

I prefer "a specialized typist" lol. Comment...

Question: Did you ever attend church in childhood? Has anyone ever said they were praying for you? Do the super religious lifestyles of people offend you?
Asked by Church? (102.176.65.x) on May 29 2025, 6:22pm
Reply on May 29 2025, 9:29pm:

A little yes. Sure probably. As long as people don't impose their religion (or lack thereof) on others, I'm cool. Comment...

Question: How to approach COCOS Inc. with a unique music application joint venture?
Asked by George (207.204.228.x) on May 27 2025, 9:06pm
Reply on May 28 2025, 12:51am:

we're not going to be interested, sorry! if you can do it as a reaper plug-in or something, go for it! we'd definitely help with any integration stuff you need. Comment...

Question: Swans or Angels of Light
Asked by unanswered (138.199.53.x) on May 27 2025, 11:09am
Reply on May 27 2025, 4:04pm:

no idea 4 Comments...

Question: "If Reaper already allows sample-level audio manipulation and supports internal FFT processing (as seen in ReaFIR), why not take the leap and enable native graphical spectral editing directly within a Media Item View — perhaps as an official extension?
Asked by Amadeu (82.155.24.x) on May 25 2025, 6:25pm
Reply on May 25 2025, 9:10pm:

Uhh, it does already 15 Comments...

Question: Still not possible to delete pictures uploaded to Stash. When you go to manage this file, the page is blank unlike other files where you have the option to delete..
Asked by Enquiry? (102.176.101.x) on May 23 2025, 1:12pm
Reply on May 23 2025, 2:35pm (edited at May 23 2025, 2:41pm):

guessing you've miscategorized them as a theme rather than a screenshot? will see if I can fix this oddity. edit: fixed! 1 Comment...

Question: Reaper spotted at Eurovision! Nice! facebook.com/groups/22291437791683...
Asked by Jeff (187.213.28.x) on May 23 2025, 4:20am
Reply on May 23 2025, 2:41pm:

nice! Comment...

Question: Hello, where did you learn everything? Where did you learn to code and learn all of these things that's needed to create reaper and everything you've made so far? if i remember correctly, you said you didn't go to college for computer science and back then there weren't as much free online resources available as well. are you still learning and applying that everyday to this date as well? where do you learn new things nowadays? do you think it's still worth learning to code in 2025 after so many inventions
Asked by Rano (27.131.210.x) on May 22 2025, 2:13pm
Reply on May 22 2025, 2:55pm:

Back in the day, books/experimentation/internet tutorials/etc. definitely still learning! Is it worth learning to code? If you enjoy it, for sure. Comment...

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