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Ask Justin Frankel No reasonable question unanswered since 2009! Suggested topics: programming, music, sleep, coffee, etc. Note: please do not ask questions about REAPER features, bugs or scheduling, use the forums instead. Name: Ask: Human (enter yes): [newer questions] [unreplied] | [replied] | [recent comments] | [all] [older questions]

Question: What method(s) do you use for writing music? Do you improvise and record audio? Write and edit scores? Asked by Paradiddle (72.235.248.x) on April 18 2011, 2:14pm Reply on April 19 2011, 7:58am: Mostly I just improvise and/or screw around with REAPER.. also sometimes I write freeform poetry and then try to fit it to music. Comment... Question: Do you get to sleep at night, or are you like me - clouds of code are all over your mind even when you sleep? Asked by Asswhoop (163.167.206.x) on April 17 2011, 11:33am Reply on April 18 2011, 10:36am: Depends on the night -- last night I was out. Comment... Question: Do you feel like more people respect you because you're tall? Do you see guys under 5'10 as weak since you look down? Asked by James (68.224.131.x) on April 17 2011, 7:33am Reply on April 18 2011, 10:36am: No, and no. Comment... Question: With a gun in your head someone asks you which DAW you like (other than R) - what would you say? Asked by superman (122.164.171.x) on April 17 2011, 3:58am Reply on April 18 2011, 10:34am: Vegas, I guess? Comment... Question: When was the last time you HAD to use Linux? Asked by Anon (82.69.60.x) on April 15 2011, 3:45pm Reply on April 18 2011, 10:34am: I use it all the time, mostly for server type stuff. I also use it on my eeepc... Comment... Question: Which lang. did you code R in? Using what tools? Asked by superman (122.164.171.x) on April 15 2011, 9:08am Reply on April 18 2011, 10:33am (edited at April 18 2011, 10:34am): REAPER is written in C++, and compiled with VC6 (win32), VC2005 (win64), and Xcode on OS X. We use ICC for all of those platforms, too. Also, we use WDL (www.cockos.com/wdl). Comment... Question: int (*sf)(int key) usage in winamp dsp? Asked by ruchira (123.231.14.x) on April 11 2011, 12:13am Reply on April 12 2011, 9:41am: Hell if I know. It's not in the old dsp.h I have. Comment... Question: what is int (*sf)(int key) ? Asked by ruchira (123.231.15.x) on April 9 2011, 7:42pm Reply on April 10 2011, 11:53am: It's a pointer. The type of the pointer is a function that takes an int parameter and returns an int. Comment... Question: I am getting my MBA from USC. We are interviewing entrepreneurs for a class project. Would you be interested in a 1 hour talk? Asked by mark duffield (68.225.17.x) on April 7 2011, 3:10pm Reply on April 7 2011, 6:26pm: I suppose if it was a 5 minute interview via email, I could be convinced... Comment... Question: Visited the folks recently. Saw this while everyone was sleeping. Talk about Nostalgia bit.ly/aDkEWs remember this sh*t? Asked by AnalSeducer (71.204.133.x) on April 5 2011, 1:17pm Reply on April 7 2011, 6:25pm: Awesome. I hadn't seen that. Comment... Question: Do you agree with Burt's views on breakthroughs? www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0eayJvqW6Y Asked by Will (24.234.128.x) on April 5 2011, 11:24am Reply on April 7 2011, 6:25pm: I love him. Comment... Question: Was the transition to EC2 smooth? Asked by gio (62.103.65.x) on April 3 2011, 1:35am Reply on April 3 2011, 7:31am: Yeah. EC2 is pretty awesome. If you reserve instances in advance, it gets very inexpensive too (for a business). Comment... Question: You said you like a "subset" of C++. What subset is this? Asked by Rodrigo Dias (189.114.201.x) on April 2 2011, 6:45pm Reply on April 3 2011, 7:34am: Essentially C with classes, limited to single inheritance (and mostly just inheriting from an abstract base class), templates, declaring variables when needed (rather than forcing a new {} block), and using default parameters. That's about it, maybe? No operator overloading, except some basic operator= on widely used classes since the default operators are often unsafe for most classes. Comment... Question: Justin coded a fast and simple image editor a few years back. Don't remember the name, what was it? Asked by mrelwood (88.115.219.x) on April 2 2011, 8:51am Reply on April 2 2011, 11:34am: (from your own reply: 'Nevermind, found it! Snapease.') Comment... Question: Justin, you could always use pInvoke and link to zlib. Look at this (FFT): www.grimes.demon.co.uk/dotnet/man_unman.htm Asked by Will (70.173.150.x) on April 2 2011, 8:19am Reply on April 2 2011, 11:34am: Yeah I've seen that page, it's not terribly meaningful. The section in this post about garbage collection is interesting, too. Comment... Question: Add.: he's using 192+ tracks with loads of FX, he needs rock solid performance, I think R can deliver. But on OSX 64-bit? Asked by EvilDragon (66.90.104.x) on April 1 2011, 7:40am Reply on April 2 2011, 11:35am: (same) Comment... Question: R4 OSX 64-bit, why still beta? I'd recommend it to Jari (Wintersun), he's in need for a 64-bit DAW. What can he expect? Asked by EvilDragon (94.253.157.x) on April 1 2011, 6:55am Reply on April 2 2011, 11:35am: Yeah, we could probably drop the beta tag soon. Comment... Question: isn't sony vegas in the dot net framework? that's one of my favorite apps, and the video editing is fantastic.still unimpressed? Asked by andrew (173.165.1.x) on March 31 2011, 12:44pm Reply on March 31 2011, 8:03pm: I think the newer versions use it for some things (but I do not believe the whole app uses it), and the older versions did not, and tbh vegas 4.0 is my favorite (or 6.0 if you need newer codec and vst support I guess). Comment... Question: What do you think of QT vs rolling your own UI stuff in win32? Asked by Will (24.234.128.x) on March 29 2011, 2:00pm Reply on March 31 2011, 9:50am: I get why you would want to avoid writing win32 code -- but I think what you get if you invest the time in it is superior. Classic cost/benefit tradeoff. Comment... Question: c++ or c#? you like the .net framework? why or why not? Asked by andrew (173.165.1.x) on March 29 2011, 11:45am Reply on March 31 2011, 9:52am: I like a subset of C++. The .net framework makes me barf. This may be the worst example, but in general I rarely see things that are really awesome that use .net. Comment... [newer questions] [unreplied] | [replied] | [recent comments] | [all] [older questions]

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