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Question: I would love to read an article about the challenges while making REAPER multi-threaded. Is OOP good enough for parallelism and what's your thoughts about DOD?
Asked by Balloonist (79.130.165.x) on May 19 2017, 4:06pm
Reply on May 22 2017, 3:26pm:

Hah, well I could try to remember the things I did a decade ago, but... Comment...

Question: Are there any technical limitations to supporting more than 62/64 hardware MIDI I/O? Not asking as a FR/fix, just genuinely curious.
Asked by EvilDragon (213.202.92.x) on May 17 2017, 3:03pm
Reply on May 18 2017, 1:40pm:

We have an int64 mask for enabled bits for devices, that's about the only limitation. The other places should handle it OK. 2 Comments...

Question: Is MP3 encoding/decoding coming in REAPER now that the patents expired?
Asked by Balloonist (79.131.91.x) on May 13 2017, 7:36pm
Reply on May 18 2017, 1:40pm:

Probably, though there's some noise about two patents that expire in August and December. Comment...

Question: Can I shallow clone your WDL repo somehow (for SWS dev) ? Apparently shallow cloning doesn't work via http. / re: shallow clone, solved,used your GitHub mirror instead.
Asked by wasereb4 (79.246.82.x) on May 10 2017, 7:32pm
Reply on May 10 2017, 10:22pm:

Our WDL repository is pretty small anyway Comment...

Question: Will Reaper be open source one day?
Asked by Sijmen Koffeman (83.132.230.x) on May 9 2017, 7:43pm
Reply on May 10 2017, 10:22pm (edited at May 10 2017, 10:23pm):

Not any time soon... I have toyed with the idea of making v.999 GPL, maybe sooner rather than later (already over 10 years, eep!) Comment...

Question: You see all these tutorials about coding these days. They talk about C++, Python, etc. However, it seems like just basic tutorial stuff most of the time. But, what is the best way to learn so one can really create valuable stuff like Winamp?
Asked by Todd (75.64.80.x) on May 8 2017, 1:36am
Reply on May 8 2017, 1:26pm:

Once you get proficient at the basic stuff then you build useful things on top of it... Comment...

Question: I posted a thread (reaper.fm) that packaging reaper for the Store on W10 is not a technical complication. Can we expect to see Reaper in the Windows (Microsoft) Store? Dont you think students access to Reaper even if they're on 10S is a good idea?
Asked by Sijmen Koffeman (83.132.230.x) on May 7 2017, 1:45pm
Reply on May 7 2017, 9:36pm:

Choosing whether to participate in an entirely different ecosystem is a complex decision, and I don't think you can unequivocally say that there is no technical complication. Comment...

Question: Will you post a picture of your workstation setup (screens and overall workspace)?
Asked by Will (71.11.219.x) on May 6 2017, 12:05am
Reply on May 6 2017, 2:10am:

Tomorrow when there's more light I will, now it's too dark to get the screen and physical desktop... Comment...

Question: What's your ideal screen size/config for coding?
Asked by Paul (188.220.162.x) on May 4 2017, 3:54pm
Reply on May 6 2017, 2:09am:

27" at 2560x1440 is pretty nice... a second monitor for debug output can be nice, but not a big deal. Comment...

Question: If you were to articulate what makes "Ok Computer" such a great album, what would you say?
Asked by Will (50.84.190.x) on May 4 2017, 2:36pm
Reply on May 4 2017, 2:40pm:

Great songs that go well together, with outstanding performances and engineering? Or something. And a soul. Comment...

Question: Why ___pad in certain classes became public:? Thanks.
Asked by Gio (94.70.23.x) on May 2 2017, 7:21am
Reply on May 3 2017, 4:34pm:

gcc would complain about unused private members Comment...

Question: I'm about to write a small Win32 program which needs MP4 video playback. What library do you recommend?
Asked by Rodrigo (177.204.35.x) on April 30 2017, 7:27pm
Reply on May 1 2017, 2:47am:

Unfortunately there's really no good solution that I can recommend. There is a Win8+ API for MP4 decoding, but I don't think it's very straightforward to use, and you can use FFmpeg, but it's also very not straightforward. I'd probably recommend the latter, though. Comment...

Question: What are your thoughts on online anonymity and projects like Tor? Shall one use it?
Asked by asafonov (192.42.116.x) on April 25 2017, 7:54pm
Reply on April 27 2017, 1:13pm:

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Question: Hi Mr. Frankel, my name is Justine and I am a journalist at Stony Brook University. I am currently working on an article about the possibility of recording studios becoming obsolete. I would greatly appreciate if you took the time to answer a couple of my questions: 1) Did you create REAPER with a specific kind of user in mind, if so what kind? 2) Do you th
Asked by Justine Josue (129.49.198.x) on April 24 2017, 1:17pm
Reply on April 24 2017, 2:22pm:

Hi, since your questions were truncated, you can email me more questions at justin at cockos dot com -- I created with REAPER for my own use, originally... Comment...

Question: Happy 20th Birthday, Winamp! Will you share your favorite memory of the first year or two of development?
Asked by Will (68.201.25.x) on April 21 2017, 10:57pm
Reply on April 23 2017, 3:25pm:

Hah as if I remember anything... I remember not using version control, ugh! boo hiss Comment...

Question: You posted an aerial photo of your Bay Area neighborhood, some years back, what was the boulevard in the picture ?
Asked by Seann (64.175.41.x) on April 17 2017, 3:11pm
Reply on April 17 2017, 4:01pm:

Probably Dolores or Guerrero, but I'd need to see the picture Comment...

Question: What color scheme do you use in you terminal, vim, VS, XCode?
Asked by asafonov (109.172.98.x) on April 17 2017, 9:55am
Reply on April 17 2017, 4:02pm:

Black background, usually, but I've gotten lazier about changing that. Comment...

Question: The WaveVR is something you might like. Reminds me of Winamp. youtu.be/5OIGhi0QyMo?t=3647
Asked by Erik (73.204.130.x) on April 16 2017, 1:17am
Reply on April 16 2017, 3:16am:

Some AVSy things in there you mean? Reminds me of unconed... Comment...

Question: Who needs instruments? youtube.com/watch?v=FqJdzYY_Fas
Asked by Will (66.190.71.x) on April 15 2017, 6:17pm
Reply on April 16 2017, 3:04am (edited at April 16 2017, 3:09am):

so much better.

also this

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Question: Could you make it the same font size? It would help.
Asked by Janne (109.232.227.x) on April 15 2017, 2:33pm
Reply on April 16 2017, 3:04am:

I could, but I won't Comment...

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