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Question: why company s called Cockos? When you started it, you wanted to make OS ?
Asked by Pooony (78.152.169.x) on April 16 2018, 2:29pm
Reply on April 16 2018, 5:08pm:

The "s" is to make it plural. Comment...

Question: Do you drink alcohol? If so, how often?
Asked by Poony (78.152.169.x) on April 16 2018, 12:53pm
Reply on April 16 2018, 1:45pm:

Once in a while, not very often. Comment...

Question: What build system do you use for Reaper? Did the build system automatically create XCode projects for you?
Asked by Deep Sharma (71.187.245.x) on April 16 2018, 3:59am
Reply on April 16 2018, 1:46pm:

We use manually-created xcode projects, VS projects, and makefiles, and some PHP scripts for automatic builds/disk image generation (plus NSIS and a few custom utilities on the win32 build side). Comment...

Question: Whats up Justin, Is there a way to default / auto set every new VST track I create to Map input to channel' > 'Channel 1' in reaper? I have to change it to that every time to hear the notes play on VST's. Thanks for creating Reaper man!
Asked by Jeff (24.61.74.x) on April 16 2018, 1:58am
Reply on April 16 2018, 2:38am:

There are far better places to ask this question (the forums being the most obvious), but to answer your question: yes probably. Comment...

Question: Reaper being so customizable, I always wondered how do you handle this ever growing complexity in your code?? I rarely see any serious regression bugs in Reaper development, which is IMO incredible.
Asked by Zabukowski (109.182.148.x) on April 13 2018, 5:55pm
Reply on April 13 2018, 8:38pm:

They definitely happen, though hopefully most of the time they are not catastrophic, and don’t survive prerelease testing. But even so, they do. Just fixed one this morning that broke in 5.50. Bit of a corner case, but still... Comment...

Question: Are the tracks you create that mean the most to you also the ones that resonate with your fans? Or is it a "hit or miss" thing, more random than formulaic? just curious to hear a fellow renaissance man's perspective ;)
Asked by heuristik (98.165.96.x) on April 13 2018, 8:58am
Reply on April 13 2018, 8:40pm:

Hah I think the tastes of my 5 fans and mine are probably aligned due to self selection, but not sure what the most popular things i’ve made (software aside) are... Comment...

Question: How many hours do you sleep per day? And timings?
Asked by Sleepy Tortoise (117.197.2.x) on April 12 2018, 3:02am
Reply on April 12 2018, 3:41am:

These days around 8.5-9, I prefer it to be 10pm to 7am but it inevitably ends up closer to midnight to 8:30am. Comment...

Question: Did you watch Zuckerberg's congressional hearing? Any thoughts on him?
Asked by Will (50.84.190.x) on April 10 2018, 8:55pm
Reply on April 10 2018, 11:25pm:

Nope, though apparently the stock market liked it. Comment...

Question: What is your favourite Mexican food?
Asked by Albi (200.68.142.x) on April 10 2018, 7:58pm
Reply on April 10 2018, 11:26pm:

Hmm I really like all Mexican food, but I guess I'm loyal towards the stuff from Sonora and Baja. Some Mexico City style places are good too. As far as dishes go, hmm, so many choices. Chilaquiles are good, and I love tacos. But really anything with some rice and beans is great. Comment...

Question: Here is the video captured by professional cameras: youtube.com/watch?v=za0qXbofvc0
Asked by Mommy (76.110.183.x) on April 7 2018, 9:15am
Reply on April 7 2018, 10:03pm:

Drugs? Comment...

Question: Did you see what your boy, Conor McGregor, did yesterday?
Asked by Mommy (76.110.183.x) on April 6 2018, 2:45pm
Reply on April 6 2018, 7:16pm:

Of course not, but I just googled it. Comment...

Question: FM pirate radio using Winamp since 1997. Where can I find solid help - programers - to re-open old open source plugins to make Winamp interact with a modern website ? See our tool wich is in progress at the moment, a mix of two plugins. Thank you so much. fieldmice.free.fr/mulot.htm
Asked by Radio Mulot (88.190.3.x) on April 6 2018, 5:12am
Reply on April 6 2018, 7:16pm:

I dunno Comment...

Question: Is there anything out there you're aware of that is similar to WASTE but more actively maintained? (Do you use WASTE with your friends still?)
Asked by Will (50.84.190.x) on April 5 2018, 2:56pm
Reply on April 5 2018, 4:08pm:

Not that I'm aware of, and I don't use WASTE anymore sadly, no friends. Comment...

Question: Hi. I'm Italian romantic songwriter, Reaper users and Musicoin ambassador. Do you like to be interviewed about music and blockchain? tks a lot Lorenzo
Asked by Lorenzo (78.241.24.x) on April 5 2018, 11:00am
Reply on April 5 2018, 1:31pm:

No thank you! Comment...

Question: What are you thoughts on Ross Ulbricht and his whole situation (assuming you're familiar with it)?
Asked by brainpeach (69.120.228.x) on April 5 2018, 3:36am
Reply on April 5 2018, 1:32pm:

I don't know much about it, other than having read that

3-part Wired piece