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Ask Justin Frankel
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Note: please do not ask questions about REAPER features, bugs or scheduling, use the forums instead.

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Question: Sorry, if I am noob. What does 'upgrade' actually means? (like from REAPER 4 to 5). Is REAPER 5 modification of v4 or REAPER 5 made completely from scratch? (means, without modifying v4). Will REAPER 6 completely made from scratch too (without modifying v5)?
Asked by Noob (117.242.98.x) on July 5 2018, 3:54am
Reply on July 5 2018, 12:54pm:

REAPER v5 was derived from REAPER v4 which was derived from v3 etc etc. Comment...

Question: This is not a feature request, because it's too complex, but in many years I have always been thinking if a certain DAW feature would be possible to make at least in theory; would it be possible to make a plugin format, so that when making any processing using this format, the waveform (the "peaks") in the DAW would update it's shape in realtime. [...]
Asked by MS from Sweden (77.218.250.x) on July 4 2018, 11:36pm
Reply on July 5 2018, 12:54pm:

It would probably be too CPU-intensive to be usable, so you'd have to render/cache them.. so meh. Comment...

Question: Do you think just by 'human - yes', a bot can't post a question? Why not instead add an image scan captcha, just like many other websites have?
Asked by Anti-bot (117.197.2.x) on July 4 2018, 2:01pm
Reply on July 4 2018, 3:22pm:

It's surprisingly effective. Sophisticated bots tend to target specific web software packages, which this is not one of. If it become ineffective, I'll switch to recaptcha v2, since I had to update our various other things to that recently anwyay... Comment...

Question: Have you ever had neighbors with loud dogs that got on your nerves?
Asked by Will (23.125.224.x) on July 4 2018, 12:50pm
Reply on July 4 2018, 3:21pm:

I don't think so, I've had other noisy neighbors but noisy dogs haven't been a problem I don't think... Comment...

Question: If I make a DAW and all REAPER as well as other DAW users, switch to my DAW, will you still develop REAPER (just for yourself)? LOL ;)
Asked by RePear (59.97.207.x) on July 4 2018, 4:24am
Reply on July 4 2018, 3:20pm (edited at July 4 2018, 5:53pm):

If I've switched to your DAW (since you said all REAPER users switched), then I would no longer develop REAPER. But if for some reason everybody else switched and I still preferred REAPER (unlikely as it may be), then I would keep developing it if only for myself, yes. Comment...

Question: When we're talking about names. Actor Robert Sean Leonard (played Wilson in House MD)... I always found it funny that he doesn't have a real surname, just three regular names stringed together. Haha.
Asked by Tinny (213.202.69.x) on July 3 2018, 8:18pm
Reply on July 3 2018, 8:20pm:

I've been told you should be skeptical of people with first names for last names... Comment...

Question: ok.. so what is your middle name then jcf?
Asked by fixerdave (88.105.181.x) on July 3 2018, 2:20pm
Reply on July 3 2018, 8:20pm:

Cockos, of course. Comment...

Question: What is/are the difference(s) between quora.com and askjf.com?
Asked by Curiosity (107.170.186.x) on July 3 2018, 6:08am
Reply on July 3 2018, 12:41pm:

askjf only asks one person, me. so it's much less useful. Though it was first. Comment...

Question: If your name would be Adam Smith Kelly (weird name, I know), would the name of this website be 'askask.com'?
Asked by Goldy (61.2.248.x) on July 3 2018, 6:06am
Reply on July 3 2018, 12:41pm:

Yeah, or askak.com (askjf could've just as easily been askjcf.com). Comment...

Question: Do you code this fast? youtube.com/watch?v=7Hlb8YX2-W8
Asked by Will (23.125.224.x) on July 3 2018, 2:05am
Reply on July 3 2018, 12:43pm:

I definitely don't do any 10 hour sessions anymore. Nor do I talk while I'm programming. ;) Comment...

Question: Could you describe how rpool's time properties (until/now) work? Thanks.
Asked by Gio (79.131.89.x) on July 2 2018, 9:53pm
Reply on July 2 2018, 10:49pm:

When you add a resource to the pool, you specify the time until which the owner owns it (so that if you request it before that time period, you're guaranteed nobody else took it). Comment...

Question: How do you implement something like peak display for audio files? Pre render at multiple resolutions? OpenGL shader or something like that? I'm absolutely unfamiliar with graphics programming but interested so I might ask a couple follow ups
Asked by blimp (79.37.18.x) on July 2 2018, 9:32am
Reply on July 2 2018, 10:48pm:

There are mip-maps for the peaks but other than that there's no pre-rendering, just sampling (min/max) of the points in the appropriate mipmap. Comment...

Question: I am extremely sorry to ask this question directly .... but I have a huge respect to you since you are a hardcore audio geek and musician. In a process of normalizing dose it negativly affect audio quality? (Dose normolizing damage audio quality? )
Asked by Erick (172.250.71.x) on July 1 2018, 1:01pm
Reply on July 1 2018, 3:25pm (edited at July 1 2018, 3:26pm):