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Question: have you ever fiddled around with supercollider? if so thoughts?
Asked by semiquaver (107.184.43.x) on August 8 2018, 5:41pm
Reply on August 8 2018, 6:12pm:

I haven't but I'm familiar with its existence, maybe I should ;) Comment...

Question: if you had to select one thing, what would you choose, music or programming?
Asked by Pony (78.152.169.x) on August 8 2018, 8:41am
Reply on August 8 2018, 6:12pm:

If I had to make a living by it, programming... Otherwise, that'd be a tough choice. I love music. Comment...

Question: Ahh sorrry, I literally translated it from German but it has another meaning in English.. What I meant to say: musical scores or (guitar) tabs? :D When playing piano probably scores, right? How you gonna deal with bass clef? I mean, when I play it I imagine the G clef scores and "transpose" every score 2 scores up in my mind.. Feel sometimes uncomfortable wi
Asked by Stefan (95.90.158.x) on August 8 2018, 4:04am
Reply on August 8 2018, 6:12pm:

Ah right. I'm a lot better at reading sheet music than tabs, though I rarely try to read sheet music for guitar (only for piano and flute/clarinet). Comment...

Question: Do you experience carpal tunnel symptoms?
Asked by sam_lich (64.234.61.x) on August 8 2018, 1:50am
Reply on August 8 2018, 1:57am:

I get some RSI if I overdo it, not sure if it's carpal tunnel exactly. Comment...

Question: Okay. Another one: Notes or tabs?
Asked by Stefan (95.90.158.x) on August 7 2018, 4:03pm
Reply on August 8 2018, 1:57am:

Not sure I fully understand it, but probably notes? I don't like leaving browsers open. Comment...

Question: Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?
Asked by its_a_me (185.128.27.x) on August 7 2018, 3:13pm
Reply on August 8 2018, 1:57am:

parse error Comment...

Question: What shall we do with the drunken sailor?
Asked by wasereb4 (94.134.90.x) on August 7 2018, 12:23am
Reply on August 8 2018, 1:58am:

Early in the morning Comment...

Question: Did you have an authoritarian upbringing or antiauthoritarian? Was it in some ways restrictive (parents/other people)? Did you or do you play Computer games and which kind of? Have you got any values which are important to you? And last one - Do you like Nickelback? All the best.
Asked by Stefan (95.90.158.x) on August 6 2018, 3:30pm
Reply on August 6 2018, 6:30pm:

Probably antiauthoritarian, perhaps to a fault. As a result I'm pretty reasonable about things (critical of conspiracy theories). Computer games, yeah, atari 2600, 8-bit, NES (Super Mario 3 all time favorite) mostly, then wolf3d/doom/quake and other PC games later on. I do not like Nickelback. Comment...

Question: Hey Justin, how is your 2d:4d digit ratio? Left and right Hand. Best regards:)
Asked by Martin (89.15.237.x) on August 5 2018, 7:32pm
Reply on August 5 2018, 11:42pm:

Interesting, I had to look up what that meant. My left hand is within the margin of error of 1:1. My right index finger is ~5% shorter than the ring finger (and the other index finger), though I'm not sure how accurate measuring from the crease is, if I place the back of my hand on a table and point the finger up, and measure that, the index fingers are pretty close to the same length... Comment...

Question: Lite version of REAPER for Android/iOS? Any thought? Another opportunity for you to earn money and even more opportunity for us to make music ;)
Asked by Andro (59.92.94.x) on August 5 2018, 4:17am
Reply on August 5 2018, 12:37pm:

I'd prefer to keep our focus on one product :) Comment...

Question: Is it possible to get an up-to-date extension SDK? Specifically for control surface development. The one on the website is pretty stale and I found a more recent reaper_plugin.h on the forums. Would be nice to have the most recent files in one spot.
Asked by fmap (47.55.182.x) on August 4 2018, 4:38am
Reply on August 5 2018, 12:38pm:

reaper_plugin_functions.h can be generated from REAPER and has in-built documentation, but yeah the base reaper_plugin.h should probably get updated. Comment...

Question: What CPP libraries/frameworks would you recommend someone learning audio programming get very familiar with?
Asked by vespers (69.120.228.x) on August 3 2018, 5:03pm
Reply on August 5 2018, 12:38pm:

No idea... It depends I guess? If you want to make VSTs, iplug? Comment...

Question: Not really a question but I would like to answer Abhi's question ;) : I was standing next to Snarky Puppy's Sound Enigneer at a concert and he was using Reaper to record their show :)
Asked by Tobias (195.81.221.x) on August 1 2018, 10:03am
Reply on August 1 2018, 12:50pm:

Nice! Comment...

Question: Besides Tycho, who other noticeable professional artists use REAPER??? (weird question, I know)
Asked by Abhi (106.223.234.x) on August 1 2018, 9:38am
Reply on August 1 2018, 12:50pm:

They don't always advertise, in fact most artists rarely do. I did see some videos of deadmau5 trying it out at some point. Comment...

Question: Hmm, is it a coincidence that WNT is equivalent to VMS+1?
Asked by Gio (79.130.187.x) on August 1 2018, 7:36am
Reply on August 1 2018, 12:49pm:

Probably! Comment...

Question: How are you?
Asked by Smith (190.232.224.x) on July 31 2018, 11:39pm
Reply on August 1 2018, 12:49pm:

Not bad! Played a show last night which was fun! Comment...

Question: "Whether or not it's true (or at least, whether other people qualified to judge that would agree) is another question." but that was not my question! that is your filter / criteria : ) Thank you
Asked by deee (79.168.107.x) on July 31 2018, 6:16pm
Reply on August 1 2018, 12:49pm:

ok. Comment...

Question: "Not really my cup of tea (it's hard to make something you're not in to...)" you think it is unfair saying that this is noticeable by using reaper?
Asked by deee (79.168.107.x) on July 31 2018, 3:14pm
Reply on July 31 2018, 5:44pm:

I think that an essential part of making something is using it, so that's not unfair to say. Whether or not it's true (or at least, whether other people qualified to judge that would agree) is another question. Comment...

Question: What would you ask Cutler if you could pick his brain? youtube.com/watch?v=J2GV_bCfnCw
Asked by Will (50.84.190.x) on July 31 2018, 2:43pm
Reply on July 31 2018, 5:48pm:

vi or emacs? spaces or tabs? I'm kidding, I don't think I have any questions for anybody. Funny though I was just reading that hacker news link about NT being VMS... Comment...

Question: How many kilometres can you run per day?
Asked by Run! (106.223.174.x) on July 31 2018, 1:27pm
Reply on July 31 2018, 1:46pm:

The most I've run in a week is about 65km, the most in a day 42km (or 52km of walking+running on the great saunter).. Most days I run around 5-10km. Comment...

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