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Question: Are user posted links truncated on purpose (e.g. q=5018, q=5021)?
Asked by nofish (89.247.253.x) on February 23 2020, 11:16pm
Reply on February 24 2020, 2:26pm:

No, that's a bug, fixing those temporarily, need to fix the original issue too hmm. Comment...

Question: how do you get the time to answer about 5 questions everyday.
Asked by mike (74.56.100.x) on February 23 2020, 10:51pm
Reply on February 24 2020, 2:25pm:

By spending a tiny amount on each question Comment...

Question: What do you think of this amusing gif? gxcuf89792.i.lithium.com/t5/image/...
Asked by Geometry (103.107.196.x) on February 23 2020, 5:22pm
Reply on February 23 2020, 10:01pm (edited at February 24 2020, 2:25pm):

I've seen more impressive uses of Excel ;) Comment...

Question: What kind of music do you prefer to listen when you 're programming ?
Asked by Vagelis (91.140.90.x) on February 23 2020, 5:05pm
Reply on February 23 2020, 10:02pm:

Same as normal. [prog|indie|post|psychedelic] rock, jazz, and stuff Comment...

Question: I read somewhere that you don't like dark themes and still REAPER 6 is dark by default. Weird :P Anyway, in softwares, why there are constant updates for bug fixes? I mean, can't developers fix all bugs at once and release a bug-free software? Or when developers try to fix bugs or add something, then new bugs appear? Are softwares suppose to have bugs? It means that OS we use like Windows, Mac, Ubuntu, even they have bugs? Suppose if we are working on a critical project and boom, our computer crash? Bad :(
Asked by Abhi (122.161.247.x) on February 23 2020, 4:30am
Reply on February 23 2020, 10:03pm:

The number of states that very complex software can be in is probably too high to ever make it bug-free, IMO. Comment...

Question: Does this thread melt your heart? old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comment...
Asked by Robert (73.16.246.x) on February 22 2020, 10:13am
Reply on February 22 2020, 10:53pm (edited at February 24 2020, 2:25pm):

aww Comment...

Question: Is there any ways of banning an IP address, or configure anything else from Ninjam without interrupting a productive Ninjam server on a linux host machine? And while putting in the IP address to ban via ACL xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/yyy deny, what does the /yyy do? Because when I put it in as a range, it doesn't accept the line.
Asked by David (74.101.225.x) on February 22 2020, 6:08am
Reply on February 22 2020, 10:53pm:

On the win32 version there's some code to allow reloading the configuration by hitting "R" at the console. You could enable this for non-win32 with a little tweaking. The /yyy is a subnet mask. /32 means the one IP only, /24 means only the first 24 bits of address are matched, etc. (This is common syntax when defining IP ranges) Comment...

Question: Youre a good good man. I feel people could be abusing your payment method. Why not just price it like $50 and just give people 60-day trial and then it stops on 61st day unless people pay. To be fair to you.
Asked by Carlo (49.144.129.x) on February 20 2020, 4:21pm
Reply on February 20 2020, 8:54pm:

That’s easier said than done Comment...

Question: When you and Schwa are tired of working (whole day? Or just 9 to 5?) on REAPER, do one of you ask another "Enough for today, let's hang out together, watch a movie or just eat outside and have tea or coffee"? :D
Asked by Abhi (106.212.156.x) on February 20 2020, 11:13am
Reply on February 20 2020, 3:03pm:

We're geographically distributed so that doesn't happen so much, occasionally we go hiking though... Anyway our work schedules are not fixed, so we work whenever things need to get done. Comment...

Question: Is wireless studio headphones enough for high quality music production or I need wired? Any suggestions? I don't want to blast out my music to everyone that's why I need good high quality headphones (or earphones??), not speakers, haha
Asked by HeadSmartPhones (104.131.66.x) on February 19 2020, 3:07pm
Reply on February 19 2020, 3:09pm:

I'd go wired. I like my Grado SR80s, not expensive, but everyone will be able to hear them too 1 Comment...

Question: Just like there are streaming for music, videos, and now even games too. How is the idea of streaming softwares? Means, the software is not installed in your device, it is only provided to you through streaming. Is it a good idea? If yes, and if this will happen in future, will you add REAPER into streaming software service? (Advantage of this is that we can even operate REAPER in a low-end android phone, very smoothly, with all our projects perfectly saved into cloud :D
Asked by Abhi (182.68.70.x) on February 19 2020, 12:58pm
Reply on February 19 2020, 2:17pm:

I don't think it makes much sense, yet. 3 Comments...

Question: Do developers separately develop 32 bit and 64 bit softwares or they are same, except for few codes? Also for Windows and Macs? Do they have entirely separate codes or just few codes are separate, which are OS dependent?
Asked by Abhi (106.212.152.x) on February 17 2020, 2:10pm
Reply on February 17 2020, 2:24pm:

Usually it's the same code, but a little care has to be made in order for it to work on both. Comment...

Question: I know this is inappropriate to ask here. You and Schwa, just 2 guys, have made this incredible DAW but why don't you make a native drum machine plugin into it? I mean, with those 16 pads for custom drum sounds? All other DAWs have this except REAPER. You made REAPER, I don't think it's hard for you guys to make a simple, decent 16 pad drum machine plugin for it :( :'(
Asked by :( :'( (178.62.113.x) on February 17 2020, 1:55pm
Reply on February 17 2020, 2:23pm:

There are plenty of drum machines out there for you 1 Comment...

Question: are you practicing fast drum drills-or any type of musical speed training regular? if not,why not!? :p
Asked by 2020 (95.151.177.x) on February 16 2020, 11:11pm
Reply on February 17 2020, 3:19am:

No, any specific recommendations? 2 Comments...

Question: Why has the Lounge forum been closed?
Asked by Rob The Questioner (213.205.242.x) on February 15 2020, 11:30pm
Reply on February 17 2020, 3:19am:

Let me get back to you on this 1 Comment...

Question: does any type of hypnotherapy interest you? maybe releasing old habits- or for better health+deeper understanding of 1's place in the multiverse perhaps? (recommend Alba Weinman)
Asked by 2020 (95.149.70.x) on February 14 2020, 12:30am
Reply on February 15 2020, 5:25pm:

Seems like trust of the hypnotist would be the biggest factor heh 1 Comment...

Question: Finally, Microsoft has allowed developers to put their win32 apps (.exe softwares, right?) into Microsoft Store. Are you going to put REAPER in that store? MS Store is really growing after allowing .exe softwares :D
Asked by Abhi (182.68.50.x) on February 12 2020, 3:58pm
Reply on February 12 2020, 4:27pm:

Hmm probably not, the current model works well. Comment...

Question: when* do you see the end* of 32-bit machines? >will reaper cease it's 32bit bridging mode anytime soon?
Asked by 2020 (95.149.70.x) on February 11 2020, 10:22pm
Reply on February 12 2020, 1:38am:

Not anytime soon Comment...

Question: Do you eat foie gras?
Asked by Andrew Vogel (69.61.144.x) on February 11 2020, 8:19pm
Reply on February 11 2020, 10:03pm:

I'm not much of a fan. Too rich. Comment...

Question: Sorry, if I am a noob in tech. What's the advantage of the major upgrades in any software? For example, why there is a need for REAPER 5 or 6 or 7. Why MS Office 2007, 2013 etc. Why not just make one software and give constant updates to it, just like what Microsoft did with it Windows 10? There will be no more Windows, just constant updates to W10. And also same with MS Office 365 (their MS Store version). Also apps in smartphones, they don't have any major upgrades, just constant updates.
Asked by Abhi (182.68.63.x) on February 10 2020, 7:20am
Reply on February 11 2020, 10:03pm:

it assumes that the developer won't break things (if they do, good luck getting/finding/etc the working version when you need it)
when the developer wants to make major changes, there's no way for the user to know this is coming. If you update from v5 to v6 of something, you choose to do that upgrade at a time when you're ready to adapt to changes. If it just comes down the pipe, you're fucked.
Major versions allow for the "pay for major versions" update model. Otherwise it's "pay lifetime" (unsustainable without constant growth), or subscription based (and personally I prefer software to be owned licenses!).

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