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Question: OH MY GOD, CAN'T BELIEVE! You have given us free commercial licence for REAPER till June 2020? THANK YOU SO MUCH. I hope coronavirus will get end soon and we all to live peacefully. Take care! (Still can't believe how can you give your hard work to everyone for free :O
Asked by OMG! (198.16.78.x) on March 15 2020, 5:18pm
Reply on March 15 2020, 7:40pm:

I hope it encourages people to stay home! 1 Comment...

Question: have you ever tried any theme from reaper stash? if you did then which one you like. have you watched kenny and jon videos just to check how they are making videos? why not also give credit to jon and hire him and make his unofficial reaper blog into official one? after all, teamwork really gives better reward than doing the same thing all alone.
Asked by Apple Illogical Noob (46.101.38.x) on March 15 2020, 8:11am
Reply on March 15 2020, 7:40pm:

I have tried lots of themes, yes. Not lately though. Interesting idea about hiring Jon, I will discuss it with people. Comment...

Question: There is one thing common in CEOs of top companies (like Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg), the thing is they read books. How just reading any book can make you a better human? Why not watching videos of those things make you a better human? Do you read books in your free time? Okay, now REAPER related. Have you ever fully read REAPER manual (by Geoffrey, right?)? Be honest please.
Asked by Books (107.170.127.x) on March 15 2020, 8:05am
Reply on March 15 2020, 7:38pm (edited at March 15 2020, 7:39pm):

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Question: Does it happen to you when you feel like you just want to stop everything what you are doing now, like developing REAPER (which is your primary thing, right?), and also stop listening to music and doing programming, which are related to it. And you feel like to do completely different thing, like painting for example? But then after some days, you come back to your primary things with all freshness? And feels like it is completely new thing to do? And you do it even with much more interest than before?
Asked by Abhi (117.225.87.x) on March 15 2020, 3:37am
Reply on March 15 2020, 7:37pm:

Sure yeah I get burned out and switch gears.. be it painting or monotype printing or just running to get the mind blanked out. Comment...

Question: Do you know Dummies books? If yes, then best dummies books you have read and you love so much?
Asked by Dummy (104.131.188.x) on March 14 2020, 1:44pm
Reply on March 14 2020, 5:41pm:

I am familiar with them but haven't read any in a very long time. Comment...

Question: Best book for learning everything about music production? Everything containing music theory (mainly for DAW music, not the classical orchestra type), and DAW related stuffs, like compressors, eqs, their buttons like attack, release, threshold and all. Also learning songwriting and lyricswriting? Is there any single book (1000 page, I don't mind) available which teach you all this? Or even multiple books? From where you learnt music?
Asked by Abhi (117.97.171.x) on March 14 2020, 7:30am
Reply on March 14 2020, 5:41pm:

Sorry I haven't read (m)any books on music... other than random internet pages on music theory and stuff. Comment...

Question: Did you stock up on toilet paper?
Asked by Will (50.84.190.x) on March 13 2020, 7:24pm
Reply on March 13 2020, 7:54pm:

I try to keep a well-stocked home in general Comment...

Question: Best Taylor Swift song you like so far? Also which version of her you prefer, the old countryside guitar one or the latest hip hop electronic one?
Asked by Abhi (182.64.59.x) on March 13 2020, 6:29am
Reply on March 13 2020, 7:55pm:

I don't really listen to her, sorry! Comment...

Question: why hackers ?? sometimes I just can't comprehend your high level jokes XD
Asked by Abhi (117.97.147.x) on March 12 2020, 5:27pm
Reply on March 12 2020, 10:22pm:

To make proper use of REAPER as a video editor you need to be comfortable editing video processor code. Comment...

Question: If I try to GWL_WNDPROC an edit box then UTF8 support does not work as expected for GetDlgItemText, it just returns the ANSI chars... Any ideas before I dig it?
Asked by Gio (79.130.170.x) on March 12 2020, 5:54am
Reply on March 12 2020, 3:14pm (edited at March 12 2020, 3:17pm):

Hmm might be easiest to have you post the subclass code so we can see? Comment...

Question: Can stones talk?
Asked by wasereb4 (94.134.90.x) on March 12 2020, 1:30am
Reply on March 12 2020, 2:35am:

None that I've met 2 Comments...

Question: hello, can you put a last unread post in the reaper forum? thanks!
Asked by daniel (200.73.145.x) on March 11 2020, 2:21pm
Reply on March 12 2020, 2:35am:

Uh err no? Comment...

Question: hey- any chance of adding support for leap motion controllers with any cockos apps??
Asked by 2020 (95.151.177.x) on March 10 2020, 10:25pm
Reply on March 12 2020, 2:35am:

What's the API like? 1 Comment...

Question: Omg, are you guys secretly making REAPER also as a full-fledged video editor? No need of Sony Vegas or Camtasia now? :O
Asked by Abhi (122.161.72.x) on March 10 2020, 6:44pm
Reply on March 12 2020, 2:35am:

Something like that, but for hackerz. 1 Comment...

Question: Does answering a question with a question xount as answering the question?
Asked by wasereb4 (89.247.253.x) on March 10 2020, 5:10am
Reply on March 10 2020, 2:20pm (edited at March 10 2020, 2:21pm):

It is an answer, yes, but it might not be the answer you were looking for. Comment...

Question: Should one grow out of pop music?
Asked by Nick (213.122.127.x) on March 9 2020, 11:03am
Reply on March 9 2020, 12:54pm:

Or does pop music grow out of one? Comment...

Question: ReaSynth - only one & very basic one. Okay. But, what's the point of making it when there are lots of synths out there. For quickly checking whether REAPER is making any sound or not? Why DAWs come with instruments and effects plugins whereas you can find them everywhere in internet, both paid and free. Even the free ones are of very good quality these days. Why DAW developers waste their energy in this? Why not just work into core DAW development? Also, same question to you about REAPER inbuilt plugins.
Asked by Abhi (117.234.14.x) on March 9 2020, 4:19am
Reply on March 9 2020, 12:53pm (edited at March 9 2020, 12:54pm):

For fun? It was last meaningfully updated 10 years ago. Overall -- built-in plug-ins are very useful, reliable and efficient and tiny and always available on REAPER installs, so there's great value there. I make a ton of content using ReaEQ/ReaComp/ReaGate and some JSFX that I wouldn't want to have to replace on multiple platforms. Comment...

Question: Commercial versus individual license for reaper
Asked by Billy Shakespeare (189.222.139.x) on March 8 2020, 10:02pm
Reply on March 8 2020, 10:35pm:

What's the difference? Technologically, none. But if you're a not very-small business, you need the commercial. Comment...

Question: hey ya justin, doing good job providing us useful tools.. but when you hear from people that reaper is free daw, and it is basically like donationware, if you can afford, then purchase, otherwise don't purchase, purchase it later whenever you get money.... how is your reaction then?? do you feel bad or you feel like "oh they can't afford, it's okay, maybe they are students but they must buy as soon as they get money..... also do you know boogeyman from wwe? are you big fan of him and his worms? HA HA HA X-)
Asked by Boogeyman (from WWE, yes), wanna eat worms? (178.128.57.x) on March 8 2020, 10:40am
Reply on March 8 2020, 6:18pm:

If I got upset every time someone was wrong on the internet, that would be no way to live. Comment...

Question: In songwriting, is it compulsory to rhyme the last words of lines while writing lyrics? Though there are few songs where the last words of consecutive lines doesn't rhyme, and the song is great too. Then why in most of the songs, the songwriters rhyme the last words? To make it like a poem? Or any other reason?
Asked by Abhi (182.68.63.x) on March 8 2020, 7:04am
Reply on March 8 2020, 6:18pm:

Rhyming is optional, like in poetry! Comment...

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