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Question: Why there is many more sound designers than film composers that have moved from Cubase / Pro Tools to REAPER ?
Asked by Arlequin (37.171.251.x) on February 28 2021, 1:00pm
Reply on March 2 2021, 12:19am:

Is that the case? I have no idea. 3 Comments...

Question: Hello ! If you had to choose between Csound and SuperCollider for the long term, what would you do ? Best,
Asked by Arlequin (37.172.138.x) on February 27 2021, 5:44pm
Reply on February 27 2021, 6:34pm:

I haven't used either, so I guess JSFX? :) 1 Comment...

Question: What happens if GUIDs collide?
Asked by wasereb4 (79.246.90.x) on February 26 2021, 12:32am
Reply on February 26 2021, 3:59am:

That would depend on the context Comment...

Question: is today the tomorrow of yesterday?
Asked by ddbdbbd (98.163.4.x) on February 25 2021, 6:16am
Reply on February 25 2021, 11:16pm:

Yes, for now Comment...

Question: Why 'My Computer' changed into 'Computer' and now 'This PC' in Windows? Also in some websites, 'My' is changed into 'Your'. Like for example, 'My Products' is changed into 'Your Products'. Do you know why?
Asked by Askjf.com (27.58.125.x) on February 24 2021, 4:43pm
Reply on February 24 2021, 11:23pm:

People justifying their jobs by changing things?

this article

1 Comment...

Question: Can you think of a good joke to make my day?
Asked by David (108.27.243.x) on February 23 2021, 1:29pm
Reply on February 24 2021, 5:02am:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVN_0qvuhhw

Comment...

Question: What happens, if I set the last parameter in Undo_EndBlock to 0? All other values are documented but not, what 0 would do.
Asked by Mespotine (80.187.104.x) on February 22 2021, 11:56pm
Reply on February 23 2021, 3:52am:

You can add in other UNDO_STATE_ values (similar to Undo_OnStateChange()) Comment...

Question: Hello Mr. Frankel! Do you think that AI will be able to give the illusion of creativity or is it a quality that will remain truly human? Do you think an artist (acoustic instrument, composer) today can survive this kind of technological revolution? After all, composing is only recomposing. In this regard, do you think that there are too many fantasies about AI or, on the contrary, that society will be greatly impacted by 20 to 30 years ? Have a good day ! Regards, P.S. : I am very curious to have your opin
Asked by Arlequin, Charles. (37.171.246.x) on February 22 2021, 8:31am
Reply on February 23 2021, 3:52am:

No idea! 1 Comment...

Question: What do you think about this (If I remember correctly you are using vim)? github.com/gwatcha/reaper-keys
Asked by Nixon (176.199.232.x) on February 21 2021, 9:14am
Reply on February 23 2021, 3:52am:

I'm use to vim but I can't imagine using that for REAPER ;) Comment...

Question: Why don't you make vlog videos & upload them into YouTube? It can be anything, from outside, travelling, nature to just showing your home instruments, home studio tour, or just a home tour, etc. You will surely gain lots of subs & views in no time. ;) Also, a good way to earn money & a good way of entertainment for us :)
Asked by The Explorer (27.58.104.x) on February 20 2021, 5:13pm
Reply on February 23 2021, 3:53am:

Not really my bag Comment...

Question: Do you think a feature to "Copy/Paste" MIDI between softwares could exist? Like Software A makes a string telling all MIDI info it needs about an MIDI item and Software B interprets that string and uses it to create the MIDI item as was pasting it. I think we have many ways to transfer MIDI online between softwares, like rewire/MIDI cables, but very few to "offline" transfer MIDI, like exporting to a MID and the importing to another. But I don't know if any company would be interested in more connections
Asked by Daniel L. (201.48.182.x) on February 19 2021, 5:19am
Reply on February 19 2021, 3:39pm:

Copying MIDI events is already done using standard MIDI chunks, IIRC... 3 Comments...

Question: A serious note : I think, there is a serious bug in REAPER which can corrupt project files and hence musicians can lose their songs. I was working in my song, suddenly my laptop's battery got very low and I didn't put it in charger in time so my laptop hibernated as usual. When I turned it on back while pluggin with my charger, opened my REAPER project, it showed error "There was an error parsing the specified project". When I opened my project file as text, there is no single word there. Fortunately, there is a backup project file (thanks to you for making backup feature), I loaded my backup project and it opened fine. But the original project file got corrputed just because my laptop went into hibernation mode because of low battery? I mean, is it possible? Only the backup project saved my month of hard-work in my song. What if my backup feature was not turned on? I would be ruined. Maybe you can simulate this in your low battery laptop with a dummy reaper project file or something? Or maybe it happened because my laptop got turned off during saving? If yes, then does it happen in all other softwares?
Asked by Hello Cockos (27.58.111.x) on February 18 2021, 10:57am
Reply on February 18 2021, 2:17pm:

When saving a project, REAPER writes out a new file next to the old, then once it has successfully been written to disk, it renames the new file to the old. From what you describe, a bug in Windows or a driver likely resulted in data not being flushed to disk from the system cache when hibernating, so it's probably an issue that would happen elsewhere too. Hard to say for sure, though. 2 Comments...

Question: I live in Texas. I haven't had power in 40h and during that time frame it's been between -2F and 15F. My house is now in the 30s, vehicle battery is frozen so truck won't start, also city water is offline. How's your night going?
Asked by Will (23.125.224.x) on February 17 2021, 4:11am
Reply on February 17 2021, 2:03pm:

Ugh so sorry! :( Comment...

Question: What has happened to the video_frame.h and video_processor.h files on LOL? They seem to be gone.
Asked by Mespotine (80.187.105.x) on February 15 2021, 11:02pm
Reply on February 15 2021, 11:15pm:

They now live

on github