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Question: How important is the number of CPU cores in music software?
Asked by core (185.209.177.x) on October 27 2021, 8:28pm
Reply on October 28 2021, 3:28am:

Depends on what you're doing and how easily parallelized your projects are. But in general it's better to have 4 3ghz cores than 8 1.5ghz cores, etc. Comment...

Question: How REAPER's betas (and alphas, if there are) are tested out? Do you have some people who test the betas before you make it as a stable release version?
Asked by Abhi (182.68.118.x) on October 26 2021, 10:03am
Reply on October 26 2021, 1:48pm:

We have a public pre-release site and pre-release forum, so anybody who would like to test them can test them. 4 Comments...

Question: What do you think of Daum PotPlayer as a media player?
Asked by Jesse (108.53.128.x) on October 26 2021, 1:07am
Reply on October 26 2021, 1:49pm:

Never heard of this, but I don't really use media players these days Comment...

Question: Is there any electronic music genre you like (in particular)?
Asked by wasereb4 (79.246.88.x) on October 26 2021, 12:41am
Reply on October 26 2021, 1:49pm:

I still like those Kruder and Dorfmeister K& Sessions from 20-odd years ago, not sure if that counts... Comment...

Question: hey- so if* eventually reaper reaches v.12 will cockos be superstitious enough to skip v.13? (like fl studio did! jumping to v.20) or,does superstition play >any< role in your daily life?
Asked by unnamed1 (95.149.70.x) on October 25 2021, 12:22pm
Reply on October 25 2021, 4:32pm:

I'm not superstitious but I've been known to knock on wood when saying things just because it's sort of fun looking for wood Comment...

Question: Hi justin..... I'm from India..... And I'm using reaper in it's trial period itself....... I digged and found out your history and i was amazed...... I'm sorry but i can't pay for the license right now but I'll definitely pay in 2 months is it ok???
Asked by Anant (157.45.120.x) on October 25 2021, 6:05am
Reply on October 25 2021, 4:32pm:

Yes you have a 60-day trial :) Comment...

Question: If you and Schwa were both free (not sure if you even live near each other), would you ever let some weirdo from the internet who was fascinated with your programming abilities and histories + has a million questions they wish they could ask, buy you guys lunch/drinks?
Asked by Gavin Ray (71.66.18.x) on October 24 2021, 5:27pm
Reply on October 24 2021, 11:41pm:

I can't speak for schwa but for me there's a gaussian curve where the X-axis is "how much a person wants to talk to me" and the Y-axis is "how much I want to be in a conversation with them." Comment...

Question: Have you ever tried making films? I love the way that digital movie making crosses boundaries of art and tech and it seems like something you might like.
Asked by E'lo (67.190.160.x) on October 24 2021, 3:31pm
Reply on October 24 2021, 11:42pm:

I got to work on some stuff in high school which was fun, and I've enjoyed making music-video-ish-things. Definitely think it would be fun to make a short film. Might make a howto documentary at some point. Comment...

Question: Which things/thoughts do you fall asleep to often?
Asked by Greg Wiseau (152.171.231.x) on October 23 2021, 9:58pm
Reply on October 24 2021, 12:36am:

good memories such as these

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Question: How can I make a website like your blog? I like it. It's simple and does the job. My coding skills are rusty
Asked by Innis (111.71.31.x) on October 23 2021, 11:31am
Reply on October 23 2021, 4:51pm:

Mine's based on https://www.cockos.com/hl--/ but pretty hacked up to integrate other things 3 Comments...

Question: REAPER download page : Windows icon/logo is staring on left side. Just hold it and turn it towards the right side and make it stare in centre, towards you. It will become Windows 11 logo. A quick & simple trick :P (sorry no question in my mind this time, haha)
Asked by Ahhhhhhhh!!!! (122.177.4.x) on October 23 2021, 7:30am
Reply on October 23 2021, 4:52pm:

Perspective, we've got it Comment...

Question: Are there REAPER features you almost never use? If so what are they?
Asked by Mister Levy (124.170.7.x) on October 22 2021, 8:04pm
Reply on October 23 2021, 4:52pm:

I don't use MIDI much ;) Comment...

Question: interested in any banksy artworks? (and did you see the shredder incident?) ((oh it was hilarious!!)) clever!
Asked by unnamed1 (2.26.163.x) on October 22 2021, 4:49pm
Reply on October 23 2021, 4:52pm:

There's a lot of good ones. Thoroughly enjoyed Exit Through the Gift Shop, too 1 Comment...

Question: Have you ever watched The serie : nirvana the band the show ? For some reason I think it match your style
Asked by Aloha! (189.112.48.x) on October 21 2021, 9:19pm
Reply on October 23 2021, 4:53pm:

Ah no, I should! Also wanting to watch that Velvet Underground doc Comment...

Question: Have you ever received a feature request through mail, or in any other unusual way?
Asked by Bernie (78.148.189.x) on October 21 2021, 9:08pm
Reply on October 23 2021, 4:53pm:

There have been notes along with purchases, I think, yeah Comment...

Question: hey- so how much do YOU know about magna carta article 61 and the un's agenda 21? (conspiracies aside)
Asked by unnamed1 (2.25.95.x) on October 20 2021, 4:34pm
Reply on October 21 2021, 1:45pm:

Nothing 5 Comments...

Question: Favourite ice cream?
Asked by James (161.112.34.x) on October 20 2021, 10:12am
Reply on October 21 2021, 1:46pm:

Hmm all. At the moment I might go butter pecan Comment...

Question: Do you use fzf?
Asked by James (195.69.9.x) on October 19 2021, 2:44pm
Reply on October 19 2021, 2:54pm:

no but it looks cool 4 Comments...

Question: Are you using Wayland, maybe even Sway wm?
Asked by Niklas Adam (195.159.207.x) on October 18 2021, 6:22pm
Reply on October 18 2021, 10:05pm:

These days Wayland+Gnome on my dev laptop, Xfce4/X11 on my recording/performance machines 2 Comments...

Question: hey! so apparently the human brain can store every 5 sense experiences from birth to final day..do yu think there is any absolute* limitation to the memory storage capacity over a lifetime?
Asked by unnamed1 (2.25.95.x) on October 18 2021, 6:01pm
Reply on October 18 2021, 10:06pm:

Surely there must be, as the neural connections are finite? 1 Comment...

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