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Ask Justin Frankel
No reasonable question unanswered since 2009!

Suggested topics: programming, music, sleep, coffee, etc.

Note: please do not ask questions about REAPER features, bugs or scheduling, use the forums instead.

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Question: Do life exists on Sun?
Asked by Atma (27.58.123.x) on January 5 2022, 8:26am
Reply on January 7 2022, 3:34am:

Not as we know it but hard to imagine at such temperatures? Comment...

Question: Hey Justin, what game do u play recently ?
Asked by tozz (124.64.23.x) on January 4 2022, 10:51am
Reply on January 4 2022, 6:11pm:

The game I last played was the NYT Spelling Bee. Also recently: Spot It (aka Dobble). 2 Comments...

Question: How did you spend new year's eve?
Asked by wasereb4 (93.206.2.x) on January 1 2022, 11:11pm
Reply on January 2 2022, 1:51am:

At home with some saag and curry and the new wes anderson movie, in bed at 12:05 Comment...

Question: Do you have any pets ?
Asked by DdSL (189.112.72.x) on January 1 2022, 4:33pm
Reply on January 1 2022, 6:28pm:

Just peeves Comment...

Question: Have you heard of qoiformat.org/
Asked by nixon (95.223.114.x) on December 30 2021, 7:33pm
Reply on December 31 2021, 2:36am:

Hah yeah I read its page a while back... I prefer packing all of my PNGs in completely uncompressed form into an uncompressed zip, then letting LZMA go to town on the whole thing Comment...

Question: Do you ever get bored from working on REAPER? Do you have software side project to freshen up your mind?
Asked by nikola_lukic (88.172.223.x) on December 30 2021, 11:59am
Reply on December 31 2021, 2:37am:

Nah, just find new corners to play in... or play music. Or write stuff to make our development life easier... and so on Comment...

Question: Hi Justin Frankel ! What do you think of the Rust language: simple trend or able to become the new C / C ++ for the next decades? Happy Holidays !
Asked by Arlequin (212.224.228.x) on December 28 2021, 6:24pm
Reply on December 29 2021, 2:27am:

It seems like a good thing but I haven't used it so I don't really know :) Comment...

Question: have you ever use a kensington expert mouse ? if so did you like it or think its stupid ?
Asked by Just Asking (172.83.40.x) on December 28 2021, 2:00am
Reply on December 28 2021, 4:02pm:

I haven't, I'm using an ancient ASUS mouse now, and I also have an equally ancient MS Wheel Mouse Optical for USB and PS/2. Comment...

Question: Which is the best feature in REAPER according to you?
Asked by MS_from_Sweden (82.100.127.x) on December 25 2021, 9:49pm
Reply on December 27 2021, 11:44pm:

What would any of it be without the rest? But if I had to pick, JSFX. Or the ability to record audio... Comment...

Question: Around Y2K I have a memory of using an incredible Shoutcast client with chat rooms, and thought it was the coolest thing on earth. Do you remember what this might have been? Thanks for shaping internet music from the very beginning!
Asked by Ferro (50.71.219.x) on December 25 2021, 2:47pm
Reply on December 25 2021, 7:14pm:

Ah I dunno, sorry! Sounds cool though Comment...

Question: Is there a way to add my own fx_ident as returned by functions like TrackFX_GetNamedConfigParm? Can I add that using Juce/Cockos' VST-extension to my own plugin in any way? Where do I look for information about it? Thnx.
Asked by Mespotine (2.247.250.x) on December 25 2021, 4:15am
Reply on December 25 2021, 7:18pm:

If you mean fx_ident specifically, then no (it's just the VST3 FUID/ID/filename/etc). If you mean adding other configurable parameters, then we have an extension (see