Ask Justin Frankel

justin = { main feed , music , code , askjf , pubkey };

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.

[newer questions]

[unreplied] | [replied] | [recent comments] | [all]

[older questions]

Question: ok so you are a big hairy bloke with flexing hand muscles and rippling brain powers..BUT,what things bring you closest to feeling emotionally saturated to the point of either a: tears of sadness.. b: tears of joy?
Asked by 2022 (95.145.189.x) on April 9 2022, 3:22pm
Reply on April 10 2022, 4:04pm:

It's been a bit but it happens, you know, things that are touching Comment...

Question: Hi dear Reaper creator ! I'm a hudge Reaper fan, and I'm using it for creating music (really love your music BTW). But there are some missing things in Reaper or some minor bugs that I reported on forum (as I'm a developer myself). But anybody from Reaper team seems to look at forum. So maybe 1. do you need some help to make some sorting and fill bugs/feature requests in a bug tracker somewhere? (I would be interested, as I'm enthusiast). 2. I sent you private msg on forum; do you sometimes look? Thks a lot
Asked by Bruno Duyé (84.17.43.x) on April 8 2022, 7:31pm
Reply on April 8 2022, 8:11pm:

We do look at the forum and while things do sometimes get overlooked, often posts aren’t responded to because there’s not much useful to add… 3 Comments...

Question: g'day- do you think reaper is providing encouragment to a more experimental,younger,modern approach to music,sound design (thinking EDM) or have you kinda found the user base/market (other than your goodself) that design was initially intended for? (perhaps a slighty older generation?)
Asked by 2020 (95.145.189.x) on April 7 2022, 9:31pm
Reply on April 8 2022, 3:16am:

It was originally intended for me, and I'm 100% sure most people don't use it like I do, so yay I guess? 1 Comment...

Question: I saw in one earlier reply that you like mountains (to that extend), are you thinking about or about to leave NYC (if you're still living there)?
Asked by wasereb4 (93.206.13.x) on April 6 2022, 10:29pm
Reply on April 6 2022, 11:01pm:

For the winters at least, yeah Comment...

Question: Do you fasting?
Asked by chris (77.64.160.x) on April 6 2022, 10:06am
Reply on April 6 2022, 5:15pm:

No, the closest thing I'll do is a) a 6 hour plane ride or b) going for an easy 90 minute run, after which I'm very hungry. And of course sleeping. 3 Comments...

Question: Answer fast : what is the first good memorie that comes to you right now?
Asked by Notjim (187.71.155.x) on April 6 2022, 8:58am
Reply on April 6 2022, 5:15pm:

My first response was to interpret "first" as in "earliest", and it was of climbing up a pear tree as a young kid. Comment...

Question: JavaScript or Python? Several plain functions or a class? Return whenever you can or, once at the end?
Asked by musicalcode (136.226.74.x) on April 6 2022, 4:34am
Reply on April 6 2022, 5:17pm:

Personally I'd go javascript. Plain functions or a class -- depends on how much instance-specific data is involved? If a long function -- return whenever you can (and if using C++ or whatever, use object-scoping and destructors to handle cleanup), if a short function then whatever works Comment...

Question: I know this does not represent legal or tax advise (i'll get that later:P) but which country would you recommend setting up a company (not physical building or anything) just to register there i mean
Asked by QUestion (188.166.174.x) on April 5 2022, 3:05pm
Reply on April 5 2022, 8:46pm:

I'd do it where you live! Comment...

Question: in lua reascripting if I have a string that I got from a track like "userdata: 0000000013CD6010" can I return it back to as userdata type? without looking into GUIDs?
Asked by Abacaxi (189.112.40.x) on April 5 2022, 7:43am
Reply on April 5 2022, 8:47pm:

Not that I know of Comment...

Question: Would you mind adding version git tags to the ninjam repo so it's easier for packagers to pick up? Ideally including the module name, for example ninjamsrv/v0.080
Asked by cbix (89.1.50.x) on April 4 2022, 11:37pm
Reply on April 5 2022, 8:47pm:

Hmm that's poorly defined anyway, would be a lot of work to figure that out, sorry 1 Comment...

Question: Can Reaper compose music like this Chrome experiment? If not, when? artsandculture.google.com/experime...
Asked by Will (23.125.224.x) on April 4 2022, 9:31pm
Reply on April 5 2022, 8:47pm:

Hah nice. REAPER could be used to do that but not directly 1 Comment...

Question: I'm trying to catch my forth wind as a programmer. Do you have any ideas for an assignment? I've been submitting answers to the test questions on hackerrank.com
Asked by Jesse Campbell (173.63.46.x) on April 4 2022, 12:14am
Reply on April 5 2022, 8:48pm:

Writing forth? no idea, was just reading about that language... Comment...

Question: What's the purpose of gfx.getsyscol()?It's undocumented as far as I can see...
Asked by Mespotine (79.235.143.x) on April 3 2022, 6:27pm
Reply on April 3 2022, 10:29pm:

for the pin mapper jsfx to get the dialog window background color. the parameter to it is currently ignored but it shouldn't be (we should update it before documenting) Comment...

Question: If you get lots of money to spend in one particular thing, just one, which is that thing? (it can be anything, like phone, computer, camera, food, shoes, upgrading furniture... anything)
Asked by Abhi (27.58.189.x) on April 3 2022, 3:50pm
Reply on April 3 2022, 10:30pm:

I'd say where you live has probably the biggest impact? Comment...

Question: so its been some years..did you ever reavisit the infamous "llama" for a here+now photo shoot? (apparently they can live upto 30years or so)
Asked by 2022 (31.124.45.x) on April 2 2022, 10:46pm
Reply on April 3 2022, 10:30pm:

Aww no that would be nice though Comment...

Question: What are some big new features coming to Reaper?
Asked by btonebeatz (104.35.78.x) on April 2 2022, 7:35am
Reply on April 2 2022, 3:40pm:

See the "Note" above. We have a public pre-release forum, if you're curious about our development process. Comment...

Question: Why does Reaper have an option for 39bit int? What is the significance or history of this bit depth?
Asked by Griffin (108.185.250.x) on April 1 2022, 1:10am
Reply on April 1 2022, 2:16am: