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Question: Do you get into any courses ever? For either work or hobbies. If not, how do you normally learn new things things? :)
Asked by Beto (187.189.84.x) on June 30 2022, 3:47pm
Reply on June 30 2022, 8:37pm:

I've taken various foreign language classes over the years... and figured things out on my own. and watched youtube videos (most recently kayak rolling heh). Comment...

Question: I'm trying to understand basic DSP stuff like changing audio playback speed. How the Playback Rate (without Preserve Pitch) works in REAPER, i.e. real-time sample rate conversion? Do you use polyphase filters or something like that? Thanks!
Asked by erick (45.133.245.x) on June 30 2022, 2:11pm
Reply on June 30 2022, 3:01pm:

For that you change the samplerate, you can use anything from point sampling (very low quality), linear interpolation (slightly better but still horrible quality), to sinc interpolation (better quality). WDL has resampler.cpp which implements this. Comment...

Question: Is there anything you want, but you don't have (for now)?
Asked by Abhi (122.181.82.x) on June 28 2022, 9:15am
Reply on June 28 2022, 1:14pm:

Oh sure, lots of things, but I also know the ideas of things are often (or usually even) better than their realities. Comment...

Question: LICE: What's the recommended framerate if I load a GIF with nframes? Thanks Gustin :)
Asked by Gio (79.130.186.x) on June 27 2022, 10:40pm
Reply on June 28 2022, 1:08pm:

it should report the inter-frame delay 1 Comment...

Question: Does it really make sense to deprecate ReaJS? By doing that you're not making JSFX Reaper-only, but rather you're outsourcing a ReaJS replacement to others who may not get everything right. I've tried things like YSFX & Carla and functions/plugins don't translate 100% correctly. There's still a lot of value in maintaining the official ReaJS.
Asked by erin (75.15.159.x) on June 27 2022, 8:13pm
Reply on June 27 2022, 8:28pm:

We'll be open sourcing JSFX at some point so people can make VST3/lv2/whatever versions of it Comment...

Question: tell me why not to live
Asked by Will (23.125.224.x) on June 26 2022, 4:34pm
Reply on June 27 2022, 8:28pm:

Technically that wasn't a question Comment...

Question: tell me why to live
Asked by Reaper (78.162.10.x) on June 25 2022, 9:30am
Reply on June 25 2022, 12:56pm:

If you’re feeling suicidal or anything then please call someone, eg 1-800-273-8255, for help! Otherwise: finding things that bring you pleasure and aren’t destructive are good things: trying to make things better for other people, trying to make things that you like, having enjoyable experiences, tasting new kinds of food, getting slightly too hot then cooling off, having to pee and then peeing? 1 Comment...

Question: Why you are stingy?
Asked by Reaper (78.162.10.x) on June 24 2022, 1:35pm
Reply on June 24 2022, 8:04pm:

am I? I dunno 2 Comments...

Question: the new winamp site doesnt have the latest version anymore. i know u guys sold the new one but i have no idea how to fucking use the new site... ffs... typical AOL fuck!
Asked by winamp (68.150.40.x) on June 24 2022, 6:44am
Reply on June 24 2022, 8:04pm:

It's post-aol now, new guys making AOL look good! Comment...

Question: cheers from India, using winamp :)
Asked by Akhil francis (103.148.20.x) on June 23 2022, 6:30am
Reply on June 23 2022, 7:54pm:

hihi Comment...

Question: How do I get live tech support for Reaper?
Asked by pllampkin@gmail.com (96.28.99.x) on June 23 2022, 12:23am
Reply on June 23 2022, 7:55pm:

We don't really offer that but you can email us at support at... Comment...

Question: how can i get the attitude of a true rockstar?
Asked by epep (185.252.223.x) on June 21 2022, 8:30pm
Reply on June 22 2022, 10:33pm (edited at June 22 2022, 10:34pm):

Is there such a thing as a true rockstar, and if so is the attitude something that would be uniform across all true rockstars? Seems a bit far-fetched. 1 Comment...

Question: Do you believe in karma and things like that?
Asked by Chris (77.64.160.x) on June 21 2022, 8:19pm
Reply on June 22 2022, 10:33pm:

The abstract concept is sound, but the implementation is iffy. Comment...

Question: Anyone ever talked with you without knowing you are the developer of Winamp & REAPER? If yes, what's their reaction when they later know about you? (thanks Nylon for suggestion)
Asked by Abhi (122.181.89.x) on June 21 2022, 10:43am
Reply on June 21 2022, 3:36pm (edited at June 24 2022, 8:05pm):

Lots of people talk to me without knowing what I do ;) Sorry that's a too-literal way to answer. (Edited to add) Anyway I don't know if people know of REAPER, I usually don't bring it up. Last night I talked to a guy who played metal guitar and I didn't ask him what he used to record, instead I asked what kind of amp/pedals he used... Maybe back in the Winamp days, but I forget Comment...

Question: Where did you learn about pdf spec for REAPER's musical notation pdf export? I'm hoping there are better resources than the 800 page iso doc..
Asked by jack (146.70.134.x) on June 21 2022, 7:11am
Reply on June 21 2022, 3:36pm:

schwa did that maybe he'll reply in the comments here 4 Comments...

Question: Anyone ever talked with you about REAPER without knowing you are a developer?
Asked by Nylon (179.104.166.x) on June 21 2022, 1:35am
Reply on June 21 2022, 3:37pm:

I don't think so Comment...

Question: What helps against lovesickness?
Asked by wasereb4 (79.246.80.x) on June 20 2022, 10:16pm
Reply on June 21 2022, 3:37pm:

My guess: making things and exercising Comment...

Question: I've seen you mention avoiding multiple inheritance, and using a subset of cpp features in older posts - what do you think of the 'reject cpp-isms' stuff? (sticking to simple c-style code, no inheritance, structs over classes, data-oriented design (no OOP), the list goes on..). Side-node, have you worked with XAudio2 before, likes/dislikes?
Asked by jack (146.70.134.x) on June 20 2022, 3:02pm
Reply on June 20 2022, 7:56pm (edited at June 20 2022, 7:57pm):

I'm pretty pragmatic and moderate in my views, the most important part is making the code easy to understand and read. Excessively complex class hierarchies make that difficult, and multiple inheritance falls into that category. Most of what you describe sounds like OOP-in-C which is not functionally that different, and you lose very useful things such as templates and other bits of syntactic sugar that make things nice. So meh? I haven't touched XAudio2. Comment...

Question: History: In my POV REAPER LEQ v5.0 had big diversity in default skin aesthetics; effectively making older versions outdated way too early (prematurely). Transition from v5.0 to v6.0 aided that effect to some extent and was just about right. What's your opinion on intentionally preserving the value of older software?
Asked by Gio (94.71.251.x) on June 20 2022, 2:43am
Reply on June 20 2022, 2:58pm:

Hmm we still support 5.x themes correctly no? 1 Comment...

Question: Heading to SF/Oakland around July 4th? Any bands/shows you recommend I check out?
Asked by Chandler (172.14.227.x) on June 19 2022, 7:10pm
Reply on June 20 2022, 2:57pm:

No but I'd go get a Zachary's Special from Zachary's. 2 Comments...

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