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Ask Justin Frankel
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Question: if you don't impliment a kidnapping detection element to your software, you will die in federal prison, after what i just heard, and am now telling every VST developer
Asked by jadensmith (71.231.176.x) on December 13 2022, 8:17pm
Reply on December 13 2022, 11:16pm:

hmm I might remove this since it's not a question and also incomprehensible 1 Comment...

Question: eyyo- so had about a foot of snow other day- would YOU go running in THAT?!
Asked by 2022 (95.145.189.x) on December 13 2022, 2:55pm
Reply on December 13 2022, 4:48pm:

I’d sure try! The distances would be shorter… have snow shoes? 1 Comment...

Question: Hi Justin, please let the mixer faders move like when u press the CTRL and move [nice sensitivity]. Or put and option in preferences to switch as default. And also the track sends . when you click on the small circle to adjust the level , it shows as a mini fader in the mcp and tcp. Thanks bro. Dave
Asked by Dave Rodrigues (106.195.6.x) on December 10 2022, 8:19pm
Reply on December 12 2022, 7:06pm:

Meh 1 Comment...

Question: Can you add gain reduction meter in track metering like in Pro tools/Logic
Asked by Sam Joseph (49.37.240.x) on December 10 2022, 7:27am
Reply on December 10 2022, 7:08pm (edited at December 10 2022, 7:09pm):

That would be nice, for now you can tell reacomp to show its UI in the track or mixer panel... Comment...

Question: hey justin- have you ever had a play with any violin type instruments? (other than guitar style)
Asked by 2022 (95.145.189.x) on December 9 2022, 6:19pm
Reply on December 10 2022, 7:08pm:

Yeah! Cello more recently, and violin as a kid 1 Comment...

Question: Sometimes, gfx.getchar returns two character in a queue, like 261 and 128 when I enter the €-symbol on a german keymap. How do I interpret these two values to convert it into €? Or into UTF8 or something?
Asked by Mespotine (46.114.200.x) on December 9 2022, 5:30pm
Reply on December 10 2022, 7:08pm:

Sadly I don't have a good answer for this one at the moment 5 Comments...

Question: Follow up on a 2010 question: Do you know of any well-known ("famous") musicians or engineers who use Reaper?
Asked by KokoHanlo (75.118.175.x) on December 9 2022, 3:58pm
Reply on December 9 2022, 4:21pm (edited at December 9 2022, 4:22pm):

Yeah plenty though they probably aren't the insanely-famous of them all, anyway we respect peoples privacy... Comment...

Question: Have you tried ChatGPT chatbot? It can do e.g. reascripting (sort of...). openai.com/blog/chatgpt/
Asked by wasereb4 (87.167.90.x) on December 9 2022, 12:12am
Reply on December 9 2022, 5:17am:

Yeah it's pretty cool! Despite its limits. 2 Comments...

Question: Hey Justin, hope you're well. Have you ever had self-confidence issues/tendency to count yourself out, if so, do you have any tips for overcoming it? Thanks :)
Asked by jack (146.70.134.x) on December 8 2022, 7:45am
Reply on December 8 2022, 3:48pm:

Probably yeah... I dunno, remember other people are usually focused on themselves and their own issues rather than you. Or are delusional about themselves. Or aren't judgmental anyway? Comment...

Question: What do you think about anarchism? (the political theory)
Asked by wasereb4 (79.246.94.x) on December 8 2022, 2:16am
Reply on December 8 2022, 4:22am:

I don't think anarchy would be a productive system given the current combination of resources, culture, technology, and population. Comment...

Question: heyman- have you ever questioned,or wondered #why? windows o.s. does not come with any MIDI loopback functions by a default installation? is there a serious reasons,or considerations #why? this would NOT be included without further 3rd party installer? (is that same on mac/linux?
Asked by 2022 (95.145.189.x) on December 6 2022, 2:20pm
Reply on December 7 2022, 10:45pm:

They could do a lot of things relating to pro audio way better than they have... so can't say I really have spent much time on it 1 Comment...

Question: As a city cyclist, do you think something like the rohloff speedhub would pay of due to low maintenance and ability to shift gears while standing at traffic lights or is it too expensive for the everyday trusty bicycle? (Or are you just more into derailleur gears in general?)
Asked by Pedalingpanda (77.190.153.x) on December 6 2022, 1:02pm
Reply on December 6 2022, 1:29pm (edited at December 6 2022, 1:30pm):

Those are nice, I've used them on citibikes and they are cool. 1.5-5% loss is something to consider, though. I mostly ride a single speed with a freewheel (48:20 ratio on 700c wheels which isn't super fast but fast enough), which is also low maintenance... Comment...

Question: Do you ever get eye strain from working/reading from a screen/monitor?
Asked by Jesse (72.76.220.x) on December 5 2022, 2:12am
Reply on December 6 2022, 12:38am:

Usually I get it from squinting due to glare... Comment...

Question: What's the reason for blowfish not having include guards?
Asked by Gio (94.70.29.x) on December 4 2022, 6:20pm
Reply on December 4 2022, 9:28pm (edited at December 4 2022, 9:29pm):