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Question: Assuming you're a rich person, is that why Reaper costs as much as it does? And if you weren't a rich person, would that affect the pricing of Reaper? Many kind regards!
Asked by gideonstar (79.193.219.x) on January 7 2023, 11:05am
Reply on January 7 2023, 3:56pm:

My personal finances have very little to do with REAPER's pricing at this point! 17 years ago I had a lot of room to experiment which was good, but very soon after it became self-sustaining. 1 Comment...

Question: Do-while loop at least do it for one time, then check for condition. I want the opposite of it. I want a loop for my code, and don't want to execute it for the first time, but then I want to execute them for second, third, fourth, and so on... iterations (until a condition is satisfied). How can I do that?
Asked by Abhi (117.99.173.x) on January 6 2023, 9:13am
Reply on January 6 2023, 7:11pm:

Sounds like you want a normal while loop? 5 Comments...

Question: Would you consider acting in a remake of the Beastie Boys' Sabotage music video, as a form of me having formulated the compliments on your moustache into a question?
Asked by Spoiled Hobo (77.190.147.x) on January 6 2023, 12:37am
Reply on January 6 2023, 4:27am:

Haha sure Comment...

Question: Is it OK to reverse engineer the .RPP file format (as much as that term is applicable) to import user-created data from .RPP files into other apps?
Asked by n997 (85.131.102.x) on January 5 2023, 4:43pm
Reply on January 6 2023, 4:27am:

Of course! 2 Comments...

Question: ive really been meaning to find out : are there any disadvantages to have signals going over 0 db in a mix with 64 floating point precision?
Asked by mike s (173.70.39.x) on January 5 2023, 3:04am
Reply on January 6 2023, 4:27am:

Not unless those signals get sent to a plug-in which behaves differently above 0dB... but in general no you can run at -100dB or +100dB it doesn't matter. 1 Comment...

Question: I'll register a small company hopefully soon but i wanted ur opinion about finding an accountant for taxes/audit etc...is a small accounting office or med/larger office better usually to be involved with when it comes to accountants/tax/auditors? thanks!
Asked by Eoooo (70.34.252.x) on January 4 2023, 2:10pm
Reply on January 4 2023, 4:07pm (edited at January 4 2023, 4:36pm):

I've definitely had better experiences with a small office (sole proprietor) CPA. I'm sure it depends on who you find, though... 1 Comment...

Question: Had any conversations about or experience with the Web Audio API(after 2011 question)? developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/W...
Asked by musicalcode (136.226.74.x) on January 4 2023, 4:24am
Reply on January 4 2023, 4:08pm:

Not really, pretty far out of my area of interest, still. Comment...

Question: What's the practical usage of private and public classes in C++/C#? I mean, why we want to hide or show them?
Asked by Abhi (182.69.107.x) on January 3 2023, 9:48am
Reply on January 3 2023, 1:00pm:

It’s not as much about hiding complexity as it is about enforcing the use of the recommended interface. E.g. keep the calling code from mistakenly using the internal implementation details… Comment...

Question: how to deal with the self steam after finding bugs?
Asked by heya (177.191.5.x) on January 3 2023, 1:35am
Reply on January 3 2023, 12:59pm:

If you can fix it then goos job you! Don’t sweat it, we all make mistakes :) 1 Comment...

Question: I mix broadcast mix for church entirely in Reaper through Dante, pre fader listen is a console feature that i love to be on Reapper solo button options to a specific bus (3/4) so that (1/2) would not be unharmed by solo button! Hope so this update adds soon
Asked by Sam J (139.99.91.x) on January 2 2023, 3:23pm
Reply on January 2 2023, 10:54pm:

Separate solo buses is something we've thought about -- as a workaround now, you could set up pre-fader hardware outputs from your tracks which would always run... but then you'd be mixing on all of the hardware output sends which might be a bit meh Comment...

Question: HAPPY NEW YEAR Justin. Thanks for so much!
Asked by Javier Ramallo (81.9.209.x) on January 1 2023, 4:46pm
Reply on January 1 2023, 9:51pm:

Happy 2023! Comment...

Question: What's your new year resolution.... ummm, if any?
Asked by Abhi (27.58.176.x) on January 1 2023, 4:36pm
Reply on January 1 2023, 9:51pm:

I will finish the bottle of cider that I opened last night 1 Comment...

Question: Hey was 9/11 a inside john?
Asked by LelMeMe (45.32.191.x) on December 31 2022, 5:45pm
Reply on December 31 2022, 5:50pm:

Inside John, there's a band name for you Comment...

Question: Do you know about BlockPy? It's Python language but having both visual (blocks) and text. Do you like to have same for C++? think.cs.vt.edu/blockpy/blockpy/load
Asked by Abhi (182.68.132.x) on December 31 2022, 3:57pm
Reply on December 31 2022, 5:50pm:

I haven't seen that, interesting... Comment...

Question: Hi! We talked last year on my channel! First of all, would love to do it again, but also, is it okay if I cut that video into some shorter vids and release? :)
Asked by IDDQDSound (50.68.208.x) on December 31 2022, 8:53am
Reply on December 31 2022, 5:50pm:

sure I guess as long as it's not terribly out of context? 1 Comment...

Question: Is Aaron Carey a creator of Reaper? youtube.com/watch?v=-_TcoUQIKnQ
Asked by Anon (82.132.213.x) on December 31 2022, 3:43am
Reply on December 31 2022, 5:49pm (edited at December 31 2022, 5:50pm):

He was an early adopter and as a user had a lot of influence over us for a while, but I don't think it would be accurate to call him a creator of REAPER. Comment...

Question: do you know andrew wk? youtube.com/watch?v=TThqQiNNMAM youtube.com/watch?v=hBwvuSQ6l6o youtube.com/watch?v=0ZyhB1-Yb4U youtube.com/watch?v=YmhdvtCTfJI
Asked by Erieo (84.247.48.x) on December 30 2022, 1:27am
Reply on December 31 2022, 5:49pm:

I don't, haven't had a chance to watch these yet but one of these days... Comment...

Question: In some programming languages, like C#, Python etc. We can't directly take int/float as input from user. Instead, we take string from user as input, and typecast that input into integer or float. Why can't we directly take int/float as input from user?
Asked by error at 0x123456789 (223.190.14.x) on December 29 2022, 2:26pm
Reply on December 29 2022, 5:04pm:

I suppose that's a decision made by the developers of the language! I mean, in theory you could take raw bytes from the user and interpret them as IEEE-754 floating point, too? I guess the default mode of inputting anything is a string, and then converting that using the cast (which implies parsing the bytes as a floating point string...) makes a certain amount of sense? 2 Comments...

Question: How about a black theme for this website? It's night and dark here, and the white background is bright for my eyes, haha. Maybe you just have to invert the colors?
Asked by Abhi (117.234.233.x) on December 27 2022, 7:33pm
Reply on December 28 2022, 10:20pm:

Or maybe a more bland theme 2 Comments...

Question: Hey. Big JGR fan from the late 90s. Think I could get the playlist? I’d love to share w/friends!
Asked by Len H. (187.61.180.x) on December 23 2022, 11:06pm
Reply on December 23 2022, 11:27pm:

Hah, I don't have it (and forgot that it existed!), doh. Comment...

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