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Question: I have 2 questions here, Firstly, what IS REAPER, and secondly, what is/was a favorate pasttime for you to do
Asked by Danielle (168.182.60.x) on May 15 2023, 9:15pm
Reply on May 16 2023, 4:14pm:

REAPER is a DAW that people can use to make/mangle sound and stuff. Favorite pasttimes? These days, hiking. Comment...

Question: Which browser do you use?
Asked by reapercockos5 (78.182.219.x) on May 14 2023, 7:16pm
Reply on May 16 2023, 4:15pm:

Usually firefox but I'm not terribly attached to any one. Comment...

Question: hey jf- you seen many/any the old british "carry on" films?
Asked by 2023 (86.136.229.x) on May 13 2023, 8:30am
Reply on May 16 2023, 4:15pm:

I don't think so Comment...

Question: Love the vocal harmonies on misover! What do you think about them?
Asked by Sunblister (77.189.163.x) on May 10 2023, 11:01pm
Reply on May 12 2023, 8:03pm:

thanks! I'm still figuring out what I'm doing with my voice Comment...

Question: Hey Justin, from your experience, what is the delta between developers who ship and those who don't? Unintuitively there'll be devs who are wildly talented who don't ship, and less-talented devs who ship. Perfectionism? Confidence?
Asked by Jack (146.70.134.x) on May 10 2023, 11:46am
Reply on May 10 2023, 5:26pm:

I don't have a real answer but definitely knowing when something is good enough is a key skill. Comment...

Question: Are you notified if someone commented in some question here?
Asked by heya (177.191.7.x) on May 9 2023, 11:48pm
Reply on May 10 2023, 2:13am:

it depends Comment...

Question: My son's really into coding. He has gone from "Scratch," as a toddler, through "Python", and is now developing things on Unity. He loves music too, and I suggested perhaps he try to write a basic CLAP for learning purposes. Would you encourage this, and do you have any advice or gotchas to look out for?
Asked by Siddie Nam (51.187.138.x) on May 9 2023, 7:37pm
Reply on May 9 2023, 10:28pm:

It might be more fun to start with writing JSFX, as to not have to deal with all of the parts that are a pain. Comment...

Question: On Tony Hsieh: "“While surrounded by friends in the Bahamas post acquisition as a newly minted 32x millionaire, Tony felt a sense of melancholy. What’s next? What is happiness? What am I working toward? he wondered.” Did you have feelings like this in Tahiti post AOL deal? Was there a melancholy?
Asked by Will (23.125.224.x) on May 9 2023, 3:23pm
Reply on May 9 2023, 10:27pm:

Nah, I wasn't done with Winamp at that point. Comment...

Question: I think you know my cousin Cody, i remember hearing about you from my aunt Lynn
Asked by Jill (76.188.188.x) on May 8 2023, 8:55pm
Reply on May 9 2023, 10:26pm:

Ah I miss that guy! Almost got to see him in February but the snow prevented that from happening. 1 Comment...

Question: hey jf- made a small collage of some painted graffrocks... wanna cheeky sneeky peeky?
Asked by 2023 (86.136.229.x) on May 6 2023, 10:42pm
Reply on May 9 2023, 10:26pm:

Sure. 1 Comment...

Question: Is there a "God Object" in the REAPER code?
Asked by Edward (98.252.188.x) on May 6 2023, 1:15pm
Reply on May 9 2023, 10:25pm:

No but there are a lot of global variables that represent the UI state. Increasingly these end up moved into ReaProject, eventually they all will and we'll allow multiple arrange views etc. 1 Comment...

Question: What was the most alluring airport you have been into?
Asked by Brian Eno (186.210.89.x) on May 6 2023, 8:09am
Reply on May 9 2023, 10:24pm:

Aspen Colorado was small and had a ton of dogs. Comment...

Question: Which programming language do you think is good to a beginner that naver programmed anything?
Asked by Artur (187.19.173.x) on May 3 2023, 8:52pm
Reply on May 4 2023, 1:02am:

It's hard to beat the flexibility and accessibility of JavaScript... but for me it was BASIC on an Atari 800XL, you could go play with an emulator or something? Comment...

Question: Are there plans to allow GPU video rendering in Reaper? It is doable in the ffmpeg, but the commands don't work with Reaper.
Asked by Artur (187.19.173.x) on May 3 2023, 3:04pm
Reply on May 4 2023, 1:03am:

There are plans for the video processors, though on the encoder side ideally if you're using WMF or AVFoundation it should already be GPU-accelerated by the underlying framework. Not sure what it would take to get ffmpeg to use it. 3 Comments...

Question: Whats your favorite Reaper release? I have a soft spot for 6.37
Asked by pedra (77.245.45.x) on May 3 2023, 11:23am
Reply on May 3 2023, 1:22pm:

it's always current or current + a few dev branches for me :) Comment...

Question: How was coding in the 90s compared to now? How did you find information/help about coding then?
Asked by Swede (90.143.249.x) on May 1 2023, 6:01am
Reply on May 1 2023, 5:03pm:

access to documentation and discussion is sooooooooooooooooooooo much better now. I remember always going to bookstores to look for books that would be helpful. 1 Comment...

Question: hey jf- what is your spontaneous action over planned events ratio like these days?
Asked by 2023 (86.149.177.x) on April 30 2023, 7:41am
Reply on May 1 2023, 5:04pm:

Mostly planned I guess, but sometimes planned spontaneously? Comment...

Question: Do you and Tom P. still talk much?
Asked by Will (184.75.223.x) on April 29 2023, 5:49pm
Reply on April 29 2023, 6:55pm:

Not nearly enough! Comment...

Question: Hey Justin! Have you ever been to the GDC (Game Developers Conference)? And would you like to go there to see all of the amazing thing game audio developers do with Reaper? Maybe even do a talk yourself?
Asked by Pablo (185.104.138.x) on April 28 2023, 7:14am
Reply on April 28 2023, 9:27pm:

I haven't, and I don't know what I would say at this point ;) 2 Comments...

Question: Does the car culture in US get in your nerves?
Asked by Falafels (189.112.46.x) on April 28 2023, 12:46am
Reply on April 28 2023, 1:02am:

Having society require car dependency sure does. :/ Comment...

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