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Question: If you had to choose between a Duesenberg Paloma and their Caribou, which one would you pick (and which colour)?
Asked by StringPling (77.12.127.x) on August 20 2023, 4:09pm
Reply on August 21 2023, 12:23am:

Mmm both look nice. If I had to pick at this moment, I'd probably go with the Caribou for the semi-hollowness, in Black. Comment...

Question: Hey Justin, I have a question (4, actually) regarding the user interface in Reaper on Windows. Why does the UI look like in Win98? Why is there no dark mode support? Are there any concrete plans to change something about it? And if not, which would be a shame, why not?
Asked by sinus well (202.71.146.x) on August 19 2023, 9:00pm
Reply on August 19 2023, 9:24pm:

Because MS makes things difficult, blame them. 1 Comment...

Question: Was starting reaper a "major shift" in your life, like a project that you can just hold on to and it removes annoying existential questions? If so, was it hard to convince yourself not to give up? Asking for a friend who is desperate about what to do with his time :).
Asked by a longer name (31.37.8.x) on August 19 2023, 3:58pm
Reply on August 19 2023, 9:24pm:

It's been fun and interesting. If you're using the thing you're making it's easy to stay interested Comment...

Question: hey jf- any idea how much space/bandwidth does all your web pages/servers currently take? (reaper forum...stash etcetc)
Asked by 2023 (31.49.162.x) on August 18 2023, 5:22pm
Reply on August 19 2023, 1:38am:

storage we have a couple hundred GB allocated, not sure how much is free space though... bandwidth, I dunno a few TB a month maybe? (guessing, I don't look much) Comment...

Question: How long did the first version of reaper take to develop?
Asked by Thx 1138 (173.24.9.x) on August 16 2023, 10:54pm
Reply on August 17 2023, 3:59pm:

Started working on it in September 2005 roughly, 0.40 was in December 2005, 1.0 was August 2006. Comment...

Question: Have you ever had any desire to get into making an app for phones?
Asked by Will (23.125.224.x) on August 16 2023, 4:02am
Reply on August 16 2023, 4:43pm:

I've made a few things for personal use but the whole ecosystems are meh no thanks Comment...

Question: hey justin! I noticed that calling params->rescan(host, CLAP_PARAM_RESCAN_ALL); from a CLAP plugin doesn't retrigger the rescan of the count of parameters. Is this a bug in REAPER or am I doing something wrong in my plugin? Thanks and all the best!
Asked by frabert (95.239.62.x) on August 14 2023, 8:58pm
Reply on August 14 2023, 10:01pm:

It should work, do you not see us call count() or get_info()/get_value() during that call? Send me an email (justin at cockos etc) Comment...

Question: Idc if this is a forum ? All I did just now was add a track while others were on the project. I muted the others, and added a track, that's it. The recording on the previous track magically appeared in the track I was just about to record. Wtf? Huh?
Asked by Aitch (67.174.40.x) on August 13 2023, 6:13am
Reply on August 14 2023, 2:23am:

If you can reproduce post instructions + a .gif on the forum, not here. Comment...

Question: Do you have some other thoughts on Reaper V7? Like, are there any plans from seven on, a more focused mindset on something or trying to go somewhere, or is it an it's a just flowing thing? The community certaintly helps the boat go but where is the captain looking at?
Asked by jeff (187.213.52.x) on August 13 2023, 5:54am
Reply on August 14 2023, 2:23am (edited at August 14 2023, 2:24am):

Lots of stuff that is awesome! YEAH! Seriously though see the note above. 1 Comment...

Question: hey jf- these terms "luck"..."get lucky" "we got lucky" "lucky dip" etcetc... what does this word "luck" actually mean to you?? is it all really random chaotic / just_by_ chance happenings..or,some kind of pre_mapped, pre_determined outcomes as 1 proceeds through life?? ta.
Asked by 2023 (31.49.162.x) on August 12 2023, 6:31pm
Reply on August 13 2023, 2:21am:

There are plenty of things that are random and out of your control, but lots of things you can do to affect your odds. 3 Comments...

Question: I purchased REAPER license when v5.0 was on its last legs and got next two versions covered. Was that a kind of a campaign or is this always the case that a licence purchased at the very end of one version will apply to next two versions?
Asked by User (198.16.66.x) on August 12 2023, 5:30pm
Reply on August 13 2023, 2:22am:

Did you? I forget what we did then. Anyway the point of our "two major versions" scheme is that worst case you get a few years of updates. So if someone buys a license at 6.81, they get any remaining 6.x versions and all 7.x versions, which is plenty. 1 Comment...

Question: is it possible to incorporate a floating point bit depth less than 32 fp? like 24bit fp? i like the flexibility of floating point but its really expensive storage wise when working multichannel
Asked by mike s (162.247.74.x) on August 11 2023, 6:46pm
Reply on August 12 2023, 3:12pm (edited at August 12 2023, 4:01pm):

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Question: I consider Reaper to be the best DAW for composing object-oriented music (I worked with Pierre Schaeffer and Pierre Boulez). I want to create a ministructure of 8 to 32 loudspeakers to allow the composer to work on the spatialization of objects without the need for an auditorium. My question is twofold: are you interested in the project? Can you advise me or help me to carry out this project? If yes I thank you to answer by mail. Best Regards,
Asked by Bernard DURR (92.167.96.x) on August 10 2023, 2:49pm
Reply on August 11 2023, 4:14am:

Thanks! I'm probably not the best person to help you but good luck Comment...

Question: hey jf- so after all the recent us congress & "whistleblower" revelations regarding the "uap" (ufo) reporting incidents... how do you feel now knowing "officially" the global population has been deceived on this topic?... does this shock you at all?...or is it all just 'meh'?
Asked by 2023 (31.49.162.x) on August 10 2023, 10:06am
Reply on August 11 2023, 4:13am:

hmm what revelations do you speak of? Someone sent me a "uap" clip which looked like pretty much nothing so yeah please describe in the comments. 1 Comment...

Question: you know those band scores that show guitar/bass/drums tabs on every page, i have it in pdf and want to extract only the drum parts automatically, can AI or something do this yet, thanks
Asked by OPOP (82.102.23.x) on August 9 2023, 11:07am
Reply on August 10 2023, 6:23am:

hah no I'd do it manually if it were me Comment...

Question: do you have some recurrent nightmare?
Asked by aaaweyy (200.146.247.x) on August 9 2023, 4:08am
Reply on August 10 2023, 6:10am:

Nope, occasionally anxiety dreams but nothing recurring Comment...

Question: You said on your podcast with Paul Davis writing a DAW is not that hard. What's the hardest software you've written so far?
Asked by Will (23.125.224.x) on August 8 2023, 4:09am
Reply on August 8 2023, 8:23pm:

something being hard and being a lot of work are two different things. Writing a DAW is a pain in the ass more than it is a challenge to solve hugely difficult problems. Not sure if I can remember the hugely difficult problems I've had to solve in REAPER or elsewhere, your mind tends to forget about them after you're done Comment...

Question: When schwa started at Cockos, did you meet him face to face and do you still do or is it all online communication?
Asked by wasereb4 (87.167.82.x) on August 7 2023, 10:13pm
Reply on August 8 2023, 8:24pm:

Yeah we met in person a number of times and still do get together in person periodically 2 Comments...

Question: i admire how productive the cockos team is with REAPER while still interacting with users. on top of that, you continue to make music and share it online. besides being smart/creative, this requires a high degree of pragmatism + confidence (opposite of perfectionism basically). were you always this way? or can you think of any 'ah-ha' moments that clicked for you mindset wise, that influenced your approach to work/art..life??
Asked by dylan (124.170.114.x) on August 7 2023, 12:05am
Reply on August 8 2023, 8:24pm:

Shrug... pragmatism is definitely a good thing, in moderation! 1 Comment...

Question: How does one use WDL's AudioBufferContainer?
Asked by olilarkin (91.65.137.x) on August 6 2023, 9:49pm
Reply on August 6 2023, 10:12pm:

It's not really used by us anymore, so it might have some bitrot... Comment...

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