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Ask Justin Frankel
No reasonable question unanswered since 2009!

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Note: please do not ask questions about REAPER features, bugs or scheduling, use the forums instead.

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Question: Hi Justin, have you ever thought about creating a mobile sequencer that would be as simple and fast as a reaper?
Asked by Aidy (176.59.211.x) on September 13 2023, 9:43pm
Reply on September 14 2023, 1:35pm:

For mobile it would have to be a completely different UI in order to make sense, and I don't want to make two things so nah... Comment...

Question: Have you tried modeling amps with NAM, or jammed with any community uploads? (Neural Amp Modeler)
Asked by Dom64 (82.132.245.x) on September 13 2023, 4:40pm
Reply on September 14 2023, 1:35pm:

I haven't really, nope! Comment...

Question: It will be 68°F outside today, kind of overcast, forecast of light rain for the afternoon. Shorts or long pants?
Asked by Dr Glendrik (188.241.177.x) on September 13 2023, 6:24am
Reply on September 13 2023, 12:41pm:

If you're going to be mostly sitting around, pants. If there will be a lot of walking or bicycling or things that generate heat, I'd still go shorts. Comment...

Question: Nothing you can think of worth posting in your feed about coding? I always read with interest, last one is from January. :)
Asked by wasereb4 (83.135.15.x) on September 12 2023, 12:18am
Reply on September 13 2023, 12:41pm:

Hah coding is usually pretty boring these days, let me think about that. 3 Comments...

Question: hey jf- do you have powers to *unban the banned* on reaper forum? (asking for a very confused friend!)
Asked by 2023 (5.81.138.x) on September 7 2023, 11:31am
Reply on September 7 2023, 2:15pm:

Banned by IP or banned by username? 13 Comments...

Question: By your experience, how often did you have to reinstall Linux from scratch, because of unexpected issues (corrupted system, slowdowns etc.)? Does Linux installation have "lifespan", like Windows, for example??? I mean, do things happen or change without any obvious reason on Linux, causing issues?
Asked by zabukowski (95.176.130.x) on September 6 2023, 11:14am
Reply on September 7 2023, 2:16pm:

Not often, sometimes if you let a distro get very behind you run into problems upgrading to newer releases, but rarely is it something that is not recoverable. Comment...

Question: Was nullsoft ever hacked back in the day when you guys managed your own infra, or was fdc just that good?
Asked by Will (23.125.224.x) on September 5 2023, 2:43pm
Reply on September 5 2023, 3:53pm:

Not that I know of! Comment...

Question: Do you think of REAPER as the punk DAW? In comparison with the other companies? Maybe the hacker of DAWs?
Asked by EternoReterno (187.201.243.x) on September 5 2023, 3:41am
Reply on September 5 2023, 3:53pm:

haha maybe there's a little bit of that vibe... Comment...

Question: would be great if we can integrate ChatGPT into REAPER. hahaha
Asked by ArthenLin (212.107.30.x) on September 4 2023, 5:43pm
Reply on September 4 2023, 10:36pm:

Would it? I'm not so sure... Comment...

Question: Do you keep painting/drawing?
Asked by heya (179.104.134.x) on September 4 2023, 6:11am
Reply on September 4 2023, 10:36pm:

I keep meaning to but my time gets sucked up by other things! I must return! Comment...

Question: If you want to cry, watch & listen to this youtube.com/watch?v=VKTF1ggnfjU
Asked by :'-( (27.58.70.x) on September 2 2023, 7:34am
Reply on September 4 2023, 10:37pm:

Hmm I'll save it for when I'm ready for a cry Comment...

Question: Have you ever read a book by the Italian writers collective Wu Ming FKA Luther Blisset? They're great!
Asked by SpoiledHobo (77.15.2.x) on August 31 2023, 7:52pm
Reply on September 1 2023, 9:08pm:

nope, what should I check out? 2 Comments...

Question: How likely would it be to see something like Licecap integration in Reaper? Or Audio capture from Reaper in Licecap? Would be so useful =)
Asked by Dom64 (82.132.234.x) on August 31 2023, 7:11pm
Reply on September 1 2023, 9:08pm:

we thoughts about that some but meh 4 Comments...

Question: Out of curiosity: as far as I know, the gfx-functions are software rendered. How feasible would it be to make them hardware rendered? Especially when drawing a lot, hardware acceleration would be nice to have.
Asked by Mespotine (46.114.201.x) on August 30 2023, 5:57pm
Reply on August 30 2023, 9:43pm:

Meh should be fast enough for plenty of things imo. and some things just don't work well on GPUs without a massive headache, e.g. drawing text. Comment...

Question: Looking at things like Line 6, Kemper, etc., do you think you've been just that bit too early with the CrusFX?
Asked by StringPling (77.15.58.x) on August 29 2023, 10:50am
Reply on August 30 2023, 1:54pm:

maybe a bit too silly and too hackery too 1 Comment...

Question: Will there be new "This is REAPER 7" tutorial series?
Asked by Ummm (122.177.156.x) on August 27 2023, 2:30pm
Reply on August 27 2023, 4:01pm:

That is very likely 5 Comments...

Question: Is the bottom navigation on 1014 considered legacy or a variation of whac-a-mole? ;) (I'm too slow)
Asked by SpoiledHobo (77.179.16.x) on August 26 2023, 11:33am
Reply on August 26 2023, 12:41pm: