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Question: Any word of wisdom you would like to share with fellow winapi programmers related to ``scaling-up'' a program considering the meticulous nature of winapi? Thanks
Asked by Gio (79.130.167.x) on October 9 2023, 6:37am
Reply on October 9 2023, 1:17pm:

I'd need more specifics as to what you mean, I think! 2 Comments...

Question: hey jf- time,or beats with reaper? + why? thanx!
Asked by 2023 (86.154.42.x) on October 8 2023, 4:06pm
Reply on October 9 2023, 1:19pm:

Depends on what you're doing! If you're composing and sequencing drums etc, or playing to a click, then def beats. If you're recording live and editing without thought of tempo, it doesn't matter (you can ignore). If you record live, then want to build a tempo map for your live recording, then you'd want to put either the project in time or those tracks, then build the tempo map (so they are unaffected by it), etc. Comment...

Question: Hello i have an old version of quickbooks as well but...i think there's no way to import bank transactions from the bank statement for a whole month for example? i think the only way is to write them manually 1 by 1 or am i wrong? can they be imported? Thanks for your help!!!
Asked by Quickbooks question (87.239.255.x) on October 7 2023, 7:16pm
Reply on October 9 2023, 1:19pm:

I do it manually. It's an hour or two of work per year, and I'd still have to categorize transactions anyway... 1 Comment...

Question: What are your favorite video games? I personally like Skyrim and Borderlands.
Asked by Matthew (76.37.54.x) on October 5 2023, 11:38pm
Reply on October 9 2023, 1:20pm:

I've been meaning to boot up my PS3 and revisit Resident Evil 5 Mercenaries Mode... or Call of Duty WoW zombies maps on the PC. 1 Comment...

Question: Do you think music is spiritual? like a dimension in itself? is it a gateway? or just nice squigly air waves. Radiohead can definetly take me other places, amoung other groups.
Asked by It's me Thom Yorke I swear (187.213.28.x) on October 5 2023, 2:37am
Reply on October 5 2023, 3:00pm:

It certainly means a lot to a lot of people! 2 Comments...

Question: Do you use editorconfig?
Asked by Matthew (76.37.54.x) on October 5 2023, 1:47am
Reply on October 5 2023, 2:34am:

nope Comment...

Question: How long does a full REAPER build take?
Asked by wasereb4 (83.135.15.x) on October 4 2023, 11:46pm
Reply on October 5 2023, 1:27am:

debug on a M1 MBA takes about a minute. For our release builds the automated process takes about 20 minutes... Comment...

Question: Have you ever used linux as a daily driver before? If so: what did you most and least liked about the experience?
Asked by Matthew (76.37.54.x) on October 4 2023, 12:14pm
Reply on October 4 2023, 7:00pm:

Yeah I have a ThinkPad X1 Carbon which I used for a while, now it mostly gets used here and there. Pretty good experience, mostly end up using my M1 MBA because it's 2-3x faster... Comment...

Question: hey jf () so 1 of your musical trackings go mega viral on some social medias... NOW you got paparazzi + 100+ screaming fans camping outside 24/7 all wanting a lock of your hair...or,just something,anything from you....question IS.. "what happens next?" !
Asked by 2023 (86.154.42.x) on October 4 2023, 9:59am
Reply on October 4 2023, 11:39am:

haha that would be very odd, considering my tracks 6 Comments...

Question: Which are of computer music you have more curiosity/interest?
Asked by Not Schwa (186.210.31.x) on October 4 2023, 8:46am
Reply on October 4 2023, 11:40am:

Hmm not sure I understand this question sorry explain in the comments Comment...

Question: Are you crazy, are you high, or just an ordinary guy?
Asked by Doctor Wu (165.225.94.x) on October 4 2023, 6:11am
Reply on October 4 2023, 11:40am:

Hah I had to google this, makes sense now. But it didn't ring a bell... 1 Comment...

Question: Like Steely Dan? If so, fav song?
Asked by musicalcode (136.226.74.x) on October 4 2023, 1:42am
Reply on October 4 2023, 11:41am:

Can't say I know any songs of theirs, other than the one I just googled. 1 Comment...

Question: I know that both langauges are great. But with every language: they do have the advantages and disadvantages. What do you like more: Lua or Python as a scripting language?
Asked by Matthew (76.37.54.x) on October 3 2023, 8:14pm
Reply on October 3 2023, 8:41pm:

I prefer Lua for a lot of reasons, but the biggest one is that I am more familiar with it, hah. But also for the ease of integration. 2 Comments...

Question: Do you play rubik's cube?
Asked by Abhi (223.235.203.x) on October 3 2023, 3:02pm
Reply on October 3 2023, 8:41pm:

I don't, some of my siblings do though but I leave it to them. Comment...

Question: Hay Justin New to you personally but have enjoyed your work for years. Now I'm minoring in Music Business and I was wondering your thoughts on keeping a program alive that is know industry wide as the "Free" DAW what were your thoughts then about keeping the freeware sprit of the original release to this day and do you have any regrets about choosing to do so. Now as one of your poorer users I think you for not DRMing the program but now Im just curious as to your thoughts on the DRM policy 20 years later
Asked by Virgil_is_king (208.59.144.x) on October 3 2023, 12:14pm
Reply on October 3 2023, 12:37pm:

I'm very happy with our business model. 2 Comments...

Question: Have you seen this? Looks really out of the box thinking, some really interesting things going on there youtu.be/P5fWPBOdrY8
Asked by alex (187.213.28.x) on October 1 2023, 7:46pm
Reply on October 2 2023, 1:46am:

some good things, only watched a little but the UI to adjust a tempo markers as a resize-of-a-measure is pretty nice. Comment...

Question: What kind of coffee brand do you recommend? With my previous question: I have noticed that I am required to learn some maths lol.
Asked by Matthew (98.13.93.x) on October 1 2023, 3:55pm
Reply on October 2 2023, 1:47am:

Lately I've been drinking Counter Culture Hologram, but I like a variety... I generally prefer a light-to-medium roast. Comment...

Question: How are waveforms displayed within a DAW? In general: how does a DAW converts a wayform into an image?
Asked by Matthew (98.13.93.x) on October 1 2023, 11:02am
Reply on October 1 2023, 11:33am:

It depends a lot on zoom level and view options. If zoomed in where each pixel is less than or close to a sample's worth of audio, then you'd draw the sample as one or more pixels, either as rectangular sample if you want to show the encoded sample, or using sinc interpolation if you want to show the analog representation of that signal. If zoomed out so that each pixel represents multiple samples, then you'd likely want to look at all samples in that represented interval and find the minimum/maximum, then draw that as a range (unless you had a rectified view enabled, etc). For efficiency you likely will want to cache lower resolution views of the underlying audio, too (e.g. .reapeaks) so that you don't have to look at millions of samples to draw the view. And you might also want to do some spectral analysis for things like spectral peaks.... 1 Comment...

Question: hey jf- is the ufo / uap topic on your radar? why are people NOT talking about this!?! is it not THE most profound,game changing or important conversation we as a species could have right now??
Asked by 2023 (86.154.42.x) on October 1 2023, 10:26am
Reply on October 1 2023, 11:37am:

tbh I'm not sure there's a there there. So the story goes, back when they first started testing jet aircraft they'd have the pilots wear gorilla suits so that if prop-powered aircraft pilots saw the jets, the pilots would sound insane ("there was a gorilla flying a plane with no propeller!). With so many secret aircraft developments/testing, it's really not unreasonable to think that these are entirely various programs. The government stringing people along about it is really their goal, keeps people from looking too hard at their secret programs. While it is fun to imagine these scenarios, if there were another intelligent species involved, I think it would be incredibly unlikely that it would be able to be kept so secret. 3 Comments...

Question: Hey Justin, hope youre well. What's your solution for repository hosting for multiple remotes? Are you into the cloud hosting stuff or on-premises server/ssh kinda setup?
Asked by Jack (91.90.123.x) on October 1 2023, 10:05am
Reply on October 1 2023, 11:38am:

we put some stuff in github, and the important bits are self-hosted on a linux box via ssh/git/etc. Comment...

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