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Question: How much is the fish?
Asked by wasereb4 (83.135.15.x) on November 4 2023, 11:30pm
Reply on November 6 2023, 1:54am:

Which fish? 2 Comments...

Question: hey jf- is there a fast,simple method to doing video "null tests" with reaper? (as 1 would with 2 audio sources.. =wanting to compare video formats to check differences) >thanx
Asked by 2023 (86.137.198.x) on November 4 2023, 3:28pm
Reply on November 4 2023, 5:49pm:

You could write a video processor that subtracts frames and amplifies any residual, sure. But you'd rarely get a full null if re-encoding... 1 Comment...

Question: do you ever consider your contribution to the p2p arc in history - not in a sensational headline napster kind of way, but like an enabling of access to media and information that was unconventional prior? i am thinking of this generation’s understanding of media and information behind subscriptions, walled gardens, and vague file systems and wonder if the way ‘we’ had it in 99-07 was some anomalous but productive hiccup
Asked by kenneth (76.170.34.x) on November 3 2023, 5:45am
Reply on November 3 2023, 9:01pm:

Probably did a few things first that would've happened soon anyway ;) Comment...

Question: hey jf- how often do you clean_up disk space or backup files across platforms? (is any that process automated?) thanx
Asked by 2023 (86.137.198.x) on October 31 2023, 10:50am
Reply on October 31 2023, 1:34pm:

stuff that needs to be backed up either a) goes into git and is replicated on other boxes, or b) goes on a NAS which is periodically synchronized with another NAS in a diff physical location... Comment...

Question: Do you want to stay in NYC the rest of your life?
Asked by Will (23.125.224.x) on October 31 2023, 3:44am
Reply on October 31 2023, 1:35pm:

Don't have plans that extend that far but for the near future yeah. Though going to the bay area January-March of each year is a good plan. Comment...

Question: With proper tencity, could one use REAPER as a game engine?
Asked by Caleb (174.73.207.x) on October 31 2023, 3:30am
Reply on October 31 2023, 1:35pm:

It would be a stretch. 3 Comments...

Question: Hi Justin! Could it be said that REAFIR is a linear phase eq?
Asked by Javier (81.9.209.x) on October 30 2023, 10:14pm
Reply on October 31 2023, 1:36pm:

IIRC it can operate in such a mode but only in a very limited subset and it's not terribly useful as such Comment...

Question: Has ReaMote been discontinued in version 7? There's no mention of the fact in the change logs but ReaMote item is absent in the Preferences
Asked by Buy One (95.134.60.x) on October 28 2023, 1:55pm
Reply on October 29 2023, 1:52am:

It is no longer included, yeah -- it was becoming more and more obsolete in the subset it supported, and it was holding back a lot of new functionality. It may get revisited in some easier to maintain form in the future. 1 Comment...

Question: Can you sell music using unlicensed REAPER after the 60-day trial?
Asked by bbtund8 (76.100.44.x) on October 27 2023, 4:53am
Reply on October 27 2023, 4:22pm:

If you're using unlicensed REAPER after 60 days, you're violating our license agreement regardless of whether you sell music... 1 Comment...

Question: Hi! I'm researching the audio issue that affects applications when headphones are switched in but the audio doesn't come out (affecting SuperCollider & SonicPi, and reportedly Audacity) I read you fixed it with Reaper 👍👍👍 Does this ring a bell? Was this difficult to fix? Thanks! github.com/supercollider/supercoll...
Asked by Jonny (82.19.103.x) on October 26 2023, 5:02pm
Reply on October 26 2023, 5:09pm:

If opening the default devices, need to add a listener for kAudioHardwarePropertyDefaultInputDevice etc and if those devices change, re-open the devices... Comment...

Question: Can you give an estimate how many Reaper users are there worldwide? (at least you should know how many bought a license)
Asked by DarthFader (77.23.254.x) on October 26 2023, 9:35am
Reply on October 26 2023, 12:45pm:

My estimate based on my feeling is that paying users would be measured in the hundreds-of-thousands, no idea about non-paying users (somewhat more, probably). Comment...

Question: Hey Justin, how do you choose what you are going to work on for REAPER? If there is two very different audiences asking for different things (i.e. postproduction vs. live performance), how do you choose? Sometimes there are small details that bother thousands and at the same time a great issue that is stopping a smaller community to use REAPER in their work. Populatiry of forum topics is not always the reflection of the real needs of certain communities.
Asked by nikolalkc (159.153.150.x) on October 25 2023, 10:07am
Reply on October 25 2023, 5:03pm:

It's much like how ChatGPT and LLM models work, you just start with "I am going to work on" then see what comes next based on a massive statistical model that nobody understands, with randomness added to make it more interesting and less predictable. Comment...

Question: Hah, didn't notice that 7 is here until now. Congratulations man, I love the gradual, stepwise refinement. How Cockos team celebrated this release?
Asked by Gio (79.130.188.x) on October 23 2023, 2:30pm
Reply on October 24 2023, 9:59pm:

By working more! and our own private geographically-centered celebrations, I guess 1 Comment...

Question: As a hybrid hardware/software mixer, Reaper is great as it integrates hardware effortlessly. Recall is still the big bad monster as far as workflow with hardware. Could there be integration of hardware unit interface images such as those offered by Session Recall whereby users could buy their images from Session Recall and have them neatly imported into the FX rack in Reaper for easy recall "notes" via images? This is better than taking pictures and using recall sheets.
Asked by ahoova (50.238.169.x) on October 23 2023, 2:26pm
Reply on October 24 2023, 9:59pm:

sws has mixer snapshots and stuff, perhaps? Comment...

Question: Besides the MIDI editor what else in native REAPER is an extension?
Asked by AaAaAAaAaaA (186.210.24.x) on October 23 2023, 4:55am
Reply on October 24 2023, 10:00pm:

most of the media formats, video support (including the video fx engine) Comment...

Question: As an AI language model.. jk, Justin, I hope you're doing well. Anyways, have you ever felt like leaving this project behind, having fun on your own, and focusing on your personal projects instead of, say, trying to reproduce some nasty bugs that users have been reporting since the release of the latest version? Have you ever experienced that kind of slump or burnout? What keeps your valve running?
Asked by Artilius the Treble (123.136.26.x) on October 22 2023, 9:08pm
Reply on October 22 2023, 10:26pm (edited at October 22 2023, 10:27pm):

I contest the premise of your question! (what nasty bugs???) Just kidding. Dealing with plug-in compatibility woes is especially not fun, but when the bugs are indeed fixable on our end then it's often satisfying. Remember, I am probably one of the biggest users of the thing, anyway. ;) Comment...