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Question: Hey jf, about certificates. Specifically for signing both MacOS and Windows binaries. What certificate authority do you recommend? I thought about applying for one on ssl.com, DigiCert, and GlobalSign. Though they are crazy expensive.
Asked by Matthew (184.52.122.x) on August 28 2024, 12:00pm
Reply on August 28 2024, 6:04pm (edited at August 28 2024, 8:02pm):

I've been using ssl.com and it's expensive yeah. Getting an EV is the way to go, only incrementally more but saves you from having to build reputation. On the Apple side, it's all through Apple, so you end up paying them the $99/year for the privilege. :/ Comment...

Question: HI JF, my name is also JF. Do people truly deserve anything in life? From a more focused perspective, how do you feel about A.I. replacing humans in the realm of creativity and art? As you age, do you feel more connected or less connected with the world and people around you? Thank you.
Asked by JFKeh (24.203.182.x) on August 28 2024, 5:25am
Reply on August 28 2024, 6:05pm:

What does it mean to deserve? I don't think LLM etc can replace humans for art since they are just models of humanity. Art isn't all about the result anyway, it's about the process and the how and the why. As far as connections to others, I don't know, I guess it's the same but in a different way as time goes on? 1 Comment...

Question: flqs.bandcamp.com/album/war-measuresThe calculation at the top I don't get. Even if it's binary (what I thought) it's wrong no? Do you get it?
Asked by wasereb4 (95.90.106.x) on August 27 2024, 11:06pm
Reply on August 28 2024, 6:13pm:

   (10+1)*(10-1)=101

  (B+1)*(B-1) = B*B + 1

  B*B -1 = B*B + 1

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Question: When hosting vst2 on windows, I run them all in high dpi mode. Plugins with scaling option in their gui are crisp and okay. What about plugins which don’t have scaling option or high dpi support?
Asked by Ruchira (123.231.104.x) on August 26 2024, 1:59pm
Reply on August 26 2024, 7:19pm:

hidpi support on Windows is a huge complicated thing for applications that support plug-ins. There are a handful of DPI-awareness modes that can be enabled (see REAPER's advanced prefs control for this, as a start), and each has subtleties that need to get dealt with... Comment...

Question: Thanks for doing the Dawbench podcast again. Super interesting!
Asked by mlprod (185.81.111.x) on August 26 2024, 8:07am
Reply on August 26 2024, 7:19pm:

My pleasure! Comment...

Question: hey jf- (with many global data breaches becoming apparent) have you been on the wrong side of any type of online scams or fraud attacks either in business, or, privately?
Asked by 2024 (86.136.229.x) on August 24 2024, 1:21pm
Reply on August 24 2024, 6:09pm:

Not yet, *knocks on wood* Comment...

Question: do you think ReaLimit is the best limiter , i guess if you had to choose 1.. extra features aside
Asked by mike s (100.1.67.x) on August 24 2024, 12:24am
Reply on August 24 2024, 6:09pm:

I don't spend a lot of (or any, really) time thinking about limiters, sorry! ;) Comment...

Question: As a president/benevolent dictator of Cockos Inc., what's your stance on gender representation and unionization?
Asked by Sunblister (147.161.165.x) on August 22 2024, 6:29pm
Reply on August 22 2024, 8:38pm:

I don't have a stance, exactly... but if you have a specific question... 1 Comment...

Question: whats your thought on Terry A. Davis?
Asked by ape din (188.172.108.x) on August 22 2024, 3:00pm
Reply on August 22 2024, 8:39pm:

Viewed as art, TempleOS is pretty neat. Comment...

Question: Can you buy bitwig for the modulation system?
Asked by MadMcMan (136.226.63.x) on August 21 2024, 2:21pm
Reply on August 22 2024, 11:13am:

no, but you can Comment...

Question: I'm looking for an alternative to PathSync. Do you have any recommendations?
Asked by Richie (149.88.19.x) on August 20 2024, 9:48pm
Reply on August 22 2024, 11:14am:

I pretty much use rsync at this point but that’s almost entirely on non-Windows Comment...

Question: Hey Justin, it seems a lot of music you've made is improvisational. Often it's live performance / jams / loop based journeys, rather than heavily produced compositonal projects. So I was wondering if over the years you've archived every Reaper project, or instead just save the end results eg. wavs/mp3s/.mp4s etc, and discard the rest. I also wonder if you do much in the way of compositional music in Reaper with sections/parts/midi/ various production techniques etc? Or is it more fun to jam out when you ge
Asked by Dom64 (82.132.214.x) on August 20 2024, 3:43am
Reply on August 22 2024, 11:17am:

Yes I love improvising, then developing songs derived from those. Production ends up being more work than I care to bother, I’m more interested in the live versions anyway Comment...

Question: hey jf- will you be reading Luis Elizondo book... "Imminent" ?
Asked by 2024 (165.120.114.x) on August 19 2024, 8:58am
Reply on August 19 2024, 3:34pm:

Unlikely Comment...

Question: why isnt autosave enabled by default?
Asked by balls (104.13.217.x) on August 19 2024, 6:24am
Reply on August 19 2024, 3:34pm:

Auto-backup-saving has been enabled by default for new installs of 7.x. For users who installed earlier versions and changed some backup-related prefs, the new default does not apply. Comment...

Question: what motivates you in developing reaper, as money is no longer an obligation for you? what makes you act for or against a new feature or bug report?
Asked by Robert8 (37.65.86.x) on August 17 2024, 1:57pm
Reply on August 17 2024, 6:52pm:

I'm the first user and a user first Comment...

Question: What was the (main) reason you froze the REAPER issue tracker?
Asked by wasereb4 (95.90.106.x) on August 17 2024, 2:16am
Reply on August 17 2024, 10:22am:

We were not using it efficiently Comment...

Question: hey jf- do you feel population ethnic diversity is working for most countries..or, not really..?
Asked by 2024 (165.120.114.x) on August 16 2024, 11:11am
Reply on August 16 2024, 9:31pm:

Wow there's a lot of load in that question and I don't think it's answerable as it is. I think diversity is a very positive thing! 5 Comments...

Question: I always wondered how would you manage memory in a DAW ? I would guess since latency is very important you cant be using new and delete, do you use custom allocators,arenas?
Asked by Malloc (196.159.83.x) on August 16 2024, 4:25am
Reply on August 16 2024, 9:32pm:

The key would be to allocate things before you need them, from a non-realtime thread, and dispose of them leisurely when you're done with them. Comment...

Question: In VST2 sdk, calling effSetSpeakerArrangement from 64bit host will pass 64bit input speaker arrangement pointer as a 32bit number. Is that correct? Will it crash someday?
Asked by Ruchira (123.231.120.x) on August 16 2024, 3:33am
Reply on August 16 2024, 9:33pm:

The 4th parameter to the VST dispatch function is VstIntPtr, which is the same as intpr_t or INT_PTR, which means you can map the pointer to it safely. Comment...

Question: If you haven't seen this, it's fun. jordaneldredge.com/notes/corrupted...Curious if you remember the dad's request for a skin...
Asked by shane (76.115.173.x) on August 14 2024, 9:32pm
Reply on August 15 2024, 12:20pm:

Yeah saw that (I follow Jordan via RSS heh), and no memory at all of that, but I've forgotten a lot from 25+ years ago. Comment...

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