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Question: On PC, is there a workaround way to "break" TB4/USB4 so that it is backwards compatible with Thunderbolt 1 & 2 interfaces?
Asked by D. Gauss (98.169.44.x) on December 2 2024, 11:16pm
Reply on December 2 2024, 11:22pm:

no idea! Comment...

Question: Hi Justin. Why didn't you return the Nullsoft brand name? It's much better and "back to the roots". Or why didn't you change it to something else? Cockos is really not a good name)
Asked by Andrey (109.106.140.x) on December 2 2024, 12:36am
Reply on December 2 2024, 2:04am:

I don't own the brand, so I can't use it. But at any rate, Cockos is not just a bad name, it's a _spectacularly_ bad name, but it doesn't matter anyway. Not at all the point. ;) 2 Comments...

Question: Hi, pls I've been trying to use the ff line to print a text in JSFX, it prints alright but I want the text to be bold but to no avail. I thought changing the last number in the bracket to 2 or 3 or 4 might do it but still not working. How do I make the text the ff line prints bold. gfx_setfont(1, "Times New Roman", 20, 1)
Asked by Garby (102.176.65.x) on December 1 2024, 8:31am
Reply on December 1 2024, 10:59pm:

use 'b' for the last parameter 1 Comment...

Question: Hey Justin, is it possible to add my own NamedConfigParm attributes in a vst/au-plugin? Background: for Ultraschall we have a vst/au-plugin to make remote calls for podcasts called Studiolink. NamedConfigParms would be an easy way to communicate with it from Reaper API to control it.
Asked by Mespotine (82.135.127.x) on November 30 2024, 4:22pm
Reply on December 1 2024, 1:53am:

For VST2, yep. For VST3/AU, no. Send me an email... Comment...

Question: Hey JF - I don't know if this is the right place to ask this question but I am going to throw it out there. With the rise of Rust and the push for it. Will C or C++ ever become abandoned? I am aware that it is difficult to speculate and predict such things but I am asking because I am afraid that companies like Microsoft and Apple will deprecate the support for C and C++ down the line in favor of Rust. Would that even be possible where as the language is so entrenched? Thanks.
Asked by Matthew (184.52.122.x) on November 30 2024, 2:19am
Reply on November 30 2024, 1:48pm:

perhaps C/C++ will get their market share as a systems programming language chipped away at, but I doubt they will ever be "abandoned." 2 Comments...

Question: how often to you talk to old friends on the phone ?
Asked by tele (185.107.56.x) on November 29 2024, 2:29am
Reply on November 29 2024, 10:30pm:

Not often enough, only very occasionally. mostly talk to family, which happens regularly. Comment...

Question: Hi Justin, I was wondering if you could show us your studio desk?
Asked by Michael (1.145.152.x) on November 28 2024, 1:55pm
Reply on November 29 2024, 10:29pm:

Eh, it's a big ugly mess but I'll see what I can do. Comment...

Question: Hi, pls is it possible to create tooltips or pop up guide notes in a JS effect?
Asked by W.Garby (102.176.101.x) on November 28 2024, 12:55pm
Reply on November 29 2024, 10:29pm:

you could do it manually within the @gfx by detecting the mouseover and drawing it over it... but it would be a bit of work! There is an API that ReaScripts can use, maybe we can expose that from JSFX @gfx too. let me think about that. but for the time being probably better to detect the mouse position and draw it yourself. 1 Comment...

Question: have you ever tried Slackware?
Asked by ape_din (141.98.141.x) on November 27 2024, 10:53pm
Reply on November 28 2024, 2:18am:

it was the first distro I used! but I haven't used it since the 1990s. Comment...

Question: If you were mixing several dry guitars, would you use a single JS Convolution Amp/Cab Modeler for all of them (on a folder track), or would you use one amp for each of them? (assuming you're OK with them having the same sound) I'd like to understand DSP better because maybe the answer's obvious.
Asked by jeanjacquesrousseau (31.37.8.x) on November 27 2024, 4:45pm
Reply on November 27 2024, 6:46pm:

If you're using something that is pure convolution, then summing them prior to convolution is exactly the same as summing the convolved versions. But I'd probably use separate convolutions for each because it would give you more flexibility if you want to do other processing or use different impulse responses. 1 Comment...

Question: Didn't I help in Reaper? Thought my interface and code for effects streamed back to your Dev hosting but out of bread if true can you stake me to get Babbel back?
Asked by Quincy Johnson (107.77.230.x) on November 26 2024, 5:58pm
Reply on November 27 2024, 6:47pm:

What are you talking about? Comment...

Question: Thanks for coming up with reaper. How come 6.xx stops at 6.83, where's 6.84-6.99? Bought a key some time ago that I thought was supposed to last up to 6.99 etc.. just wondering..
Asked by UriR (78.55.154.x) on November 26 2024, 5:03pm
Reply on November 27 2024, 6:48pm:

The thing is you get two major versions, so you get 5.x and 6.x. There's no guarantee we'll do to .99, sometimes it makes sense for us to go to a new major version because we have new features and breaking changes that make more sense to put in a major version. and the 6.x cycle was plenty long, a number of years... Comment...

Question: Hello, ffmpeg4 is already too old. Now it's ffmpeg7 or above, with a difference of three major versions already.
Asked by toolos (221.215.214.x) on November 26 2024, 3:18pm
Reply on November 27 2024, 6:48pm:

yeah, it's just a pain getting new ffmpeg versions to work with reaper :/ they don't have a well-defined API for using it in the way we do, at least to my knowledge. 1 Comment...

Question: Is there any WM_COMMAND, WM_USER or MainOnCommand that can be sent to Reaper and force it to reload the reaper-menu.ini?
Asked by amagalma (91.140.106.x) on November 26 2024, 12:58pm
Reply on November 27 2024, 6:48pm:

Don't think so. Comment...

Question: Can I contribute to developing Reaper? I am a fullstack web dev but have interest in lower-level programming
Asked by Patrick (73.152.208.x) on November 26 2024, 4:45am
Reply on November 27 2024, 6:49pm:

Not really but you can write cool extensions and reascripts and jsfx as you like! tbh this stuff is more fun than working on reaper itself. Comment...

Question: why is the default theme in the forum the reaper 3 theme? and not reaper 5 as in the latest
Asked by Juni (187.201.235.x) on November 25 2024, 7:42pm
Reply on November 25 2024, 8:20pm:

hah yeah oops fixing Comment...

Question: What is the approximate size of the worldwide of paying users of Reaper? Don't know if this is should be remain confidential though. Are we in the thousands or the millions?
Asked by Max F (24.203.229.x) on November 25 2024, 3:54pm
Reply on November 25 2024, 4:05pm (edited at November 25 2024, 4:06pm):

Can't say with any precision but closer to the latter than the former Comment...

Question: Hi, please I saw that with some js effects in Reaper (like ReaVerb) you can't see the underlying code for the plugin, is there a way for me lock a jsfx plugin I'm writing like that so the underlying code can't be accessed by a user?
Asked by Garby (102.176.65.x) on November 25 2024, 2:54pm
Reply on November 25 2024, 3:10pm:

not using JSFX, but you could write a plug-in in C/C++ using VST3 or CLAP and do that. 2 Comments...

Question: In a jsfx code, is it possible to make a slider length smaller and also change their horizontal and vertical position. I have a slider which has a menu to toggle modes, but it's too long and it's also located at top of gui, I want it downward on the gui. They are only two sliders but they are at the top?
Asked by W.Garby (102.176.101.x) on November 24 2024, 6:27pm
Reply on November 25 2024, 1:25am:

the jsfx sliders are all fixed in size/etc. you can use @gfx to create custom UIs though. 1 Comment...

Question: Why did Applied Graphine Materials plc fail ?
Asked by T Frost (51.219.210.x) on November 24 2024, 2:40pm
Reply on November 25 2024, 1:25am (edited at November 25 2024, 1:26am):

no idea at all, first I've heard of it. my understanding is that it is all ball-bearings nowadays... Comment...

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