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Question: There was a letter in a recent Tape Op asking why Reaper isn't covered more. Have you ever thought about advertising in TapeOp? Their ethos seems very aligned with yours: creative recording, free subscriptions to the mag to anyone who wants it (not that Reaper is free). Then again, you probably don't need to advertise Reaper.
Asked by Cris (173.70.123.x) on December 10 2024, 2:07pm
Reply on December 10 2024, 2:38pm:
    we don't advertise, but if we were to maybe that would be the place to...
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Question: Are the js effects that comes with Reaper open source, as in you can edit the code to do what you want and share it free to the forum or community. Is that legal?
Asked by Garby (102.176.75.x) on December 9 2024, 5:55pm
Reply on December 9 2024, 9:32pm:
    They are, each has its own license at the top of them (for the most part at least)
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Question: I'm curious when you're learning something new such as assembler programming or how to make a mp3 decoder, how do you first grasp enough context to understand the manual/spec you're reading?
Asked by Will (23.125.224.x) on December 8 2024, 5:14pm
Reply on December 8 2024, 10:59pm:
    Those are pretty different questions but they both share the common thing, which would be to take a large scope of a problem and break them into smaller problems that you can manage. If learning assembly, writing C and then looking at what the compiler produces is a good way to get an idea of how a particular architecture works and what best practices are for it. Inline assembly is a nice way to do a little at a time and test that it works... As far as writing an mp3 decoder, sitting down with a spec pdf and writing a decoder is something I've never done, but taking a reference implementation and then throwing away and rewriting bits of it at a time, is a lot more straightforward. Writing Ship of Theseus style...

    this also extends to writing new software in general. The most difficult part is doing a ton of work that you can't test.
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Question: Hi Justin, I was just wondering if there was any progress on showing us your studio desk?
Asked by Michay (1.145.198.x) on December 6 2024, 11:36pm
Reply on December 7 2024, 2:18am:
    still too much of a mess!
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Question: Have you ever recorded IRs from your amps to use them somewhere else? I'm wondering if it's worth the effort
Asked by chipsmunch (77.189.62.x) on December 6 2024, 6:39pm
Reply on December 6 2024, 6:48pm:
    Only for fun of rooms/amps/speakers, never actually used them for anything though
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Question: Hi, the Media Explorer has a copy function, but it doesn't have a cut function. Has such an important function been overlooked?
Asked by catsc (221.215.214.x) on December 6 2024, 3:45pm
Reply on December 6 2024, 6:49pm:
    Meh
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Question: This is not a feature request (I guess?). And I was going to post this on forum, but "Sorry. The administrator has banned your IP address. To contact the administrator click here" is written there. I just want to say that the current piano in MIDI Editor looks very bright, and same thing in v6 looks very nice. Can you bring those colors back to v6 one? Here, you will understand what I meant : imgur.com/a/FcKVk0E
Asked by Abhi (106.219.69.x) on December 6 2024, 10:22am
Reply on December 6 2024, 6:49pm:
    You can tweak the theme, look for the action 'Theme Development: Show theme tweak/configuration window'
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Question: If you were to buy a new car today, which would you choose?
Asked by Will (23.125.224.x) on December 6 2024, 5:41am
Reply on December 6 2024, 6:51pm:
    new to me or brand-new? If brand-new, maybe a Bolt EV or a Prius Prime or something. Used, I dunno, would have to see what was around I guess?
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Question: Hi there. Love your work on Reaper/Ninjam. Have been playing drums on Ninjam since the pandemic and have met people around the world because of it. We just played a concert for dancers in Brazil virtually. Fantastic program!I Don't have a question just wanted to say thanks :)
Asked by BobertPlaysDrums (142.167.143.x) on December 5 2024, 10:50pm
Reply on December 6 2024, 6:51pm:
    nice!
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Question: Which browser do you use? And how your bookmarks look like?
Asked by Abhi (106.219.68.x) on December 5 2024, 8:02am
Reply on December 5 2024, 12:52pm:
    I switch between Safari and Firefox, and don't really bookmark much, except on my phone where I keep some things I commonly use. I also don't really leave tabs open. I understand that I am in the minority in this behavior.
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Question: Maybe useful? A recently updated article about win32 and dark mode: learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/...
Asked by Dom64 (82.132.213.x) on December 5 2024, 5:01am
Reply on December 5 2024, 12:52pm:
    Not really, but thanks!
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Question: Do you use any midi control surface(s) with Reaper? If so, which? Thanks.
Asked by me dummy (98.97.20.x) on December 3 2024, 6:03pm
Reply on December 3 2024, 8:15pm:
    Only when testing things, or when doing super8 performances. For the super8 performances I use a Zoom R24 and a line6 foot pedal, but those are generally used via assignable actions rather than a control surface instance.
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Question: How many chicken nuggets are to many nuggets? 🐥
Asked by Afonss BS (188.37.249.x) on December 3 2024, 1:40am
Reply on December 3 2024, 5:11pm:
    hah mmmmm chicken good
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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!
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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. ;)
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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
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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...
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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."
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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.
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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.
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