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Question: Hey Justin, I've been using a fork of the winamp application, and I really love all the stuff you did with it. It's super modular and getting to make winamp my own (with themes and just simply moving the windows around) feels so cool. I love throwing my visualizer on a tiny monitor beside my laptop and pretend it helps me stay focused lol. I wanna know, what was the process like when you made winamp way back in the day? How would you have made it differently now? Also reaper student license is really :D
Asked by Saami (76.64.125.x) on February 26 2025, 6:32am
Reply on February 26 2025, 11:25pm:

cool, what fork? 1 Comment...

Question: Do you think it is fair to call Young Fathers a 'Scottish TV on the Radio' or are they their own thing?
Asked by SpoiledHobo (77.179.32.x) on February 25 2025, 5:39pm
Reply on February 26 2025, 4:32am:

I'll have to listen to them and get back to you! 2 Comments...

Question: I understand the concept of filming in public for personal memory purposes or even uploading to social media in some aspects if there is no ill intention and even better with permission for those that were filmed (and of course immediate removal if someone is affected in any way). it seems like many people get away with ill intentions and financial gains from abusing this matter with the excuse (I'm allowed to film in public). What's your view on this?
Asked by Eroe (146.70.164.x) on February 24 2025, 2:41pm
Reply on February 24 2025, 5:51pm:

Shrug, yeah, seems like you should have to get peoples permission to use images of them for profit. 2 Comments...

Question: Hey Justin, have you ever tried Asahi Linux on a Mac ARM? I'm using it for music recording and it is great!
Asked by foobaz (178.238.166.x) on February 21 2025, 11:12am
Reply on February 24 2025, 5:51pm:

I haven't but I've heard it is good too! Comment...

Question: What is your opinion on DOGE?
Asked by ponta (1.73.141.x) on February 21 2025, 3:49am
Reply on February 21 2025, 4:01am:

should be spelled COUP or SCAM. :( very disappointing. 2 Comments...

Question: Can you explain a bit how do you host this website and 1014.org? How much storage server has and what traffic settings would you recommend for doing similar thing?
Asked by nikolalkc (199.188.237.x) on February 19 2025, 8:04am
Reply on February 19 2025, 7:06pm:

these are both on the same (small iirc) aws instance, which is user.cockos.com/landoleet.org/etc. Apache, PHP5, etc. Not much storage or traffic really, most of the traffic is probably REAPER dev builds. But all of my mp3 files are served via a linux vm at home (music.1014.org), which has all of the files mounted via NFS from a NAS. For low traffic sites like mine, it really doesn't take much. Very few people come here :) Comment...

Question: Do you have a home media server? If so, what do you run? Plex / Jellyfin / Emby ?
Asked by Will (184.75.223.x) on February 18 2025, 3:34pm
Reply on February 18 2025, 4:29pm:

nah Comment...

Question: ARM64 or ARM64EC ?
Asked by Ruchira (175.157.46.x) on February 15 2025, 3:04pm
Reply on February 15 2025, 3:24pm:

Depends if you want to be able to mix amd64 emulated code in the same process. For a DAW or anything that loads plug-ins, or if porting legacy code, arm64ec. If you're writing a new completely standalone app, I'd probably go arm64 since it gives you some extra registers to work with, etc. 2 Comments...

Question: Any thoughts on Graphene mobile OS? How much do you care about digital privacy in general?
Asked by nikolalkc (159.153.150.x) on February 13 2025, 4:22pm
Reply on February 13 2025, 8:02pm:

don't know much about it, and I do care about privacy but I'm also pretty pragmatic about it and I think we're sort of fucked in the absence of strong regulation. :/ Comment...

Question: Will Windows on ARM have a future?
Asked by Ruchira (175.157.46.x) on February 13 2025, 3:40pm
Reply on February 13 2025, 4:05pm:

Probably! Comment...

Question: Hi Justin, I hope you're doing well. I'm reaching out to you for help. Thanks in advance. I'm working on a Lua script that manages automatic scheduled recordings in Reaper and I've hit a couple of dead ends that I can't figure out how to get out of.
Asked by Javiramallo (195.235.163.x) on February 13 2025, 7:29am
Reply on February 13 2025, 4:05pm:

Send an email instead! You can guess my email (name, company, etc) 1 Comment...

Question: I want to thank you, you can't imagine how much i love reaper. We used it at my university and for us its the best. Thank you for reaper. A french student
Asked by Leena (80.214.22.x) on February 12 2025, 7:44pm
Reply on February 13 2025, 12:39am:

Awesome, thanks! 1 Comment...

Question: How did you learn mixing? By video tutorials or something else? I really like your music:) I like the vibe and it sounds natural and dynamic!
Asked by Chris (95.90.214.x) on February 12 2025, 6:24pm
Reply on February 12 2025, 10:19pm:

Thanks! Not sure I really did ever learn mixing lol but my mixes have slowly gotten better. Comment...

Question: Do you use any JSFX besides your own? Have you SWS Extensions installed?
Asked by Chris (95.90.214.x) on February 12 2025, 5:56am
Reply on February 12 2025, 2:09pm:

Not regularly. Occasionally the zero crossing maximizer or some old sstillwell ones. I do often have SWS installed but usually for testing purposes. Comment...

Question: I'm curious why SplitMediaItem takes 10x longer than inserting a new media item, copying the chunk, assigning a new guid, and trimming each of the edges of the items (accounting for changes in take offset, playrate, etc.) Wondering if there is something else that SplitMediaItem is doing.
Asked by Nick (159.153.90.x) on February 11 2025, 10:22pm
Reply on February 11 2025, 10:34pm:

Not the right venue for this sort of Q, send me an email... 2 Comments...

Question: Hey Justin, what kind of bike do you ride? I've been on the lookout for a 80s/90s road bike, any brand/model recs? Thanks!
Asked by Jack (194.110.115.x) on February 11 2025, 5:35pm
Reply on February 11 2025, 9:09pm:

I ride a 200x Salsa Casseroll Single speed most of the time, love it. Also have/ride a Brompton, a 2012 Trek Domane, and a Tern Cargo Node. 2 Comments...

Question: Places in south america you would like to travel to?
Asked by Gus Finger (186.210.31.x) on February 9 2025, 8:17pm
Reply on February 11 2025, 9:09pm:

One of these days, need to get 'round those parts Comment...

Question: Have you ever used this kind of chart during mixing, especially for a delay, chorus, flanger plugin with Hertz or millisecond input that has no sync feature? reddit.com/r/Reaper/s/aQKUUADpU2
Asked by Garby (154.161.163.x) on February 9 2025, 3:14pm
Reply on February 9 2025, 3:17pm:

no but I've definitely used Calculator.app or calc.exe for that purpose 4 Comments...

Question: Have you ever watched this video in your spare time? youtube.com/watch?v=9FwB8oRWvVw
Asked by Matthew (98.13.80.x) on February 8 2025, 12:39am
Reply on February 8 2025, 2:18am:

I skimmed it Comment...

Question: Do you normally get stressed changing code that is working but needs to adapt for another feature or performance? Like with fear of breaking another thing
Asked by Dodo (189.112.72.x) on February 6 2025, 7:21pm
Reply on February 7 2025, 12:49am:

If the complexity is high I try to do a thorough analysis, with tests, and then have those changes tested for a long period of time before release release. Of course, the complexity sometimes ends up being higher than I anticipated lol. Comment...

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