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Ask Justin Frankel
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Note: please do not ask questions about REAPER features, bugs or scheduling, use the forums instead.

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Question: Hi. Are you planning to develop Reaper according to the standards of modern DAWs? Its own drum machine (or bringing the sampler up to the level), a competitive sequencer... Or will you stick to the position of "install third-party tools or install scripts"?
Asked by Andrey (2.58.56.x) on March 8 2025, 8:10pm
Reply on March 8 2025, 9:51pm:

See the note above 1 Comment...

Question: Do you think Win 11's hardware requirements will make the second hand market a cornucopia for Linux users?
Asked by Pedalingpanda (77.179.8.x) on March 7 2025, 7:43am
Reply on March 7 2025, 6:11pm:

Or will people use win10 even though it's unsupported? Probably. Win7 is still pretty solid heh. 2 Comments...

Question: Hi, at the moment on the stash website, you can't manage a theme. Can't delete a file I uploaded under the theme category. Thanks.
Asked by Wing (197.251.240.x) on March 6 2025, 6:41pm
Reply on March 6 2025, 7:32pm:

thanks, will look into it -- for now send me an email with the theme link and I'll remove it for you 1 Comment...

Question: What do you think of the thetelepathytapes.com/?do you think there's something about all of us we just can't tap into?
Asked by diego (187.213.129.x) on March 5 2025, 1:06am
Reply on March 5 2025, 7:24pm:

probably not, haven't listened to that though. 1 Comment...

Question: Doesn't a president like that make you want to leave the United States?
Asked by jason (91.165.163.x) on March 4 2025, 5:49pm
Reply on March 4 2025, 7:58pm:

Part of me does want to leave, the other part wants to stay and fight 1 Comment...

Question: Looking like USA heading for major recession at this rate, are you getting 00', 08' vibes in SF?
Asked by Boxx (194.110.115.x) on March 4 2025, 11:07am
Reply on March 4 2025, 7:59pm:

Shrug Comment...

Question: Hi again, what do you think of AI? AI coding? Do you think in the future there wouldn't be any need of coders? Do you also use any AI for coding with Reaper? What IDE do you use?
Asked by Rano (27.131.209.x) on March 2 2025, 10:10pm
Reply on March 3 2025, 2:00am:

I think when AI coding gets good enough you'll have AGI. But AI coding tools will help with lots of busy work, the serious debugging will still take humans. 3 Comments...

Question: Since as a human being you may have definitely experienced dreams (whether meaningful or meaningless) while sleeping at some point in your lifetime. How do you account for a non-religious person having a dream about the future, only for it to unfold exactly as seen? Doesn't this suggest the existence of something supernatural or at least spirits capable of revealing the future to us?"
Asked by Garby (154.161.8.x) on March 2 2025, 9:51pm
Reply on March 3 2025, 1:54am:

There are other possible explanations -- it could be a coincidence. Our brains also lie to our conscious self, so your brain could in theory invent the memory of the dream after the real thing occurred (assuming you didn't write it down or talk about it to someone else between the dream and the reality matching it). Lots of possibilities. Realizing that our perceptions of reality are not fixed is a pretty cool thing IMO. I remember reading about how when you move your eyes from one place to another, it takes a long time before they can focus, but your brain will change your perception of time/vision during that interval to make it feel smoother. 1 Comment...

Question: Can god be proved?
Asked by wasereb4 (95.91.77.x) on March 2 2025, 1:25am
Reply on March 2 2025, 4:58am:

The whole point is that it can't be proved or disproved, lol 2 Comments...

Question: Hi Justin! At what moment did you come up with the idea to code a fully functional DAW like Reapper? Do you wanted to record your songs or musical ideas or you think that project as a side business? Your career as Software Engineer is amazing!
Asked by walo (98.97.134.x) on March 1 2025, 8:16pm
Reply on March 2 2025, 4:57am: