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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: can i use your beats?
Asked by nuka (104.28.79.x) on March 13 2025, 6:37pm
Reply on March 13 2025, 9:41pm:

which? but sure Comment...

Question: My dualboot automatically boots Linux. It shows few seconds to select, and by default, Linux Mint is selected so it gets boot. I want Windows to get boot automatically and I want to boot Linux Mint only when I select it. How to do this?
Asked by Abhi (106.219.68.x) on March 12 2025, 2:18pm
Reply on March 12 2025, 8:41pm:

You'll want to change the GRUB configuration, usually. 2 Comments...

Question: How i can contact with Reaper support to solve a problem with UAD 2 Satellite bugs in Reaper&
Asked by Maksim (185.164.138.x) on March 12 2025, 10:04am
Reply on March 12 2025, 8:42pm:

support at cockos dot com works, though not sure if we'll be the ones to fix this or UAD (when looping we need to render audio slightly faster than realtime, and the UAD gets behind...) Comment...

Question: I am new to Linux. Dualbooted it with Windows. How can I even install REAPER in Linux Mint?
Asked by Abhi (106.219.68.x) on March 11 2025, 3:07pm
Reply on March 11 2025, 4:18pm (edited at March 11 2025, 5:10pm):

tar xf reaper7*.tar.xz
cd reaper_linux_*
./install.sh

1 Comment...

Question: So do you from time to time update the Jesusonic language capabilities?
Asked by Wing (154.161.11.x) on March 10 2025, 1:57pm
Reply on March 10 2025, 5:13pm:

yep, the underlying language is in WDL/eel2, in case anybody ever wants to add low level language features... 1 Comment...

Question: So you are in depth familiar with the APIs of the 3 major desktop operating systems right? (-> SWELL). How the heck do you learn all that? :)
Asked by wasereb4 (95.91.77.x) on March 10 2025, 1:16am
Reply on March 10 2025, 1:31am:

one at a time, lol! of course most of the linux side of SWELL is abstracted using GDK, though there's some X11 specific stuff that does need to happen. I haven't touched any native Wayland code yet though. Comment...

Question: Oh, sorry. I somehow thought that the question about the general concept was not included in the note.
Asked by Andrey (5.255.127.x) on March 9 2025, 9:53pm
Reply on March 10 2025, 1:30am:

that would be features/scheduling ;) Comment...

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: