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Ask Justin Frankel No reasonable question unanswered since 2009! Suggested topics: programming, music, sleep, coffee, etc. Note: please do not ask questions about REAPER features, bugs or scheduling, use the forums instead. Name: Ask: Human (enter yes): [unreplied] | [replied] | [recent comments] | [all] [older questions]

Question: How do you track which features are rarely used? Asked by Will (99.100.219.x) on August 14 2025, 5:25pm Reply on August 14 2025, 6:28pm: In the case of the previous answer it was conjecture, but judging by the amount of pushback from having removed it 14 years ago (nearly none) I think it has proved correct. Comment... Question: Why was Winamp visualization removed from REAPER? Asked by wasereb4 (95.91.77.x) on August 14 2025, 1:18am Reply on August 14 2025, 2:14am: Windows only and rarely used Comment... Question: where did you got the idea of universal tracks?, And why did you decide to implement it in Reaper? Asked by dann (181.116.47.x) on August 13 2025, 5:15pm Reply on August 13 2025, 6:52pm: just made sense I guess. first there were tracks that had media, then folder tracks, then sends between tracks (no need to have a separate list of busses, etc).. then hey MIDI would be nice, let's make it support that there too... etc Comment... Question: I feel this is way better than any reviews out there, the sheer volume of people quickly chimming-in in a positive way was nice to see, how does this make you feel? If we all had a mission here, would you say this was yours and you've done a hell of a job? I would tbh, and I congratulate you for everything you've done for the sound community. reddit.com/r/Reaper/comments/1mn7u... Asked by Jake (187.213.68.x) on August 11 2025, 9:45pm Reply on August 12 2025, 1:16am (edited at August 12 2025, 1:21am): aww, always nice to hear happy people Comment... Question: Do you still have any of the unreleased Plush3D demos or model assets from back in the day? I've been working on a fork of the original version and I was curious if you had any more test programs or models that weren't released (like the logo model on the Plush webpage, or the source code of the tank demo) Asked by erysdren (72.213.7.x) on August 10 2025, 2:42pm Reply on August 10 2025, 5:19pm (edited at August 10 2025, 5:22pm): sadly I think everything I have is on my mirror of the page. the logo model was likely made using caligari truespace and some font which someone might recognize but I have no idea... 1 Comment... Question: With Reaper -- can never get a fade out that sounds appealing to my ears. Experienced similar with other DAWs. Always end up using the Studio Fade Out in Audacity to get the required effect. Is this something worth looking at for Reaper? Asked by Tony (125.237.129.x) on August 8 2025, 12:33am Reply on August 8 2025, 2:35pm: interesting, a fade that fades diff frequencies at different rates. might be candidate for a jsfx or something 4 Comments... Question: Ariathome improvises his way through NYC's streets, finding talent at almost every corner. Is this a good representation of the city? (I've never seen it in this density anywhere in Europe) youtube.com/watch?v=L_r3Kgm5LXE Asked by Sunblister (147.161.164.x) on August 7 2025, 1:06pm Reply on August 7 2025, 8:29pm: hah well you don't see the corners without talent I guess? but yeah there are a lot of extremely talented people here, at any rate. 1 Comment... Question: Using reaper on Windows system to render video speed is very slow, unbearable, is there a way? If someone uses a Mac system and also uses Reaper, it is very fast Asked by ltci (129.153.24.x) on August 7 2025, 9:48am Reply on August 7 2025, 8:30pm: how slow? using ffmpeg or WMF? this belongs in the forum Comment... Question: Why do some DAWs have built in midi articulation features like cubase, logic etc. but other daws like reaper, fl, etc. don't? Like why it's not integrated as other daw standards like the piano roll or vst formats in every daw? Is this like a subjective limitation (like a priority thing) or it's more of an objective limitation of midi 1.0 not having enough data about each note to have a proper standardized implementation across all daws or both or something else? Asked by Rano (103.182.107.x) on August 6 2025, 5:24am Reply on August 6 2025, 11:26am: dunno but this is probably not the place to discuss Comment... Question: How are you able to output so much music on 1014.org? Do you have a live setup ready for every practice? Do you guys have live shows coming up? Asked by SITS (159.118.61.x) on August 3 2025, 11:10pm Reply on August 4 2025, 4:20pm: yeah, recording setup always in place, then recording, then some optimized editing workflow and tools to cut clips from edits Comment... Question: I'm currently documenting the technical side of the bouncing feature and noticed, that the bounce-format-string differs from the render-format-string by an additional byte at the end of the string, that changes when I change things. How is this byte calculated? Is it a crc? Asked by Mespotine (82.135.127.x) on August 3 2025, 7:14pm Reply on August 4 2025, 4:22pm: hmm not sure what you mean there, the ini file keys? 4 Comments... Question: What do you think about The Flying Spaghetti Monster? Asked by wasereb4 (95.91.77.x) on July 31 2025, 11:16pm Reply on August 1 2025, 10:35pm: Legit! Comment... Question: How many lines of code are in Reaper? if that's something you can share. Asked by Rano (103.182.107.x) on July 31 2025, 12:02am Reply on July 31 2025, 8:57am: In the hundreds of thousands but not millions, probably Comment... Question: Cos I can, I made a YouTube short explaining why I moved to Reaper from cakewalk... youtube.com/shorts/fTQ7MsDsqc4?si=... Asked by Tony (115.189.84.x) on July 30 2025, 5:25am Reply on July 30 2025, 4:29pm: nice, though the portrait aspect ratio is a crime lol Comment... Question: Haha... Fun project: a Reaper port for Commodore 64? musicradar.com/music-tech/weve-bee... Asked by Dom64 (82.132.215.x) on July 29 2025, 3:02am Reply on July 30 2025, 4:30pm: hah neat, but reaper assumes a certain level of power... Comment... Question: Ist there any documentation about the Ninjam algorthm ? how it decides which player is one, two ro three cycles of the bpi ? at the moment we try to reverse engineer the measure ment of the time difference between a single click send both on Sonobus and Ninjam , This is way is is possible to determine the actual time difference between the two platforms , This number in ms will be put into a buffer in VDO NInja , so you see the Ninjam player exactly when you hear them ... Asked by Bernd Keul (89.0.16.x) on July 27 2025, 11:42pm Reply on July 28 2025, 4:58pm: it's very simple -- each client plays the most recent loop it has (at least partly) available. that's it. 2 Comments... Question: Winamp has 100,000 skins, which one do you like best? Asked by Skinsmania (79.117.215.x) on July 25 2025, 8:28pm Reply on July 25 2025, 11:02pm: the default 2 Comments... Question: Hello, do you know what this is? 1014.org/shiz/diracle_host.zip.Someone recommended him, and the person who recommended him said it worked very well and I needed to manually put it in the directory of reaper. Why not put it together with Reaper? Asked by nicoto (129.153.24.x) on July 24 2025, 1:31pm Reply on July 24 2025, 2:49pm: the other timestretch modes are so much better 1 Comment... Question: have you ever used or tried any other DAW? if yes which one? Asked by ape din (141.98.141.x) on July 22 2025, 6:55pm Reply on July 22 2025, 10:00pm: I've used Logic and Vegas and Acid for actual projects. And various other DAWs for testing. Comment... Question: How did you find living in Sedona? I've only ever visited in flight simulators and it looks lovely. Asked by Dan_longernamecompulsory (86.120.187.x) on July 21 2025, 2:11pm Reply on July 21 2025, 4:39pm: boring for a kid but as an adult who likes hiking and trail running I miss that aspect of it. Comment... [unreplied] | [replied] | [recent comments] | [all] [older questions]

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