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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.

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[older questions]

Question: As I noticed, that today is Reaper devday 6025...did you celebrate the 6000th?
Asked by Mespotine (212.122.61.x) on May 19 2022, 4:08pm
Reply on May 20 2022, 12:44am:

every reaper devday is a celebration! ;) Comment...

Question: Are there some "interesting" sound processing algorithms used in Reaper, that do not use FFT? I mean, that directly process the PCM sample data. (An "uninteresting" example I could think of would be phase inversion, where you just have to multiply each sample by -1.)
Asked by Xavier JFS (89.82.152.x) on May 19 2022, 4:02pm
Reply on May 20 2022, 12:44am:

Not really Comment...

Question: Where can I find some info about the Rrreeaaa algorithm? Did you implement using EEL2/JSFX? I love it, thanks.
Asked by John SFX (89.82.152.x) on May 19 2022, 2:39pm
Reply on May 20 2022, 12:45am:

I should publish it, it's very simple (a couple hundred lines).. it's based on the algorithm in the JSFX spectral hold plug-in. 1 Comment...

Question: Are you interested in going tot he HOPE conference in July in Queens NYC: store.2600.com/products/tickets-to...
Asked by Jesse (173.63.46.x) on May 19 2022, 1:18pm
Reply on May 20 2022, 12:46am:

Not sure I like being around lots of people these days heh but maybe Comment...

Question: I've created local GIT repository of my main Reaper installation (portable install). Now and then and with every Reaper update i create new commit. Am i weird or what? :)
Asked by zabukowski (89.142.62.x) on May 19 2022, 9:37am
Reply on May 20 2022, 12:46am:

hah nice Comment...

Question: hi Justin, I've already tried many options but I haven't found a solution to the problem, it's what. I work in the reaper, on the old laptop (lenovo t510 i7 620m 8GB nvidia nvs3100m). now I have Windows 7 and Debian installed on different ssd disks, currently I work with a movie sound, in reaper uploaded video for playback during mixing. And on debian this video is very bad played, while on windows 7 everything is just perfect. and the problem is not only in video, even when processing music, the same proje
Asked by michael (109.252.91.x) on May 17 2022, 11:24pm
Reply on May 18 2022, 1:05am:

This belongs on the forums! Comment...

Question: Have you thought of packaging Reaper Linux as an Ubuntu Snap and Fedora Flatpak? If not, perhaps you could explain a little why not? Thanks.
Asked by bringkeys (70.190.185.x) on May 17 2022, 9:41pm
Reply on May 18 2022, 1:04am:

Not worth the effort. tarballs ftw 1 Comment...

Question: I copied your idea and made some changes: askjbc.com/
Asked by Jesse (173.63.46.x) on May 17 2022, 7:49pm
Reply on May 18 2022, 1:04am:

Nice but what's your question here? ;) 1 Comment...

Question: What kind of warm-up you do before starting your day with coding for most of your day?
Asked by Abhi (122.177.10.x) on May 17 2022, 4:19pm
Reply on May 17 2022, 4:55pm:

I don't think I code most of most days. But coffee and some things like the nyt spelling bee, framed.wtf, heardle.app, wordle, worldle, etc. Comment...

Question: Justin, can I somehow teach myself how to code (C++ ?) by examining the WDL code? I acquired so many books on programming but still do not get how to start making a music notation editor.
Asked by Pashkuli (84.9.31.x) on May 16 2022, 8:40pm
Reply on May 17 2022, 12:50am:

That would be a very difficult way to learn, it would like learning Hungarian from a menu at a restaurant... A music notation editor is a very complex thing! It's probably better to start with smaller tasks. 3 Comments...

Question: Thanks for the "Geeking out with" interview you gave us. I enjoyed a lot. You are an admirable person for sure.
Asked by JaviRamallo (195.235.163.x) on May 15 2022, 5:08pm
Reply on May 17 2022, 12:49am:

Thanks! Comment...

Question: I'm learning front-end web dev and feels like it's always something new re-inventing the wheel a little bit. Any advice for sticking to a single stack or career path or in life in general? Feels like "I shouldn't marry this framework/stack because something else will come out".
Asked by Beto (177.228.208.x) on May 14 2022, 6:03pm
Reply on May 14 2022, 9:01pm:

Definitely good to learn overall skills in addition to the specifics of a particular API/framework (the latter you can look up, overall skills let you know what you're looking for or how to find it) 1 Comment...

Question: Do you have kids
Asked by Alejandro Silva (98.174.248.x) on May 12 2022, 7:28pm
Reply on May 12 2022, 7:55pm:

I do not and I am planning to keep it that way Comment...

Question: Do you do the JS for Reaper for like the render graphs and or the web interface?
Asked by Beto (177.228.208.x) on May 12 2022, 6:02am
Reply on May 12 2022, 1:11pm: