New guy question re: choosing Reaper

[Jeffsounds]

Originally Posted by Antebios

Reaper is good. And the people here do help, just look through the forums and you'll see what I mean.

Agreed. If this was a forum for people to argue and rip each other and not provide any help at all it would be... well... GEARSLUTZ!

[Lawrence]

Originally Posted by Jeffsounds

Having to do it at all is baffling to me! What could possibly be their reasoning for not automatically stopping at the end of the song? Like Reaper? And THEN having to click the rewind button to get back to the start?????!

Well, dunno. I would want it to optionally stop at the end marker but not always. Sometimes you're recording and jamming and things just happen so I'd not want the daw to stop at the end unless I explicitly tell it to stop at the end. So, it depends.

It is odd to have to add another marker for that though.

What bugs me in Reaper is the empty timeline space you get just from scrolling around the timeline. It seems impossible to just crop the timeline to the media, I always has empty space and the horizontal scrollbar also reflects that empty space.

They all have their annoyances.

[The Telenator]

Originally Posted by HotChick

Studio One Free is cheaper and better for what you're describing. Reaper's overly complicated for what you're doing. It's poorly documented, and you can't rely on competent customer support from Cockos or from the "community" (cult). The mod will ban you if he dislikes what you say, after they've taken your money. In that respect, it's a scam.

I'm posting the quote again because I find it incredibly intriguing. Why? Well, because it is so obviously not true in all points -- in fact, the truth is the exact OPPOSITE in each point made. It's equivalent would be like taking a blind man up to an elephant to feel each part -- trunk, ears, etc. -- then he steps back and tells you the animal is obviously a kitten.

Puzzling ...

And Studio One Free is cheaper, of course, but it's about the most limited of all the free DAWs available. I think even Mulab Free and Podium Free got it beat.

[opus]

Originally Posted by Amazed

This may be all you need ..
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/R16

I have a Zoom H4N, could do it on on that too. It would be a shame to let all these Mac's sit here with nothing to do though.

[bonfilio]

What's the catch with S1Free? The features list actually looks fairly impressive..

https://shop.presonus.com/products/s...tudio-One-Free


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The most noticeable exclusion I see is lack of VST support, but that may not be a show killer for a number of people.

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Artist edition for $20 is easily as impulse buy as Reaper. If for no other reason than using as a daw-alike sketchpad.

[MikComposer]

Don't go with reaper if you're planning on doing a lot of midi. Its implementation and UX is horrendous.

[kriogen]

Originally Posted by MikComposer

Don't go with reaper if you're planning on doing a lot of midi. Its implementation and UX is horrendous.

Hello.You can read more?.Switched from Cubase-not noticed differences.

[Lawrence]

Originally Posted by bonfilio

What's the catch with S1Free? The features list actually looks fairly impressive..

I listed some stuff it doesn't have earlier in this thread. Beside that, the features it has and doesn't have are listed clearly on the website comparison chart, but as usual, nobody ever reads that stuff.

http://www.presonus.com/products/stu...mpare-versions

[Jeffsounds]

Originally Posted by Lawrence

I listed some stuff it doesn't have earlier in this thread. Beside that, the features it has and doesn't have are listed clearly on the website comparison chart, but as usual, nobody ever reads that stuff.

http://www.presonus.com/products/stu...mpare-versions

Click the link and then SCROLL DOWN to see the chart. I missed it first time around.

[Lawrence]

It'll probably be moot soon enough. After all this time v3 has to be showing up at some point.

But yeah, I doubt if any daw whore (which is most of us ) will ever be happy with any free product.

[MikComposer]

Originally Posted by kriogen

Hello.You can read more?.Switched from Cubase-not noticed differences.

Seams like you were not doing much midi in cubase to not notice the difference.

[kriogen]

Originally Posted by MikComposer

Seams like you were not doing much midi in cubase to not notice the difference.

I was hoping for an answer.