Old 07-03-2013, 02:13 AM   #1
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I'm trying to completely uninstall Reaper in order to deal with a fan noise problem I'm having.

I've done everything I could--looked on all posts--and still when I re-install after completely deleting the program, Reaper recognizes my registration and previous preferences, and then proceeds to look for my previous files and folders under their old names.

How does it still save those preferences? I've searched my Mac thoroughly for 'reaper' and 'ini' and nothing comes up.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Old 07-03-2013, 02:31 AM   #2
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Hello rychvz and welcome to these forums. You'll find many helpful people here and a lot of useful information.

I do not think that uninstalling Reaper will affect the fan noise problem.

The Reaper files may be in a hidden / protected folder. And I think that I recall reading that Finder does not search everywhere.

By design, the Reaper config files are not removed by an uninstallation. Perhaps you could start Reaper, with the "Reset config to factory defaults" option(on Windows, it is one of the choices in the Start menu)

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But, try this (at your own risk, as I have never done it, nor do I know OSX):
-- start Reaper,
-- click [Options] and select "Show Reaper resource path...",
-- that should get you to the folder where all the .ini and config files are
-- close Reaper,
-- back up all those files somewhere, then delete them OR just change the directory name.
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Old 07-03-2013, 02:59 AM   #3
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Oh, I finally found it by accident. The 'library' folder on Mac OS X under your username is hidden by default.

Press 'option' while under the 'Go' menu in the finder to reveal it. The Reaper files are under "Application Support".
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Old 07-03-2013, 03:01 AM   #4
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Thank you Darkstar! And yes, uninstalling Reaper did not fix the fan noise problem. I really don't know what's wrong.

It's definitely involved with Reaper itself, as no other program has a problem.

I've cleaned my fans out, installed fan software, lowered the buffering in Reaper... I just don't know what to do next.
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Old 07-03-2013, 03:18 AM   #5
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Ok, glad you've tracked down the Reaper files.

As for the fan:
-- could Reaper be making the system run hot?
-- does it happen for all projects?
-- what happens with an empty project?
-- are some plug-ins running wild?
-- what sort of CPU / disk loads are you seeing?
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Old 07-03-2013, 03:29 AM   #6
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Reaper is definitely the cause - tried other DAWs with no problems.

It does happen for all projects, including empty projects.
I don't use any plug-ins.
CPU load is very low.
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Old 07-03-2013, 06:11 AM   #7
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You must have loaded the mystical Fan Accelerator FX


Or, how about trying Reaper with "Dummy Audio" (or "DirectSound" on Windows) audio device?

Otherwise, I'm stumped.
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Old 07-03-2013, 06:24 AM   #8
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Have you checked out the Mac Activity Monitor and Reaper's View/Performance for any clues?
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Old 07-03-2013, 08:17 AM   #9
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Reaper has support files in ~/Library/Application Support as you've found. This is the standard spot for app support files and noted in the manual as well.

I can guarantee you that Reaper is not directly causing fans to misbehave.

From what you said, it sounds like Reaper is the only app pushing your machine to heat it up enough to turn on it's fans. If you feel this is not reasonable, then we'll help investigate.

Let's start with:
Tell us what Activity Monitor reports for CPU use when the fans kick in.
Install and run Temperature Monitor and tell us what temperatures we're looking at here.
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Old 07-03-2013, 08:20 AM   #10
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How exactly is Reaper causing a Fan Noise problem????????
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Old 07-03-2013, 02:20 PM   #11
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Thanks for all the responses, guys!

Activity Monitor tells me that nothing is really using too much CPU. Reaper only uses up to 4% while recording, and that is by far the highest process.

Temperature Monitor was interesting: CPU Core 4 immediately shot to 99 degrees C, and then one by one each core eventually made its way up to the mid 90s degrees C as recording went on.

Other than that everything else was down at a reasonable level.
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Old 07-03-2013, 04:56 PM   #12
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Thanks for all the responses, guys!

Activity Monitor tells me that nothing is really using too much CPU. Reaper only uses up to 4% while recording, and that is by far the highest process.

Temperature Monitor was interesting: CPU Core 4 immediately shot to 99 degrees C, and then one by one each core eventually made its way up to the mid 90s degrees C as recording went on.

Other than that everything else was down at a reasonable level.

The fans would be expected to run faster (and louder) at those temperatures.
Now Macs can run in the 90 - 100 deg C range but normally you'd only see that with much higher CPU usage.

The one core getting hot first is suspect too.
Can you tell me what the other cores start at when core 4 shoots up to 99 C right away?

Can you tell me weather or not it's the case that only core 4 was in use in that scenario? Just want to rule that out.

What I should have asked first: Did it used to run with lower fan speeds and this is a new problem?

Just for reference, if I run live sound + record multitrack on my C2D MBP the fans will kick on high but that's with 85% - 90% CPU usage.
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Old 07-03-2013, 08:38 PM   #13
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Sigh. Now all four CPUs are running hot. The all just jump straight up to the high 90s immediately when I record.

There isn't any overheating when I use the system audio - just when I use my pre-amp connected by USB. But the problem couldn't be the pre-amp because other DAWs run it just fine.

And yes, it used to work just fine until a few days ago. Nothing has changed with my set-up between then and now so I'm puzzled. It's a little hotter outside but that's about it.

And all I'm recording is voiceover - one input recording, no FX.
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