What do you hate about REAPER ?

[antiClick]

Originally Posted by 315

I find the take (comping) system horrible, it's the only thing that really bothers me. Everything else has a solution

This is funny, 'cause I love to comp takes on Reaper.
I used almost every software and I find the Reaper method to be one of the fastest and precise in the industry.

Maybe try not to accumulate more than 5 takes on the same lane, or set some shortcuts to manage/delete them.

[dasherma]

Unlike some in this thread, I'd like it to have a less Windows-like interface when using it on the Mac. I don't hate that...just something I'd like.

The only thing I really dislike (I mean, c'mon...can you really _hate_ a piece of software?) is that when I clear the plugin cache and rescan, I get bunches of dialog windows telling me that Reaper has crashed (stopped?) and I have to close all of those dialogs.

[KenB]

What I like ...

The Forum.
Reaper is easy to use.

What I didn't like ...

Legibility of the theme ... to the point that I hated to use Reaper so much that I made less music. So ... I gave up and moved to a different DAW.

KenB

[Lynx_TWO]

Originally Posted by KenB

What I like ...

The Forum.
Reaper is easy to use.

What I didn't like ...

Legibility of the theme ... to the point that I hated to use Reaper so much that I made less music. So ... I gave up and moved to a different DAW.

KenB

You should try the Flat Madness theme. Makes reaper WAY more user friendly and like other DAWs

[FeedTheCat]

Originally Posted by antiClick

I hate:

- lack of surface control
- having to have to consistently click on the arranger window to focus it so the spacebar will initiate play.

You can make you spacebar hotkey global (double click on the shortcut in the action list). This way space will always trigger play/stop, no matter which window has focus.

[Vincent Sermonne]

The behavior of the zoom with the mouse wheel...or rather the unzoom, which goes from 1 to 1000 and an antique fluidity.

[DThompson55]

Originally Posted by Lynx_TWO

You should try the Flat Madness theme. Makes reaper WAY more user friendly and like other DAWs

I really like this theme - glad you mentioned it.

[nicholas]

Originally Posted by DThompson55

I really like this theme - glad you mentioned it.

It reminds me very much of SAW Studio (that's a compliment, by the way )
.

[FearinLoathin]

Originally Posted by Vincent Sermonne

The behavior of the zoom with the mouse wheel...or rather the unzoom, which goes from 1 to 1000 and an antique fluidity.

Dude... The VERY FIRST thing I did, and I mean before I even thought about looking around (much less creating a track and making music) was straighten out the mousewheel functionality. Literally gave it one flick and said, "Nope!", haha.
Straight to the manual I went, to learn how to change custom actions. I made Alt+Scroll the horizontal zoom and mousewheel alone horizontal scroll. So much more practical, not to mention... Normal?

A buddy of mine has Reaper and for a while every time I was over at his place working I'd screw his actions all up and drive him crazy.

[pax-eterna]

The lack of a dedicated tech support desk...we have to rely on the CHANCE someone at Cockos will see a thread on the forum and even then act upon it!

I daresay they have more on their agenda than jus pursuing forums, however for particular tech questions that only they can answer it would be nice!

[TomL]

Originally Posted by FeedTheCat

You can make you spacebar hotkey global (double click on the shortcut in the action list). This way space will always trigger play/stop, no matter which window has focus.

Well, I never knew that.

[thevisi0nary]

Something I hate is that for how customizable it is you will occasionally run into things that are not. I see it a lot in the mouse modifiers.

[tony10000]

- Lack of organization of Actions. It would be nice if they could be nested into folders a la Studio One.

- A standard set of toolbars, also like Studio One. Standard, Audio Editing, Music Editing, Music Creation, Track Visibility, etc.

[Pashkuli]

The fact that it has all the features, but has not been arranged\displayed in the most generic\simple\meaningful way.

Like a fully buffed bodybuilder who skipped leg day.
Or like having a Lamborghini but use it to go for groceries.

[Junolab]

Love:
- Flexibility, so it can be set up for an almost mouse-less system.
- Light on resources.
- This forum (come on with a mobile-friendly version!)


Don't like:
- Visuals. It's by miles the most uninspiring DAW out there. And no theme is fully doing it for me. Would be happy to pay for premium design options and I'm sure the Reaper effects would be used more by new users if they where more "intuitive" and fun.
- Comping (missing my Logic comping days...)
- Too many key commands need a specific window open (I'm looking at you Midi Editor!) which partly defeats its purpose.

[CDS]

The people that always have an attitude or think every little comment is a negative remark towards them.

CDS

[sievr]

+ posibilieties
+ stability
+ fast / responsive
+ small

+ / - stock plugins are so so, and weirdly named (maybe could be added photos like s1?)

- HORRIBLE UI, it's the most unintuitive DAW I ever used, sorry, but why all options should be so hidden? I've gotten used to it, but if I want the new person to go into it, it's really hard, please please hire UI/UX persons and we could start to be proper daw for beginners also!!!
- I can't hide automation with one key
- bad out of the box experience - you need to customize == you can't collaborate
- weird scaling track panel (left side)
- too many ways to do the same thing (then you will spend more and more time with daw, not music itself)
- sidechain (I know how to do it - but not intuitive at all)


ps. I've talked about this in past, but mostly I've received hate
ps2. I've used REAPER for 10+ years professionally
ps3. UI/UX is horrible

[alextone]

I don't hate Reaper. I'm not emotionally invested in any app.

The limitations, for my workflow.

Not enough midi ports.
Reaper starts to struggle around 400 tracks, and it gets worse from there.
The user can't add a new midi item directly into the midi editor.

[jlgrimes11]

Originally Posted by sievr

- bad out of the box experience - you need to customize == you can't collaborate

That is probably the biggest issue is alot of the default settings are kind of weird and could turn a New user off. I think if Cockos really focused on more streamlined workflow functions (especially for midi), they would really shake up things.

I think this is definitely true on the midi side of things. Alot of Reaper's power is hidden and you will never know it was there. Customization can be a bit harder than audio as I think midi has more different workflows. A good "MPC" midi recording workflow would be nice.


I think it's default audio/mixing recording workflow is pretty good though especially with a bit of reading, watching Youtube tutorials which definitely showcases alot of Reaper's hidden audio mixing features, but I recommend this DAW to alot of new producers/songwriters who just want to record and mix and alot still gets intimidated by the program and end up getting something like Studio One free (which is severely underfeatured but they still enjoy because it is less intimidating I guess).



That said Reaper's biggest pro is its' low overhead. I can load up fairly "basic" synths in Ableton and get the CPU performance meter to register 10-20% usage, and monstrosities that use 30-40% of Ableton's resources and I'm talking modern 8 Core i7 processors thats only 3 years old.

In Reaper these such "monstrosities" are only showing about 10% usage at most in its resource meter (and thats like peak usage. Some instances are at like only 2%). I'd imagine that some of this is differences in how resource load is calculated but I can quickly hear the fans start cutting on in Ableton sometimes where Reaper these loads don't seem as bothered. Reaper is also more flexible in loading up older "legacy" plugin formats so you don't need to use 3rd party VST bridges and such.

[xbitz]

some official FXRack (top-right) like solution would be nice but that's all
https://i.ibb.co/kynwSVX/rack.png

[sievr]

Originally Posted by jlgrimes11

That said Reaper's biggest pro is its' low overhead. I can load up fairly "basic" synths in Ableton and get the CPU performance meter to register 10-20% usage, and monstrosities that use 30-40% of Ableton's resources and I'm talking modern 8 Core i7 processors thats only 3 years old.

In Reaper these such "monstrosities" are only showing about 10% usage at most in its resource meter (and thats like peak usage. Some instances are at like only 2%). I'd imagine that some of this is differences in how resource load is calculated but I can quickly hear the fans start cutting on in Ableton sometimes where Reaper these loads don't seem as bothered. Reaper is also more flexible in loading up older "legacy" plugin formats so you don't need to use 3rd party VST bridges and such.

I would mostly upgrade my laptop to enjoy using DAW, instead of worrying about performance, it's 2022, most of the gear are overpowered to regular use

[sievr]

Originally Posted by xbitz

some official FXRack (top-right) like solution would be nice but that's all
https://i.ibb.co/kynwSVX/rack.png

WOAH that's nice, but I would prefer that's to be out of the box experience, most of the time I spend on forums try to figure out REAPER

please devs, hire proper UI/UX at premiere of 7.0

[tony10000]

Tiny font size on FX selector screen! Have mercy!

[michael diemer]

Yep, the fonts need to be bigger. Maybe as the devs get older and their eyes begin to change we will finally see this...although a little "foresight" would be nice.

[ivansc]

Originally Posted by pax-eterna

The lack of a dedicated tech support desk...we have to rely on the CHANCE someone at Cockos will see a thread on the forum and even then act upon it!

I daresay they have more on their agenda than jus pursuing forums, however for particular tech questions that only they can answer it would be nice!

You can already email Cockos support.
AND they are usually quick to respond considering there is only 2 of them.

So easy to overlook things like this, as most of us take it for granted & the rest don`t have the need to contact them directly!

[ivansc]

Originally Posted by CDS

The people that always have an attitude or think every little comment is a negative remark towards them.

CDS

[Pashkuli]

Originally Posted by tony10000

Tiny font size on FX selector screen! Have mercy!

Indeed...

https://forum.cockos.com/showpost.ph...5&postcount=62

[michael diemer]

Originally Posted by Pashkuli

Indeed...

https://forum.cockos.com/showpost.ph...5&postcount=62

Don't know if this works on Mac, but I know of nothing on Linux that will do this.

[woogish]

I'd like to use my BFC2000

[EpicSounds]

Originally Posted by woogish

I'd like to use my BFC2000

come on really?

Mackie mode, CSI, ReaLearn, smart knobs, or Klinke Extension are your options

[Nathannn]

I hate the name. Why would I want to use a program called death?
I already know that some people will say "it means reaping a crop" I dont think that was the intended meaning.

[nicholas]

Originally Posted by ivansc

Yes, I believe that is what folks call irony!

[tony10000]

Works fine for audio only. With VSTi plugins, I get too many random crashes with no error messages, logs, or warnings. Also, lose my work every time since there is no recovery method. No easy way to troubleshoot and no communication between the devs and the VSTi coders to track down what is happening.

[serr]

When I say out loud "Computer, mix these tracks into a Grammy winning hit!" Reaper doesn't respond at all. It's as though I'm expected to poke at keyboard or mouse controls myself or something. Unacceptable!

[norbury brook]

Originally Posted by tony10000

Works fine for audio only. With VSTi plugins, I get too many random crashes with no error messages, logs, or warnings. Also, lose my work every time since there is no recovery method. No easy way to troubleshoot and no communication between the devs and the VSTi coders to track down what is happening.

not been my experience at all. it's always played well with VI's.

Also if you set backup to every 5 minutes that's all you'll loose...5 minutes of work. The backup system is a recovery method.....it include your VST instruments as well....


M

[Geoff-h3o]

Originally Posted by MoBeach

I hate the fact when I fire it up it doesn't say "Good morning Dave"

I'm really glad it doesn't say Good morning Dave.

Other than that by now I would have expected it to write, arrange and record my ideas on startup, with at least 5 alternate versions. I would then telepathically choose the version to be automatically distributed and relax viewing my repidly filling bank account. All energy expended during this process immediately offset by the planting of virtual trees in Minecraft or Google Maps or the Moon.

[Hypex]

Originally Posted by Nathannn

I hate the name. Why would I want to use a program called death?

Well, if you want to produce death metal, then it would be a suitable name to reap the benefits. ;-)

[Hypex]

Originally Posted by serr

When I say out loud "Computer, mix these tracks into a Grammy winning hit!" Reaper doesn't respond at all. It's as though I'm expected to poke at keyboard or mouse controls myself or something. Unacceptable!

Are you speaking into your mouse Scotty style? Or just talking in its general direction? I suspect you need to hook up a gamers headpiece and hook Reaper into record mode so it can hear what you are saying. :-D

[Geoff-h3o]

Originally Posted by serr

When I say out loud "Computer, mix these tracks into a Grammy winning hit!" Reaper doesn't respond at all. It's as though I'm expected to poke at keyboard or mouse controls myself or something. Unacceptable!

I think you're limiting it's creativity. Try to be more generalized.

[xpander]

Originally Posted by Nathannn

I hate the name. Why would I want to use a program called death?
I already know that some people will say "it means reaping a crop" I dont think that was the intended meaning.

What you personally associate with the name might be the problem, not the name itself. That name is an acronym; Rapid Environment for Audio Production, Engineering, and Recording.

From Justin himself:
What thing inspire you to put your DAW's name as REAPER

Makes perfect sense to me. I have actually sowed seeds by hand and reaped with the scythe. The whole process and proper care needed in each stage, including the tool maintenance and handling techique, translates beautifully to music production.