Cockos Reaper 3: DAWn't Fear It
What Cockos hath sewn, thou shalt reap. Sound creepy enough? Well forgive me if the program icon for Cockos Reaper 3 puts me in a Gothic state of mind. Ye Olde Scythe of Death stands in stark contrast, however, to some decidedly non-grim news: Reaper has received a major update, but is still totally affordable.
Yes, once a name oft reverberated 'bout the hallowed bandwidth of these fair servers, "Reaper" shall be cried anew, thanks to the recent release of Reaper 3. Version three flaunts so many rad new features, it'd turn Rob Warmowski into Weaper version three:
MAJOR NEW FEATURES
- Automation lanes
- Nested track folders
- Multiple tabbed projects
- Multichannel (greater than stereo) media support, including MOGG
- FX parameter controls on track and mixer control panels
- Customize toolbar icons and actions
- Programmable MIDI joystick/game controller support
MIDI IMPROVEMENTS
- Inline MIDI editing
- Edit multiple MIDI items in one editor
- Sync MIDI editor to arrange view, including looped items
- Export project MIDI, with tempo map support
- MIDI event filter
- Track MIDI controls (manage bank/program changes, sysex, automate CC)
- MIDI hardware timing improvements
- Full sysex support
OTHER SIGNIFICANT NEW FEATURES AND IMPROVEMENTS
- Create time- or beat-based templates including media
- Improved REX support
- Smoother play/stop/seek transitions
- Soft controller takeover, including FX parameters
- Create default FX controller assignments that act on the focused plug-in
- New UI theme, many new graphics features and options
- More user control of placement/appearance of graphical interface elements
- Create knobs, envelopes, controller assignments from the last touched FX parameter
- MIDI control of presets for any plugin
- Attach text and image resources to media items, place icons on tracks
- Global automation override/bypass
- Hide/show tracks in either arrange or mixer view
- UAD compatibility improvements
- All-native graphics rendering engine (better appearance and performance)
All these improvements, yet Reaper 3 still features Cockos's intelligent and more-than-fair pricing structure. The 30-day trial version of Reaper is fully functional, with now features limited or omitted. After 30 days, should you fall in love with Reaper, you can purchase one of two licenses. A full commercial license costs $225 US, but even more affordable still is the "discounted license." If you are ". . . an individual, using REAPER only for personal use. . . an individual or business, using REAPER for commercial use, and the yearly gross revenue does not exceed USD $20,000. . . an educational or non-profit organization," you can purchase a legal Reaper license for only $60 US. Sweet.
Cockos Reaper 3 is available now, and supports both Windows- and Mac OS X-based machines.
Bought it yesterday
I've been a Cubase user for years and tried different daws. But this app is one of the most inspiring pieces of software i ever worked with. Easy to start, but very deep. The biggest shortcoming so far was the midi editing. This is no longer the case. Just an awesome app.
Reaper rocks
After using just about every music production environment from tracker programs to Ableton Live, I can honestly say that REAPER is the best.
If you're sick of bloated, over-priced, marketing-driven apps.... or if you're just not comfortable with your DAW.... or if you're stuck in a creative wasteland - you HAVE to try REAPER.
No - I don't work for Cockos! I'm just a genuinely happy REAPER convert who has just thrown his copy of Ableton out of the window for the loop-obsessed kiddie brigade to fight over.
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