Doing some research on Bitwig, thinking it's sandboxing vst's function was interesting and wondering if a few plugins that crash Studio One might work in Bitwig and then Ableton caught my attention and so of course logically I ended up afterall installing Reaper 7 lol.
The main draw was it's considerable cpu advantage and I was able to explore some presets of Diversion in it's full unison, oversampling glory for the very first time.
I've also by degree adjusted the mouse cursor functions and a handful of other things to make it begin to be more comfortable operating in and I must say, if I can use my few synths and plugins that manslaughter my cpu power free of that worry I may start using Reaper.
I'll likely use it in this specialized fashion to take advantage of my heavier plugin synths and plugins.
Not as daunting as I was expecting when availing myself of the Reaper forum and instructional yt vids. I was wary and reticent to give it a shot but my spazzy impatience was slightly less than anticipated. Have a solid collection of gui themes too, some of them look relatively not bad too.
Reaper 7 released
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- KVRian
- 596 posts since 21 Jan, 2017
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- KVRian
- 695 posts since 18 Sep, 2010
I like having the choice of (many) themes on Reaper. Currently using Inquasar Dark Matter.
More directly, I have FL Studio, Studio One (early version), and others. Over time, I've found Reaper to often be the quickest route to most of what I want to do, whether it's something quite minimal, or something quite complex. But, hey, that's me, and yes, I still find the others occasionally more suitable for what I want to do. Choice is a wonderful thing.
More directly, I have FL Studio, Studio One (early version), and others. Over time, I've found Reaper to often be the quickest route to most of what I want to do, whether it's something quite minimal, or something quite complex. But, hey, that's me, and yes, I still find the others occasionally more suitable for what I want to do. Choice is a wonderful thing.
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- KVRAF
- 15524 posts since 13 Oct, 2009
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- KVRAF
- 2618 posts since 19 Mar, 2008 from germany
free mp3s + info: andy-enroe.de songs + weird stuff: enroe.de
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- KVRian
- 537 posts since 20 Oct, 2023
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- KVRAF
- 5103 posts since 30 May, 2006 from Hollow Earth
Choice “is” a wonderful thing but Decision is another animal
MuLab of course 
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- KVRAF
- 4868 posts since 5 May, 2005 from Stockholm, Sweden
Every year I download Reaper and mess around with it cause of how amazing a piece of software it obviously is but then I'm reminded how much I dislike the scaling options. Especially where skins are involved. It just looks like arse with a lot of seperate elements fighting for space rather than a unified unit such as FL Studio, I guess Ableton and Bitwig do it right too, don't know of any others but I'm guessing Cubase is still a mess scaling wise. Vector graphics FTW eh?
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machinesworking machinesworking https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=8505 - KVRAF
- 6293 posts since 15 Aug, 2003 from seattle
Honestly the two worst GUIs and UX violating DAWs are Reaper and Reason. Logic, DP, Studio One etc. are all mostly OK. I really do like Reaper, but the GUI and the arrange page paradigm just bug me enough to keep me a peripheral user only for some features and for collaboration at times. In almost all themes, looped items look like intestines.lotus2035 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 16, 2023 8:32 pm Every year I download Reaper and mess around with it cause of how amazing a piece of software it obviously is but then I'm reminded how much I dislike the scaling options. Especially where skins are involved. It just looks like arse with a lot of seperate elements fighting for space rather than a unified unit such as FL Studio, I guess Ableton and Bitwig do it right too, don't know of any others but I'm guessing Cubase is still a mess scaling wise. Vector graphics FTW eh?
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- KVRAF
- 5103 posts since 30 May, 2006 from Hollow Earth
Reason is actually the only time when my hardware cables got never tangled beyond insanitymachinesworking wrote: ↑Sat Dec 16, 2023 11:05 pmHonestly the two worst GUIs and UX violating DAWs are Reaper and Reason. Logic, DP, Studio One etc. are all mostly OK. I really do like Reaper, but the GUI and the arrange page paradigm just bug me enough to keep me a peripheral user only for some features and for collaboration at times. In almost all themes, looped items look like intestines.lotus2035 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 16, 2023 8:32 pm Every year I download Reaper and mess around with it cause of how amazing a piece of software it obviously is but then I'm reminded how much I dislike the scaling options. Especially where skins are involved. It just looks like arse with a lot of seperate elements fighting for space rather than a unified unit such as FL Studio, I guess Ableton and Bitwig do it right too, don't know of any others but I'm guessing Cubase is still a mess scaling wise. Vector graphics FTW eh?
MuLab of course
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- KVRian
- 537 posts since 20 Oct, 2023
What's the difference?liquidsound wrote: ↑Sat Dec 16, 2023 8:14 pmChoice “is” a wonderful thing but Decision is another animal
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- KVRAF
- 5103 posts since 30 May, 2006 from Hollow Earth
Try itVOODOO U wrote: ↑Sun Dec 17, 2023 12:07 amWhat's the difference?liquidsound wrote: ↑Sat Dec 16, 2023 8:14 pmChoice “is” a wonderful thing but Decision is another animal
MuLab of course
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- KVRist
- 216 posts since 25 Mar, 2020
Wonderful professional DAW with incredible upgrades! for only $60? You guys are kidding me, aren't you? Wonderful sequencer! Perfect stability and lightning fast, Reaper v7 the N1 of the market...only Pro-tools comes close...
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- KVRAF
- 3265 posts since 30 Dec, 2014
You're having a laugh,
it doesn't even have any decent instruments or effects with nice GUIs.KVR S1-Thread | The Intrancersonic-Design Source > Program Resource | Studio One Resource | Music Gallery | 2D / 3D Sci-fi Art | GUI Projects | Animations | Photography | Film Docs | 80's Cartoons | Games | Music Hardware |
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- KVRAF
- 5103 posts since 30 May, 2006 from Hollow Earth
That’s why is a Pro Daw.THE INTRANCER wrote: ↑Fri May 03, 2024 1:46 pmYou're having a laugh,
You use your one pro gear, not the lesser one in a Daw.
Regarding the GUI, where is the problem…
MuLab of course
