![]() You are not alone, my friend! There are many DAWs on the market, each one with its strengths and weaknesses. So, essentially it gives priority to changing individual values over changing a group of values from a selection.Are you a beginner and do not know how to start producing music? Did you read in a forum that the best DAW is Apple Logic, in another one that nothing beats Avid Pro Tools, in a third that Cubase is the best music software around, and in a Q&A portal that you need Image-Line FL Studio or Ableton Live to properly produce music? And then came your cousin, who told you that if you don't use Reaper, you don't understand anything? And now all you have is a big headache and a lot of confusion? It makes me want to throw my computer out the window! However, zooming is strange, it almost never zooms to the content in a convenient way, so when I open an item, I often have to move and zoom around to find the notes!ĬC editing definitely needs improvement. I'm really looking forward to v6, hoping for improvements and hoping it comes out soon.Įdit: I typed the use cases from memory, they might be a bit different I also waste a lot of time drawing curves with mouse (did try scripts, but they are not user friendly). EDIT: not quite true, with some careful settings adjustments most of these are solved So, essentially it gives priority to changing individual values over changing a group of values from a selection. Or, if you want to use shift+drag to apply a linear transition to a range of cc values, and while doing that I happen to click on a cc event, it will again select and edit only that event, so you have to click elsewhere just to avoid clicking on any existing event (which makes me enter values I don't want, that need additional corrections). Or if I want to simply draw events over existing ones, and in the process click on one, it will not draw new values, but just select. It makes me want to throw my computer out the window!įor example: when I want to edit multiple values with a mouse, sometimes it will modify only one, regardless if many are selected, so I have to undo and try again. However, zooming is strange, it almost never zooms to the content in a convenient way, so when I open an item, I often have to move and zoom around to find the notes! CC editing definitely needs improvement. What I find great there is: it allowed me to setup a shortcut L for legato (which I use most of the time), predefined S to split notes, and Q to quantize, actions to change a CC lane to a particular CC (mod, pitch, expression) which I put in a toolbar. I use Reaper exclusively, all for midi, which has both good and bad sides to it.Įditing notes in piano roll is ok (there's no science to it). ![]() I'm not trying to sell Reaper to anyone funnily enough, the tools don't even matter to me at least. Non of the usual "what do you recommend?" met with a "How much?! Ugh". ![]() I also freely recommend Reaper to people because its not only free to try and use, its wonderfully cheap. It's not like changing a few settings, creating a custom action or track template is a huge task or even takes more than 10 minutes. I guess I just disagree :/ if a tool can do multiple tasks I would personally always choose that single tool over several different tools if its just a small amount of effort. Yeah, Cubase arrives with great MIDI ready to go, but comes along with dongles, heavy CPU usage, and a boat load of other stuff a lot of users consider "bloat". That is why OTR was created, as well as multiple 3rd party scripts designed to speed up workflow as well as midi tool scripts. I also have hands on experience using Reaper for podcasts and made use of custom actions and the play rate to make the editing process for those faaaar less time consuming.Īctually, it is. So yes, that flexibility is absolutely relevant to composers. As well as Gareth Coker who chose Reaper over Cubase and Studio One describing their CPU usage as "woeful" in comparison, Reaper lacked the out-the-box MIDI but guess what? That can be improved and customised! Those are just two top industry composers that come to mind. ![]() Reaper is appreciated by composers like Will Roget, who composed the entire 4 hour COD soundtrack in a single project for keeping the overall sound cohesive and due to Reaper's CPU, flexibility and region matrix. Yeah, Cubase arrives with great MIDI ready to go, but comes along with a much bigger price, dongle, heavy CPU usage, and a boat load of other stuff a lot of users consider "bloat". ![]()
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