It reminds me of the old tape-based studio days but with the power of digital and computers at my fingertips. I have been commercially successful as a producer with Reaper at my fingertips. The power of Reaper is that it's up to you. And loop based production? Well, Reaper can do that - just differently. I can make my own workflows as I see fit. It's simply because it DOESN'T have all those things! I don't need a DAW to tell me what Instruments to use - I can download any of about a zillon (at last count) from the internet. Other DAWs have loop-based production just sitting there waiting to rock and roll. why? Other DAWs have lots of built in instruments. it's my top choice from all of those undeniably powerful and functional products. If you've used other DAWs a lot (as I have - especially Pro-Tools, Logic Pro and Cubase) then Reaper is gonna be weird. You'll be able to tell that many people round these parts LOVE Reaper. I will be studying that actions list in a couple of days!! Yes, there is the occasional frustration, but that is what this forum is for, right? LOL. I will say that for me, learning the new system is half the fun. I am sure I will have many more questions for the forum once I start playing with Reaper. I must admit I am favoring Reaper given it's reputation of not bogging down the system nearly as much as other DAW's, and the fact that I will be able to choose between MAC or PC rather than forcing me to stick with MAC when new computer time comes. I have the holiday week off and am going to take advantage by trialing Reaper and Logic. I do plan to download the trial this weekend. I have used any number of DAWs used over the years myself and have installed a fair number on my current machine and quite enjoy switching back and forth from one song to the next (with the most difficult thing in regards to this for me being to remember what DAW I worked with for which song). Having said that it can of course be quite a good thing to try different tools and purposely breaking habits and getting used to other ways of doing things. (Not to mention all the fine plugins you'd have to bid farewell too.) In other words: DP is already one of the most powerful DAWs out there and if you have been used to it for so long, Reaper probably isn't going to suit both your needs and habits at all. if you made regular use of Chunks Reaper won't make you happy. better? That would depend a lot on your personal needs and habits, I think - DP is pretty unique (and like Reaper amazingly powerful) - e.g. I have been with DP since DP 4 but haven't upgraded since DP 9 because I think there must be something better out there for me.ĭifferent certainly.
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