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Question: what do i do to stop eating halloween candy?
Asked by Will (70.173.145.x) on November 3 2014, 3:16am
Reply on November 4 2014, 3:08pm:

Throw it away? Comment...

Question: From 1-5 *, how [redacted] is REAPER for OSX? I want some quality assurance.
Asked by gio (94.66.89.x) on November 1 2014, 12:24am
Reply on November 4 2014, 3:09pm:

REAPER for OSX is great at this point, IMO. Comment...

Question: CTF = capture the flag. It's a hacking contest. Geohot routinely wins these competitions as an individual vs. teams. Scary smart dude.
Asked by Will (24.234.85.x) on October 31 2014, 7:12pm
Reply on November 4 2014, 3:09pm:

Ah cool, yeah never thought of CTF in that sort of context. Comment...

Question: If you could take over a toy company, which would you acquire and why?
Asked by Blake (49.145.206.x) on October 31 2014, 9:39am
Reply on October 31 2014, 1:31pm:

Lego? Then I'd build the biggest lego construction project I could imagine? I dunno, that or something drone related... Comment...

Question: Do you follow this? geohot.com/lhcwriteup.html
Asked by Will (70.173.145.x) on October 31 2014, 4:55am
Reply on October 31 2014, 1:31pm:

Yeah, but what does "CTF" mean in this context?

Original link: geohot.com/lhcwriteup.html

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Question: Can you please advise if a new PC build mostly used for music production would greatly benefit from the new 5930 / 5820 processors with associated DD4 RAM and why that would be? I use Reaper and have an abundance of VST's, VSTi's and sample based instruments and I'm building my first proper music studio system and want to make the best choices in terms of pr
Asked by Tim R (194.62.232.x) on October 30 2014, 3:03pm
Reply on October 30 2014, 11:13pm:

I can't really say, I will say that my quad core i7 (something bridge?) laptop is so incredibly powerful compared to my c2q desktop. Staggeringly faster. As far as the even-newer stuff goes, I can't say much, I'm sure it's great though. Comment...

Question: Without being specific, any big surprises or significant new features lined up in Reaper 5?
Asked by Mick (27.127.192.x) on October 30 2014, 3:18am
Reply on October 30 2014, 11:12pm:

Everything's still up in the air, various things are being worked on (and if you snoop around you will find things mentioning them), but what we end up doing is anybody's guess. Comment...

Question: on irc.prison.net asks: Like UPS?
Asked by ChromE (50.82.225.x) on October 30 2014, 2:10am
Reply on October 30 2014, 11:12pm:

Hmm, say what? Comment...

Question: Did you know Chrome on iOS just wraps the default iOS web view engine because of app store licensing restrictions which prevent Google from using their own rendering/js engine? That's gay.
Asked by Will (24.234.85.x) on October 29 2014, 10:41pm
Reply on October 29 2014, 10:56pm:

Yep. That's not the correct adjective though. Comment...

Question: The recent blog post made thinking about the design of audio blocks in REAPER. Do you use continuous per channel audio blocks or an interleaved buffer model? What you favor and/or is more practical/useful. (a long post would be nice...)
Asked by gio (79.131.44.x) on October 29 2014, 8:48am
Reply on October 29 2014, 10:57pm:

It depends, mostly we store buffers which are blocks of interleaved samples, except when going planar for plug-ins and like. Comment...

Question: Other than your wife, if you could only pick 1 person you currently know to share the planet with, who would it be?
Asked by Will (24.234.85.x) on October 27 2014, 10:16pm
Reply on October 28 2014, 4:40pm:

Hmm maybe Ron Swanson? Comment...

Question: Like you, I also play a bit of piano, The more I learn the more I think that being good is more about having a good memory and a love of repetitive tasks than it is about musical tallent. Do you agree?
Asked by Dream Of Sleepin (86.14.62.x) on October 25 2014, 6:35pm
Reply on October 28 2014, 4:40pm:

I'm trying to not remember the things I'm playing, and just to build the recognition of notes on the page to movements of the hand. I'm more or less failing at both things. Comment...

Question: Following up on chunky: c'mon, you do audio graphics audio graphics. Take a beak from audio and hit up the html5 canvas graphics world with your skills. :P
Asked by Will (24.234.85.x) on October 24 2014, 12:00am
Reply on October 28 2014, 4:41pm (edited at October 28 2014, 5:40pm):

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Question: Are you going to take a break from Reaper and create something new (doesn't have to be big). Please?
Asked by chunky (71.227.30.x) on October 23 2014, 4:17pm
Reply on October 23 2014, 11:27pm:

Hmmmmm I'm lazy, and REAPER people would revolt! :) Comment...

Question: I'll try that. I tried various path settings according to the doc and none of he presets would load after creating the *.ini. It's all in my vstplugins folder and even using a literal path didn't work.
Asked by PunkyBrewster (76.226.62.x) on October 22 2014, 1:02pm
Reply on October 23 2014, 11:27pm:

Hmm make some screenshots etc there could be something you're messing up? Or something I messed up too... Comment...

Question: As a follow up to askjf.com/index.php?q=660s, does the C runtime compact the heap to make room for new allocations as space runs out?
Asked by Will (70.173.145.x) on October 22 2014, 5:23am
Reply on October 22 2014, 12:46pm:

The heap can't really be compacted, because all of the addresses must remain the same. So yeah, you can in theory end up with a fragmented heap where you have a lot of wasted memory, though in practice I'm not sure how often this really happens... Comment...

Question: Ok, I added an ini file in the same folder as the dll and used VSTCAT=2 but it still loads as an audio plugin, not an instrument. What might I be doing wrong?
Asked by PunkyBrewster (76.226.62.x) on October 22 2014, 1:42am
Reply on October 22 2014, 12:44pm:


appendname=/instrument

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Question: Is it possible to complie a version of ReaJS VST so that it shows up as an instrument instead of an effect? Wiuld work better for hosts that don't process midi inline.
Asked by PunkyBrewster (76.226.62.x) on October 21 2014, 9:14pm
Reply on October 21 2014, 9:58pm:

You can set an ini file setting to do this, read reajs_info.txt. Comment...

Question: Do you think it's easier for someone with a shitload of money to say there's more to life than money?
Asked by Will (24.234.85.x) on October 21 2014, 8:42pm
Reply on October 21 2014, 9:57pm:

Of course, but once you have over a certain amount, it's meaningless. If you had the choice between $100 million and $3 billion, but you know that the $100 million scenario would make you happier, then why take the $3 billion? Unless you want to own a sports team and so forth, I guess... Comment...

Question: Do you think Evan Spiegel was foolish in rejecting Facebook's 3 billion dollar offer for Snapchat?
Asked by jm9000 (98.238.139.x) on October 21 2014, 6:41am
Reply on October 21 2014, 4:58pm:

It seems like a pretty good price, but there's more to life than money. Comment...

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