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Question: Do you have family members that use REAPER? Do they make feature requests? lol
Asked by Mommy (99.173.156.x) on May 11 2016, 3:10am
Reply on May 11 2016, 2:21pm:

Occasionally on both counts Comment...

Question: Now that Jeffos isn't a part of Cockos anymore, and SWS seems unmaintained, are you guys going to try your best not to do changes that could break things in SWS? Kinda sad situation there...
Asked by Tinny (89.164.217.x) on May 10 2016, 9:15am
Reply on May 10 2016, 2:21pm:

We try not to break things anyway :) Comment...

Question: I'm writing an installer script for a REAPER-only VST plugin. What would you prefer as install location on Windows? a) %REAPER_PROGRAM_DIR%PluginsFX, b) %APPDATA%REAPERUserPluginsFX, c) Usual VST dir containing also VST plugins for other hosts, d) New REAPER-specific VST dir. b sounds good but I need to be able to distinguish between 32 and 64 bit.
Asked by helgoboss (87.138.116.x) on May 9 2016, 2:32pm
Reply on May 9 2016, 2:37pm (edited at May 9 2016, 3:04pm):

User-specific VST folder (Program Files\Steinberg\VSTPlugins etc), and just silently not load if not REAPER. Comment...

Question: Do you plan someone to join the Cockos team?
Asked by Vitali (212.87.13.x) on May 9 2016, 8:44am
Reply on May 9 2016, 2:37pm:

Not so much Comment...

Question: Is Google screwing with you? Did you see that the summary for this page is "Ask Justin Frankel ... ask questions about REAPER features, bugs or scheduling." Don't you think that's messed up?!
Asked by Cory (96.239.66.x) on May 8 2016, 4:04pm
Reply on May 8 2016, 10:26pm:

Hah, I suppose I should exclude that from the content, somehow. Comment...

Question: According to the laws of aviation… what should a bee do?
Asked by zander nix (192.234.38.x) on May 5 2016, 2:25pm
Reply on May 7 2016, 6:52pm:

File a flight plan? Surely it must be under some weight limit for that, categorized as a hobby aircraft? Comment...

Question: Have you ever worked with another programmer that made you feel dumb?
Asked by Will (107.203.156.x) on May 5 2016, 12:38am
Reply on May 5 2016, 3:05am:

Sure, everybody makes me feel dumb at some time or another, but nobody I've known makes me feel dumb all the time. Perhaps I'm immune. Comment...

Question: how does it feel to know that you made the best DAW around? (by the way, in the next century I'm probably going to make a better one for my needs, if I stop procrastinating everything. but reaper is pretty cool.)
Asked by hopeless (79.47.116.x) on May 4 2016, 6:01pm
Reply on May 5 2016, 3:05am:

Ha that's like, your opinion, man. Thanks though :) It's a work in progress, I'm just happy I get to use it! Comment...

Question: Is Ted Cruz the zodiac killer
Asked by Jesus (192.234.38.x) on May 3 2016, 2:04pm
Reply on May 3 2016, 9:36pm:

I haven't seen any evidence to the contrary Comment...

Question: What percentage of your Cockos time is coding REAPER vs business things, maintaining website etc.?
Asked by George (76.97.150.x) on May 2 2016, 5:47pm
Reply on May 3 2016, 9:37pm:

Hmm it varies highly, sometimes I program a lot, other times I do other things a lot (customer service, testing, etc). Web site development gets very little attention. Comment...

Question: You mentioned you use purify - are there any other static or dynamic analysis tools you like?
Asked by Anon (80.194.75.x) on May 2 2016, 9:31am
Reply on May 2 2016, 2:23pm:

We used it at one point, but not so much anymore. Valgrind is nice. The code analysis tools that come with Xcode and recent visual studio versions are pretty nice too. Comment...

Question: Do you play chess?
Asked by asafonov (78.25.121.x) on May 1 2016, 4:18pm
Reply on May 2 2016, 2:23pm:

Not really, I'm impatient. Comment...

Question: Hi, Justin. Long time lurker, first time poster. I saw a reddit post over on r/linuxaudio about the native linux version of Reaper. It really made my day. I tend to have the geekiest daydreams, and a dedicated Reaper linux distribution is a reoccurring dream of mine. Considering the history with Jesusonic, do you every entertain thoughts of a dedicated Reape
Asked by Fernando (24.155.108.x) on May 1 2016, 3:40am
Reply on May 2 2016, 2:24pm:

I don't think anybody would want a dedicated REAPER-distro, but maybe a debian base install + list of apt-get packages would be useful? :) Comment...

Question: Re "genwafilefinder" The MIssing File Finder (I was hoping it could fix playlists), it was on sourceforge and openhub, I thought you might have it or know where to find it or know someone who does...thx!
Asked by Joey (82.10.152.x) on April 30 2016, 11:47pm
Reply on May 2 2016, 2:24pm:

No idea! Comment...

Question: Windows (post-vista?) has files.. music files etc... some have ID3, and *all files have sys-tags (date created etc). There's comments, and hundreds more... also USN Journal,alternate data streams (which might be how ya could 'tag' folders, in XP). You can create your own filetype... Apple has a CAF audio structure, (details @ goo.gl/lbkehV) How can I edit C
Asked by Jonny (82.16.170.x) on April 30 2016, 10:53am
Reply on May 2 2016, 2:24pm:

Not sure what this question is. Comment...

Question: How do you turn this into profit? youtube.com/watch?v=-gHgXmMXvAg
Asked by Will (107.203.156.x) on April 30 2016, 4:34am
Reply on May 2 2016, 2:25pm:

Hah. Some skills are for entertainment only? Comment...

Question: How many languages can you speak?
Asked by asafonov (84.42.11.x) on April 28 2016, 6:01pm
Reply on April 29 2016, 1:05pm:

Fluently, just English. Ordering tacos, two, maybe three others. Comment...

Question: Could you have a look at the final endif statement in stringpool.h? Thanks.
Asked by gio (94.70.16.x) on April 28 2016, 7:35am
Reply on April 28 2016, 3:14pm:

fixing, thanks! Comment...

Question: Roughly how many code lines is Reaper's biggest function?
Asked by Punky Brewster (99.117.28.x) on April 27 2016, 4:47pm
Reply on April 28 2016, 2:02am:

Not sure the easiest way to check, but probably huge, some big switch() {} statement. Comment...

Question: when is my birthday
Asked by Jaxon (205.122.29.x) on April 27 2016, 3:41pm
Reply on April 28 2016, 2:02am:

Tuesday, at least some years. Comment...

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