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Question: Forum FR? A button to copy [Code][/Code] text?
Asked by alex (187.201.253.x) on May 3 2026, 5:22am

Question: Are you a fan of any anime or cartoons?
Asked by Danny K (172.56.61.x) on May 3 2026, 4:52am

Question: If you couldn't use Reaper, which daw would you choose and why?
Asked by Derrick (172.58.51.x) on May 1 2026, 5:58pm
Reply on May 2 2026, 1:26am:

I'd probably go with Ardour so I could still hack on it. Comment...

Question: Is Reaper a large software project?
Asked by nncccn (112.224.167.x) on May 1 2026, 3:55pm
Reply on May 2 2026, 1:26am:

It's definitely consumed a lot of programmer time! something like 35 human-years at this point? Comment...

Question: Did you grow up with an interest in programming itself, or what you could build with code? Do you enjoy the process, the end result, or both?
Asked by Fabien (172.58.51.x) on May 1 2026, 3:14pm
Reply on May 2 2026, 1:25am:

Both for sure! Comment...

Question: What's the (theoretical) maximum length (in time) of Reaper projects?
Asked by wasereb4 (31.16.104.x) on May 1 2026, 4:49am
Reply on May 2 2026, 1:23am (edited at May 2 2026, 1:27am):

Due to the use of double-precision floating point for timing in many places, I imagine things would start breaking in significant ways at 2^53 samples, which at 48khz would be more than 5,000 years. Wow 2^53 is really big. 1 Comment...

Question: Do you like life and what are the main reasons for that?
Asked by Hans (213.100.205.x) on April 30 2026, 10:30pm
Reply on April 30 2026, 10:34pm:

Definitely - food, music, friends, exercise, come to mind. Probably more. Comment...

Question: Can you tell me if CCL Cross-platform Framework is related to REAPER? Or it's from another program, I can't figure it out...
Asked by Andrey (5.187.85.x) on April 30 2026, 8:12pm
Reply on April 30 2026, 8:26pm:

This is the first I've heard of it 3 Comments...

Question: Since this is your specialty, I wonder how you'd grade Torvald's repo: github.com/torvalds/AudioNoise
Asked by Will (99.100.219.x) on April 29 2026, 1:18pm
Reply on April 29 2026, 6:42pm:

looks fine to me Comment...

Question: Would you rather be stupid and happy or smart and depressed?
Asked by James (172.58.48.x) on April 28 2026, 11:33pm
Reply on April 29 2026, 6:43pm:

It depends on the magnitude of all of those qualities, I suppose. Comment...

Question: Do you think A.I. will cause even greater interest in live music now and in the future? I think the artist themselves and their process or personal life will become part of the art as well..
Asked by Jason (172.58.50.x) on April 28 2026, 2:29am
Reply on April 28 2026, 12:29pm:

hope so! Comment...

Question: newstd.dreamhosters.com/?
Asked by notstd (98.97.27.x) on April 27 2026, 10:24pm
Reply on April 28 2026, 12:30pm:

lol Comment...

Question: Who would you like to see as the candidate for president from the democrats?
Asked by mlprod (178.174.212.x) on April 27 2026, 7:49pm
Reply on April 27 2026, 8:18pm:

fuck if I know, who can win? Comment...

Question: Hello, do you about this ? vdo.ninja/alpha/examples/music-syn...This demo is for NINJAM-style or loop-based music sessions where the audio is handled outside VDO.Ninja an
Asked by Bernd Keul (89.1.137.x) on April 25 2026, 9:57am
Reply on April 26 2026, 11:19pm:

not really sure what's going on there but cool anyway Comment...

Question: How is this website viable? Is it really as simple as a stupid custom captcha and basic php where you're careful with file permissions, htmlspecialchars, etc. ? Or is there hidden wizardry?
Asked by blahblih (31.37.8.x) on April 24 2026, 10:58am
Reply on April 24 2026, 12:26pm:

shrug low volume target I guess? 2 Comments...

Question: Hi,there are starting to be quite a few shitty files on the stash, completely made by AI with no work put into them. Such a shame for REAPER! How are you going to handle this in the future, given this new factor that is AI?
Asked by Jason (92.157.64.x) on April 23 2026, 7:55pm
Reply on April 23 2026, 8:34pm:

ugh dunno 4 Comments...

Question: Tempted to get a Mastodon account?
Asked by Stephen (58.96.70.x) on April 22 2026, 5:59am
Reply on April 22 2026, 2:04pm:

I ran a server but the supply chain for it was so massive it seemed like too big a liability... Comment...

Question: "his proudest moments are waving to Stevie Wonder" (cockos.com/team.php: there's room to improve the jokes I think :)
Asked by wasereb4 (178.24.51.x) on April 21 2026, 4:00am
Reply on April 21 2026, 2:57pm:

Dammit Jim, I'm a doctor, not a comedian... 1 Comment...

Question: Are Big Tech companies digging their own grave with AI in the long term? Like, will we reach a point where there's such an overabundance of digital stuff that people no longer see value in it, and no one, not even Big Tech, can monetize it?
Asked by Big Tech CEO (149.88.19.x) on April 18 2026, 9:07pm
Reply on April 19 2026, 3:16pm:

they're probably cementing their positions, because they will be the only ones who can monetize it (not by selling it, but by selling the user data etc) 2 Comments...

Question: Thoughts on the state of audio plugin development? Stuff like JUCE seems overly complicated, but I'm also just stupid. JSFX is awesome but you can't output actual VSTs. I'd love to see an audio plugin API with the simplicity of something like raylib
Asked by Asher (24.20.183.x) on April 17 2026, 5:48pm
Reply on April 19 2026, 3:17pm:

JUCE definitely feels overly complicated to me... but I don't have any good alternatives! 1 Comment...

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