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Question: You haven't made any stock instruments for REAPER (okay, there is one), because there are plenty of plugins out there. Then why have you made effects? There are plenty of effects out there too.
Asked by Curiosity (104.236.53.x) on June 30 2018, 5:08am
Reply on June 30 2018, 5:44pm:

There are 3 technically.. but mainly because I use eqs and compressors a lot, whereas VSTis not so much? Comment...

Question: my last post was a joke, I appreciate the help, could I email you to discuss in detail if you have some time? (sequencer)
Asked by sam_lich (67.21.182.x) on June 29 2018, 4:58pm
Reply on June 30 2018, 3:00am:

Yeah I know! Sure, email me, I can't promise how helpful I'll be but we'll see... Comment...

Question: hi, although brilliant scripts are the result, how do you feel about programmers reverse engineering your code?
Asked by fixerdave (79.71.241.x) on June 29 2018, 2:07pm
Reply on June 30 2018, 3:01am:

I don't think there's much reverse engineering of code, it's more figuring out ways to use the APIs available to do interesting things, which is great. I'd be against using insight used from reverse engineering, though, because it would make everything fragile. If you use the defined APIs we can make sure not to break them. If you take advantage of internals, then we don't know what we can change and what we can't... Comment...

Question: Do you like or hate auto-speller in mobile phones?
Asked by Android (220.158.146.x) on June 29 2018, 3:40am
Reply on June 29 2018, 1:15pm:

It ends up bothering me most of the time Comment...

Question: Do you know music theory & notations, and can you read sheet music?
Asked by Musical Note (104.236.205.x) on June 29 2018, 3:38am
Reply on June 29 2018, 1:16pm:

I can read monophonic sheet music (e.g. when playing flute or clarinet) fast enough to play slower pieces, but on piano I end up going quite slow. As for music theory, I know some but am no expert. Comment...

Question: Knowing your background in creating Gnutella, how would I go about pitching you a project that could help you save the planet?
Asked by Falco (85.28.76.x) on June 28 2018, 9:29pm
Reply on June 28 2018, 9:37pm:

Post it on the internet for all to read and give me a link! Comment...

Question: Why haven't you made 'commenting' feature here? So that we people can comment in other people's questions as well as your answers too.
Asked by Abhi (59.92.94.x) on June 28 2018, 4:42pm
Reply on June 28 2018, 7:44pm:

That's a thought, but then it'd probably degenerate as things on the internet often do. 1 Comment...

Question: Will it ever be possible to sync two (reaper) DAWs sessions with eachother i.e sharing session and being able to apply FX (from other computer) and preview sessions on the fly? aka collaboration mode
Asked by Georgy (172.250.71.x) on June 28 2018, 7:39am
Reply on June 28 2018, 7:44pm:

That would be cool, maybe. I've thought about various models but haven't gotten to one that I was ready to implement. Comment...

Question: Thanks for the previous response, I'm building a sequencer in python, now that I have all the secrets, you're going DOWN, bye bye cockos lol
Asked by sam_lich (64.234.61.x) on June 27 2018, 5:15pm
Reply on June 28 2018, 1:14am:

Sweet, look forward to it! Comment...

Question: Is music, your hobby and programming, your passion? Or the other way around? Or both are your passions?
Asked by Bobby (220.158.145.x) on June 27 2018, 3:58pm
Reply on June 28 2018, 1:14am:

Good question! I think both are passions, some days one more than the other :) Comment...

Question: Ever thought of using super8 with midi (aka midilooper) besides audio?
Asked by Curious (87.177.53.x) on June 27 2018, 12:37pm
Reply on June 27 2018, 1:43pm:

I've thought about extending super8 to support that, but I haven't thought about using it that way (if I had a MIDI use for it I'd probably do it!). Comment...

Question: I really love REAPER's website's layout & design. Have you made that website completely by your own? Or you have used some templates from website making websites?
Asked by HTML (103.61.89.x) on June 27 2018, 9:00am
Reply on June 27 2018, 1:42pm:

White_Tie did most of the CSS for it, I think... by hand-ish? Comment...

Question: Can you help with calculating pixels to move per bpm? When moving a playhead?
Asked by sam_lich (64.234.61.x) on June 26 2018, 10:01pm
Reply on June 27 2018, 1:41pm:

x_position = pixels_per_second * beat_position * 60 / bpm

x_position = pixels_per_beat * beat_position

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Question: Are there any blogs/docs out there about the evolution of EEL2?
Asked by Paul (5.68.38.x) on June 26 2018, 7:26pm
Reply on June 27 2018, 1:40pm:

One could poke through the git history :) Comment...

Question: Is there anything you don't like about Fastspring?
Asked by Bob (161.69.123.x) on June 26 2018, 2:17pm
Reply on June 26 2018, 2:30pm (edited at June 26 2018, 2:31pm):

They're great! We don't want to switch. Comment...

Question: What's the inspiration behind the names 'Cockos' & 'Reaper'? (In short - why have you name them like that?)
Asked by Inspire (61.2.249.x) on June 26 2018, 8:57am
Reply on June 26 2018, 2:30pm:

Cockos is a stupid name which if you research you'll find, but REAPER is about reaping great harvest. Comment...

Question: Have any idea why Twelfth root of two (chromatic scale) is preferred opposed to just split an octave into 12 parts (semitone=(1/12)*2*f1)
Asked by actondev (171.33.234.x) on June 25 2018, 8:59pm
Reply on June 25 2018, 10:15pm (edited at June 25 2018, 10:16pm):

That would sound terrible, I'd imagine, because you want certain notes to resonate with each other (and if you split the octave linearly they would not). Comment...

Question: Do you have any idea on how dee plugin(winamp dsp) improve bass? Is it generates odd harmonics?
Asked by ruchira (43.250.243.x) on June 25 2018, 7:45am
Reply on June 25 2018, 10:16pm:

No idea. I think there's a JSFX that looks for zero crossings and then generates sub-bass by generating a sine-wave at half of that frequency. Comment...

Question: Why are you giving your Rea plugins to people for free? Well, you can just charge, like $10 for it? ;)
Asked by Curiosity (104.131.188.x) on June 23 2018, 12:21pm
Reply on June 23 2018, 1:13pm:

Many years ago we figured people might say "oh I should be using REAPER anyway". Not a huge priority for us, though. Comment...

Question: Do Cockos company have Headquarter somewhere or is your home, HQ of Cockos?
Asked by Name (117.197.11.x) on June 23 2018, 3:04am
Reply on June 23 2018, 1:13pm:

Cockos is geographically distributed but we have a test studio in Brooklyn. Comment...

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