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Question: If you can choose only 2 devices from these - smartphone, tablet, phablet, laptop & desktop - what two devices would you choose?
Asked by Abhi (117.202.171.x) on June 7 2019, 3:49pm
Reply on June 7 2019, 7:16pm:

Phone and laptop. Ideally an external mouse/keyboard for the laptop too, for when at home. Comment...

Question: Have you had a chance or the time to watch Killing Eve or Peaky Blinders? What are your thoughts on them - if you have seen them? Also, living in NYC do you go to Sound installations/shows etc? Or not your scene?
Asked by Bean (49.196.3.x) on June 7 2019, 2:36pm
Reply on June 7 2019, 7:16pm:

I've seen Killing Eve. It's pretty good. Tried to watch Peaky Blinders but never got into it. In NYC I'll go to music shows, not so much on sound installations. Comment...

Question: What's your favourite Star Trek episode?
Asked by Sai'ke (132.230.195.x) on June 7 2019, 2:11pm
Reply on June 7 2019, 7:15pm:

I don't have one, but my favorite series was TNG Comment...

Question: How many programming-languages can you program with and which of them you know fluently?
Asked by Mespotine (109.104.46.x) on June 6 2019, 2:17pm
Reply on June 7 2019, 12:41pm (edited at June 7 2019, 12:42pm):

I use C/C++, PHP, Lua, EEL2, Javascript pretty regularly and comfortably I guess. There are others I use less-often and thus less-comfortably. Fluency isn't exactly a good concept IMO, oversimplification. Can you understand code written in the language? Can you write whatever you need in the language? Can you write whatever you need in the most elegant and clean fashion? These are three questions which can be answered in different ways... Comment...

Question: What's going on with the ninjam servers?
Asked by David (74.108.19.x) on June 6 2019, 12:12am
Reply on June 7 2019, 12:40pm (edited at June 7 2019, 12:48pm):

They seem OK? Ah I see, fixing! Comment...

Question: What is the extend of MIDI you, schwa and other Cockos developers use? I remember you used the word "midiot" a few times so I wonder do you even record MIDI :D
Asked by John (93.136.90.x) on June 4 2019, 3:27pm
Reply on June 7 2019, 12:40pm:

I use it here and there but mostly do audio stuff. I can't speak for the others. Comment...

Question: do you think rewiring Reason into Reaper is easy/hard for work flow....maybe i need 2 screens or i don't know i find it something hard to do right now, whats your opinion, thanks
Asked by Emmm (128.0.250.x) on June 3 2019, 3:10pm
Reply on June 3 2019, 3:27pm:

I keep it simpler and record audio :) Comment...

Question: Do you wear any smartwatch or smartband? If yes, how many steps do you walk/run daily? I have almost 10,000 steps daily, if I don't reach, I walk/run extra (thanks to my smartband, it motivates me to walk/run, haha). Also, is it possible for a normal person to walk/run 100,000 steps daily?
Asked by Abhi (162.243.246.x) on June 3 2019, 7:44am
Reply on June 3 2019, 3:27pm (edited at June 3 2019, 3:48pm):

I only wear a watch when I'm running/etc. I've read that whole 10,000 steps thing was originally a marketing campaign by a pedometer company, but it seems like a good goal. I think most days I probably walk 5,000 steps, bike 10 miles, run a few miles, etc. I don't think I've ever done 100,000 steps in a day, most I've done is around 70,000, I think (running an ultra or walking a great saunter). To do more than that every day seems really really difficult. Comment...

Question: After 50 years, would smartphones be as capable as today's high-end computers?
Asked by Abhi (104.131.66.x) on June 1 2019, 12:10pm
Reply on June 1 2019, 1:00pm:

In terms of raw processing power and storage, no doubt yes. Whether they are fully end-user programmable, we'll see? Comment...

Question: What is the best part of lua?
Asked by fujimotos (153.147.9.x) on May 31 2019, 12:34pm
Reply on May 31 2019, 10:48pm:

Its API for integration, IMO. 4 Comments...

Question: Hello Justin, I know that it’s inappropriate to ask this here, but there is very little chance for me to get direct reply from you anywhere else on the Reaper forum, so I hope this question will not offend you too much. Is there any reason for Reaper not to have a “loop view” (Session view in Ableton)? It is where you can record a loop and trigger it by clicking on the selected loop. I saw you using loops for composing and jamming all the time on your youtube channel
Asked by Christopher Brown (66.70.178.x) on May 31 2019, 3:42am
Reply on May 31 2019, 10:48pm (edited at May 31 2019, 10:49pm):

If I had a clear vision for something I wanted to use relating to that, then there would be, but I don't, so there isn't. Schwa does sometimes write things for other people, but I really try to avoid it. Super8 meets my needs for looping things. Comment...

Question: Did it ever happen with you, that you always wanted to make some plugin for a long time (e.g. some complex synth or whatever you need for yourself), but didn't really get into making it or had no time to finish it?
Asked by Pony (78.152.169.x) on May 30 2019, 10:03am
Reply on May 30 2019, 1:04pm:

I did experiment with some modeling synths in JSFX, but lost interest at some point. Comment...

Question: If you would rate your own software REAPER 0-100, what would your rate be?
Asked by MS from Sweden (77.218.252.x) on May 30 2019, 9:30am
Reply on May 30 2019, 1:03pm:

While I'm tempted to reference Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, my answer is actually: NaN Comment...

Question: Why do we park on a driveway and drive on a parkway?
Asked by david (103.91.114.x) on May 30 2019, 4:45am
Reply on May 30 2019, 1:03pm:

Down with cars! Comment...

Question: Have you ever had trouble with big production companies using REAPER regarding support?
Asked by Albi (187.189.28.x) on May 30 2019, 12:08am
Reply on May 30 2019, 1:03pm:

Not yet, knock on wood. The big companies we do work with are very good about testing and procedures, generally. Comment...

Question: Do you keep in touch with any of the old #mpeg3 efnet ops crew? Like that crazy porn king swed, Mouse? We enjoyed helping you beta test!
Asked by Old Bud (67.38.220.x) on May 29 2019, 6:53pm
Reply on May 30 2019, 1:02pm:

Not really, no! But they were awesome. 1 Comment...

Question: If you had to start Reaper from scratch today, would you still choose C? Why/why not?
Asked by Lokasenna (184.68.216.x) on May 29 2019, 4:56pm
Reply on May 29 2019, 6:23pm:

C++, you mean? Absolutely. There are plenty of design decisions that I made that have aged poorly, however the choice of language is not one of those. 2 Comments...

Question: Have you ever used the software Unity 3D?
Asked by Abhi (45.127.68.x) on May 27 2019, 4:45pm
Reply on May 28 2019, 1:25pm:

I played with it for about 5m once a few years ago, but I'd say "no" because I didn't learn anything ;) Comment...

Question: What would happen if Mark Zuckerberg developed REAPER and you developed Facebook?
Asked by Abhi (45.127.70.x) on May 25 2019, 7:39am
Reply on May 25 2019, 11:50am:

Hah I would probably be miserable 8 Comments...

Question: when will REAPER give us the ability to set markers IN items... so you can move, copy, paste etc. items WITH the markers...?
Asked by martin.doc (193.175.49.x) on May 24 2019, 12:09pm
Reply on May 25 2019, 11:50am:

See above! 2 Comments...

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