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Question: What made you finally want to implement area selection into the current development branch?
Asked by Albi (88.77.253.x) on May 26 2020, 1:01pm
Reply on May 26 2020, 1:12pm (edited at May 26 2020, 1:15pm):

We realized that the implementation could reuse a lot of existing complex logic (lowering the effort/result ratio to worthwhile levels). 1 Comment...

Question: Are you aware of the seth material? in particular the book named "Seth Speaks-Eternal Validity of the Soul"? (primer here> youtu.be/K_X3_y8QT5k a profound view on life/death!
Asked by 2020 (31.124.45.x) on May 26 2020, 11:51am
Reply on May 26 2020, 1:14pm:

I am not, though I am deeply skeptical of all of those named Seth. 1 Comment...

Question: Which desktop environment do you use on Debian and are you happy with it?
Asked by Linux (196.240.57.x) on May 25 2020, 8:14pm
Reply on May 25 2020, 9:35pm:

Xfce4! Yep. Comment...

Question: Sorry but...When clicking the help in reaper-the link to the wiki appears as "dead"..any chance of getting someone to resurrect that info and update it for 6. releases?
Asked by 2020 (95.151.177.x) on May 25 2020, 1:12am
Reply on May 25 2020, 1:31am:

Can you be more specific, sorry? 4 Comments...

Question: What programming languages do you write REAPER in? What are their proportions in the code?
Asked by Vitali (148.81.197.x) on May 24 2020, 10:49am
Reply on May 24 2020, 3:00pm:

Almost entirely C++ (though with almost no C++ standard library use). 3 Comments...

Question: iS iT a good iDea to DELETE ALL MY LOCAL SONGS, and completely switch to music streaming s e r v i c e, like sPoTiFy ? ! ? ! ?
Asked by NINJA(M) (104.236.70.x) on May 23 2020, 7:58am
Reply on May 23 2020, 2:06pm:

No 2 Comments...

Question: Just curious, was that you that touched up the RS5k code or was it Schwa?
Asked by Mommy (104.223.92.x) on May 23 2020, 4:48am
Reply on May 23 2020, 2:07pm:

Take a guess Comment...

Question: Why do audio converter softwares give option to convert an audio file into higher bitrates? Like from 128 kbps to 320 kbps? A lost quality cannot be gained, obviously. There is really no reason to give the option of upscaling an audio file's bitrate, right?
Asked by Ninja(m) (182.68.62.x) on May 22 2020, 2:11pm
Reply on May 22 2020, 9:22pm:

3 Comments...

Question: C compilation on Windows/MSVC is very slow (especially compared to Unix). Do you have any tips to make it suck less?
Asked by fujimotos (211.7.85.x) on May 21 2020, 11:37pm
Reply on May 22 2020, 2:52am:

Not really, but I mostly use mac/linux these days which are both way faster. Comment...

Question: Do you plan to add different locales support to NINJAM Chat? If so - when?
Asked by Ingwarr (176.37.50.x) on May 20 2020, 11:03pm
Reply on May 20 2020, 11:13pm:

What do you mean? 3 Comments...

Question: (sorry for forum related post but) noticed kenny g does not have a special member tag (when others do)> why is that? is he not part of the team,or?
Asked by 2020 (95.151.177.x) on May 20 2020, 7:38pm
Reply on May 20 2020, 11:14pm:

Kenny is big on keeping connected with all of the proles. He's on https://www.cockos.com/team.php though 1 Comment...

Question: What's the minimum version of Debian you recommend for development that will also do well with SWELL? Currently using 9 but I feel it might be too new...
Asked by Gio (79.130.171.x) on May 18 2020, 4:25pm
Reply on May 18 2020, 6:55pm:

It depends if you want to distribute binaries you produce and what your minimum requirements are there, I guess? I use Debian 9 on my DAW and it's fine. For distribution builds though we use some older Ubuntu installs that have gcc 4.x and 5.x... 1 Comment...

Question: Have you ever had to deal with persistant bots or malevolent attacks on any webpages?
Asked by 2020 (109.181.167.x) on May 17 2020, 2:42pm
Reply on May 17 2020, 9:46pm:

Not sure if they're malevolent but it's not uncommon to have certain web pages thrashed by out of control bots. I've had to develop tools to help deal with this, which have thankfully been working relatively well the last couple of years (knock on wood). 1 Comment...

Question: How to write lyrics for my song? Any tip?
Asked by SongWriting (182.68.48.x) on May 16 2020, 5:48pm
Reply on May 16 2020, 8:20pm:

Hell if I know, maybe hum a tune to it and get that figured out then find words to fit it? Comment...

Question: Are there any plans to include subfolders and drag and drop support for folders in the FX Browser?
Asked by Abhirup (223.223.139.x) on May 16 2020, 7:11am
Reply on May 16 2020, 8:20pm:

See above guidelines thank you 1 Comment...

Question: Do you ever consider growing your hair really long again?
Asked by Justin (23.125.224.x) on May 16 2020, 4:22am
Reply on May 16 2020, 8:20pm:

Nah I much prefer short hair Comment...

Question: do you own any weapons,or care much for any type of firearms? (for safety perhaps)
Asked by 2020 (2.26.163.x) on May 15 2020, 9:13pm
Reply on May 16 2020, 3:12am:

I have shot plenty of guns (growing up in Arizona), but I prefer to stay as far away from them as possible. 1 Comment...

Question: In your opinion, programming - technical or humanitarian branch?
Asked by Pony (46.252.212.x) on May 15 2020, 7:00pm
Reply on May 15 2020, 9:11pm:

It's a spectrum that is somewhere between technical and art? 1 Comment...

Question: What are your thoughts about Logic's huge 10.5 update? Do you and Schwa ever talk about keeping up with the competition? You seem to be a competive guy, based on your running/biking activities, so do you ever feel pressure to add similar features to keep REAPER competitive in the marketplace? Don't you dare give me a "meh" answer!
Asked by Mommy (107.150.31.x) on May 15 2020, 6:39pm
Reply on May 15 2020, 9:10pm:

Running and bicycling is not a competitive thing for me, they are things I enjoy. Same for REAPER. Comment...

Question: Hows your workspace these days? clean & tidy,or messy & cluttered?
Asked by 2020 (95.149.70.x) on May 14 2020, 1:33pm
Reply on May 14 2020, 9:40pm:

Mostly clean though maybe needing some dusting at the moment 1 Comment...

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