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Ask Justin Frankel
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Note: please do not ask questions about REAPER features, bugs or scheduling, use the forums instead.

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Question: Why is REAPER's MIDI editor a library (rather than being 'baked' in the main code)?
Asked by wasereb4 (79.246.84.x) on May 21 2021, 1:36am
Reply on May 21 2021, 12:56pm:

Legacy decision from making the initial MIDI support a plug-in. Probably a bad decision, but shrug. 2 Comments...

Question: Is there a problem with different Items with same FXID in their chunk? Can I ask related to Reaper specifics infos here? Srry if no.
Asked by daniellumertz (200.146.247.x) on May 17 2021, 7:23am
Reply on May 17 2021, 2:03pm:

Email or forum for these questions is probably better -- but in general REAPER won't have an issue with duplicate FXIDs, though it's better to create new ones when duplicating FX, and some other scripts/extensions may rely on them being unique. 2 Comments...

Question: I've been trying at least a couple times to contact you, Schwa and Ollie through forum PM and email (support@cockos.com) with zero feedback. Are you having issues or do you simply hate me? :)
Asked by Mabian (95.245.177.x) on May 15 2021, 9:23am
Reply on May 15 2021, 1:11pm:

When emailing it's better to email with the issue itself, rather than "I've tried contacting you via the forums"... but anyway email me at justin@ with the specifics. 2 Comments...

Question: reaplay is bad ass and has totaly improved my life. thanks
Asked by del159 (207.148.176.x) on May 14 2021, 5:02pm
Reply on May 15 2021, 1:11pm:

<3 Comment...

Question: What's the most insane, radical, futuristic idea you seriously consider developing for Reaper?
Asked by Poofox (24.8.34.x) on May 13 2021, 12:14am
Reply on May 13 2021, 12:34pm:

Uhh I dunno Comment...

Question: Did You ever tried to write a book of some kind ?
Asked by Pooooooooooooooooooooooooony (198.16.66.x) on May 10 2021, 7:21pm
Reply on May 10 2021, 10:07pm:

Nope, I've thought it might be fun to try by just writing and writing and seeing what kind of mess I could make would be, but have never dared. Comment...

Question: I wan't do debug my VST plugin while Reaper is scanning it. Since separate process is now used for scanning, i am not sure how to attach to it with debugger (VS2019). Any ideas?
Asked by zabukowski (89.142.56.x) on May 10 2021, 1:56pm
Reply on May 10 2021, 10:06pm:

Set vst_scan=1 in the [reaper] section of reaper.ini 1 Comment...

Question: Hey Justin, have a look at these guitars. They look beautiful aren't they? ritter-instruments.com/instrument...., ritter-instruments.com/instrument...., ritter-instruments.com/instrument....
Asked by guitarguy (82.207.238.x) on May 4 2021, 9:37pm
Reply on May 5 2021, 3:43pm:

Totally 4 Comments...

Question: Any thoughts on decentralized AI, cloud computing and streaming (i.e SingularityNET, Akash Network, Theta)? Future or fad?
Asked by Ryan (154.5.58.x) on May 3 2021, 10:31am
Reply on May 3 2021, 10:19pm:

Not really? We'll see? Comment...

Question: How will affect REAPER binaries/plugins/VST a hypothetical C++ ABI break for Win/Linux/macOS (sooner or later it's coming)? In this kind of scenario does REAPER have an advantage for not using the std:: (Standard Template Debt) or will be a major disaster regardless?
Asked by Gio (94.70.2.x) on May 2 2021, 1:09am
Reply on May 3 2021, 3:25am (edited at May 3 2021, 3:26am):

Hmm I don't see a C++ ABI break for existing architectures happening 2 Comments...

Question: Hi Justin, love your work (reaper nd winamp)! I recently found a designer who reuized as concept the basic reaper plugins and it looked so beautiful and much more clean, any chance a view option could be implemanted? Here's the designersite I found:behance.net/gallery/101780783/Fanc...
Asked by Jack G (82.113.99.x) on May 1 2021, 12:10pm
Reply on May 1 2021, 4:25pm:

Low priority for me I guess Comment...

Question: I am developing sws function for tcp/mcp key input(volume, pan, sends - with arrow keys or any). To draw focus rect on element and to get mouse position I made a simple "walter" parser for version but for reaper version 4 (that was couple years ago).But version 6 is more huge and comlicated now. Any chance to get walter parser open source?
Asked by LazyFish (77.111.247.x) on April 29 2021, 7:57pm
Reply on May 1 2021, 1:20am:

Hmm not sure I completely follow but send me an email (justin at cockos) rather than here if you like :) Comment...

Question: What was the most entertaining bug you ever had on REAPER?
Asked by yoo its joon (79.70.101.x) on April 28 2021, 12:28am
Reply on April 29 2021, 11:40am:

I'm almost most impressed by the ones that are the oldest... but I can't remember any right now Comment...

Question: Do you see the poetry is this knockout or do you still think MMA is too brutal? youtube.com/watch?v=YkR0mnR1s5s&ab...
Asked by Mommy (185.232.22.x) on April 27 2021, 9:34pm
Reply on April 29 2021, 11:40am: