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Question: Sometimes, gfx.getchar returns two character in a queue, like 261 and 128 when I enter the €-symbol on a german keymap. How do I interpret these two values to convert it into €? Or into UTF8 or something?
Asked by Mespotine (46.114.200.x) on December 9 2022, 5:30pm
Reply on December 10 2022, 7:08pm:

Sadly I don't have a good answer for this one at the moment 5 Comments...

Question: Follow up on a 2010 question: Do you know of any well-known ("famous") musicians or engineers who use Reaper?
Asked by KokoHanlo (75.118.175.x) on December 9 2022, 3:58pm
Reply on December 9 2022, 4:21pm (edited at December 9 2022, 4:22pm):

Yeah plenty though they probably aren't the insanely-famous of them all, anyway we respect peoples privacy... Comment...

Question: Have you tried ChatGPT chatbot? It can do e.g. reascripting (sort of...). openai.com/blog/chatgpt/
Asked by wasereb4 (87.167.90.x) on December 9 2022, 12:12am
Reply on December 9 2022, 5:17am:

Yeah it's pretty cool! Despite its limits. 2 Comments...

Question: Hey Justin, hope you're well. Have you ever had self-confidence issues/tendency to count yourself out, if so, do you have any tips for overcoming it? Thanks :)
Asked by jack (146.70.134.x) on December 8 2022, 7:45am
Reply on December 8 2022, 3:48pm:

Probably yeah... I dunno, remember other people are usually focused on themselves and their own issues rather than you. Or are delusional about themselves. Or aren't judgmental anyway? Comment...

Question: What do you think about anarchism? (the political theory)
Asked by wasereb4 (79.246.94.x) on December 8 2022, 2:16am
Reply on December 8 2022, 4:22am:

I don't think anarchy would be a productive system given the current combination of resources, culture, technology, and population. Comment...

Question: heyman- have you ever questioned,or wondered #why? windows o.s. does not come with any MIDI loopback functions by a default installation? is there a serious reasons,or considerations #why? this would NOT be included without further 3rd party installer? (is that same on mac/linux?
Asked by 2022 (95.145.189.x) on December 6 2022, 2:20pm
Reply on December 7 2022, 10:45pm:

They could do a lot of things relating to pro audio way better than they have... so can't say I really have spent much time on it 1 Comment...

Question: As a city cyclist, do you think something like the rohloff speedhub would pay of due to low maintenance and ability to shift gears while standing at traffic lights or is it too expensive for the everyday trusty bicycle? (Or are you just more into derailleur gears in general?)
Asked by Pedalingpanda (77.190.153.x) on December 6 2022, 1:02pm
Reply on December 6 2022, 1:29pm (edited at December 6 2022, 1:30pm):

Those are nice, I've used them on citibikes and they are cool. 1.5-5% loss is something to consider, though. I mostly ride a single speed with a freewheel (48:20 ratio on 700c wheels which isn't super fast but fast enough), which is also low maintenance... Comment...

Question: Do you ever get eye strain from working/reading from a screen/monitor?
Asked by Jesse (72.76.220.x) on December 5 2022, 2:12am
Reply on December 6 2022, 12:38am:

Usually I get it from squinting due to glare... Comment...

Question: What's the reason for blowfish not having include guards?
Asked by Gio (94.70.29.x) on December 4 2022, 6:20pm
Reply on December 4 2022, 9:28pm (edited at December 4 2022, 9:29pm):

Never bothered to mod it, I guess. We don't use it for anything, maybe it's time to deprecate it... 2 Comments...

Question: Do you guys keep track of people's FR through any means to later on solve them? Like a list; an excel sheet; a txt file, maybe a dart board on the opposite wall? hahah just curious if you have like a to do list or something similar or if it's just whatever shows up on the forum that entertains you enough to solve it (?
Asked by Allu (187.213.69.x) on December 4 2022, 3:03am
Reply on December 4 2022, 4:13pm:

We do keep lists of things that are interesting yeah, but not in any formal way Comment...

Question: You seem pretty active (programming, music, running...) Are you ever bored?
Asked by wasereb4 (79.246.89.x) on December 3 2022, 9:35pm
Reply on December 4 2022, 4:13pm:

Definitely Comment...

Question: Is drinking one whole glass of coffee harmful?
Asked by Abhi (223.190.14.x) on December 3 2022, 8:06am
Reply on December 4 2022, 4:13pm:

Depends on how big the glass is, I'd think! I drink coffee daily so hopefully it's not too harmful ;) Comment...

Question: Justin, do you use plugins besides ReaPlugs and JSFX? If so, which plugins and developers do you enjoy?
Asked by Jonah (172.251.230.x) on December 2 2022, 9:48pm
Reply on December 2 2022, 11:40pm:

Occasionally I will use Pianoteq which is amazing! Comment...

Question: What is the decision you made when you first started developing REAPER that you are most happy about?
Asked by Levy (118.211.166.x) on December 1 2022, 1:59am
Reply on December 2 2022, 9:03pm:

Most happy about? no idea. Not giving up on it, probably ;) 1 Comment...

Question: how many projects you have ongoing? (not just programming)
Asked by XXXY (189.112.245.x) on November 30 2022, 12:12am
Reply on November 30 2022, 3:04pm:

Not sure I really keep count Comment...

Question: How do you feel about an API that accepts and compiles/executes code blindly?
Asked by Mike (198.84.181.x) on November 28 2022, 10:56pm
Reply on November 30 2022, 3:04pm:

Need more context Comment...

Question: How could it be possible that VST plugins do not double CPU calculation (calculating identical L and R) on tracks that contains only mono media items ? (like vocal tracks or any mono microphone track like BD, snare, guitar, bass, etc...)
Asked by binbinhfr (86.211.250.x) on November 28 2022, 9:37pm
Reply on November 30 2022, 3:07pm:

You can detect mono signals and treat them as such
On modern CPUs with SIMD you can often parallelize stuff for free
Even without SIMD, with modern superscalar CPUs you can often parallelize stuff for nearly free
Even without the above things, a lot of times there is shared work. E.g. a compressor would (often) only have one envelope for the combined signal...

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Question: So you are both a software developer and a full-stack web developer?
Asked by Human (enter yes) (182.64.182.x) on November 28 2022, 2:40pm
Reply on November 28 2022, 4:34pm:

My web-development stack is very short Comment...

Question: I was think about more long term projects and big new features you have in mind...
Asked by binbinhfr (132.169.16.x) on November 28 2022, 12:39pm
Reply on November 28 2022, 4:36pm:

Stuff, here and there... Comment...

Question: I'll continue in the same subject: Is/could CLAP plugins be more processor effective/lighter on the CPU than VST plugins?
Asked by MS_from_Sweden (82.100.127.x) on November 28 2022, 12:42am
Reply on November 28 2022, 4:36pm:

In cases where one or more plug-ins need internal multiprocessing, then the thread pool extension can help things for sure. It would be trivial to add a similar extension to VST, though. Other than that, approximately equal. Comment...

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