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Ask Justin Frankel No reasonable question unanswered since 2009! Suggested topics: programming, music, sleep, coffee, etc. Note: please do not ask questions about REAPER features, bugs or scheduling, use the forums instead. Name: Ask: Human (enter yes): [unreplied] | [replied] | [recent comments] | [all] [older questions]

Question: Should I upgrade to Win11 or stay at Win10? Asked by Ruchira (175.157.140.x) on November 6 2025, 3:23pm Reply on November 6 2025, 5:15pm: Hard to say, I def prefer Win10 (or win7 for that matter), but as long as other software vendors keep forcing us to upgrade then grrr... Linux? ;) Comment... Question: Hello Herr Frankel! Are you aware of any git-like software or project to version control a reaper project (or any daws in general)? Prepping an album with my bandmates while doing recordings at different locations and different times has been a hell: keeping tracks of changes, or who did what at what time, uploading full project many times to drive for clarity.. different naming conventions. I was planning to to do a git repo but I read somewhere git doesnt work well with big files (no idea if thats true th Asked by Pierre from the Gig (77.245.45.x) on November 6 2025, 1:04pm Reply on November 6 2025, 5:14pm: Git can do ok for this -- not ideal for huge files but most audio recordings aren't that big anyway Comment... Question: Congratulations on winning Kvr's 2025 "Favorite DAW", how do you feel about this? Considering you're the "indie" ones in between all the other industry giants. Does this motivate you to keep working on it more and more? Asked by Jake (187.213.20.x) on November 5 2025, 8:19pm Reply on November 5 2025, 10:46pm: lol we only won because the usual winner had won too many times? doesn't seem legit to me ;) 2 Comments... Question: I don't remember if I ever asked this (probably not), but on the quest to improve Webamp, I noticed the "kbps" display in Winamp would show "14H" or "1C" on bitrates higher than 1000/10000, is there any meaning behind the letters? Asked by Eris Lund (80.228.64.x) on November 4 2025, 9:49am Reply on November 4 2025, 12:53pm: IIRC H was for "hundred" and "C" was thousand, though why it was for thousand I have no idea lol, maybe it was a mistake... Comment... Question: I'm not referring to REAPER, but your other stuffs, it seems you like giving out free software more than paid ones, and I respect that, but why? You want to help humanity? Also, how you feel about people selling JSFX plugins? Asked by Question (154.161.244.x) on November 3 2025, 9:26am Reply on November 3 2025, 3:12pm: I just like making software, and making it free is less work than making it paid ;) I'm cool with people selling their JSFX if they want to, as long as they wrote it all (if they based on it another person's work, then less so). 4 Comments... Question: Have you listened to Boards of Canada? I think Satellite Anthem Icarus is a killer track! Asked by Mr.mister (216.196.91.x) on November 3 2025, 12:30am Reply on November 3 2025, 3:11pm: Not enough, I really should give them another go! Comment... Question: Your daw often makes others look poor in comparison, how do you sleep at night knowing this?? Asked by Someguy (216.196.91.x) on November 2 2025, 4:42pm Reply on November 2 2025, 11:16pm: sneaky sneaky making a compliment a question like that... it's not one of the things that keeps me up at night, that's a separate list hah (boo). Comment... Question: Would the ratio of sold commercial vs discounted licenses a good statistical indicator for how many musicians actually can make a living from music? Asked by sunblister (77.179.207.x) on November 1 2025, 5:59pm Reply on November 1 2025, 6:50pm (edited at November 1 2025, 6:51pm): only if employees of large corporations count as musicians, and people who record music for fun at home are actually trying to make a living from it rather than because they enjoy it? Comment... Question: A place both wonderful and strange? Isn't it the womb of a woman? lol Asked by Hmm🤔 (197.251.240.x) on November 1 2025, 10:51am Reply on November 1 2025, 1:51pm: if you say so but that's not what we had in mind I don't think 2 Comments... Question: Does Steinberg open-sourcing VST3 interest you at all? Does it open any kind of doors for future plans? Asked by Aaron (71.150.210.x) on October 31 2025, 7:30pm Reply on November 1 2025, 1:51pm: not really, but it simplifies development of open source plug-ins. they should do the same for VST2. Comment... Question: Could you explain the rationale behind making every output and input channel a dedicated variable within JSFX/EEL2, instead of using a single output/input variable? Wouldn’t an array-based make the handling of arbitrary channel counts more convenient, or is there a performance penalty associated with this approach? Asked by capitalg (92.117.17.x) on October 31 2025, 11:03am Reply on November 1 2025, 1:50pm: you can use spl(x) for this purpose, but it is a little slower Comment... Question: I've heard the "reaper sounds bad" thing a looot in many places, FB, Reddit, Instagram.. maybe this has something to do with the default playback and render lower resample modes? why not make r8 default? Asked by alex (187.213.143.x) on October 29 2025, 9:23pm Reply on October 30 2025, 1:48am: the default modes sound totally fine, I wouldn't read into it too much. 4 Comments... Question: Hello, in our area, some people think Reaper has poor sound quality and is not as good as other mainstream DAWs. Should I argue fiercely with them? Because they have not conducted any objective tests and are only basing their opinions on theory, which can also be understood as being in the realm of metaphysics or vague speculation. Do you think it makes sense to argue fiercely with them about this topic? Asked by cats (221.215.214.x) on October 28 2025, 5:05am Reply on October 28 2025, 12:34pm: It's rarely worth arguing with people on the internet. Maybe just state the facts with instructions on how to test, but don't try to convince anybody beyond that? Otherwise it's a waste of time :/ 4 Comments... Question: Hi, in the twenty years since Reaper was founded, has there been a commercial company that has tried to buy Reaper from you, and if so, what price they would offer Asked by nicola (167.234.251.x) on October 27 2025, 12:55pm Reply on October 27 2025, 2:01pm (edited at October 27 2025, 2:02pm): Not really! Random emails from private equity but not sure that counts. We've made our lack of desire for such things pretty well known. Comment... Question: hey, what's your biggest regret in life / or work? Asked by not jf (2.147.52.x) on October 27 2025, 7:17am Reply on October 27 2025, 2:01pm: Hah I wish I had spent my 20s trail running and flossing my teeth, but I guess those are pretty minor regrets ;) There are other things (which I wouldn't want to talk about here) I wish I had been more aware of to deal with/help with, but that's life and who can say whether it would've mattered. 2 Comments... Question: Hi Justin, I wonder how you keep all the project/solution files in sync when working with multiple versions of Visual Studio. Do you use a tool to generate them or is it done manually? Asked by juni (89.182.202.x) on October 26 2025, 10:08pm Reply on October 27 2025, 1:59pm (edited at October 28 2025, 11:14pm): This is something I've been putting off dealing with for years. We do it all manually now; we have 2 VC versions (2005 .vcproj, and 2013/2022 vcxproj for armEC), 2 Xcode versions (intel vs universal builds), and a makefile (linux/macOS dev). So adding new files is a bit of a pain, as a result some of our .cpp files are way too long. I suppose I could write a script to automate a lot of it, since most of it (other than Xcode) is done via text editors most of the time anyway. Update Oct 28: ok I made such a script (in php), phew, about 3 or 4 hours of work. Will have to add a ton of files to make it pay off. 1 Comment... Question: I've been told that Reaper can import non-audio files like .txt.exe.doc to show waveforms. Is this true? Asked by toby (167.234.251.x) on October 26 2025, 11:43am Reply on October 26 2025, 2:12pm: it can support raw formats, but there wouldn't be any meaningful waveforms in .txt/.exe/.doc 1 Comment... Question: How does what we don't know make us stronger? Doesn't ignorance makes the human race limited and weak? Asked by Human (102.176.65.x) on October 25 2025, 2:14pm Reply on October 25 2025, 2:53pm: It's being facetious Comment... Question: Hi, do you still run plain alsa ? Do you manage to configure it so that other apps can use it at the same time as reaper or do you not care about that? Asked by kond (31.37.8.x) on October 25 2025, 1:39pm Reply on October 25 2025, 2:53pm: Yes, and usually I don't want other apps using my device. Comment... Question: Just curious... How many lines of code does REAPER currently have? Asked by Javier (195.235.163.x) on October 25 2025, 1:09pm Reply on October 25 2025, 2:54pm: Somewhere around a million, including various libraries, give or take. Comment... [unreplied] | [replied] | [recent comments] | [all] [older questions]

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