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Ask Justin Frankel
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Question: Would you consider expanding the Parameter Modulation to include Perlin, Lorenz, and other sources?
Asked by Ivan (79.125.171.x) on January 31 2026, 1:49pm
Reply on January 31 2026, 8:03pm:

hmm could use parameter linking to a jsfx which does that maybe? Comment...

Question: I really appreciate you approach towards most things. Do you have role models? Or books/movies/music that really formed the way you think about life?
Asked by Jeff (95.90.246.x) on January 30 2026, 7:47pm
Reply on January 30 2026, 9:41pm:

Really appreciate all of Kurt Vonnegut's writings. There is satire and humor, and he was surely a flawed human like we all are, but the humanism is strong within his words. Comment...

Question: I'm sorry this is not a question, but I simply wanted to express support. Thank you for making the world a better place. Cheers from Japan.
Asked by Denys (126.224.181.x) on January 30 2026, 1:36pm
Reply on January 30 2026, 4:41pm:

thanks! Comment...

Question: Just ran into the "forum closed" message and think it is really cool. Anything we can do from Europe except utter expressions of solidarity?
Asked by Sunblister (77.179.195.x) on January 30 2026, 12:16pm
Reply on January 30 2026, 4:41pm:

thank you. at this point probably not, it is indeed our mess. Comment...

Question: "CLOSED. NATIONAL SHUTDOWN. NO WORK. NO SCHOOL. NO SHOPPING. STOP FUNDING ICE. COME BACK TOMORROW." But guys, you cater for international audience as well, why make your internal problems global ones? Americentrism has to stop
Asked by Why? (195.74.93.x) on January 30 2026, 11:59am
Reply on January 30 2026, 4:42pm:

if one of us gets illegally detained by our government that would affect you too. 5 Comments...

Question: The latest version no longer displays subtitles. Is it broken?
Asked by yuty (221.215.214.x) on January 30 2026, 5:59am
Reply on January 30 2026, 4:42pm:

sorry post this on the forums (tomorrow) or reddit r/Reaper. we'll need a lot more info though! Comment...

Question: Sup dude. We used to talk or IRC back in the late 90s, hope you’re doing well!
Asked by Tim Forrest (45.21.229.x) on January 30 2026, 4:12am
Reply on January 30 2026, 4:42pm:

thx lol time flies Comment...

Question: Hi Justin, Pleaaaase would you consider making a Garageband, dumbed down style Reaper that kids can use. They would be customers for life and we education community groups would buy it in spades. Love all your work
Asked by Yooth Music Educator (193.178.98.x) on January 29 2026, 4:39pm
Reply on January 29 2026, 5:18pm:

but that would create another 30-80% more work for us, having to update two products and make sure we don't break things in both, etc. nah. 1 Comment...

Question: Are you a fan of Vince Gilligan? If so, I'd highly recommend watching Pluribus.
Asked by Albi (77.0.232.x) on January 29 2026, 2:03am
Reply on January 29 2026, 2:36am:

yup loved it! Comment...

Question: So still JSFX can't paste from OS clipboard, right? Tried a JSFX notepad, but it's only limitation was that it can't paste, that's why I'm asking
Asked by Clipboard (102.176.101.x) on January 28 2026, 10:03pm
Reply on January 29 2026, 1:08am:

ah yeah, maybe we should look into supporting that, at least for text types. 1 Comment...

Question: How were you able to record music in November of 2026 over on blorp? Have you invented a time machine? If so will it be open-source?
Asked by Crawdad (159.118.61.x) on January 28 2026, 6:15am
Reply on January 28 2026, 4:00pm:

lol oops typo 01 vs 11 fixing Comment...

Question: i searched blorp.com and found my way here. what is going on
Asked by Sammy Whammy (70.185.204.x) on January 28 2026, 12:15am
Reply on January 28 2026, 4:51pm:

the usual, I guess Comment...

Question: So when font style and size is not specified in the gfx code of JSFX, and it displays fine on Windows, what happens when users open the plugin on linux and mac? Will there gfx texts arrangement be messed because a different font will be selected on linux and mac? Or once the font is not specified in a plugin there won't be any repositioning of stuff? What actually goes on?
Asked by Font? (154.161.236.x) on January 27 2026, 9:17pm
Reply on January 27 2026, 10:58pm (edited at January 27 2026, 10:59pm):

if not specified it uses a (ASCII-only) bitmapped font that is very basic but looks the same everywhere 1 Comment...

Question: Have you watched the "prequel" of The Thing (1982) which is also called The Thing (2011)?
Asked by artiliano (123.136.26.x) on January 26 2026, 6:31am
Reply on January 26 2026, 3:50pm:

I haven't 4 Comments...

Question: So, what’s your favourite movies?
Asked by Hans Rohdin (94.234.94.x) on January 25 2026, 10:03pm
Reply on January 25 2026, 10:45pm (edited at January 25 2026, 10:46pm):

Some movies off the top of my head which I would always watch: Dr Strangelove, The Thing (1982), They Live, The Big Lebowski. That's not meant to be all-inclusive, just the ones that come to mind. 3 Comments...

Question: How many employees does Cockos have?
Asked by Luna (149.102.226.x) on January 24 2026, 2:18pm
Reply on January 24 2026, 3:25pm:

2 employees plus 4 contractors 3 Comments...

Question: What will come first, AI bubble pop or year of the Linux desktop? Or more detachment from reality by big tech?
Asked by Sunblister (78.51.67.x) on January 23 2026, 7:25pm
Reply on January 24 2026, 2:20am:

lol no idea Comment...

Question: Hi Justin! I wanted to ask if anything has changed in the reapeaks specs? reaper.fm/sdk/reapeaks.txtI'm trying to read them and plot spectral peaks. It seems to be working, but it doesn't seem quite right when zooming in.
Asked by Anthony (92.54.248.x) on January 23 2026, 10:49am
Reply on January 23 2026, 5:35pm:

Everything should be accurate there, are you having issue with regular peaks or the spectral data? Send an email to discuss. 1 Comment...

Question: What is the longest period of time between questions for this page?
Asked by Tony (115.189.129.x) on January 22 2026, 7:58pm
Reply on January 23 2026, 5:44pm:

Good question, let me write a script. Looks like

9 days

3 Comments...

Question: Would you be interested in developing AI-integrated plugins directly for Reaper in the future?
Asked by brandon (92.157.64.x) on January 19 2026, 10:16pm
Reply on January 19 2026, 11:30pm:

no thanks! 6 Comments...

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