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Reaper won me over back in the day with its 3.5mb binary download size and awesome licensing model. Even when it was version 2 it could run more VST instruments
by boomskats 6y ago
Reaper won me over back in the day with its 3.5mb binary download size and awesome licensing model. Even when it was version 2 it could run more VST instruments, with smaller buffers (lower latency & fewer dropouts), than Nuendo, Cubase, Samplitude, Cakewalk, or Logic. And it was way better at tracking, at less than 1/100th of the download size, with actual multiplatform support.
Made me a Justin Frankel fanboy for life. It's only gotten better and better since.
- mackrevinack 6y agoyes it has so many unique features compared to other DAWs i have a hard times remembering all of them! being portable was a big selling point to me. on windows at least, you can just make a copy of the reaper folder and then run both at the same time, with completely different settings and UI for each. like have one set up for recording and another for mastering. its handy being about to run it from a usb stick in a pinch as well. another underrated feature is how the licence file is stored in the reaper folder. once you add it you don't need worry about it ever again. no annoying login screen like most other programs