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I've used a lot of DAWs. Namely Logic, Sonar, Nuendo, Protools, Reason, Ableton, FLStudio and Reaper. And my conclusion is that Reaper is by far the best. Your

I've used a lot of DAWs. Namely Logic, Sonar, Nuendo, Protools, Reason, Ableton, FLStudio and Reaper. And my conclusion is that Reaper is by far the best. Your opinion may be different, but give it a try. It has a free trial period and the full version is very cost effective. Add in the SWS extensions and the scripting support (I'm using python) and it becomes very powerful. Put the House of White Tie skin on it, add in some reamote slaves and combine with the fact that it is rock solid and never crashes... and you have, IMHO, what is currently the worlds best DAW.

timdorr 13y ago
And for those wondering about Reaper, it's from Winamp creator Justin Frankel. Dude makes some awesome software.
marknutter 13y ago
Could you elaborate a bit on what you can do with scripting in Reaper? That sounds very interesting.
- retrogradeorbit 13y ago
  You can use it for all kinds of things. I use it for automating repetitive UI tasks. Say, taking a high-hat track, finding a high-hat transient, splitting all the drum tracks on that point, grouping those drums takes into a group for editing and moving onto the next transient. That's a bit derived, but anywhere where you find yourself manually repeating UI actions over and over again, you can save yourself hours by scripting it. You can save your scripts as actions and then even bind them to a key.
ascendant2323 13y ago
As a Cubase user who generally likes Cubase, but is considering switching to Ableton for the primary purpose of using Macro controls... would Reaper be likely to meet me needs? Specifically, I'm talking about having one "knob" or control that controls multiple parameters across multiple VSTs, with varying ranges. Can Reaper do that? The fact that Ableton can, and Cubase can't, is pretty much the only reason I'm thinking of switching.

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I've used a lot of DAWs. Namely Logic, Sonar, Nuendo, Protools, Reason, Ableton, FLStudio and Reaper. And my conclusion is that Reaper is by far the best. Your

by retrogradeorbit 13y ago

timdorr 13y ago
And for those wondering about Reaper, it's from Winamp creator Justin Frankel. Dude makes some awesome software.
marknutter 13y ago
Could you elaborate a bit on what you can do with scripting in Reaper? That sounds very interesting.
- retrogradeorbit 13y ago
  You can use it for all kinds of things. I use it for automating repetitive UI tasks. Say, taking a high-hat track, finding a high-hat transient, splitting all the drum tracks on that point, grouping those drums takes into a group for editing and moving onto the next transient. That's a bit derived, but anywhere where you find yourself manually repeating UI actions over and over again, you can save yourself hours by scripting it. You can save your scripts as actions and then even bind them to a key.
ascendant2323 13y ago
As a Cubase user who generally likes Cubase, but is considering switching to Ableton for the primary purpose of using Macro controls... would Reaper be likely to meet me needs? Specifically, I'm talking about having one "knob" or control that controls multiple parameters across multiple VSTs, with varying ranges. Can Reaper do that? The fact that Ableton can, and Cubase can't, is pretty much the only reason I'm thinking of switching.