On 04/16/2014 10:40 PM, rosea grammostola wrote:Ok, let me take it from another angle: I'd much prefer FLOSS, if that's not possible then a linux native commercial solution. So why am I considering reaper through wine? Because it offers me something that I found nowhere else.
"I'd rather not this turns into critique of specific FLOSS software."
I think it's interesting to know why you end up using Windows software
on Linux. Critique is not bad imho.
1) I need something that'll work as a "traditional DAW" (real musicians generating audio tracks) *and* something to work with electronic music. Could be two different programs, would be nice if it was one.
2) I need something that I can rely on. Something that opens up just like I left it *every time*.
3) Although I find it attractive, the linux-way-of-small-tools-handling-a-small-part-of-a-larger-job doesn't really seem practical in audio *to me*. I prefer the old-fashion model of a host for different reasons: Better/tighter integration, one project-file (or project folder) and simpler/more safe upgrade path.
4) I need something that's well rounded (like renoise), but also allows me to experiment, even go cracy some times.
As for reaper, I strongly encourage everyone here that hasn't tried it yet, to spend a few days in it. You might like it, you might hate it, but you'll sure have broadened your perspective!
You get seamless timestretch (add marker and move it around to stretch), most commonly used effects included, recording in any format I ever heard of, an app taht is very light on the CPU and extremely configurable. And I just discovered JS, reapers native plugin format; write and debug your own plugins right from within reaper, took me bout an hour to write something that emulates renoise B0 (reverse playback) effect. And as a bonus, you get to choose from *alot* of free and (I'm sorry to say) pretty good vsts. Ever tried synth1? I hadn't, but wow, what an awesome synth!
So as I said, I'd love to use FLOSS, I'd even be more than happy to lower my standards quite a bit. But the comparison is just not fair, at least from where I sit. Note that I haven't settled on reaper just yet (I did buy a license, though), and even if I do, I still consider myself a linux-audio-user.
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