Wow, check out the 'new' REAPER

kronosonic · Post by **kronosonic** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 8:15 pm

They've started to develop 'advanced' skins and themes...here are a couple but the forum is starting to fill up with all kinds of them from wild to mild

http://www.tamea.org/m1/m1_screen.jpg

http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/5498 ... atesr8.png

http://stashbox.org/29221/Edward%20Young%20Theme.png

http://www.cockos.com/forum/showthread. ... 877&page=2

Knights Who Say Neve · Post by **Knights Who Say Neve** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 9:58 pm

I've been using Reaper for a few months now. Great program.

KilledByAlbany · Post by **KilledByAlbany** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 6:01 am

I love it. I wish I could use it commercially without clients going "......wait, what? Thats ProTools, right? I must have zoned out for a second."

b3groover · Post by **b3groover** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 6:27 am

Sorry, but to me it still looks ugly and cluttered. Not saying it isn't a good program, but they really need to get a professional graphic designer.

kronosonic · Post by **kronosonic** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 6:28 am

You can always hook them with your pro tools kit and then tell them you also have invested in the 'new industry standard that all the top studios are going to'

But seriously, it would be killer if it could open pro tools projects. I guess stems are good enough for some folks.

darjama · Post by **darjama** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 6:58 am

This theme is much cleaner:

http://www.cockos.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11057

kronosonic · Post by **kronosonic** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 7:27 am

or this one is pretty cool

bottom line: you can make reaper look any way you want it to

http://www.cockos.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11059

the one I'm using now is very clean and good for low-light environment

http://www.cockos.com/forum/attachment. ... 1184850559

It's called "Mark One" -- you can find it in the themes and icons board

Phiz · Post by **Phiz** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 9:40 am

I just installed Reaper for the first time. Not yet convinced that I'd be tempted to switch DAWs, but this is pretty powerful and seems well designed. Certainly going to recommend it to people looking for a low cost option.

chovie d · Post by **chovie d** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 10:02 am

Sorry, but to me it still looks ugly and cluttered.

+1, its just not for me I guess.

wedge · Post by **wedge** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 2:02 pm

I REALLY WISH ProTools had skinability... I'm bloody well sick of it's interface...

b3groover · Post by **b3groover** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 9:08 pm

ProTools is pretty ugly, too, imo, but at least it makes logical sense. Reaper just looks really really cluttered. But I'm sure it's a great program. Everybody raves about it. I'm sure they'll fix the look of it in future versions.

Knights Who Say Neve · Post by **Knights Who Say Neve** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 10:55 am

b3groover wrote:ProTools is pretty ugly, too, imo, but at least it makes logical sense. Reaper just looks really really cluttered. But I'm sure it's a great program. Everybody raves about it. I'm sure they'll fix the look of it in future versions.

If by "fix" you mean "make it more like Pro Tools", include me out.

I don't mean to be a zealot here. But rejecting a program based on how it looks without experience with it is like rejecting a guitar because of the paint color without playing it.

b3groover · Post by **b3groover** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 12:16 pm

Uh, no. I said ProTools is ugly, too.

For the record, I use Cubase, which not only sounds great and is very flexable but looks really good, too. It is laid out logically and is clean and uncluttered.

These days, all DAWs basically do the same thing and sound roughly the same (unlike something as personal as a guitar), so you need to choose something based on price and ease of use. To me, how the program is structured visually ties greatly into ease of use.

kronosonic · Post by **kronosonic** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 1:28 pm

I used Nuendo for years and was about to plunk down $ for an upgrade when 4 came out and out of curiosity messed around with reap a little bit ... didn't like it so much at the time. I was watching cubase 4 being rolled out and what I saw was pretty shocking and then gave reap another try (I think it had gone though 40 revisions by then)

and after a few days I was hooked.

I agree all these DAWs do the same thing but reap actually does some stuff that no others can do AFAIK. try real side-chaining in another daw; try mixing audio and midi in the same track; the routing is just crazy good -- well beyond what other daws can manage

it is weak on midi but I manage okay.

with customization I can now work about twice as fast in reap as I was. No more crashes, no memory leaks, no bloat; NO DONGLE; etc.

And switching to Reap saved me about $2000 (or more) for new gear.

As far as looks go, you can customize reap to look any way you want it to. User preference now. I'm used to Nuendo and with the right skin I just don't have any negative experiences with it.

kronosonic · Post by **kronosonic** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 2:05 pm

And try getting this kind of help from Steinberg or Digi

http://messageboard.tapeop.com/viewtopi ... 727#401727

And when is the last time you made a feature request to another daw designer and they incorporated it within a week? Or ever?

Sorry, not a Reapernista but you gotta admit that this is damn cool.

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