Experience with your Reaper

[shakey.oberon]

Originally Posted by musicroom

Do not like the "Reaper" brand name - too negative and the logo is in the same trend. I know - many of you defend everything that is Reaper, but that was a deterrent for me at first. Now I just grin and bear it.

you mean grim and bear it!


sorry

[moliere]

EX DAW - BEFORE REAPER Cubase
MY FIRST VERSION - 1.9 I think
MY UPDATED VERSION - 3.151
LICENSE - NON-COM
OS - XP Pro SP3
HOW DID YOU LEARN ABOUT REAPER? - link from a forum
MAIN REASON FOR SWITCHING TO/USING REAPER ? - Cubase was crashing all the time for me, and after seeing the way the devs released fixes for bugs here, I switched.



COUNTRY - WHERE ? New Zealand
QUICK AUDIO BIO - Musician turned audio engineer. Guitarist mainly (in an electro-industrial/triphop thing, but play keys/samples in an industrial metal outfit. Do a lot of live recording for other bands, and have a few studio projects on the go for other bands.
ARE YOU A PRO? - semi-pro. I have a day job, but get paid for the work I do in the audio area.


EXT. SOUND EDITOR IF USED - none.
EFFECTS MOST USED - VST. Not much external hardware apart from synths.
SOUNDCARD/S - RME Fireface 800
REAPER PROCESSES - Live audio recording, Studio tracking, Mixing and Mastering.

USER INTERFACE - Love it. Sometimes get lost in menus though. (my fault now that we can customise these )
SOME COMMENTS - Love reaper, and love the speed of updates and responsiveness of the devs. It is really the best piece of software I've used in a long time.
SUGGESTIONS - its pretty solid as it is, and I get a decent amount done. Theres a few tweaks that would be nice, but nothing major for me.
SEND QUICK MESSAGE TO DEVELOPMENT TEAM - You guys rock. keep doing what you're doing.

[Juca]

EX DAW - BEFORE REAPER: Sonar 8
MY FIRST VERSION - 3.0
MY UPDATED VERSION - The current
LICENSE - NON-COM
OS - Windows Seven 64 bits
HOW DID YOU LEARN ABOUT REAPER? - From a friend
MAIN REASON FOR SWITCHING TO/USING REAPER? Stability, ease of use and the mainly the fantastic resources


COUNTRY - WHERE? Brazil
QUICK AUDIO BIO - Musician (keyboards), producer, arranger.
ARE YOU A PRO? - Yes

EXT. SOUND EDITOR IF USED - Sound Forge 10 Pro, when need
EFFECTS MOST USED - VST, mainly the Waves Mercury bundle
SOUNDCARD/S - M-Audio Firewire 1814
REAPER PROCESSES - Actually I closed my Home Studio, so using in live performances with my band and litle personal producions.

USER INTERFACE - DO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH IT? Yes
SOME COMMENTS - DO YOU LIKE YOUR DAILY REAPER? I love it
SUGGESTIONS - WHAT NEW FEATURES WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IN REAPER? A Synth Rack that could be shared with all the Project Tabs opened.
SEND QUICK MESSAGE TO DEVELOPMENT TEAM - My congrats for your nice work and product. I used the Cakewalk products during more than 10 years and when I knew and tested Reaper I made a drastic and imediate change. Reaper is my single tool now and I'm a very satisfied owner.

[Artbay]

EX DAW - BEFORE REAPER - cubase (2&3?), cakewalk v.3 (old midi-only), and older midi seq. hardware

MY FIRST VERSION - about 2.5xx?
MY UPDATED VERSION - 3.35
LICENSE - NON-COM
OS - XP sp3

HOW DID YOU LEARN ABOUT REAPER? - link
MAIN REASON FOR SWITCHING TO/USING REAPER ? - original reason was to be a fill-in daw on a new computer before upgrading cubase (yet again) - never looked back

COUNTRY - Texas, USA
QUICK AUDIO BIO - longtime hobbyist in eclectic electronic music - from Synergy/Larry Fast, Tangerine Dream, Vangelis, etc.
ARE YOU A PRO? - no

EXT. SOUND EDITOR IF USED - wavelab (rarely)
EFFECTS MOST USED - VSTi - Native Instruments Komplete 5, and lots of others
SOUNDCARD/S - E-Mu 1616m
REAPER PROCESSES - software synthesis & composition

USER INTERFACE - DO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH IT? - yes 98% - still learning

SOME COMMENTS - DO YOU LIKE YOUR DAILY REAPER? - yes

SUGGESTIONS - WHAT NEW FEATURES WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IN REAPER? - more on the midi side - grooves, patterns, etc.

SEND QUICK MESSAGE TO DEVELOPMENT TEAM - keep up the good work!

[folkrav]

Bumping this thread... Feeling this way now. Why not.

EX DAW - Started with Cubase SX3, then PT 7.4, updated to 8 before moving to Reason. For the story, I started with Computer Music with Cubasis VST. Lawl.
MY FIRST VERSION - 3.0
MY UPDATED VERSION - last one that got out, forgot which one.
LICENSE - Going to buy Non-Com on next payroll. Damn money.
OS - Vista x64
HOW DID YOU LEARN ABOUT REAPER? - Reviews, and digging by myself around DAW world.
MAIN REASON FOR SWITCHING TO/USING REAPER ? - First, being able to use something else than those M-Audio cards. They do great stuff but felt too "stuck" on PT, couldn't try new hardware unless using those M-Audio or digi stuff.


COUNTRY - WHERE ? Canada
QUICK AUDIO BIO - Musician/Audio Engineer.
ARE YOU A PRO? - Semi-pro, making some money on the side recording and mixing demos for local bands.


EXT. SOUND EDITOR IF USED - Wavelab
EFFECTS MOST USED - Waves Silver, Stillwell's. Addictive Drums 2 with Metal Foundry addon. Guitar Rig 4 for DI while tracking alone, and my Yamaha Motif ES7 for other sounds (feeling better tweaking with it than with those huge workstation-like plugins)
SOUNDCARD/S - Presonus Firestudio Project 10x10
REAPER PROCESSES - Record my band and some demos on the side.

USER INTERFACE - Great, feeling less cluttered than PT.
SOME COMMENTS - Only thing is that menus seems a little bit overflown.
SUGGESTIONS - Kind of "omni-tool" in pro-tools, and tape editing. Already voted.
SEND QUICK MESSAGE TO DEVELOPMENT TEAM - Great software for peanuts. Nice to see some work besides the "big names" that's worth it. Using Reaper as main DAW for some time now, feeling as comfortable than with PT for mixing now.

[ricdude]

EX DAW - Atari Advanced Music System, Music Construction Set, Some Scoring Program for Old Macs, Cakewalk, FL Studio (technology's come a long way in 25 years)
MY FIRST VERSION - 3.4
MY UPDATED VERSION - not yet
LICENSE - Non-commercial, as soon as the tax return comes in.
OS - Windows 2000, MacOS X
HOW DID YOU LEARN ABOUT REAPER? - Heard about it on internet music forums.
MAIN REASON FOR SWITCHING TO/USING REAPER ? - (1) Mac compatibility, (2) Excellent price point, (3) Compatibility with other hardware (M-Audio Ozone) and software (Komplete, GPO), (4) Excellent latency response for recording guitar parts, (5) Great take management for comping together a decent live guitar part.


COUNTRY - WHERE ? Colorado, USA
QUICK AUDIO BIO - Musician, Hobbyist
ARE YOU A PRO? - No. May get around to releasing an album sometime, though.

EXT. SOUND EDITOR IF USED - Audacity for wav, possibly Rosegarden or Ardour for MIDI (if I can get them to work)
EFFECTS MOST USED - Guitar Rig, Kontact, Battery, GPO
SOUNDCARD/S - M-Audio Ozone
REAPER PROCESSES - ?

USER INTERFACE - Will take some retraining, but looks ok so far. Primary use for tracking guitar parts is handled extremely well. Routing diagram doesn't make sense to me yet. MIDI editing will take some getting used to.
SOME COMMENTS - Still figuring out where everything is.
SUGGESTIONS - Haven't found any limitations yet. Will keep looking.
SEND QUICK MESSAGE TO DEVELOPMENT TEAM - Great price point, love the "hobbyist" discount. Seems pretty solid so far. Keep it up!

[bennisixx]

EX DAW -Sonar 7pe
MY FIRST VERSION - 3.36
MY UPDATED VERSION - 3.41pre9
LICENSE - non commercial
OS - xp
HOW DID YOU LEARN ABOUT REAPER? - browsing
MAIN REASON FOR SWITCHING TO/USING REAPER ? - too many reasons,workflow update cycle price of upgrade blah----metering


COUNTRY - WHERE ?usa
QUICK AUDIO BIO - do it all (well i try to)
ARE YOU A PRO? -in my mind


EXT. SOUND EDITOR IF USED - mpc
EFFECTS MOST USED - reaplugs now holy crap they are good(and I have thousands
SOUNDCARD/S - emu1212m, edirol fa-66


USER INTERFACE - yes but needs fx list on track view like in the mixer-only gripe
SOME COMMENTS -ARE YOU SURE THIS IS ONLY VER 3.XX
SUGGESTIONS - see user interface
SEND QUICK MESSAGE TO DEVELOPMENT TEAM -thank you guys so much

[zoranko]

EX DAW - BEFORE REAPER - Voyetra DOP-only MIDI
MY FIRST VERSION - 2.1
MY UPDATED VERSION - latest
LICENSE - NON-COM
OS - XP32
HOW DID YOU LEARN ABOUT REAPER? - music forum
MAIN REASON FOR SWITCHING TO/USING REAPER ? - price, workflow, everything else what Reaper can do



COUNTRY - WHERE ? Slovakia
QUICK AUDIO BIO - musician - piano, synths, bass - since 1984
ARE YOU A PRO? - I dont think so...


EXT. SOUND EDITOR IF USED - soundforge
EFFECTS MOST USED - VST-mostly cockos, VSTi - Korg Digital coll.+ some free
SOUNDCARD/S - Motu 828 MkII
REAPER PROCESSES - using for live playing with band, recording band

USER INTERFACE - DO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH IT? - of course...
SOME COMMENTS - DO YOU LIKE YOUR DAILY REAPER? yes
SUGGESTIONS - WHAT NEW FEATURES WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IN REAPER? - I did not get to stus, when I would miss something in it
SEND QUICK MESSAGE TO DEVELOPMENT TEAM - great work...

[planetnine]

EX DAW - BEFORE REAPER - PTLE.
MY FIRST VERSION - 1.something.
MY UPDATED VERSION - 3.3 on workstation (checking Pres on laptop).
LICENSE - Commercial.
OS - XP32 (Still SP2).
HOW DID YOU LEARN ABOUT REAPER? - music forum.
MAIN REASON FOR SWITCHING TO/USING REAPER ? Unhappy about LE restrictions, max voices, ADC, timecode, etc. (although still send some mixes for mix on PTHD & PTLE).


COUNTRY - WHERE ? UK.
QUICK AUDIO BIO - Live sound engineer and location recordist.
ARE YOU A PRO? - Well I get paid for it .


EXT. SOUND EDITOR IF USED - None now.
EFFECTS MOST USED - REAPER VST; Voxengo; Schwa/Stillwell; other various; Focusrite Liquid Mix.
SOUNDCARD/S - Saffire10; Saffire26; Delta66.
REAPER PROCESSES - Mixdowns of location multitracks; voiceovers & narrative; occasional music overdubs.

USER INTERFACE - DO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH IT? - 99%.
SOME COMMENTS - DO YOU LIKE YOUR DAILY REAPER? yes.
SUGGESTIONS - WHAT NEW FEATURES WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IN REAPER? - On my own here, but I would like dB graticules as an optional overlay on the MCP faders. I would also like either proper VCAs or group faders to be automated and affect their child processes (what an omission, useless to me without).
SEND QUICK MESSAGE TO DEVELOPMENT TEAM - Unique dedication for this class of software, I wish them tremendous success with their business model.

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[bonfilio]

EX DAW - Traktion (most recent), Samplitude MS (purchased on a whim), Logic Exp 7 (by volume of work, but furthest in my history)
LICENSE - best $60 spent ever!
OS - W7 x64 and Snow Leopard
HOW DID YOU LEARN ABOUT REAPER? - I've been aware for a while but a friend recently recommended taking the plunge (fellow Traktion user who switched)
COUNTRY: east coast, US
QUICK AUDIO BIO - Full time musician (pro), part time producer (hobby mainly, but a small amount of pro work)
EFFECTS MOST USED - In between currently.. all of my existing effects/instruments are locked to my previous DAWs (ARGH)
SOUNDCARD/S - 2x Alesis io26, Behringer UCA202 as a seperate lineout
REAPER PROCESSES - Producing my own music, occasionally other's music (local bands, etc)

[airon]

EX DAW - BEFORE REAPER Vegas and Protools
MY FIRST VERSION - 0.6'ish
MY UPDATED VERSION - 3.41 pre10
LICENSE - Commercial
OS - Windows 7 Pro and OSX 10.6
HOW DID YOU LEARN ABOUT REAPER? - Probably something Pipelineaudio wrote somewhere
MAIN REASON FOR SWITCHING TO/USING REAPER ? - It's the sound hackers tool and everything I expected would happen in other apps


COUNTRY - Germany
QUICK AUDIO BIO - FX Design, Dialogue, FX and Music Editor and Mixer for post production, Field Recording, Studio Recording of any kind
ARE YOU A PRO? - Yes


EXT. SOUND EDITOR IF USED - Izotope RX, used to use Soundforge
EFFECTS MOST USED - ReaComp, Renaissance Compressor, Renaissance DeEsser, DigiEQIII, Renaissance EQ, ReaEQ, Aether Reverb
SOUNDCARD - RME Fireface UC
REAPER PROCESSES - FX Design, Music Mixing, soon hopefully Dialogue Editing

USER INTERFACE - It's the best for my fx work and getting better all the time.
SOME COMMENTS - Everybody keeps pushing and everybody keeps giving. This is a great place, and I never feel lost like I do in other DAW communities, except maybe Live which is great too.
SUGGESTIONS - See this thread
SEND QUICK MESSAGE TO DEVELOPMENT TEAM - We're with you.

[ugh]

EX DAW - Cubase on Atari ST in 1995 (looooong break from making music)
MY FIRST VERSION - 1.85
MY UPDATED VERSION - 3.4x
LICENSE - NON-COMM
OS - Win XP Home SP 3
HOW DID YOU LEARN ABOUT REAPER? - can't remember, maybe a list about DAWs somewhere on the internet
MAIN REASON FOR USING REAPER ? - I understood what was going on more quickly than with other DAWs I looked into in 2007. Manual seemed superb as well.

COUNTRY - Germany
QUICK AUDIO BIO - passion for writing music and recording it and so on since age of 15
ARE YOU A PRO? - nah...

EXT. SOUND EDITOR IF USED - Wavosaur
EFFECTS MOST USED - too long of a list, I'm mostly a midi guy so I use many many many VST and VSTi....
SOUNDCARD/S - Native Instruments Rig Control 2 & Terratec Phase 22
REAPER PROCESSES - producing my own music, producing remixes

USER INTERFACE - DO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH IT? Absolutely
SOME COMMENTS - DO YOU LIKE YOUR DAILY REAPER? yes, sir
SUGGESTIONS - WHAT NEW FEATURES WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IN REAPER? Stepseqeuncer !!!
SEND QUICK MESSAGE TO DEVELOPMENT TEAM - you rock

[RussUK]

EX DAW - BEFORE REAPER PRO TOOLS LE, HD
MY FIRST VERSION - 3.0
MY UPDATED VERSION - 3.4
LICENSE - NON-COM
OS - OS X 10.5.8
HOW DID YOU LEARN ABOUT REAPER? - SHANE
MAIN REASON FOR SWITCHING TO/USING REAPER ? - IT WORKS AND PT IS GETTING WORSE


COUNTRY - WHERE ? UK
QUICK AUDIO BIO - 44, worked with a lot of top bands blah blah, now happy to share the knowledge with the next generation who may play at my funeral.
ARE YOU A PRO? - YES

EXT. SOUND EDITOR IF USED - PT
EFFECTS MOST USED - A BIG LIST
SOUNDCARD/S - M AUDIO
REAPER PROCESSES - ACROSS THE BOARD
USER INTERFACE - YES
SOME COMMENTS - NONE
SUGGESTIONS - MIDI STEP INPUT
SEND QUICK MESSAGE TO DEVELOPMENT TEAM - DON"T EVER SELL TO AVID!

[devez]

EX DAW - FL Studio 6&9
MY FIRST VERSION - 3.45? can't remember
MY UPDATED VERSION - 3.66
LICENSE - Non-Com
OS - XP sp3
HOW DID YOU LEARN ABOUT REAPER? - forum "fight" about "best daw ever" where somebody mentioned Reaper and its great flexibility.
MAIN REASON FOR SWITCHING TO/USING REAPER ? - FL Studio just felt so sticky to use..


COUNTRY - WHERE ? Finland
QUICK AUDIO BIO - New producer, main interest on reggae/dub/beats
ARE YOU A PRO? - i wish some day...

EXT. SOUND EDITOR IF USED -
EFFECTS MOST USED - TAPE DELAY by The Interruptor, nice freebie
SOUNDCARD/S - M-Audio deltaphile 24/96
REAPER PROCESSES - producing own beats, recording some vocals

USER INTERFACE - DO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH IT? all day every day
SOME COMMENTS - DO YOU LIKE YOUR DAILY REAPER? Yes sir
SUGGESTIONS - WHAT NEW FEATURES WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IN REAPER? Midi cc as modifier (Alt, ctrl type of things)
SEND QUICK MESSAGE TO DEVELOPMENT TEAM - "and on the seventh day, god created Reaper.."

[Omarkum]

EX DAW: Cool Edit PRO

MY FIRST VERSION - 3.45
MY UPDATED VERSION - 3.66 64 Bit.
LICENSE - Evaluating but will no doubt buy.
OS - Windows 7

HOW DID YOU LEARN ABOUT REAPER?: A Friend

MAIN REASON FOR SWITCHING TO/USING REAPER?: The great community that has coalesced around it and becuase of it.The Geoffry Francis Manual and other resources. The fully functioning and open evaluation period. Still trying to get my head around it but it seems awesome.

COUNTRY : Castemaine,Australia
QUICK AUDIO BIO: Crappy musician and dislexic hobbyist.
ARE YOU A PRO: Sadly No


EXT. SOUND EDITOR: None but loved Cool Edit.
EFFECTS MOST USED: Still learning
SOUNDCARD/S: Record through ZOOM HD16 and load into Reaper
REAPER PROCESSES: Mix and Edit myself and Friends

USER INTERFACE: Hated it at first but beginning to get the hang...well sort of.

SOME COMMENTS: I cant leave Reaper alone,the forum drags me back to it even when I have no project to work on.
SUGGESTIONS: I am too new to add anything of value.

SEND QUICK MESSAGE TO DEVELOPMENT TEAM: I promise you I will pay for this thing....I love the philosophy ...and sadly it appears as close as I may get,to my communist dream. Please,dont defect to the Darkside.

[theddodger]

EX DAW - BEFORE REAPER (Massiva - (pre ext) making waves, early reason
MY FIRST VERSION - (pre version 1 - 0.9 ??
MY UPDATED VERSION - (3.71 registered amateur)
LICENSE - (non - com)
OS - (XP sp3 - tried linux - but doesn't like soundcard)
HOW DID YOU LEARN ABOUT REAPER? - (don't crack)
MAIN REASON FOR SWITCHING TO/USING REAPER ? - (It just works - however I miss the built in stuff of exT and reason - but it just works)



COUNTRY - WHERE ?(UK)
QUICK AUDIO BIO - (amateur singer / dabbler, songwriter, guitarist)
ARE YOU A PRO? - (NO)


EXT. SOUND EDITOR IF USED - (goldwave 5.something)
EFFECTS MOST USED - (vst)
SOUNDCARD/S - (emu 04040
REAPER PROCESSES - (record my songs and a couple of other people's

USER INTERFACE - fine
SOME COMMENTS - i use it every day?
SUGGESTIONS - WHAT NEW FEATURES WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IN REAPER?
SEND QUICK MESSAGE TO DEVELOPMENT TEAM - (IE: i've run out of cash)

[hardplay]

Hi folks, just a reminder to let you know that this thread is still active

[l3g10n3]

EX DAW - BEFORE REAPER Early days Performer MOTU - Recent days Acoustica Mixcraft
MY FIRST VERSION - 3.6
MY UPDATED VERSION - 3.7
LICENSE - Evaluation, but I'm going to purchase the non-commercial
OS - XP SP3 32bit
HOW DID YOU LEARN ABOUT REAPER? - KVR Audio
MAIN REASON FOR SWITCHING TO/USING REAPER ? - Because it's STABLE! No, I REALLY mean S.T.A.B.L.E.!! It's a kind of workhorse, I've loaded it with tons of VSTi's and FX's and it never crashed, never!!



COUNTRY - WHERE ? Italy
QUICK AUDIO BIO - Oh, well... I'm a hobbyst, but I take it seriously
ARE YOU A PRO? - I'd like it


EXT. SOUND EDITOR IF USED - Don't use it very much, but when I need it I use Audacity or Wavelab
EFFECTS MOST USED - Too much to mention, really
SOUNDCARD/S - M-Audio Fast Track Ultra / Line 6 Pod X3 Live
REAPER PROCESSES - Home recordind

USER INTERFACE - DO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH IT? I'm going to know it better and better
SOME COMMENTS - DO YOU LIKE YOUR DAILY REAPER? Yes, definitely
SUGGESTIONS - WHAT NEW FEATURES WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IN REAPER? Well, I know it too few, so maybe there's already thi feature, but I'd love a way to "merge" two or more midi tracks
SEND QUICK MESSAGE TO DEVELOPMENT TEAM - Keep up the good work guys!

[hardplay]

EDIT: I have added the following line "MANUAL - (IE: Yes i use it/is there such a thing? etc.) " For those that inserted a post prior to this please update if you can, cheers.




EX DAW - BEFORE REAPER (IE: cubase/samplitude)
MY FIRST VERSION - (IE: 2.0)
MY UPDATED VERSION - (IE: version you are using now also if 32 or 64 bit)
LICENSE - (IE: FREE/NON-COM/FULL)
OS - (IE: XP/Vista etc.)
HOW DID YOU LEARN ABOUT REAPER? - (IE: review/friend/link)
MAIN REASON FOR SWITCHING TO/USING REAPER ? - (IE:
soundcard issue/computer workflow/cheap/plugin bundle etc.)



COUNTRY - WHERE ?(list the country you live in)
QUICK AUDIO BIO - (IE: Audio engineer/musician/producer)
ARE YOU A PRO? - (IE: yes/no/was/learning/hobby/semi pro/no idea)


EXT. SOUND EDITOR IF USED - (IE: wavelab/none/ etc.)
EFFECTS MOST USED - (IE: VST /DX/ext. hardware etc.)
SOUNDCARD/S - (IE: Terratec/Echo/M-audio etc.)
REAPER PROCESSES - (IE: record my band/produce jingles/Live multitracking etc.)
MANUAL - (IE: Yes i use it/is there such a thing? etc.)

USER INTERFACE - DO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH IT?
SOME COMMENTS - DO YOU LIKE YOUR DAILY REAPER?
SUGGESTIONS - WHAT NEW FEATURES WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IN REAPER?
SEND QUICK MESSAGE TO DEVELOPMENT TEAM - (IE: i've run out of cash)

[Arbiter]

DAW Before REAPER: Pro Tools 7
First Version: - 2.1ish
Current - 3.71
License - Non-Com
OS - Windows 7
How Did You Learn About REAPER? - Harmony Central Forums
Reason For Switching? - More intuitive layout and workflow for me, no proprietary hardware, etc.

Country - United States
Audio Background - Playing music roughly since I could walk. Recording and playing shows since 13. Went to school at The Recording Conservatory of Austin. Now still playing out occasionally and recording/producing/etc. religiously.
Are You a Pro? - I make some money for the work I do, but I wouldn't classify myself as a pro.


Ext. Sound Editor: iZotope RX (rarely)
Effects Most Used: VST and Hardware.
Soundcard: ECHO AudioFire12
Reaper Processes: Pretty much everything but mastering (and even that in a pinch)
Manual: I refer to it occasionally for some less common tasks

User Interface: Fine before theming, more than adequate after theming, could be fantastic with a few FR's that have been proposed.
Some Comments - It would take something near-catastrophic for me to change DAWs at this point. Reaper has become a staple of my workflow.
Suggestions - The few things not already addressed are currently given high priority in the FR section. I'm content.
Quick Message - Thank you for all of your relentless hard work. Reaper is easily the best audio purchase I've ever made.

[Hugo]

EX DAW - BEFORE REAPER: Cubase (until SX3), Sonar (8.5)
MY FIRST VERSION - 3.52 (propably, oldest installer I find on PC)
MY UPDATED VERSION - 3.71 32 bit
LICENSE - NON-COM, registered
OS - XPpro (laptop), Win7 (desktop)
HOW DID YOU LEARN ABOUT REAPER? - Browsing/ searching, maybe KVR, maybe Sonar forums (haha...)
MAIN REASON FOR SWITCHING TO/USING REAPER ? light on Computer, unbloated, efficienct, themes...


COUNTRY - Belgium
QUICK AUDIO BIO - I am mostly a guitar player/ compoaser/ teacher, with an obsession for sound. Started with a Tascam and Fostex Casette multitrack...
ARE YOU A PRO? - Semi pro..whatever that is


EXT. SOUND EDITOR IF USED - Wavosaur
EFFECTS MOST USED - VST (gearbox), Classic Reverb, MDA Electric piano...
SOUNDCARD/S - Line6 Toneport UX2, UX8
REAPER PROCESSES - Composing mostly: vsti (drums AD Drums), tracking guitar, bass guitar
MANUAL - Yes + video (Kenny's)

USER INTERFACE - I like it
SOME COMMENTS - Just using Reaper right now, I guess I've switched completely...
SUGGESTIONS - more midi enhancements
SEND QUICK MESSAGE TO DEVELOPMENT TEAM - Keep it up!

[Ferret King]

EX DAW - BEFORE REAPER: Pro Tools

MY FIRST VERSION - 3.52

LICENSE - Trial (will buy!)

OS - XPpro (custom built desktop)

HOW DID YOU LEARN ABOUT REAPER? - Pro Tools Forums

MAIN REASON FOR SWITCHING TO/USING REAPER ? Does what Pro Tools users dream of...plus ease of use, and themes are a plus


COUNTRY - USA

QUICK AUDIO BIO - Guitarist, pro instructor, semi pro performer

EFFECTS MOST USED - VST (Antress Modern plugs)

USER INTERFACE - Once you get a little used to it it's awesome

SOME COMMENTS - Using Reaper to mix first song for solo album! It's great. The themes customization may not seem like a big deal to many but it keeps the eyes focus and the mind fresh, unlike the forever silver and white PT...

SUGGESTIONS - maybe more midi features but can't complain

SEND QUICK MESSAGE TO DEVELOPMENT TEAM - Thank you thank you thank you!!! Have recommended many students to record weekly projects using Reaper as well...btw.....THANK YOU!

[buckman]

EX DAW - BEFORE REAPER - Still use Logic Pro, and Ableton but dumped Protools HD!
MY FIRST VERSION - 2.5???
MY UPDATED VERSION - Latest 3.72
LICENSE - Non-Com
OS - XP Professional, and Mac OS X 10.6.4
HOW DID YOU LEARN ABOUT REAPER? - Link
MAIN REASON FOR SWITCHING TO/USING REAPER ? - Small footprint, Brilliant DAW that did everything (and I have tried every DAW over 15 years!) Coming from Acid, Reaper was better, more stable, and Mac OSX!!!



COUNTRY - WHERE ? UK
QUICK AUDIO BIO - Composer/Engineer/Producer
ARE YOU A PRO? - Yes


EXT. SOUND EDITOR IF USED - SoundForge 8.0 (still can't give it up but Reaper is getting there!!)
EFFECTS MOST USED - Waves, Soundtoys, Reaplugs!
SOUNDCARD/S - Used with MOTU, Edirol UA-25 and Digidesign 96io - all flawlessly!!
REAPER PROCESSES - Record everything in Audio to it, use it to pitch, stretch, arrange, etc etc
MANUAL - No not read, but bought 'Reaper Power" book from Amazon

USER INTERFACE - Very comfortable, due to user interface and customisation
SOME COMMENTS - Love it!!!!
SUGGESTIONS - Built in Editor like Soundforge with editing on the file with fx etc, Area Selection, better MIDI? - Don't use the MIDI on Reaper as more used to Ableton
SEND QUICK MESSAGE TO DEVELOPMENT TEAM - Keep up the amazing work!!!!! Roll on Reaper 4! - If it encorporates an editor or editing and area selection on the timeline, plus 2-track editing, plus better MIDI then I can drop the PC (for Soundforge) and become a full Reaper Power User! Some things from Logic and especially Ableton (loop stuff basically) that I can't re-create in Reaper (yet)

[hardplay]

This one is still active and functional

[squibble94]

EX DAW - Cakewalk Sonar HS7XL
MY FIRST VERSION - Cakewalk Homestudio 9
MY UPDATED VERSION - Reaper 4 Alpha 56b
LICENSE - NON-COM (Going commercial as soon as V4 is released!)
OS - Windows 7
HOW DID YOU LEARN ABOUT REAPER? - Internet
MAIN REASON FOR SWITCHING TO/USING REAPER ? - Much much much much much cleaner than Sonar in every way, shape, and form.



COUNTRY - USA
QUICK AUDIO BIO - Home recorder.
ARE YOU A PRO? - Not pro, but pretty capable of getting nice sounding mixes.


EXT. SOUND EDITOR IF USED - Audacity, rarely.
EFFECTS MOST USED - Free VSTs
SOUNDCARD/S - TASCAM US-800
REAPER PROCESSES - Record bands/myself. Mostly myself.
MANUAL - I used it to get started, but now I just kind of "explore" the DAW

USER INTERFACE - I feel extremely comfortable with it
SOME COMMENTS - My daily Reaper use is great
SUGGESTIONS - I would really like to see the toolbar above the tracks in the transport view to be part of the transport bar. It would add tons of space.
SEND QUICK MESSAGE TO DEVELOPMENT TEAM - Great job guys!

[Rachmaninoff]

EX DAW BEFORE REAPER: Cubase, Acid Pro
MY FIRST VERSION: 3.75
MY UPDATED VERSION: 3.75
LICENSE: non-com
OS: Windows 7 x64
HOW DID YOU LEARN ABOUT REAPER? some YouTube random video
MAIN REASON FOR SWITCHING TO/USING REAPER? interface looks like Acid Pro, but it's native C/C++

COUNTRY: Brazil
QUICK AUDIO BIO: musician, I mix by band and my own stuff
ARE YOU A PRO? semi-pro

EXT. SOUND EDITOR IF USED: SoundForge
EFFECTS MOST USED: tons of VSTs and VSTis
SOUNDCARD/S: POD X3 Live
REAPER PROCESSES: mix my band stuff and my own stuff
MANUAL: rarely read

USER INTERFACE: I love it
SOME COMMENTS: smooth program, feels really great
SUGGESTIONS: more non-dark themes, all the themes are dark!
SEND QUICK MESSAGE TO DEVELOPMENT TEAM: always focus in usability and performance

[slap]

EX DAW - BEFORE REAPER - I tried: Ableton, Sonar, Cubase
MY FIRST VERSION - (IE: 3.something)
MY UPDATED VERSION - (3.8?)
LICENSE - Non commercial
OS - win7 x64
HOW DID YOU LEARN ABOUT REAPER? - google
MAIN REASON FOR SWITCHING TO/USING REAPER ? - I hated abletons workflow and it was useless at recording live stuff, Cubase I didn't understand and Sonar was better but a bit clunky. I guess it's workflow and userfriendliness

COUNTRY - WHERE ? UK
QUICK AUDIO BIO - Long time guitarist/band member/dj 2 years (ish) with my own studio
ARE YOU A PRO? - Hobbyist


EXT. SOUND EDITOR IF USED - Audacity
EFFECTS MOST USED - VSTs, Pre-amps, Mic's
SOUNDCARD/S - EMU 1212m
REAPER PROCESSES - Recording live vocals/guitar, also make a lot of electronic music - heavy midi user, vsts, chopping up samples etc
MANUAL - I just used common sense but I do refer to the manual if I get stuck

USER INTERFACE - Yes, it's simple, easy to use and very powerful
SOME COMMENTS - I have my Keyboard shortcuts all worked out. I would have given up on recording (or not done as much) had I not found Reaper
SUGGESTIONS - Nothing springs to mind, I don't use all the current features!
SEND QUICK MESSAGE TO DEVELOPMENT TEAM - In my world you've written the most revolutionary audio software I've come across. It is key to what I create and I couldn't do as much with such ease without it.

[kara]

EX DAW BEFORE REAPER: Logic, still use it for mastering
MY FIRST VERSION: 3.7
MY UPDATED VERSION: 3.75
LICENSE: non-com
OS: Mac OS
HOW DID YOU LEARN ABOUT REAPER? from a friend
MAIN REASON FOR SWITCHING TO/USING REAPER? collaboration

COUNTRY: France
QUICK AUDIO BIO: musician, I mix my band, my own stuff and collabs
ARE YOU A PRO? pro-musician, hobbyist mixing

EXT. SOUND EDITOR IF USED: Audacity
EFFECTS MOST USED: standard cockos Fx
SOUNDCARD/S: M-Audio
REAPER PROCESSES: recording, mixing
MANUAL: read often, until now I have it always open

USER INTERFACE: I love it
SOME COMMENTS: smooth program, feels really great
SUGGESTIONS: more non-dark themes, all the themes are dark!
SEND QUICK MESSAGE TO DEVELOPMENT TEAM: always focus in usability and performance

k