General questions on Reaper

[enroe]

I finally bought Reaper, will download the latest version tomorrow. I want to do a clean new install.

It will take you hours to download that installer
Then,another few hours to install it

[sarcasm-mode off] --> You know: It will be only seconds!

[digitalboytn]

I know.....

That's one of the amazing things about Reaper....

It is so tightly coded that you blink your eyes and it's all done

[fluffy_little_something]

What is that Rearoute ASIO driver which is the only item not selected for installation?
Is it a normal ASIO driver as an alternative to the ASIO4ALL that I am using? Does it work better or worse? Or should I simply not install Rearoute as the default setting suggests?

[chk071]

If you have ASIO4ALL, it should be obsolete.

[harryupbabble]

It's version 5.80 now, any idea when one can buy version 6? I am basically waiting for the switch, because waiting just a few more weeks can translate to 2 more years of free updates...

by fluffy_little_something; Thu May 03, 2018 2:08 pm

Whoa! What happened?
REAPER is at version 5.94 now.
From version 5.80 to 5.94 took 3 months and 8 days. That's 14 updates.
There's only 6 more updates till Version 6.0.

How come you changed your mind?

[chk071]

Because a potential year to wait until it's version 6 isn't worth the waiting?

[fluffy_little_something]

Yes, amazing how small the download is, and it makes sense given the frequent updates. I would not want to update Ableton every other week or so

VST scan took just a few seconds, no freezing or other problem

[EvilDragon]

There's only 6 more updates till Version 6.0.

Not if they start fractalizing, like they did when Reaper was around v3.14. Then we had v3.141, then v3.1415, then v3.14159...

[ENV1]

...then v3.14159...

lol

[fluffy_little_something]

Yes, I am getting old and can't wait months or even a year for a new version of a software anymore...
Death might be just around the corner

[harryupbabble]

Yes, I am getting old and can't wait months or even a year for a new version of a software anymore...
Death might be just around the corner

True. But what if you have some kind of longevity gene? Like this guy seem to have.

[fluffy_little_something]

I seriously doubt it

[Scrubbing Monkeys]

Keep an open mind
Stay relaxed
Join the Reaper forum ( best on the net )
read the manual
Watch the vids that you need.
let it work for you.
Enjoyy a flexable, stable and efficient DAW

[enroe]

Then we had v3.141, then v3.1415, then v3.14159...

Hoooh, somewhere I've seen these numbers already ...

[ghettosynth]

What is that Rearoute ASIO driver which is the only item not selected for installation?
Is it a normal ASIO driver as an alternative to the ASIO4ALL that I am using? Does it work better or worse? Or should I simply not install Rearoute as the default setting suggests?

Rearoute is a Reaper/Windows specific driver that allows routing from other applications into Reaper. You choose your hardware interface in Reaper and then choose the Rearoute driver in your other application. You now have an audio conduit between the two applications.

Does ASIO4All do this? If it does, I don't know, I don't use it that often.

In my experience Rearoute is very stable and I always install it, but, I have more than a few uses for it because of the kinds of things that I like to do. Usually this involves the use of other standalone applications that support ASIO but that I don't want to mix from, or, Reaper has some advantage, e.g., as a ninjam client.

https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/route-master