Why Reaper?
February 9, 2016 12:06 pm / Uncategorized
- Reaper works on both Mac and PC, which means you can collaborate with anyone regardless of their computer. It even runs well on old machines (including my 2008 G4 Mac mini). So if my main computer ever dies or needs to be taken in the shop, I can get back up and running in no time on another machine.
- Reaper is free to download, after the demo period is up it keeps working, fully featured. It just makes you wait 5 seconds when you launch it and reminds you to pretty please buy it. So there’s basically no reason not to give it a try.
- Reaper is only $60 if/when you do buy it. Plus there’s no annoying copy protection or iLok either.
- Reaper’s learning actually curve isn’t that steep. Check you my tutorials on You Tube. I’ll have you up and running in a few hours.
- Reaper gives you plenty of room for growth if/when you decide to do more advanced production. It can do everything Pro Tools can do, but often faster/more efficiently IMO. (Routing/bussing, for example.)
- Reaper’s editing workflow is great for radio This is a biggie but but a hard one to describe. As much as I hate Pro Tools, I liked its approach to editing narrative audio. Until I tried Reaper. Now everything else feels sluggish.
- Reaper’s edits actually sound better especially for beginners, because it does automatic crossfading as you make edits. Fades are also easier to tweak than in any other program I’ve used. I taught it to a ~60 y/o producer who had been using Audacity, and his edits improved almost magically overnight.
- Reaper is incredibly customizable I have my version set up with custom key commands borrowed from both Pro Tools and Logic plus a few original ones. Customization = working faster = more time for fun/creative stuff.
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