![]() This isn't to say that everything in Reaper is achieved by actions far from it, but a lot of its power is hidden in actions and short cut keys. On top of this actions can be linked together to create macros, and again these can be assigned to a short cut key or MIDI command. If you plan to use it a lot, additional actions can be created by coders using the SDK which is unique in the DAW arena and there are a couple of users who have already created hundreds of very useful add ons. This can be daunting at first, but it has a nice search and filter engine so that you can find any action you want and either activate directly or assign it to a short cut key or MIDI command. It is based around actions and a quick look in the action list will show you exactly how many actions it has (1636 as of this article). It has a lot of the standard things you will be used to like left to right arranger and piano roll for MIDI and so on but it does not use tools as such. The first thing you have to get used to when you first start using reaper is the fact that it isn't particularly laid out like every other DAW. Let's take a look at what all the fuss is about. In those four years, it has steadily gained many users and praise from various reviewers. Reaper has been around about four years since its original inception but may well be a new name to you when it comes to DAW software. It does all the expected basics any modern DAW will do, so we will concentrate on the things it does well or not so well. This isn't going to be an exhaustive test of Reaper because it has so many features it wouldn't be possible to cover them all here. You can also layer many tracks of audio and MIDI to create entire sequences, and is the most common way songs are created in studios around the world. The basics of any DAW is that it allows you to record not only audio but MIDI from a variety of input devices and then edit them as you like. ![]() DAW stands for Digital Audio Workstation, and if you haven't used one of these before the terms can be overwhelming. Reaper is a DAW for Windows (Mac PPC and Intel versions are currently in Beta testing). ![]()
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