Cockos has updated REAPER to v5.91.
Changes:

• ReaScript:
  • add drag and drop receive support with gfx.getdropfile () /gfx_getdropfile ().
  • allow deferred script execution to continue during modal windows triggered by MIDI.
  • fix SnapToGrid () for slightly-offscreen points.
  • StuffMIDIMessage () for control defers to process similar to a hardware MIDI event.
• Accessibility:
  • improve keyboard navigation for control surface configuration.
  • label AI properties sliders.
• FX:
  • fix create shortcut for video processors.
  • fix truncated labels for insert chain actions.
• MusicXML:
  • fix memory error on musicXML import.
  • import files with .musicxml extension as well as .xml.
  • always import MusicXML files to built-in project MIDI, rather than file reference.
• ReaSurround:
  • fix small UI positioning glitch.
  • fix memory leak.
• Routing:
  • update affected tracks when adding hardware outputs en masse.
  • repopulate channel selection list when track channel count changes.
• Guides: optionally do not draw horizontal guides when moving items.
• MIDI editor: update CC lane combo boxes when loading note names.
• Render: fix $samplerate wildcard (uses render samplerate rather than audio device rate).
• Snap: improve item quantize and stretch marker snap behavior near tempo markers.
• Stability: prevent deadlock when using SetObjectState () with certain state on track FX (SWS issue ID 992).
• VST: do not inform VST3 of track channel changes by default, allow override for all instances of a plug-in or per-instance with channel count.

 
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Don't know what the hell any of this means, but things must be getting better by the looks of it.
5.90 on the rig and it sails like a rocket. Downloading 5.91 now.
Thanks Larry for this and so many other heads ups.
John
 

JohnKenn
Don't know what the hell any of this means, but things must be getting better by the looks of it.
5.90 on the rig and it sails like a rocket. Downloading 5.91 now.
Thanks Larry for this and so many other heads ups.
John
 

 
 It's a deep DAW and I have hope of learning to where I understand this stuff.

That is rare to see a ".91" release! Almost like they are avoiding the major one... if they get to ".991" they might have a phobia with the number 6

mettelus
That is rare to see a ".91" release! Almost like they are avoiding the major one... if they get to ".991" they might have a phobia with the number 6

My understanding from reading and participating in the REAPER beta forum, the Cockos folks are awaiting the "official" release from Celemony of ARA 2 to the public before releasing REAPER 6 ( main new feature). The REAPER developers have been working very closely with Celemony since last year on getting REAPER fully ARA 2 compliant. Word is ARA 2 is pretty much finished and working in REAPER 6 beta and the official ARA 2 release from Celemony is very close. If the Melodyne ARA 2  update had been released last month, REAPER 6 would have coincided with that. So in the meantime, REAPER continues to get minor enhancements and bug fixes.

I learned a lot about what Reaper can do before the walking dead came back around. : )
 
All I really needed to do was learn how to record/comp with Reaper. Had I done that, I may have not come back.

There are many users which have the license till 5.99 only... so 6.0 has to be a "major" change. Some newcomers, as me, will get only a half of year with 5.xx, while other have it for years, for the same price! If that goes so fast, I will have to pay AGAIN before 2020!