jude77
I have to admit (to my own shame) the first time I tried Reaper I dismissed it out of hand. And then SONAR did it's thing, and now I'm trying Reaper again. As stated above this thing is pretty amazing. It feels like the learning curve is steeeeeeeep, but maybe that's just me. Still for $60 . . . . Plus, you can make the darn look just like the REDD desk from back in the day at Abbey Road. Reaper is definitely a force to be reckoned with.
Part of that was due to poor documentation with 1 and 2. It wasn't until v 4 they started getting more serious about midi. Setting up Kontakt use to be a rocket science. Groove 3 has a great one called 1st Song In Reaper. The website also links to great videos.
I'd bet this DAW tops all others for amateur bands who like to record.
I've been on forums where Reaper has replaced Pro Tools and Cubase.
I've where someone is stumped or think it lacks something and there are people who are so deep in this program they have an answer. If the DAW police came and said I could only keep two DAWs it would be FL Studio and Reaper.