Doktor Avalanche
Windows 10 certified?

I don't know about 'certified', but
 

REAPER supports Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10.
The Windows version also works well with WINE.

REAPER supports all OS X versions from 10.5* to 10.10.

Yay, free upgrade for me.

Been so long since I've used Reaper all I've been doing since about 4.1 is updating. Now that 5 is out I think I'll stay with what I have and make this the second of many programs to stop updating. First one was PT9HD.

My understanding is that if one jumps in now and purchases either license for 5.0, it includes any & all updates right through to version 6.99.
 
That's pretty cool.
 
Even if the price was a lot higher, that would still be a good deal.

After tinkering with this I got me a copy. Not going to replace Sonar but the time streching and pitch shifting possibilities were something I'd been wanting to have. Sure there are quite a few plugins for that, but not with the functionality of the Reaper implementation. Just what I wanted.

Kuusniemi
After tinkering with this I got me a copy. Not going to replace Sonar but the time streching and pitch shifting possibilities were something I'd been wanting to have. Sure there are quite a few plugins for that, but not with the functionality of the Reaper implementation. Just what I wanted.

Awesome!

Pitch shift is over the top if you are a keyboard player, and significant improvements in the ver 5 release. Went for my $60 license without hesitation once an issue with pitch shift was fixed.
 
Background, you want to pitch shift a synth if not a native function. You can go to the traditional options of something like Elastique. This resamples and adds both degrading artifacts and latency into the shift.
 
Reaper allows the option of a fixed mod wheel shift which detunes with no latency or resampling artifacts.
 
Don't know of any other DAW that has this function. Brilliant approach. This is an example of a concept that was so simple, it went below the radar of every other commercial product available anywhere.
 
John

Thanks for the explanation there John.
 
I might not have known otherwise.

Should probably mention again that a core set of valuable Reaper vst plugs is available for free from ths link.
 
http://www.reaper.fm/reaplugs/
 
Can't say enough good about most of them. Very powerful tools compatible with Sonar.
 
The unique pitch shift approach is accessed in the ReaControlMidi plugin and makes this advantage available in Sonar. Only thing needed is something like P&M chainer to place the plug in front of a synth. Haven't found out how to do this native in Sonar yet. Doesn't mean there is not a way.
 
John

It is pretty easy to setup ReaControlMidi in X3 or newer. Older versions would require setting the plug-in up as a synth. It may also run afoul of some routing bugs in the older versions.