One of these days I'm going to have to try and do a whole song in Reaper.
 
TBH, the concept of no buses (i.e. a track "becomes" a bus when you route something or many somethings into it) intrigues me but I've never taken even a full day to get "into" Reaper.
 
Why did I pay $60 twice?

Mike,
 
This is only my perspective from a low level lay user.
 
There are some bugs in Reaper that don't affects a guitar player, vocalist, but can seriously impact a keyboard player. These bugs have been identified, submitted and asked reverently for a fix.
 
No response, and the crap continues, update to update. Ignored.
 
My feeling is that in the flash of top tier tweaks and updates, bottom feeders like me are dissed off and ignored. Major problems exist. Reaper is no paradise. The myth of how you can submit a bug and have it fixed before sunset is what it is. Only a myth. If Sonar cranks out a generic patch every several months, it is no different than a deluge of Reaper point releases that flash in the pan, and get nothing substantial done regarding real bugs that affect the majority of idiots like me.
 
John

Thank you John,
 I appreciate the insights.

I agree...anything PC based is not going to be a wonderland...

But, all that aside, Reaper is probably one of the best DAW's out there for the PC.
While they ALL have their issues, at least for me, Reaper has been quite amazing...
especially considering that all the other's cost about 8 times as much....because they
include a bunch of 3rd party fluff...and a whole lot of resource consuming "extras" that
REALLY are superfluous....

I'm really surprised that Nomad Factory hasn't said...HEY, here's an upgrade to the FULL,
unattached, Blue Tubes Bundle for $X for Sonar Users...they'd sell 'em like hotcakes I'm
sure...

These guys really can't see the forest for the trees or the honey for the bees...

I really have to wonder, John Kenn, why you are here complaining.  Our studio has been engaged with Reaper since its inception.  We love watching the product blossom into a full-blown audio engineering tool.  We appreciate that the guys at Cuckos listen to the user community and have designed a tool suitable for professionals and experienced amateurs so we can run our studio in a productive manner.  We love all the new enhancements and the fact that our requests get handled in a timely manner.  Bug fixes are usually remedied in one day and we enjoy seeing our suggestions incorporated into new updates.
 
Then, John Kenn, there are users like you who complain, complain, complain.  If you are lacking audio engineering skills to the point that you don't even understand the basic terminology, then read some good books, take a short course, or align yourself with more experienced people in your local community.  Audio engineering and music production is very technical and requires some hard study. 
 
Reaper is designed with the professional user in mind and there's many folks in the Reaper user community who are professionals.  This is one of the joys of using Reaper: it gets the job done.
 
If you find Reaper too difficult to use, John Kenn, then why not find another software tool that you do like? A lot of companies have come out with home studio versions or watered down their original professional-grade product (*gasp*) for people like you.
 
It takes years of study and practice to become a skilled audio engineer.  Instead of complaining about a great piece of software that has a large user base, you will make more friends and gain more respect if you study one aspect of audio engineering, master it, then tackle the next step.  I started with recording analog, then moved to MIDI when the technology became available, and now I am ramping up from using my digital tracker with all its faders and knobs to software-only.  I am the last of the ones in our studio to go 100% software on the recording side, but I am a diehard analog synth enthusiast (and a bass player with a tube head) so that's my excuse.
 
Good luck, John Kenn.  Study hard and master the terminology.  One step at a time in sequence (no pun intended).
 
 

Reaper sux!!! It's just about caught up to Cubase 4.

Double post.

JohnKenn
Mike,
 
This is only my perspective from a low level lay user.
 
There are some bugs in Reaper that don't affects a guitar player, vocalist, but can seriously impact a keyboard player. These bugs have been identified, submitted and asked reverently for a fix.
 
No response, and the crap continues, update to update. Ignored.
 
My feeling is that in the flash of top tier tweaks and updates, bottom feeders like me are dissed off and ignored. Major problems exist. Reaper is no paradise. The myth of how you can submit a bug and have it fixed before sunset is what it is. Only a myth. If Sonar cranks out a generic patch every several months, it is no different than a deluge of Reaper point releases that flash in the pan, and get nothing substantial done regarding real bugs that affect the majority of idiots like me.
 
John

I logged on to the forum and asked about a " TRACK FREEZE" feature like SONAR's and they knocked a beta out in a few days.  Unfortunately, by the time it was finished they had another thousand suggestions about the TRACK FREEZE specification should work and it mutated into a complicated monster.  

That said, if I could find a Reaper theme that would display nicely on my big monitor and two 22" HD monitors, I might use it more than a passing interest.

I hope there is an official Reaper forum where people are tolerated when they speak about the wonders of X3 ....

Just saying ...... Smells like spam......

Cheers,
Jerry

No spam Jerry...and yes you can tout the wonders of X3 on the Reaper forum..

Some of us here use more then just one DAW. (Gads!!!  Get the gun!) ...I use 7 DAW's....

I hope that one day people gain some "objectivity".

I love X3...I use X3...that doesn't mean that Reaper isn't a great program also...

Each DAW has it's strengths and weaknesses...

This, being the Software Forum, dedicated to ALL software, both Cakewalk and Third Party,
a discussion of other software is not a bad thing....it increases our awareness and
broadens our horizons....