This is how I feel recording at home after working at my bandmate's studio. And I in no way condone anything Katy Perry related!

I have to acknowledge the absurdity of myself at least

I waited way too damn long, but finally did it!

Fun fact: I've spent 1.325 hours waiting for that damn timer to count down...

NOT ANYMORE!! <3

To be clear, I love Reaper this post is satire. If you don't get it take a look at my logged hours and days using Reaper. I will 100% be buying a license

I, too, have thoroughly evaluated Reaper and have finally decided to make the purchase. The other posts and comments of this nature have broken the fog of procrastination and there is no reason for me to not just buy it already.

Got Reaper running on a steam deck. I haven’t tested how well it run but was surprised it runs.

Really awesome what the guys at Cockos are doing here: https://www.reaper.fm/

I wanted more flexibility and direct access than what Logic Pro could offer, along with being cross-platform, lightweight and portable.

Not gonna lie, the initial experience was rough - the lack of a sound library out of the box and lots of quirks and ugly UX and a poor onboarding was kind of hard to work through.

But after I did that I built my own sound library, ported a bunch of content across, and added a bunch of UI customization along with some really cool features like comparing sounds before applying changes along with version control, automatic track colorization and auto midi mapping and now it's a damn powerhouse that can do much more than the other DAW's, and much more quickly!

Kenny Gioia Here. Please tell me what topics you'd like to see in an upcoming video. Thanks.

The more I dig in, the more I just like YES!!!!! You can do such feature.

My only personal gripe is the no “true mono” but I know about the tabs and use the script for that but with reainsert it’s annoying.

And no post fader inserts per channel. Besides that. I LOVE HER!!!!

My sonic hellscape. Don’t mind my silliness.

REAPER is not a free DAW. I know it gets mentioned as free a lot, curiously even in this sub, but that's not quite right.

While it's not free, the cost is super low, so there's really no reason to skip buying it. I've been using REAPER since 2014, starting with version 4.7. In all these years, I've only needed two licenses. I'll need to buy my third one if/when version 8.0 comes out. So far, I've spent just $120 USD over 10 years!

Compare that to my experience with Cubase SX. I bought it on a student license for $650 USD back in 2002. Over the years, I spent hundreds more updating to version 8. The final straw was when version 8.5 came out and there was a cost to upgrade to a partial version! That's when I decided to switch to REAPER for good.

And you know what? Once I stopped trying to do things in REAPER the "Cubase way" and learned the "REAPER way," I could edit audio twice as fast. In all these years, I've never found anything missing for my workflow.

So, if you can afford a computer, audio interface, and a microphone, don't say you can't afford a REAPER license. There are free DAWs out there, but technically, REAPER isn't one of them.

EDIT: Well... there seems to be some confusion among redditors regarding the accuracy of the title of this post. Here's a snip from the manual:

And you can see the EULA in the About REAPER dialog box, EULA tab.

I hope this edit clarifies the title of this post.

While it obviously did, my intention was not to shame the non-payers. I was trying to point out how much of a bargain the REAPER license is in comparison to other non-free DAWs from a historical standpoint. The intent was to clarify to new users who've been duped into thinking that the software is free to use for any purpose and, hopefully, give them a reason to not just click past the nag screen for years to come. REAPER is my DAW of choice, and I'd like to see it continue to be developed for the remainder of my musical journey.

https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?p=2928158

UPDATE: v0.2.0 Released https://www.reddit.com/r/Reaper/comments/1ruebxr/reaper_plugin_picker_v020_released/

UPDATE: v0.3.0 Released https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UFyvPxbsNM

REAPER Turns 20! - Cockos Incorporated Forums

I just want to shout out Kenny Gioia for the hundreds of hours of amazing tutorial videos he's put together to help people understand and use Reaper. I would argue that a large part of the value of using Reaper are those videos. No other DAW has such comprehensive coverage of its features, put together in such an accessible way, and available for free. Massive thanks to you, Mr. Gioia!