REAPER

For other uses, see Reaper (disambiguation).

REAPER

REAPER v3
Developer(s)	Cockos
Stable release	4.15 / January 15, 2012 (2012-01-15)
Operating system	Microsoft Windows (98 / Me / 2000 / XP / Vista / 7) Mac OS X (10.4 / 10.5 / 10.6 / 10.7)
Type	Digital audio workstation
License	Proprietary
Website	www.reaper.fm

REAPER (Rapid Environment for Audio Production, Engineering, and Recording) is a digital audio workstation created by Cockos. It is distributed with an uncrippled evaluation license with a nag screen explaining the license cost. It is currently available for Microsoft Windows (98/Me/2000/XP/Vista/7) and Mac OS X (10.4/10.5/10.6/10.7). It also works under Wine. Version 4 of REAPER was released on August 3, 2011.

Notable features

• The following plug-in APIs are supported:
  • VST & VSTi
  • DX & DXi (PC only)
  • AU (OS X only)
• Audio & MIDI items (clips) can be mixed within the same track.
• Hardware Effect integration.
• The number of tracks is limited by the performance of the user's hardware rather than the software.
• Integrates the company's own plug-in and FX scripting API, called Jesusonic (JS). JS effects are text files which, when interpreted and loaded by the DAW, function as plug-ins.
• Can function both as a ReWire slave and host.
• 64 bit version (as of v3.103) includes bridging technology to enable the use of 32 bit VSTs in a 64 bit environment.
• Ships with a number (about 20) of native FX plug-ins including a Delay, Compressor, Reverb etc. and a larger number (about 225) of effects written using JS, some of these are written by Cockos and others by 3rd parties. The numbers of effects are as of v3.161.
• The processing of plug-ins can be distributed over a local area network using the ReaMote feature.
• User defined GUI themes, custom actions/macros
• An open extension API for C++, Python and Perl scripting.
• The developer is noted for their agile software development principles, including a rapid development cycle and responsiveness to user requests.
• Noted for its flexibility, especially with regard to routing.

Notably missing are score, notation, and wave editors.

Licensing

REAPER is distributed under two licenses. Users can choose between a license targeted to private individuals or one targeted to organizations. There is a nag screen which is disabled through licensing the product, and there is no copy protection.

Control surface support

REAPER has built-in support for:

• BCF2000 – Behringer's motorized faders control surface, USB/MIDI[4]
• TranzPort – Frontier Design Group's wireless transport control[5]
• AlphaTrack – Frontier Design Group's AlphaTrack control surface[6]
• FaderPort – Presonus' FaderPort control surface[7]
• Baby HUI – Mackie's Baby HUI control surface[8]
• MCU – Mackie's "Mackie Control Universal" control surface[9]

Version history

• First public release – December 23, 2005 as freeware
• 1.0 – released on August 23, 2006 as shareware
• 2.0 – October 10, 2007
• 3.0 – May 22, 2009
• 4.0 – August 3, 2011

See also

• Comparison of digital audio editors

External links

• REAPER home page
• Cockos home page
• Senior, Mike (August 2009). "Cockos Reaper 3". Sound On Sound
• Walker, Martin (January 2009). "Cockos Reaper 2.4". Sound On Sound
• Walker, Martin (June 2007). "Cockos Reaper DAW". Sound On Sound
• Polish menu of REAPER (spolszczenie programu REAPER DAW)
• Reaper tutorial database