Reaper is the best.

@BR_READDY225

5 күн бұрын

there is no best

@mcadder

5 күн бұрын

@@BR_READDY225 I agree to disagree. 🧐

Welcome to the club.

@synapticschism

Ай бұрын

Thank you! :)

I used almost every daw, starting from cakewalk sonar, pro tools, studio one ,cubase,fl studio and finally find peace with cockos reaper...the best ever!

@ColeMizeStudios

20 күн бұрын

Same for me, including ableton and reason. Studio One was my favorite DAW until I tried Reaper.The whole time I've been trying to find a DAW I can call home and Reaper has proven to be that as a daily user for nearly 2 years.

I like almost everything about Reaper. It's fast, light on resources, scriptable, can be ran portably, super customizable, etc etc. Tried using other DAW's before and always go back to Reaper. Great video

@synapticschism

29 күн бұрын

I always forget about the portability! I always install in portable mode!

Cubase and studio one are just amazing daw so complete I can tell as a cubase user myself but as soon you progress you find you don't need a lot of those stock plugins, sound and instruments that came with your daw that's why reaper is a really minimalistic daw for those who been already decades in the industry and have a lot of third party licenses. Love reaper!

@synapticschism

Ай бұрын

Never thought of it that way.

Enjoyed your customisation and glad you're happy with your choice

@synapticschism

15 күн бұрын

I am! I just finished a track and the experience was really good. And I customised even more actually. I can't help myself...

Thank you for sharing this. After about five years of using Reaper, I've been tempted recently to return to Studio One, but what you've shown us here has helped me avoid that mistake. I'm sticking with Reaper. It has extraordinary power and flexibility.

@synapticschism

27 күн бұрын

I would like to challenge that. If you feel that a change can improve your workflow, then at least give yourself the chance to try something different. I'm happy I gave you more info, but your experience is more important than my perspective on this.

Pretty much used every daw under the sun; Reaper, Pro tools, FL, Ableton, S1, Cubase, Bitwig, Reason etc. etc. and they are all great and can help you to make any music you wanna make but the more I used other daws the more I appreciated Reaper and realized there's nothing like Reaper in the market, yeah it's not perfect just like every other daw, but it's in a league of its own. To this date, there's nothing I could do in other daw but couldn't do in Reaper but easier and faster.

@bioburden

Ай бұрын

The big feature for me with Studio One is the project view - when making albums, it's killer because you can setup your mastering project, and if you need to tweak anything in any of your sessions, you can easily jump into it, make your changes, and Studio One will then automatically update the mastering session. I couldn't imagine working on my band's LP without this feature, it's awesome.

@ranajoyshil

Ай бұрын

@@bioburden Cool, I personally don't do a lot of mastering, but AFAIK Reaper is very popular among professional mastering engineers as well. In Reaper you can basically do the same thing as well. You can have each song projects as subprojects, and they'll be shown as single waveform in a final mastering project where you can master everything at once and still open any wave file as projects anytime and change your mix and come back to the final mastering project where the master will be automatically updated, essentially the same thing. And if you wanna have some kind of similar layout as the project page, you can setup a custom screenset in Reaper as well. There's nothing you can't do in Reaper.

I think it should be noted that Reaper has a "higher learning curve". Yes, once you have been using Reaper for some time it definitely is the most powerful and flexible DAW out there but for many people they just want to make music without having to learn even more stuff - they simply do not have the time for that. I think that and Reaper's GUI is what puts a lot of people off from using it. I switch constantly between Studio One and Reaper - Studio One when I want to just get on with making music and Reaper when I want to continue exploring the learning curve.

@synapticschism

Ай бұрын

I never thought of that. I don't know why, maybe because I've been around DAWs for so long. You are probably right though. There's an added element of complexity to Reaper. On the other hand, when I watch people working with Ableton, everything looks very alien to me. So maybe it depends on what is your previous experience.

@tonyrapa-tonyrapa

29 күн бұрын

@@synapticschism It should also be said that the best DAW is different for different people.

@synapticschism

29 күн бұрын

@@tonyrapa-tonyrapa exactly!

What is your reaper theme? So dope. Recently I just decided to switch daw from s1 to reaper, thanks for your sharing!

@synapticschism

Ай бұрын

Check Reapertips' theme www.youtube.com/@Reapertips

@nnnnncolli

Ай бұрын

@@synapticschismthanks so much! I used to dive into improving all macro functions in S1 and try to make it become a perfect daw. But yeah I 100% agree with you that S1 still has many limitations cause from its basic programming design structure. This reason makes S1 can customize many functions but never works perfectly. To me S1 is really close to my perfect daw. Until I meet Reaper and realize this is the answer that I have found for years!

@nnnnncolli

Ай бұрын

@@synapticschismfor many years I try to find a daw that can deal with all the types of music productions. For singer-songwriters it has to be super convenient to let me write down all inspiration as fast as it can, including audio and midi part. For beat maker it needs to make the workflow such as make a drum loop pattern and sampling a sound intuitively. For EDM producer it needs a powerful piano roll and efficient multi midi instruments editing workflow for layering synths, also needs a powerful fx chain system for EDM sound design. And finally, for modern metal producer and mixing engineer, it needs an intuitive audio editing/automation/mixing processing system. I start from FL Studio like many people, then switch to Ableton, trying almost every mainstream daws and switch to S1, now I'm extremely happy that I finally find the answer I have looked for so many years. Why I can't just stay in one daw and do whatever I want to do? I really don't care about spending time on customizing reaper. Daw is just a tool, it has to make people feel easy and happy to making music, not create for bothering people and make the process become boring, annoying with a complicated operating system that fucked up your workflow, make you feels like making music is super fucking hard like you are learning computer science holy shit.

@nnnnncolli

Ай бұрын

@@synapticschismanyway can you demonstrate how you customize the scripts that you show in this video? like how to install and set up the functions, and explain how to improve the workflow by using all the scripts you are using right now. your workflow really inspires me a lot. again thank you so much for sharing this pure gold.

@synapticschism

Ай бұрын

@@nnnnncolli I'll add it to the future videos list :) Thank you for the request. It helps me a lot to know what viewers want to watch.

Hey! Studio One user here, but looking for a change. I got really curious about the script you used to edit the sample start of the VST’s. Is it dynamic or does it require template? If you add a new instance of the vst will the script automatically update its state? I can kind of achieve this feature in studio one (or any other daw) using bluecat’s remote control but it’s a PITA to setup and it requires a template already pre assigned. Thanks! Abraço!

@synapticschism

11 күн бұрын

Olá! :D There are two plugins involved. One is the instrument which behaves like any other (Kontakt in this case) so not dynamic unless you have a track template or a session template. The other is the script. This one is dynamic in the sense that as soon as you add it, it is already influencing the sample start. The issue you'll have by not having a track template, is that you won't have the instrument and the script doing the same thing. In the case of Audio Imperia stuff this is a concern because you want both to work together. However, if the only thing you need is to add a pre-delay for orchestral stuff, this plugin works as expected, you just need to dial the pre-delay you want which you can do with a mouse directly on those knobs you see in the video. Keep in mind that both the instrument and the sample start are controlled by a CC on my nanoKontrol. That's how I avoid the issue I explained above but this is specifically to use Audio Imperia's engine to its full strength. Let me know if this is confusing and I'll do a quick video explaining how everything works both for pre-delay in general and for Audio Imperia in particular.

Before I love using both. Studio 1 for production and recording and reaper for mixing but I had big issue with studio when I notice that my recorded sound after opening it again in a few days I would hear a out of phase like sound. It seems that the audio is corrupted or something that’s why i stopped using it.

@synapticschism

24 күн бұрын

That is really strange. I hope you are able to do your music without issues now.

Reaper is the Ikea of DAWs

@synapticschism

27 күн бұрын

That's funny. :D Not true though... it would be true if Reaper was pretty out of the box.

I started making music with FL, and after three years I decided that it was time to move on and chose reaper as a reference, and in literally an hour I had already learned everything I could do in FL, but now it has become faster and more optimized, and yet I only completed an hour of use, in general, I was not mistaken in choosing reaper

@synapticschism

26 күн бұрын

That's... impressive! I don't know FL at all but that is quite impressive!

I tried many DAWs and Reaper wins in all cases

@synapticschism

Ай бұрын

Like all DAWs, it has its quirks but overall, it is very strong indeed. I would love a better MIDI editor, better articulation support and some QoL stuff but I also feel that whatever improvements are made, impact the overall customization that it offers so it is a tough balance.

I made the same decision 4 years ago, from S1. Congratulations ;)

@synapticschism

8 күн бұрын

Thank you. :)

Thank you. This was very interesting, but I had just looked at moving from S1 back to Reaper and found I was constrained to stick with S1. The big issue was hardware. My main devices on my desk are an NI Kontrol Mk3 keyboard and an ioStation 24c control surface. Neither of these are supported on Reaper. If you can get the Kontrol approximately working, it has a reputation of crashing. And there is no current way to use the ioStation - ReaSonus suggests it could work with the (logically identical) FaderPort 2, but I could not get it to recognise my hardware. So ... I will keep monitoring it. But unless hardware compatibility improves, Reaper won't work for me - and that's a shame.

@synapticschism

3 күн бұрын

That's a very particular problem. I never heard of DAWs having to support specific hardware, maybe because I never had any issues moving between DAWs with my control surfaces. All that stuff should work out of the box, but clearly it doesn't.

I've been on MOTU Digital Performer for 20 years. Is Reaper worth switching to? Does it have an equivalent to Chunks?

@synapticschism

27 күн бұрын

I had to educate myself about Chunks. If I understood it correctly, no, it doesn't. The closest you have in Reaper is sub-projects but it's not close. I have considered Digital Performer in the past. What is your take on it?

That was very interesting. Many thanks.

@synapticschism

26 күн бұрын

Thank you! :)

@drutgat2

25 күн бұрын

@@synapticschism You are most welcome, and thank you for such an interesting video. Way above my head in many ways.

@synapticschism

25 күн бұрын

@@drutgat2 any thing in particular that I could make a video about to help? I'm always collecting ideas from viewers. I'm happy to address any points in video.

@drutgat2

25 күн бұрын

@@synapticschism Many thanks for your kind offer. I will have a think, and get back to you in the next couple of days. There are so many things that I do not understand, or understand adequately, but I am trying to balance things a bit so that I spend more time recording (even with a just adequate implementation of a Reaper technique) rather than spending more time on Reaper than on song-writing and recording. Watch this space!

@drutgat2

15 күн бұрын

@@synapticschism Apologies for getting back to you a little later than I had intended. I just did some recording in Reaper - and would appreciate a video on using Takes in Reaper 7 (not that I was completely unaware of how to use them, but I did somehow manage to mess up a short guitar intro. piece I was adding to my song at the end of my session because I am not as familiar with using Takes as I had thought). I am familiar with Kenny's videos on Takes, and I also read the manual, but given how thorough and how well explained your video on why you chose Reaper vs. Studio One was, I would appreciate a fresh take (ha! ha!) on Takes in Reaper.

Браво. Личи си, че имаш добър доктор.

Reaper is like an early access to a prototype

@synapticschism

25 күн бұрын

Why? What is it not implemented or bugged?

@thelinkofperfectioncharity9469

25 күн бұрын

@@synapticschism It's advanced and not finished at the same Time. Ei : the routing and editing is out of this world. But producing or beatmaking Can turn out to be tuff!

@synapticschism

25 күн бұрын

@@thelinkofperfectioncharity9469 I can't comment on beatmaking since it's not my thing. I find production is as accessible as any other major DAW I've tried. You can complaint about the stock plugins I guess. They do the work but I can't stand them.

@phadrus

15 күн бұрын

@@synapticschismthe stock gate plugin is shockingly good. I dropped it on a tom track and picked the Tom setting and it cleaned them right up like nothing I’ve heard. Some gems in there.

@synapticschism

15 күн бұрын

@@phadrus I believe you, but I have a really hard time with Reaper's stock plugins. I'm very visual, things need to look good and stock plugins just don't. I know it's my problem, but it is what it is.

If you like to customize Reaper is the only option. It’s a power users DAW but can (and will) be customized more and more over time and as you use it until it fits your needs nearly perfectly.

@synapticschism

15 күн бұрын

I agree. Studio One is second best but not even in the same level. I never thought of Reaper as a power user DAW, but that is a good description.

You will be back on Studio One in a while. Give it some time...I have the T-shirt.

@synapticschism

Ай бұрын

I love a good challenge! :) Define "a while". :D

@kronosse

Ай бұрын

@@synapticschism I lasted 2 weeks with Cubase, to make things fair I will download Reaper and paly with it.

@kronosse

Ай бұрын

@@synapticschism I lasted 2 weeks with Cubase, to be fair I will download Reaper and play with it for two weeks.

@ranajoyshil

Ай бұрын

nah

@kronosse

Ай бұрын

@@ranajoyshil Whatever gets the job done.

To produce and compose I usually use FL, but I always mix and master in Reaper, unlike Studio One, Ableton and Cubase it never has problems loading the plugins, recognizing the control surfaces, no strange CPU usage with some plugins, it's easy to connect and link different parameters, I can take it with my projects, configurations and plugins on a pendrive to any studio I visit... other DAWs can barely dream of it.

@synapticschism

Ай бұрын

It was because of some weirdness with plugins and lack of deep customization that I returned to Reaper, so yeah, I get what you mean.

@xanxikawok7326

Ай бұрын

@@synapticschism That reminds me of a test I did by downloading the Zonone 11, since I haven't updated it since 8 and although it sounds funny I usually use 4 and 5 because they give me the same results without excessive use of DSP, and something I noticed in the demo of 11 is that in some DAWs it uses almost twice as much CPU as in reaper, I don't understand it. I don't know if it is a problem with the Izotope developers who, like Plugin Alliance, have been releasing increasingly worse plugins or with the DAW itself.

@synapticschism

Ай бұрын

​@@xanxikawok7326 wanna hear a weird coincidence? Before going to bed yesterday I decided I'd record a video about Ozone today. I wake up and the first thing in my email is your comment. :D

@ranajoyshil

Ай бұрын

if you customize reaper, you can produce faster than fl in reaper. i know because i came from fl to reaper.

@xanxikawok7326

29 күн бұрын

@@ranajoyshil 😗... I never tried, was hard for me, outside cubase, st one, ableton and reason wich is a headache at the begining. Have you a template with macros or something?... The truth Im not an "specialist" in programing.

If you use high cpu demanding plugs like acustica audio than reaper is the best choice because it is handling multitasking process way better like other daws.

@synapticschism

15 күн бұрын

I use amp sims which are cpu hogs. I just mixed a track with a ton of them, and no hickups.

Reaper Pros: Extremely affordable. Staggeringly customisable. Very low CPU usage. Best folder and Buss system in the game. Access to a mega-library of free JS plug-ins. Cons: Unattractive design, but (again) massively adaptable to different themes and layouts.

@synapticschism

Ай бұрын

Spot on!

IM sticking to Studio One as my main DAW . I dont want to script or menu dive for little improvements all over the DAW . Nor menu dive all damn day ... The only thing that irritates me about s1 is the fact it still cant link / group plugin parameters across tracks like pro tools or Cubase does ..

@synapticschism

Ай бұрын

Your comment touches on a point most people ignore which is, there is no best DAW, just the best DAW for you.

@sickmessiah

Ай бұрын

@@synapticschism Right .. Its like asking whats the best car ...... You can prolly come up with a objective list of cars with the pros and cons of each .. Pro Tools would be the Model T .. LOL .

@synapticschism

Ай бұрын

@@sickmessiah Pro Tools being the Model T can explain its price. It's a relic!

@sickmessiah

Ай бұрын

@@synapticschism Exactly . The old standard. People call it the standard without realizing that standards change.

I love reaper so much. Bitwig too - I feel like between them I have a great traditional linear DAW and a more modern beat making app. They are both new kids on the block and don’t have the hang ups and old code of pro tools or ableton. However, studio one is amazing. I miss the great organisation for files, projects, mastering, presets etc. The arranging tools, lyrics, live playing - all incredible. I also don’t like the look of reaper at all and never found a third party skin that comes close to s1. Also being able to save unlimited track views / snapshots is great. Somehow reaper still feels clunky handling windows. However, I love how reaper deals with tracks. Audio/midi/vca/folder etc. it’s unparalleled and one of the main reasons I keep coming back. There is no perfect DAW and somehow I can’t help but think I will be back and forth some more 😂

Reaper is a great DAW and the developers are very good. When people ask me what DAW they should get I always give them a few options but Reaper is always one I mention. Especially if you use Windows or you go back and forth between different operating systems like Mac and PC or even Linux, you can use Reaper which is a big plus. The cost is low and Reaper is stable. Reaper is one of the best Values in audio especially for those who may not be able to afford other DAWs but need to make music! Cheers!

I chose Studio One because it is incredibly intuitive. I can focus on creating music rather than wading through a DAW. In Studio One I can compose music as fast as I can think almost. Also support is really good. FB group alone answers my questions in minutes in most cases. Yes there is a learning curve like any DAW but tutorials are great. They cover topics topics in small digestible chunks. Right to the point. I release 1-3 songs per week. Several over 100k plays. Just my 2 cents.

@synapticschism

26 күн бұрын

I completely understand where you are coming from and agree with how you assess Studio One and DAWs in general. I think it's important that each one of us understands what is better for our workflow.

The new 'Hybrid' Studio One license is the best deal ever.

@synapticschism

27 күн бұрын

It would be a good deal if you had support after the purchase. If I understand it correctly, with the current deal you get the perpetual license but no upgrades, updates, extra content, plugins or support if you don't keep the subscription. If that is the case the subscription is more valuable.

@adownbeatexegete1549

27 күн бұрын

@@synapticschism All the support I've ever gotten with software has been through asking questions on forums and searching KZread.

@MaximusWhyman

23 күн бұрын

Not a better deal than Reaper.

Reaper wins over any daw because of oversampling feature. Without oversampling plugins are ruining your mix

Reapers main issues are 1) Ugly default interface 2) No included part looper/session mode like ableton But for the cost who can complain?

@poulwinther

Ай бұрын

If those are issues, ProTools is one big issue.

@synapticschism

Ай бұрын

Yeah, the default interface is hideous. Looper mode doesn't affect me but I understand why it is helpful to a lot of people.

@synapticschism

Ай бұрын

@@poulwinther that sentence is correct! ProTools is one big issue! :D

@PlottingTheDownfall

Ай бұрын

and you have to do so much configuration, download scripts and skins etc... working professionals that have to turn out results back to a label, producer, artist by the end of the work day, aren't using Reaper.

@randommcranderson5155

Ай бұрын

@@PlottingTheDownfall all those scripts are things you do to get your template, not for each project. You aren't doing programming each track unless you discover some new cool trick that will make you faster.

reaper is more stable

@synapticschism

23 сағат бұрын

I wouldn't say Reaper is more stable than S1, at least not in my system. But it uses resources better, so in more stressful conditions that is likely true.

Too be honest, I was expecting way more than those really arbitrary and personal reasons, I find Reaper to be cold and lifeless, and far to OK with the already HORRID windows menu system, like seriously, I'm not saying I love flashy or Id be a traction or FL fanboy really at the end of the day, but Studio ones mastering process alone, once understood and used correctly, from song to project, is so much of a time saving tool than my template loading quickly, it sounds more like a hardware issue, like I though t Isaw windows 7 but I could be mistakenn. Id say get an machine upgrade my man, sorry for assuming you don't have a newer CPU, but like the difference is shocking with the new P and E core system intel is on. S1 is lightning fast on my 13th gen i5k, I make drum n Bass so I so HEAVY processing is like the norm and sometimes ridiculous levels of reverb and delay timing and it doesn't even crash unless I'm careless. And like I mean its so fast I don't even notice it lagging ever, I mean not for a split second unless I'm processing something through the bus with a known latency hit. I really don't think your reason are justified because of this, they are really honestly small unimportant things that I think fanboys get off on, but serves no purpose other than creating as discussion over whether or not your writing music or your computing knowledge is superior to others. Sharing it with the people out here in KZread land, not tryin to be harsh but like there was one real reason Reaper could be called better, price point, but you failed to mention that with the S1 hybrid plan, you DO own a perpetual license after a year, and the upgrade discount in the last few versions the same price as reaper, at least from 4-5 and 5-6. So like, nice content for some views but seriously not relevant at least in a wide End user context. I mean put it this way, your title is misleading, I get it its basically just an OP piece, you make it sound as if there were real issues, like my template is probably fuller than yours, and it loads in perhaps less than 5 secs , how fast do you need that to be? AND there is a key command for the arming of multiple tracks without building a macro (again where studio ones interface is the only reason I understand how to build macros because its quite intuitive), that you can map to virtually anything midi or keyboard.. Although if your loading a bunch of Kontakt libraries, that's not necessarily the DAWS fault either, and If I'm mistaken correct me, but we have come a LONG way in computing in the last 5 years and my machine 3 years ago was slow compared to mine now and it was cheaper than my 3 year old one, from scratch. And do you ever experiment with a blank template, because that's where my best ideas come from personally, and its l don't know, like a mental workout for my skills. Sorry for the long fairly negative feedback I just don't want people to not try Studio One because of your specific issues, I tried reaper for a week and hated it, it really came down to how much I actually HAD to tweak it to get it what i wanted to do, anyone who says its faster is only cause they learned how to do it and I would say the time your saving, can you really equate that to making better music? I don't think they'd have an answer. Anyways good day I respect your opinion, but for those curious about Studio one, his are just that and, so are mine. Think for yourself, be free and never stop moving towards your summit, patience is a virtue.

@synapticschism

28 күн бұрын

You are in fact mistaken.