Reaper by Cockos

“Reaper seems to be able only to receive osc commands, couldnt find a way to send any”

“I have to do all of my audio production in Reaper, and that's a bit cumbersome.”

“Reaper and Pro Tools (and many other DAWs), in contrast, had the source material in one folder”

“And it's good. It also seems to have the most flexible plugin system of any DAW that has decent level of usage.”

“there is no unnecessary bloat shipped out-of-the-box”

“REAPER very much carries the Winamp torch of robust, resource-efficient software”

“They have an incredibly generous "try before you buy" license”

“The leader in this field is Cockos Reaper which supports fully portable operation, plus full relative path expansion everywhere.”

“it works very well on linux and you can even use VSTs”

“I've tried tons of solutions over the years like sooperlooper, ableton live, reaper”

“my DAW of choice, Reaper, has native Linux support”

“What makes it stand out is its great Linux support, and very generous licensing.”

“it's essentially free (it's free like WinRAR is free)”

“This is what Reaper, Forklift, CameraBag and countless others do, and it works very well.”

“Reaper has been growing MASSIVELY in popularity in recent years.”

“It seems fantastic for music to me. I've made some music in it myself.”

“one of my favourite features of Reaper - the fact that scripts I wrote for WinAmp as a teenager can be transplanted there”

“Some of my favorite albums have been recorded with Reaper, and obviously I'm a Reaper fan and use it too.”

“I'm also pretty ok with using Reaper as a DAW playing all the instruments.”

“cheap software at first (reaper) you later will know what exactly your needs will be”

“It opens instantly, it's very fast and snappy and it practically never crashes.”

“It really has no competition due to how easy it is to prepare dozens of assets with a single render”

“the software is so good and useful and the licensing scheme is so reasonable”

“Linux version of Reaper is 13mb today, if anything the contrast is more stark these days”

“With a nicer summing engine and more stable, lower latency vst host than any of them.”

“Reaper is currently a de-facto standard for game audio design.”

“Easily one of the best values in commercial software if you have a need for what it does.”

“a solid Pro Tools competitor in a mere 16 MB download”

“it was a very pleasant package to use, with an extremely friendly licensing scheme”

“For the overdub thing, Reaper is the closest it gets, but it easily becomes super cumbersome.”

“I'm glad to see Heaper extends this even further with the "block" concept.”

“looks way more friendly and engaging than anything I've seen in the last 15 years”

“One of the few pieces of software that I truly enjoy using, and the community is great”

“It wouldn't be my first choice for the latter workflow, where I'd prefer REAPER or Logic.”

“with the exception of REAPER, the alternatives are awful.”

“Reaper has limited score rendering/engraving support, but minimal customizability.”

“FLStudio in Wine, Bitwig and Reaper work amazing on Linux”

“makes for a super unintuitive way to select 'audio device' in Reaper”

“It's an awful, lifeless sea of sliders and check boxes that hurts to look at”

“lots of small quality of life changes each for a small percentage of users that add up to an overall massive improvement”