Jan
8
Nearly-Free Sequencer Link
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Hi,
I was browsing the wonderful world of online music freeware today and found a piece of software I hadn’t heard of before. It’s not freeware (so I won’t add it to the database) - though according to the site, there is a fully functional no-limitations version of the software available.
According to the Reaper website:
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REAPER is reasonably priced Windows software for multitrack audio production.
REAPER requires no dongle, has no copy protection, and can be evaluated with full functionality.
- Portable - supports running from USB keys or other removable media
- 64 bit audio engine
- Excellent low-latency performance
- Stunning multiprocessor performance
- Direct multi-track recording to many formats including WAV/BWF/W64, AIFF, WavPack, FLAC, OGG, and MIDI.
- Extremely flexible routing
- Supports a wide range of hardware (nearly any audio interface, outboard hardware, many control surfaces)
- Support for VST, VSTi, DX, DXi effects
- ReaPlugs: high quality 64 bit effect suite
- Tightly coded - installer is just over 3MB
- and more…
- Editing features
- Tool-less mouse interface — spend less time clicking
- Drag and drop files to instantly import them into a project
- Support for mixing any combination of file type/samplerate/bit depth on each track
- Easily split, move, and resize items
- Each item has easily manipulated fades and volume
- Tab to transient support
- Configurable and editable automatic crossfading of overlapping items
- Per-item pitch shift and time stretch
- Arbitrary item grouping
- Markers and envelopes can be moved in logical sync with editing operations
- Ripple editing - moving/deletion of items can optionally affect later items
- Multiple tempos and time signatures per project
- Ability to define and edit project via regions
- Automation envelopes

If you try it, and have and opinion, send it my way.
Cheers,
Crispin
