[RWP] ReaAccess development update (of sorts)

[Derek Lane]

I'd pay for reaaccess in future, provided I knew the thing would be 
updated/supported, and that it didn't cost more than the daw itself.
After all, that  would be a bit weird

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Snowbarger" <Snowman at SnowmanRadio.com>
To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 9:00 PM
Subject: Re: [RWP] ReaAccess development update (of sorts)


> You would think that the API  itself would be published.  How did Ivan and 
> friends learn of it?
> Personally, I am not skilled in the art.
> But, it would appear that, if that project is going to be successful, the 
> one of providing access to Reaper, it needs to be brought a lot closer to 
> home.
> But also, what you see here is an unfortunate shortcoming of volunteer 
> efforts.  An effort like this is pretty complicated, takes a lot of time 
> and effort, and a lot more likely to be successful if the person writing 
> the access pluggin also needs it personally.
> I wish I had the skill.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Derek Lane" <derek at pdaudio.net>
> To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
> Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 11:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [RWP] ReaAccess development update (of sorts)
>
>
>> Too bad the decompilation of DLL's isn't practical, otherwise, the 
>> questions of being able to talk to the reaper API, add functions to said 
>> API, and talk to screan readers  of all sourts could be answered.
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Jim Snowbarger" <Snowman at SnowmanRadio.com>
>> To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
>> Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 8:12 PM
>> Subject: Re: [RWP] ReaAccess development update (of sorts)
>>
>>
>>>I guess old Ivan fell in the vodka tank.
>>>
>>> Maybe there are others around, hopefully closer to us,  smart enough to 
>>> develop a similar pluggin.
>>> One can always hope.
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Scott Chesworth" <scottchesworth at gmail.com>
>>> To: <rwp at reaaccess.com>
>>> Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2011 9:22 PM
>>> Subject: [RWP] ReaAccess development update (of sorts)
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hey all,
>>>>
>>>> I relay this news to RWP with the proviso that nobody shoots the
>>>> messenger. Cyber handshake on that before reading any further.
>>>>
>>>> As most of you will be aware, a few months back Ivan issued a list of
>>>> features and fixes expected in ReaAccess 2.0 for a September release.
>>>> At this point, nobody English-speaking involved in ReaAccess's upkeep
>>>> has a clue what's going on. I've written to Ivan for info, but having
>>>> given him fair time to respond and received nothing, I thought I'd
>>>> fill RWP in on what's hot on the rumour mill.
>>>>
>>>> Word on the street is that the ReaAccess project has a new
>>>> Moscow-based owner or owners unknown. I've heard rumblings that the
>>>> plugin will be a paid product from 2.0 onward, but haven't seen
>>>> anything about a price. Similarly, haven't been able to track down
>>>> anything about a firm release date.
>>>>
>>>> I think it's worth pointing out that this is exactly why ReaAccess
>>>> doesn't have a proper site, doesn't have anything beyond the absolute
>>>> bare bones of documentation, and has struggled to make a positive
>>>> impact. Beyond the first few versions when time spent translating and
>>>> bug swatting felt like time well spent, I haven't been able to justify
>>>> pouring resources into the project (much as I love the DAW it enables
>>>> me to use. There have been plenty of offers of what would have been
>>>> valuable contributions flat out declined by the development end of
>>>> this opperation, and even more contributions promised that never
>>>> materialised due to a lack of faith in the way the project has been
>>>> run from day one. Sad to say it chaps, but it seems like those
>>>> reservations have been realised. If that applies to you, take comfort
>>>> in the fact that you guessed the correct basket to place your eggs in.
>>>>
>>>> For now, that's all I've got in the way of an update. Russian speakers
>>>> on here may wish to investigate www.reaaccess.ru, perhaps there's a
>>>> list like this one being maintained where you might be able to get
>>>> more info from our elusive developer (or his new boss). Should you
>>>> have any success, 75 plus RWP's here would appreciate the heads up.
>>>> This list will still be actively moderated and the latest build of
>>>> ReaAccess that I have will remain available, until the man says
>>>> otherwise.
>>>>
>>>> Remember what we shook on a couple of minutes ago...
>>>>
>>>> Scott
>>>>
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