[RWP] I need all of your input, please. Abandoning Reaper vs. ProTools, should I stay or go?

Mon Jul 14 15:19:50 EDT 2014

Most of these are some form of xml of such.

On 7/13/2014 1:07 PM, TheOreoMonster wrote:
> Yes you can. I have opened cwp files in notepad before. None of these 
> are exactly 100% fully human readable, but they give you enough info 
> that you could try to recreate a corrupted project or edit one if you 
> know what you are doing.
>
> On Jul 13, 2014, at 2:04 PM, Victor Tsaran <vtsaran at gmail.com 
> <mailto:vtsaran at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>> I didn't realize that one could view the Protools project files in a 
>> text editor. I don't think you can do this with Cakewalk Sonar files 
>> though. Wish you could!
>>
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>> On Jul 12, 2014, at 3:45 PM, TheOreoMonster 
>> <TheOreoMonster at reaperacc.es <mailto:TheOreoMonster at reaperacc.es>> wrote:
>>
>>> Actually you are somewhat on the right track, you export the stems 
>>> from reaper, but yu do it so all the tracks start at the very 
>>> beginning and end at the same point. that way the the person working 
>>> inantoer daw import all the wav files at the start of the project 
>>> and they line up. This is true even if the guitar doesn’t start 
>>> until measure 8 and keyboards doesn’t come in till measure 21 and 
>>> etc. When exporting the stems it would just insert silence in the 
>>> guitar or keyboards files where no audio exist as a blank place 
>>> holder. Once they have the wav’s imported in pro tools they can save 
>>> it as a PT session file. As christ pointed out before, even if you 
>>> were both using pro tools unless you both had all the same exact 
>>> plug ins installed, they still wouldn’t be able to open your pro 
>>> tools session with out issues. Thats why sending wav file stems is 
>>> the way professionals trade and collaborate on sessions.
>>>
>>>
>>> Now if you care for the more detailed explanation.. keep reading…
>>>
>>> .RPP files and PTF, or PTX are just the project file format for 
>>> reaper and protools respectively. the project files are tiny files 
>>> that basically contain info about what to do with the wav files in 
>>> the project, and doesn’t contain any actual audio information. For 
>>> example the RPP file tills reaper that track one is named guitars 
>>> and has a eq, compressor and reverb in its insert and they are set 
>>> to these settings etc. You can open an RPP or PTF/PTX file in a text 
>>> editor like notepad or text edit and look at one yourself to see 
>>> what info it contains.
>>> On Jul 12, 2014, at 6:12 PM, Jes <jessmith at samobile.net 
>>> <mailto:jessmith at samobile.net>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks a lot Crystal, it really helps. I would never, ever, ever 
>>>> use a virtual machine for any kind of audio stuff. Virtual machines 
>>>> ain't made for that.
>>>>
>>>> Original message:
>>>>> I've never used protools but have done a lot of research on it - I
>>>>> also, have never been able to wrap my head around reaper other than
>>>>> just using it for recording - everytime I try to use a plug it is very
>>>>> um...not as streamlined? I'd say. Reaper has a big learning curve
>>>>> for me and I want to try to learn it now but when I look at Protools
>>>>> manuals and guides it just seems like a lot simpler of an interface.
>>>>
>>>>> But since you know what you're doing in regards to using both
>>>>> interfaces I take it I'll just throw in my 2 cents:
>>>>
>>>>> Will there be challenges in protools on a Mac? Yeah, probably. Will
>>>>> there be challenges on windows with Reaper? Yeah, most definitely.
>>>>> Windows isn't a system built for audio engineering, and though as
>>>>> Chris said you can build a custom Windows rig, it would probably cost
>>>>> more or about the same as the Mac and Protools that will be ready to
>>>>> use out the box. Yes, Protools could break, but imo Reaper has more
>>>>> of a possibility of breaking because ray access works on an older
>>>>> version of Reaper.
>>>>
>>>>> Protools is the industry standard: If you want to be level on the
>>>>> same playing field as our sighted peers, then idk I'd go with
>>>>> protools.
>>>>
>>>>> To be honest, I've sort of not wanted to learn Reaper because I
>>>>> eventually want to get a Mac with protools.
>>>>
>>>>> I've gone on the Mac for Protools lists and seen 2 things: The
>>>>> interface is easy to pick up (the protools manual has about 80 pages
>>>>> worth of keystrokes in it) and the accessibility stays well,
>>>>> accessible throughout updates, and if they break something in an
>>>>> update Avid fixes it pretty quickly in the next update.
>>>>
>>>>> If you want something to use out of the box and already know Voice
>>>>> over: Yeah, personally I'd go with Mac/Protools. Will you have to
>>>>> use multiple programs to work around some things? Probably, but
>>>>> let's face it: Being blind with technology, that's just par for the
>>>>> course no matter what you use. Honestly I'd probably have both a PC
>>>>> and a Mac (not Mac with bootcamp, but a legit PC) just so you have
>>>>> both options available to you so you don't feel like you made a
>>>>> mistake in switching.
>>>>
>>>>> Hope this helped! Like I said I don't super use either DAW, but this
>>>>> is just from research I've done/opinions I've formed from trying to
>>>>> use Reaper and reading up on protools with voice over.
>>>>
>>>>> Crystal
>>>>
>>>>> On 7/12/14, Kevin Brown <cursebuster at samobile.net 
>>>>> <mailto:cursebuster at samobile.net>> wrote:
>>>>>> Lots of great points!,...I am one of those guys who likes to 
>>>>>> spend the
>>>>>> time tweeking, and bolting things together...
>>>>>> So,...Reaper works fine for me,...then again, I am not as advanced as
>>>>>> many of you on this forum...
>>>>
>>>>>> Another point for me is, I am totally hooked on system access, and I
>>>>>> find that reaper works very well with system access...
>>>>
>>>>>> I like some of the points you made Cris,...I may look into getting a
>>>>>> windows machine custom built,...but, I am still going to use
>>>>>> reaper,...I just love this DAW...
>>>>
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