[RWP] Recording inputs menu, meter readings, and contacting Reaper developers

[TheOreoMonster]

Just echoing what scott said here. Also will like to add if you know any friends that are audio people,maybe ask them to drop a note of support as well.
On Jul 31, 2014, at 3:28 PM, Scott Chesworth <scottchesworth at gmail.com> wrote:

> In my experience, Reaper development tends to be heavily tied in with
> and influenced by forum activity. So, Vic's approach of starting a
> thread where votes can be placed is probably the right one.
> Unfortunately, we don't have the numbers to bring about activity with
> a flurry of votes when you compare accessibility posts to bugs and
> feature requests intended for all users, but previously, accessibility
> tweaks and improvements have happened just before a major version
> number increment, so with us currently at 4.7 and version 5 probably
> appearing in the not to distant future, now is definitely the time to
> be visible on the forum. I'm not saying any of this to discourage
> anyone from contacting developers directly btw, just filling David in
> on how the Reaper development cycle seems to work overall.
> 
> Hth
> 
> Scott
> 
> On 7/31/14, David Eagle <onlineeagle at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Vic, I haven't changed the appearance, apart from doing the things
>> recommended in the SWS Extensions manual, and that was just a couple of
>> very minor changes in preferences. I think it might be a good idea to try
>> getting back to the original configuration and seeing what you can achieve
>> from there. Then we can at least work out why you're not getting the menu
>> whereas Patrick and I are both able to find them.
>> 
>> For the time being, it looks like the Re-console is going to have to be
>> your work-around.
>> 
>> On the subject of the DB readings issue: are those concerned going to
>> contact the developer? I don't think there's any one particular person
>> lobbying for Reaper accessibility like Slau and Protools, so perhaps the
>> way forward with Reaper is for all of us concerned to contact the
>> developers. Obviously the good thing about this mailing is that we can
>> discuss problems to make sure they are universally applicable before
>> emailing them, rather than confusing them with problems that are only
>> present for one individual. I think that we Mac users are in the fortunate
>> position to have a very accessible Reaper and so I don't think it would
>> take a lot of effort and time to maintain and improve accessibility in
>> future releases, which, according to the reaper website, are frequent.
>> 
>> So, I think it would be wise for those concerned to contact the developers
>> about the DB meters issue. I'll paste a copy of the email to this mailing
>> list once it's sent. Let's just hope they'll be open to starting a dialogue
>> on this. I've only been using Reaper for a week, and have only started
>> posting on here for a week, so I maybe jumping the gun in assuming that
>> attempts to talk to Reaper haven't been made already.
>> So I apologise if I am going over ground that's been gone over many times
>> before but to no avail. I still think however that the more people who
>> speak up will help the people at Reaper to see this as something to take
>> more seriously, especially if we start the discussions by alerting them to
>> how brilliantly accessible Reaper currently is for the Mac and Voice-Over.
>> 
>> Thoughts welcome friends.
>> 
> 
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