[RWP] Reaper vs. ProTools?

[TheOreoMonster]

the URL is basically reaper access missing the last s in access. its www.reaperacc.es  the nots to blind user page e and some of the other pages on  there explain the pros/cons of using it on OSX vs on Windows with ReaAccess.  the quick start tutorials page explains also how t do some basic tasks in reaper using both ReaAccess and the way to do it accessibly on the mac.

As scott pointed out, Reaper is very customizable, and everything that you can do in reaper  just about with the mouse, is an action you can assign keyboard hotkeys to. Infact a big part of what makes ReAccess works  is all the HotKeys that it brings wit it and adds to the keycap file in reaper. I basically started out and set about assigning hot keys to all the stuff we would normally need to do but from a keyboard. I took what i knew from using reaper on windows with ReaAccess and set about making it so i could do it on the mac. The reaper Dev’s already made everything visible to VO so thats ultimately all i had to do. That and install the SWS Extensions so you can use ReaConsole. navigating through the list of tracks isn’t as nice as it is on windows, but ReaConsole makes it so you never need to touch the track  pane just about.Scott tipped me off to ReaConsole as he uses it as well and it is pretty much a requirement on the mac to make reaper usable in an efficient manner from the keyboard. If you have a mac then give it a try and let me know  what you think. I have had request to add some more midi centric hotkeys and post some more midi centric tutorials, but i am a guitar player and as such most only work with audio, so don’t have a lot of midi gear to play with at the moment.
On May 12, 2014, at 7:14 PM, Jes <jessmith at samobile.net> wrote:

> Thanks for the replies. I am interested in what You, the Oreo Monster, have done as far as accessibility on Reaper for the Mac. What is your website?
> I tried going to the one Scott gave me, www.reacc.es, but got a 404. Maybe I typed it wrong.
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> Jes
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> Original message:
>> As someone who runs reaper on the mac with voice over and is looking to sell his protools license since he hasn’t used it or installed it since doing a clean install of mavericks some months back, I wouldn’t say reaper on the mac is not accessible. That being said kind of like ReaAccess on windows, you do have to get a few things in order to make it work accessibly. Pro Tools comes out of the box working with voice over ready to go. At the end of the Day Reaper and Pro Tools are both professional level DAW
>> s and some would argue that in some ways reaper runs circles around pro tools, in fact version 9 10 and 11  of pro tools slowly added features reaper had almost since conception. But Reaper will not OverThrow Pro Tools as king of the mountain in the pro world anytime soon. Why? Reaper is a DAW done by a bunch of debs who relies on mailing list and message boards/forums t  to handle support in a customer helps customer and most requested/voted on features get added in later versions. If you are running a major recording studio you want some amount of support for the product you just bought, You are gonna want to know if something goes wrong, you call your support contact and they help you resolve it or ship you out a replace meant etc. If you want to go pro and work in the industry, get a mac and start learning pro tools. This of course is if you plan to work in a commercial facility. Though if you plan to run your own studio, Pro Tools does have name brand recondition and being able to advertise that you use Pro Tools may add to your seeming more legit to a customer. SO at the end of the day Pro Tools an d Reaper can do all the same things for the most part. Pick a tool, learn it well, and get to work.
>> On May 12, 2014, at 2:26 PM, Jes <jessmith at samobile.net> wrote:
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>>> Okay, guys, I'm probably going to start a big controversy right about now, and you'll forgive me, but I have to know this.
>>> Besides the fact that Reaper on the Mac is not accessible, and proTools is, What are the advantages of Reaper over  ProTools? I am really getting interested in going into the music business for real, not just as a hobby, and I'm just wondering the pros and cons of each environment. Is Reaper going to kill ProTools one day and become the industry leader?
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>>> Also, I have a question about the reaaccess.com website. If Ivan isn't around anymore, how is the sight still running? and how much longer might it be around? Is this list run off of freelists or something like that?
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