[Rwp] Reaper, and Musical Production Dreams!

[Keith Hinton]

Dear listers,
I'd like to give a quick introduction.
I've posted before, but figured it's time for a reintroduction as it were.

My name is Keith Hinton, and I currently reside in Prescott, Arizona.
For years on end, I've had dreams of producing music perhaps someday
for commercial purposes.
However, I do not have a full time band wot work with.
And, while I have become a big business owner over the last year, I am
still building it, so it is not always profitable.
You all know how that goes I'm sure, when customers need something
they'll buy, and when they do not, they will not.
So making profit doesn't always happen.
Plus, since I build my business based upon the quality relationships I
forge with folks from around the globe first and formost, short term
profit is not worth it.
Trustworthyness, respect, and likeability are far more important.
So, with that being said, I have turned my mind to making music as
another way that I can make income when my primary business is super
slow.
For anybody who wants to talk to me off list, you may feel free to dos
o as well.
But anyways, back to the topic at hand.

At first, I considered buying CakeTalking and Sonar from Dancing dots legally.
However, while I had a copy of Sonar at one point, I discovered that
it could not run on my hardware well.
At the moment, I do not have a purpose built DAW< nor the funds to
obtain it,  so that's out of hte question for the time being
certainly.
One day, that will happen, but not today.
So how could I get my musical dreams off the ground?
Enter MIDI.

I started using a program back in 2012 when I got a MIDI USB cable,
called Quick Windows Sequencer.
However, tap tempo, and many other htings that I require are not available.
I also tryed using Cakewalk Sonar 8.53, but like I said, I ran in to
all kinds of problems on all the machines I had.
Dropouts, pops, clicks, and ultimately,blue screening Windows machines.
That was very frustrating!
Go to make a song, or even learn the program, and the only thing I
could do ultimately was bloody audio!
Yeah, I've been hanging around my UK friends for too long grin.

Needless to say, that was totally unacceptable!

I also used Apple's Logic Pro, GarageBand, and a couple of other
programs and never got to where I wanted to go to!
I know that the SWS Reaper extension helps with OS X accessibility, so
I may tryt hat.
However, I am geting ahead of myself.
The only time I played with Reaper on Windows, prior to Osara being--
developed, when ReaAccess was the only option, while I only used the
built in ReaSynth that comes iwth Reaper, I was delighted to discover
that:
1.
WISAPI is properly supported!
No latencey existed for me, and that was important, and perhaps the
most important thing, I could record without experiencing any
dropouts!
I was amazed, to be sure.

I haven't admittedly since then, either bought a Reaper llicense
yet,nor have I played with Reaper on OS X with SWS or used Osara at
all, so I don't know if Reaper can help me make my dreams come true! I
am no programmer, I am only a musicain, and quite a good one
especially if MIDI works properly!

The problem mostly is, I need to be abel to produce good quality
edited music using MIDI and ultimately make an MP3 audio out of it
suitable for digital distribution and ppayment in the end with Reaper!
Can any of this be done?
Does Tap tempo exist?
Do I need to even bother with CakeTalking and Cakewalk Sonar?
I hear Reaper runs on all kinds of hardware that Cakewalk Sonar will not.
Is that so?
What are your experiences with Osara at this point and time, and I'd
also like to hear from users of SWS!
And, I would also appreciate hearing from those of you who do a lot with MIDI.
This is the most important thing for me at this point and time.
I may learn to make audio files and things later with Reaper, but MIDI
is the most concerning feature I need.
GarageBand has no accessible MIDI editor, nor does Logic, even though
I dig the Apple instruments!
Oh, they do sound great, and I even have done backing vocals something
GarageBand and Logic can certainly be used for, but unless I can edit
MIDI directly, I see little point to all my God given talents in music
composition!
And seeing as I started down the path to digital music production in
2012, I can't turn away now!
SO, for all of you who know what it feels like not to be able to make
your dreams come true, did Reaper help you in some way as well? What
do you all with experience have to say?
Is it worth buying a license in your respective opinions?
Preferibly, I would value experienced folks that have been using
Reaper for more than a month if possible, and not just in audio
specific projects, at least  not at this time.

Thank you!

I look forward to hearing from you all!

Thanks for reading!

-- 
Sincerely,

Keith
Business Website:
http://www.amway.com/KeithHinton
Personal Website:
http://www.keithnet.us
Work and main phone:
(928-237-9507)
Mobile Phone:
(928-713-6370)
Primary email:
keithint1234 at gmail.com
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Skype:
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