[Rwp] Reaper, and Musical Production Dreams!

[Chris Belle]

Midi is doable with reaper, but certainly isn't my first choice for midi 
tools.


On 7/20/2015 6:04 PM, Keith Hinton via RWP wrote:
> 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!
>