[Rwp] ditching ReAccess for good?

[Chris Belle]

Whoops, sorry, didn't mean to send that to the list.


On 3/4/2015 3:11 AM, Chris Belle via RWP wrote:
> Hey Rubens?
>
> Send me a message when you get up, and I'll come over.
>
>
> On 3/3/2015 3:32 PM, Chris Belle wrote:
>> When I was messin about with some gnome and orca based stuff, I was 
>> messing with audacity a little bit.
>>
>> Pretty primitive
>> compared to sonar,
>> now if you're an audio guy primarily, reaper is sweet, but if you 
>> love midi, then reaper I don't think is quite there yet.
>>
>> It's getting better though,
>> and now I am a fully licensed member of the reaper
>> gang, i've screwed around with it enough so I just bought it.
>> I'll say one thing, they sure make it easy to license.
>>
>> I love the we're gonna trust our customers atitude too,
>> I mean 60 bucks is chump change.
>> So
>> we shall see what the future brings.
>>
>>
>> On 3/3/2015 2:33 PM, Rusty Perez via RWP wrote:
>>> Hi Chris,
>>>
>>> I used NAMA a command-line based multi-track recorder with some
>>> editing and effects features.
>>> It is built on a very robust audio engine, but the interface is,
>>> primarily, command-line based. You must enter commands at each step of
>>> the process.
>>> they've begun to implement a key command interface but it was in its
>>> infancy when I last tried it.
>>> Now, admittedly I last used it, ummm, fall of 2013 I believe.
>>> For what it's worth, I got some relatively respectable results,
>>> considdering I had NEVER recorded and mixed my own album in the past.
>>>
>>> there are all kinds of work-arounds and outboard applications which
>>> must be used for midi, and, though there are some ways to use midi
>>> compatible control surfaces the process is by no means very
>>> transparent.
>>> I was able to use a foot pedal to start and stop recording and 
>>> rewind ETC.
>>>
>>> I don't want to denigrate the project. It let me record my music, and
>>> there are some for whom it is really easy to use. Part of that is
>>> fueled by an anti-windows mentality.
>>>
>>> anyway, I think reaper will be my DAW of choice just because it's a
>>> bit more straight forward and easier for this musician to understand.
>>> :)
>>>
>>> Rusty
>>>
>>>
>>> On 3/3/15, Chris Belle via RWP <rwp at bluegrasspals.com> wrote:
>>>> Hi Rusty, this is Chris Belle.
>>>>
>>>> Good to see you over here.
>>>>
>>>> I'm slowly becoming a reaper guy, having been so solidly rooted in 
>>>> sonar
>>>> land for so long, it's surely a different way of doing things, but 
>>>> some
>>>> things I like better, and some things I hate.
>>>>
>>>> But it'll be another useful tool to add, you don't necessarily have to
>>>> pick one or the other, I'm curious about which linux option you 
>>>> found to
>>>> be useful as I have played some with linux distros, and the new 
>>>> ones are
>>>> pretty amazing with what you can do right out of the gate.
>>>>
>>>> For the ordinary human that is.
>>>>
>>>> Because reaccess is abandon ware,
>>>> and there's no way to fix the bugs in it, or make it work better with
>>>> newer versions of reaper, I think that osara is the future,
>>>> and I have a lot of confidence in Jamie, who has done work for me 
>>>> before,
>>>> and I love NVDA anyway, so it's a win, win situation.
>>>>
>>>> yes, there were some things I liked about how reaccess did things,
>>>> the training mode, and some things voiced better, but it's early days
>>>> for osara, and I think especially if we cough up donations and keep
>>>> Jamie busy, he'll improve it for us, and since it's open source, 
>>>> anyone
>>>> can grab the source code and improve it.
>>>>
>>>> So that's another win, win situation.
>>>>
>>>> Since reaccess will never be developed any more, you're stuck with 
>>>> what
>>>> it is, so if it does everything you want, fine, but if you want 
>>>> anything
>>>> else, then I say out with the old, and in with the new.
>>>>
>>>> I'm not necessarily
>>>> a guy who always goes for the latest and greatest,
>>>> I'm a firm believer in if it ain't broke, don't fix it, but there 
>>>> comes
>>>> a time when you have to change the tires or slide off the street 
>>>> 'grin'.
>>>> So, act accordingly to your needs.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 3/3/2015 12:32 PM, Rusty Perez via RWP wrote:
>>>>> Hi guys,
>>>>> Well, I'm diving in to Reaper.
>>>>> Just for background. I recorded a solo holiday project two years ago
>>>>> using an accessible multi-track recorder on Linux. while I love the
>>>>> idea of the freedom and availability of accessible software on Linux,
>>>>> it is clear that Reaper offers many more readily available features
>>>>> and it's a lot more accessible to the less technical--like myself--in
>>>>> more ways than just blind accessible. No disrespect meant in the 
>>>>> least
>>>>> to the application I used before. I just think I can be more
>>>>> productive using Reaper.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I have Reaper and reaccess which I installed last year.
>>>>> Is there ANY REASON to keep Reaccess on my system, or should I just
>>>>> ditch it and run with OSARA?
>>>>>
>>>>> thanks!
>>>>> Rusty
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