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Cockos REAPER
Rapid Environment for Audio
Prototyping and Efficient Recording
REAPER
(Rapid Environment for Audio
Prototyping and Efficient Recording)
is designed for the recording, arrangement, editing, mixing and rendering of
audio.
Basic
features:
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Support
for an unlimited number of audio tracks.
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Audio
tracks are all fully routable (multiple inputs, outputs).
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Volume,
pan controls and envelopes per track.
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Supports
audio processing plug-ins (DirectX, DXi, VST, VSTi, and Jesusonic) with
automation, easy chain manipulation and editing.
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Pitch
shifting and time stretching.
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Fast,
reasonable and usable Windows-style UI, working well on both low and high
resolutions or multiple monitors.
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ASIO,
Kernel Streaming, WaveOut, and DirectSound support for playback and
recording.
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Reads
WAV, OGG, MP3 and MIDI files, records WAV and MIDI files.
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Can
render to WAV, OGG, MP3 if lame is installed.
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Full
SMP support (can utilize 2 or more processors).
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Multi-layer
undo/redo support.
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User
creatable color themes.
Advanced
features:
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Unlimited
send/receives per track, with configurable parameters (pre-fx, post-fx,
volume/pan adjustment/envelopes, mix to mono, phase, etc.).
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Any
track can act as a bus, for routing flexibility.
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Tracks
can have one or more (mono or stereo) hardware sends, for analog mixing
capability.
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Fully
routable/FX-able folder tracks that can contain group tracks.
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Item
grouping.
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Ripple
editing.
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Grid/snap
support with configurable options.
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Markers.
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Unlimited
takes per media item.
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Auto
punch-in/punch-out functionality.
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Automatic
record monitoring modes.
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Selection
length granularity options as well as grid snapping.
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Tempo
envelope (for grid lines/snapping/ruler), play-speed envelope.
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Project
consolidation/export options (for rendering all or parts of any number of
tracks to WAV, etc.).
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A
UI and architecture that allows you to easily cut loops of many tracks
simultaneously, without having to write them to disk.
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Support
for plug-in generated media (such as click tracks, etc.).
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Project
tempo envelopes for variable tempos in track, grid/snapping that supports
variable tempos.
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64-bit
floating point sample pipeline for high quality.
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Advanced
recording and monitoring options; examples:
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You
can route multiple tracks (inputs and/or media items) into a bus, and
record THAT mixed down version.
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You
can record the input signal, or record the post-FX, post-track-render
signal.
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You
can switch recording sources on the fly, even while recording.
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You
can arm/disarm tracks' inputs while playing or recording.
Other
features:
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Human
readable, human editable, backwards and forwards compatible project file
format.
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Options
to build peaks for recorded files on the fly.
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Lots
of control for the user to specify where recorded files go, etc., when
dealing with many projects.
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Template
support to make it easy to load a project template and save it as a new
project when you begin.
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Input/output
channel name aliasing (why view your inputs as "MOTU 896: Analog
1" when you could have them be "Vocal Mic", etc.).
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Options
for automatically backing up project files to alternate paths,
time-stamped versions, etc.
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