REAPER
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| REAPER | |
|---|---|
| Developed by | Cockos |
| Latest release | 2.206 / 2008-05-08 |
| OS | Microsoft Windows 98/ME/NT/2k/XP/Vista |
| Genre | Digital Audio Workstation |
| License | Proprietary ("uncrippled, unexpiring shareware") |
| Website | www.reaper.fm |
REAPER (Rapid Environment for Audio Production, Engineering, and Recording) is a Digital Audio Workstation created by Cockos. It is distributed as "uncrippled, unexpiring shareware". It is currently available for Windows (98/ME/2000/XP/Vista) and a preview of the upcoming Mac OS X version is also available. Version 2 of REAPER has been released on October 10, 2007.
REAPER supports plug-in APIs such as VST, VSTi, DX, DXi and also integrates the company's own plug-in and FX scripting API, Jesusonic. REAPER can furthermore function both as a ReWire slave and host. It ships with a host of native FX plug-ins. Another feature is its ReaMote application that allows the user to use the CPU power of a second PC to process plug-ins over a local area network.
REAPER is an alternative to popular Digital Audio Workstation software such as Pro Tools, Cubase, Logic Pro, Cakewalk Sonar, Sony Vegas, SAW Studio, ACID Pro and FL Studio.
It has a very small footprint and very light resource usage. The major emphasis of the UI design is in streamlining the workflow. The developers release new updates almost daily, and are open to suggestions proposed by users.
