Into this world of heavyweights comes Reaper ('Rapid Environment for Audio Prototyping and Efficient Recording'), from developers Cockos Incorporated. There's also a groundswell of enthusiasm for simpler-to-use applications such as Mackie's Tracktion. Meanwhile, Samplitude is quietly gaining an enthusiastic following for its all-in-one approach, complete with on-the-fly CD burning, while Digidesign have been building up the sequencing functionality of their Pro Tools range. Both product ranges started life as MIDI-only, but gradually incorporated audio features as computers became more powerful. In Europe, Steinberg's Cubase/ Nuendo range has been incredibly popular, while in the US the home team are Cakewalk with their Sonar range. Traditionally there have always been two front-running MIDI + Audio PC sequencers. There seems to be a sea change going on at the moment in the world of PC sequencing, with many musicians considering changing platform, either by switching to Mac hardware so they can use Apple's Logic sequencer (loved by so many producers), or sticking with PC hardware but trying a different sequencing package. Reaper provides an easy-to-use skinnable interface with loads of Colour Schemes and display options, plus an incredibly versatile set of user options.Ĭan a 40-dollar shareware application take on the giants of the music software world and win? With its remarkable flexibility, advanced feature set and responsive development team, Cockos's Reaper has the potential to do just that.
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