Of course, that's not a slight against Reaper, or a defense of other DAWs with smaller learning curves-there's a reason I switched from Reason as my primary DAW, and I'm learning Reaper now. (I ended up having to program a dummy track with my own click.) huge learning curve-on a part of the software that ought to have been straightforward. because the DP click/metronome options, while powerful, were incredibly stupid and unintuitive.
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My (least) favorite example is from Digital Performer.when I was learning how to use that, I had to use the forums just to try to figure out how to set up a click that would play back 16th notes instead of 8th notes during a section I needed to work on in 7/8.and the forum experts (I look forward to learning who the equivalent folks are around here) didn't even know how to do it. in Reason, when you add a track, it's armed by default, and even when it's not, there's still a very conspicuous drop-down on the track marked "IN", letting you know how to make the assignment. that was a very confusing lesson for something so simple. you have to make sure the track is armed before you can even see where to select inputs from your interface. Out of the box, just selecting and monitoring track inputs in Reaper requires an extra step that's not necessary in most other DAWs. Reaper is not the most difficult DAW to get started in (for me, that was Digital Performer, by miles), but to suggest it doesn't have a higher learning curve than something like, say, Reason, is just not true. The learning curve is the same no matter which DAW. The so-called “learning curve”.will be the same regardless of your DAW. That’s the taste of freedom.īut the learning curve is the same and boy! I’m still learning! I’ve yet to purchase an item of outboard gear that refused to run in reaper. Because the money I save on reaper, I can spend on the plugins I want.
So why did I choose reaper 15yrs ago and still here now?īecause it loads in 5s and never crashes. However, one can tell from much of the feedback on the internet in general and our forums in particular that many users of this huge technology are impatient to the point of frustration and/or rage.
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You could read several “Lord of The Rings” size manuals and still have plenty to learn about sound recording.
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Rome was not built in a day.Īs an example, Compressors are a staple of most audio recording at yet there are professional sound engineers who are still learning their full capacity. This will be the same regardless of your DAW. You should not be surprised therefore at the so-called “learning curve”. Professional studios of the 70/80/90s had less on offer (in many cases) than what you now have running on your laptop in your home! Once a DAW is combined with an audio interface and peripherals, one should step back and evaluate the audio tools at your disposal. Since computer based recording became widely available, it is quite staggering what can be achieved with patience, determination and (perhaps) a little bit of luck.
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