Reaper is the best.

I used almost every daw, starting from cakewalk sonar, pro tools, studio one ,cubase,fl studio and finally find peace with cockos reaper...the best ever!

Welcome to the club.

If you like to customize Reaper is the only option. It’s a power users DAW but can (and will) be customized more and more over time and as you use it until it fits your needs nearly perfectly.

Hey! Studio One user here, but looking for a change. I got really curious about the script you used to edit the sample start of the VST’s. Is it dynamic or does it require template? If you add a new instance of the vst will the script automatically update its state? I can kind of achieve this feature in studio one (or any other daw) using bluecat’s remote control but it’s a PITA to setup and it requires a template already pre assigned. Thanks! Abraço!

Cubase and studio one are just amazing daw so complete I can tell as a cubase user myself but as soon you progress you find you don't need a lot of those stock plugins, sound and instruments that came with your daw that's why reaper is a really minimalistic daw for those who been already decades in the industry and have a lot of third party licenses. Love reaper!

I like almost everything about Reaper. It's fast, light on resources, scriptable, can be ran portably, super customizable, etc etc. Tried using other DAW's before and always go back to Reaper. Great video

Thank you for sharing this. After about five years of using Reaper, I've been tempted recently to return to Studio One, but what you've shown us here has helped me avoid that mistake. I'm sticking with Reaper. It has extraordinary power and flexibility.

What is your reaper theme? So dope. Recently I just decided to switch daw from s1 to reaper, thanks for your sharing!

I think it should be noted that Reaper has a "higher learning curve". Yes, once you have been using Reaper for some time it definitely is the most powerful and flexible DAW out there but for many people they just want to make music without having to learn even more stuff - they simply do not have the time for that. I think that and Reaper's GUI is what puts a lot of people off from using it. I switch constantly between Studio One and Reaper - Studio One when I want to just get on with making music and Reaper when I want to continue exploring the learning curve.

Pretty much used every daw under the sun; Reaper, Pro tools, FL, Ableton, S1, Cubase, Bitwig, Reason etc. etc. and they are all great and can help you to make any music you wanna make but the more I used other daws the more I appreciated Reaper and realized there's nothing like Reaper in the market, yeah it's not perfect just like every other daw, but it's in a league of its own. To this date, there's nothing I could do in other daw but couldn't do in Reaper but easier and faster.

If you use high cpu demanding plugs like acustica audio than reaper is the best choice because it is handling multitasking process way better like other daws.

I started making music with FL, and after three years I decided that it was time to move on and chose reaper as a reference, and in literally an hour I had already learned everything I could do in FL, but now it has become faster and more optimized, and yet I only completed an hour of use, in general, I was not mistaken in choosing reaper

Before I love using both. Studio 1 for production and recording and reaper for mixing but I had big issue with studio when I notice that my recorded sound after opening it again in a few days I would hear a out of phase like sound. It seems that the audio is corrupted or something that’s why i stopped using it.

Reaper is the Ikea of DAWs

Enjoyed your customisation and glad you're happy with your choice

Reaper is like an early access to a prototype

I've been on MOTU Digital Performer for 20 years. Is Reaper worth switching to? Does it have an equivalent to Chunks?

To produce and compose I usually use FL, but I always mix and master in Reaper, unlike Studio One, Ableton and Cubase it never has problems loading the plugins, recognizing the control surfaces, no strange CPU usage with some plugins, it's easy to connect and link different parameters, I can take it with my projects, configurations and plugins on a pendrive to any studio I visit... other DAWs can barely dream of it.

I tried many DAWs and Reaper wins in all cases

IM sticking to Studio One as my main DAW . I dont want to script or menu dive for little improvements all over the DAW . Nor menu dive all damn day ... The only thing that irritates me about s1 is the fact it still cant link / group plugin parameters across tracks like pro tools or Cubase does ..

That was very interesting. Many thanks.

Reaper Pros: Extremely affordable. Staggeringly customisable. Very low CPU usage. Best folder and Buss system in the game. Access to a mega-library of free JS plug-ins. Cons: Unattractive design, but (again) massively adaptable to different themes and layouts.

Reaper is a great DAW and the developers are very good. When people ask me what DAW they should get I always give them a few options but Reaper is always one I mention. Especially if you use Windows or you go back and forth between different operating systems like Mac and PC or even Linux, you can use Reaper which is a big plus. The cost is low and Reaper is stable. Reaper is one of the best Values in audio especially for those who may not be able to afford other DAWs but need to make music! Cheers!

I love reaper so much. Bitwig too - I feel like between them I have a great traditional linear DAW and a more modern beat making app. They are both new kids on the block and don’t have the hang ups and old code of pro tools or ableton. However, studio one is amazing. I miss the great organisation for files, projects, mastering, presets etc. The arranging tools, lyrics, live playing - all incredible. I also don’t like the look of reaper at all and never found a third party skin that comes close to s1. Also being able to save unlimited track views / snapshots is great. Somehow reaper still feels clunky handling windows. However, I love how reaper deals with tracks. Audio/midi/vca/folder etc. it’s unparalleled and one of the main reasons I keep coming back. There is no perfect DAW and somehow I can’t help but think I will be back and forth some more 😂

The new 'Hybrid' Studio One license is the best deal ever.

You will be back on Studio One in a while. Give it some time...I have the T-shirt.

I chose Studio One because it is incredibly intuitive. I can focus on creating music rather than wading through a DAW. In Studio One I can compose music as fast as I can think almost. Also support is really good. FB group alone answers my questions in minutes in most cases. Yes there is a learning curve like any DAW but tutorials are great. They cover topics topics in small digestible chunks. Right to the point. I release 1-3 songs per week. Several over 100k plays. Just my 2 cents.

Reapers main issues are 1) Ugly default interface 2) No included part looper/session mode like ableton But for the cost who can complain?

Too be honest, I was expecting way more than those really arbitrary and personal reasons, I find Reaper to be cold and lifeless, and far to OK with the already HORRID windows menu system, like seriously, I'm not saying I love flashy or Id be a traction or FL fanboy really at the end of the day, but Studio ones mastering process alone, once understood and used correctly, from song to project, is so much of a time saving tool than my template loading quickly, it sounds more like a hardware issue, like I though t Isaw windows 7 but I could be mistakenn. Id say get an machine upgrade my man, sorry for assuming you don't have a newer CPU, but like the difference is shocking with the new P and E core system intel is on. S1 is lightning fast on my 13th gen i5k, I make drum n Bass so I so HEAVY processing is like the norm and sometimes ridiculous levels of reverb and delay timing and it doesn't even crash unless I'm careless. And like I mean its so fast I don't even notice it lagging ever, I mean not for a split second unless I'm processing something through the bus with a known latency hit. I really don't think your reason are justified because of this, they are really honestly small unimportant things that I think fanboys get off on, but serves no purpose other than creating as discussion over whether or not your writing music or your computing knowledge is superior to others. Sharing it with the people out here in KZfaq land, not tryin to be harsh but like there was one real reason Reaper could be called better, price point, but you failed to mention that with the S1 hybrid plan, you DO own a perpetual license after a year, and the upgrade discount in the last few versions the same price as reaper, at least from 4-5 and 5-6. So like, nice content for some views but seriously not relevant at least in a wide End user context. I mean put it this way, your title is misleading, I get it its basically just an OP piece, you make it sound as if there were real issues, like my template is probably fuller than yours, and it loads in perhaps less than 5 secs , how fast do you need that to be? AND there is a key command for the arming of multiple tracks without building a macro (again where studio ones interface is the only reason I understand how to build macros because its quite intuitive), that you can map to virtually anything midi or keyboard.. Although if your loading a bunch of Kontakt libraries, that's not necessarily the DAWS fault either, and If I'm mistaken correct me, but we have come a LONG way in computing in the last 5 years and my machine 3 years ago was slow compared to mine now and it was cheaper than my 3 year old one, from scratch. And do you ever experiment with a blank template, because that's where my best ideas come from personally, and its l don't know, like a mental workout for my skills. Sorry for the long fairly negative feedback I just don't want people to not try Studio One because of your specific issues, I tried reaper for a week and hated it, it really came down to how much I actually HAD to tweak it to get it what i wanted to do, anyone who says its faster is only cause they learned how to do it and I would say the time your saving, can you really equate that to making better music? I don't think they'd have an answer. Anyways good day I respect your opinion, but for those curious about Studio one, his are just that and, so are mine. Think for yourself, be free and never stop moving towards your summit, patience is a virtue.