ReaperFAQ

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Revision as of 02:38, 10 May 2006

General

What OS does Reaper support?

Reaper has been tested successfully on Windows XP. It should run fine on Windows 2000 and maybe runs under Windows 98/ME.

Some people have reported to successfully run Reaper on Linux using WINE. It has also been reported to run fine on Windows XP x64.

What soundcards does Reaper support?

Pretty much every sound card should work fine in Reaper. Reaper has been tested with a wide variety of sound cards, from very low end ones (laptop integrated sound cards) to high end ones (RME, Motu, etc...).

But if you are still undecided about what hardware to get, the Reaper devs are using Motu 896s and are EXTREMELY happy with them :)

Usage

How do I use my VST effects? How do I record my VSTi instruments?

Follow the example on the Effects page.

Why Can't Reaper find my VST effects?

Go to Options -> Preferences -> VST Plug-ins. Then all you must do is to point Reaper to what folder your VST effects are in and click apply.

Playback

My playback is stuttering, how do I fix that?

There are a few things that can help smoother playback in Reaper:

• Defragment your hard drives.
• Switch to ASIO output (In Options -> Preferences -> Audio -> Device). If your soundcard doesn't support ASIO, try installing and using ASIO4ALL.
• Change the track buffering options (In Options -> Preferences -> Audio). Try incrementing the number of threads, buffers and buffering.
• If none of this helps, then there might be an effect processing that takes all the CPU power. The amount of CPU used by the effects is displayed in the Effects dialog box per track.

Rendering

How do I render to MP3?

You must download an MP3 codec and place it in the main Reaper directory.

• Download the LAME encoder here.
• Unzip the downloaded file and extract lame_enc.dll into the main Reaper directory (usually "C:\Program Files\Reaper").