REAPER is a powerful Windows application for multitrack recording and editing of audio. REAPER provides a flexible but easy to use interface that is suitable for amateurs and professionals alike.
Basic features:
* Supports ASIO, Kernel Streaming, WaveOut, and DirectSound for playback and recording
* Reads WAV, OGG, MP3 and MIDI files, records WAV and MIDI files
* Lets you arrange any number of items in any number of tracks
* Supports audio processing plug-ins (DirectX, VST, and Jesusonic) with automation
* Volume, pan controls and envelopes per track
* Multi-layer undo/redo support
* User creatable color themes
Advanced features:
* Unlimited send/receives per track
* Any track can act as a bus
* Folder tracks that can contain and group tracks
* Item grouping
* Markers
* Multiple takes per media item
* Auto punch-in/punch-out functionality
* Automatic record monitoring modes
* Selection length granularity options as well as grid snapping
* Tempo envelope (for grid lines/snapping/ruler), playspeed envelope
* Project consolidation/export options (for rendering all or parts of any number of tracks to WAV/etc)
* A UI and architecture that allows you to easily cut loops of many tracks simultaneously, without having to write them to disk
* Support for plug-in generated media (such as click tracks, etc)
* Project tempo envelopes for variable tempos in track, grid/snapping that supports variable tempos
* 64-bit floating point sample pipeline for high quality
* Advanced recording and monitoring options -- examples:
-You can route multiple tracks (inputs and/or media items) into a bus, and record THAT mixed down version.
-You can record the input signal, or record the post-FX, post-track-rendere signal.
-You can switch recording sources on the fly, even while recording.
-You can arm/disarm tracks' inputs while playing or recording.
A sampling of qualities that makes REAPER sensible:
-Sane, human readable, backwards and forwards compatible project file format
-Options to build peaks for recorded files on the fly
-Lots of control for the user to specify where recorded files go, etc, when dealing with many projects.
-Template support to make it easy to load a project template and save it as a new project when you begin.
-Input channel name aliasing (why view your inputs as "MOTU 896: [censored]og 1" when you could have them be "Vocal Mic", etc).
-Options for automatically backing up project files to alternate paths, timestamped versions, etc.
**** Be sure to also download Malcolm Jacobson's REAPER Setup Guide: http://www.cockos.com/reaper/files/Reaper_Setup_Guide.chm
(it is recommended that you put it in your REAPER program directory, for easy access from within REAPER).
