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== '''Reaper''' == | == '''Reaper''' == | ||
([https://biptunia.com/?p=5385 Longer list of more reasons] Reaper is great.) | |||
- Extremely flexible midi and audio routing. No built-in softsynths except ReaSynth. No problems with sysexes or multiple midi channels. | - Extremely flexible midi and audio routing. No built-in softsynths except ReaSynth. No problems with sysexes or multiple midi channels. | ||
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- Has several built-in programming languages for extra power. Very easy to write your own midi effects. | - Has several built-in programming languages for extra power. Very easy to write your own midi effects. | ||
The QWERTY keyboard can be used as a midi keyboard, like most DAWs. But in Reaper, you can assign any midi note to any key. So you aren't stuck with 7 white & 5 black keys. Here's how: | The QWERTY keyboard can be used as a midi keyboard, like most DAWs. But in Reaper, you can assign any midi note to any key. So you aren't stuck with 7 white & 5 black keys. Here's how: http://stash.reaper.fm/v/8772/reaper-vkbmap.txt | ||
The appearance of the piano roll on the midi editor can be completely customized, e.g. more than 12 notes per octave. | The appearance of the piano roll on the midi editor can be completely customized, e.g. more than 12 notes per octave. | ||
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You can put in any text. You can put in "5/4" or "3\19" or "green C" or "D^" or "E+". You might even be able to control the font with Reaper themes. To make a black key, you put in a special character. This example uses unicode 2588, "full block", but you coud use anything. Here's how to do special characters on a mac, don't know about a PC: | You can put in any text. You can put in "5/4" or "3\19" or "green C" or "D^" or "E+". You might even be able to control the font with Reaper themes. To make a black key, you put in a special character. This example uses unicode 2588, "full block", but you coud use anything. Here's how to do special characters on a mac, don't know about a PC: | ||
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Symbols-on-a-Mac | |||
Once you get one block character in, you can cut and paste it. This example uses underscores to make the note names on the white keys line up with the black key names. An octave was done this way in Reaper. Then the file was saved and TextEdit was used to cut and paste more octaves. The note numbers were edited to run 0-127. If your keyboard has midi notes 21-108 (standard 88 keys), you can delete lines 0-20 and 109-127. Then after you load it, choose View / Show/Hide Note Rows / Hide Unnamed Rows. Less to scroll through. | Once you get one block character in, you can cut and paste it. This example uses underscores to make the note names on the white keys line up with the black key names. An octave was done this way in Reaper. Then the file was saved and TextEdit was used to cut and paste more octaves. The note numbers were edited to run 0-127. If your keyboard has midi notes 21-108 (standard 88 keys), you can delete lines 0-20 and 109-127. Then after you load it, choose View / Show/Hide Note Rows / Hide Unnamed Rows. Less to scroll through. | ||
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- all softsynths require only a single instance to be retunable via the pitch bend method! | - all softsynths require only a single instance to be retunable via the pitch bend method! | ||
http://forum.image-line.com/viewtopic.php?p=824112 | |||
(official FL Studio forum, must register to view the full thread) | (official FL Studio forum, must register to view the full thread) | ||