REAPER Reviews

The simplicity of its use, its low weight and low requirements to be able to function

The built-in libraries and effects are very few, which forces you to search from other sources

Price and feature set; learning curve; community

The frequency of updates is a little concerning. I'd rather see fewer and more significant updates.

It’s not a RAM or resource hog, like Protools.

I wish the keyboard commands were easier to program.

It does absolutely everything any other DAW boasts about through the community-driven plugins and scripts. It's a little tricky to get into at first, but with the wealth of tutorials online, it's easy to learn and begin producing music.

The steep learning curve is a lot to take in at first, but honestly, the available resources online make learning a breeze if you're willing to put in the time and effort to learn the program.

I was a bit hesitant to try out or even think that i could switch to using Reaper as my main DAW. I think i lean more towards mainstream softwares if there is anything like that. Just like many DAW users, the frustrations of freezes and crashes compelled me to look for alternatives. I am indebted to my friend who recommended Reaper. Firstly, Over the years, I have accumulated a lot of 32 bits ‘legacy plugins’ which have given a unique identity to my work. Unfortunately, they could not integrate them well with most DAWs. No problem at all with Reaper. Secondly, I had enough trial period with Reaper both for getting comfortable with it and proving the much hype about it. This thing rarely crashed. I finally decided to buy it at only $60. Lastly, expect updates and more updates. They never stop coming. I am very at home with Reaper.

It is both the good and the bad. I generally like sort of a mainstream platform without a lot overboard customization. However, i like the ability to customize actions in Reaper. The learning curve can be steep but well worth it.

Reaper's stability is undoubtebly one of it's strongest features compared to other leading competitors. Never in 2 years has it ever crashed! Even the load time and resources used barely affects my RAM.

To get the best out of Reaper, follow Reaper's video tutorials on Youtube. You will save your self hundreds of hours of setting up and learning all of the features. I didn't do this and learned the hard way.

Reaper is so easy to use and learn with lots of customizability for how you want your layout to look. I've mixed literally thousands of hours in the program and it's the only program I mix with now.

The only downside of Reaper I can think of is that it doesn't come with a suite of cutting edge plug-ins or have an option to purchase different tiers of the program with elite plugins included.

Very lightweight, bloat free yet fully featured DAW software that installs and loads really quickly. The sheer flexibility and customisation available is almost overwhelming but offers a tailormade solution for most users. It runs well and seems incredibly stable.

Initial options for customisation can appear a little overwhelming and a new, different workflow layout can cause several head scratching moments. The user community is very passionate, knowledgeable and helpful and are happy to guide through the initial acclimatisation process.

It'q cheaper and works well on all type of computers

Nothing, i like it all it it. No bug, no pain.

I like the fact that the price is right and it is a top competitor with the more expensive software

They have to many options for a beginner and should have advanced and beginner setting to fix this issue.

A great, reasonably priced DAW with a generous 30-day free trial. Solves all your audio recording, editing, and mixing needs.

Plugin integration is sometimes difficult, though this gets easier with use.

the program has good voice capture good quality effects and I practice super agile and I recommend it to all music producers.

Until today, I don't have any criticism because I use it normally and it has made it easier for me in my production work. I love Reaper.

One of the great features, is the easy and intuitive interface, and professional commands to manage sound. Great mixing and much more features. This software changed my life, and my costumers are very happy with the results. Thanks to the developers.

I don't have a thing to complain yet. But sometimes it just has some bugs. But maybe this is a problem with my computer memory. Beside this, I love it.

Reaper is the daw you always wanted if you are looking for a great community that will welcome you with open arms, in my opinion, the ability of the developers of this daw to listen to the community is undoubtedly the best of this software.

despite its visual ineffectiveness, reaper is the right alternative for Linux users, because this daw bets for simplicity and compatibility with any operating system, leaving aside more visual or unnecessary aspects.

Reaper can look intimidating, it looks like software from the '00s rather than a current daw, usually, people who want to give a chance to this daw are novices in the field of music production, so they might be overwhelmed by many aspects of this daw, either the poor quality in the visual aspect, the unpopularity of this daw in the mainstream or simply the prejudices that each person may have.

In my opinion, Reaper is the most friendly software to use among all the options that someone could choose. It is easy to use, easy to watch, you have a great work flow with the interface and also the native plugins are so good and have a great quality.

I think that the only thing that i dislike is the design of the desing of the native plugins, it is so simple, maybe if developers change this just a little bit, with some colors and different icons, people would use it more.

Not only for low budget is good, but also is open source, it’s the best daw for computer with low resources, the almost perfect daw

The UI can be a little scary and old fashioned but there are tons of themes

Reaper is a beast, in the hands of a poweruser, this software can be very powerful. Reaper is a no compromise DAW that is like a clean slate allowing you to configure the DAW to personal workflows and at the same time giving an insane amount of options and settings to achieve anything imaginable.

The learning curve can be a little steep because of the complexity and the depth of the software.

This DAW has the same abilities as it's way overpriced counterparts. Its so user friendly it's shocking.

I like everything about ReaperFM. Its cheap easy and fun.

Easy to use and powerfull audio mixing tool, to create professional audio tracks.

sometimes they make some changes for improvement, but change the way you used to between versions.