![]() ![]() When can you get it? The free Gemini app (powered by Gemini Pro) is available from today in English in the US. There are scripts that workaround but not perfectly.At some point soon (Google didn't say exactly when) this subscription will also unlock Gemini across Google’s Workspace apps like Docs, Sheets, and Slides, where it works as a smart assistant similar to the GPT-4-powered Copilot that Microsoft is trialing in Office 365. REAPER is so affordable, I highly suggest taking a look at it even if it doesn't become your main axe right away.ĮDIT: Native link track and edit cursor/selection function like PT and Cubase isn't in REAPER yet, it would be a big help if they could get that working as well. Reaper does have some incredibly audio-editing workflows though, definitely the only DAW I've used that gives PT a run for its money and then some. Razor editing is in some ways superior to PT but hasn't fully caught up yet in terms of actions that allow you to use only the keyboard. But weirdly, you can't adjust sends on multiple tracks at once, even if you make a group. Now the list of things I prefer in REAPER is long too, starting with you can adjust volume on multiple tracks at once without making a group, and it goes on from there. This is one that I miss a lot, especially with big stacks of CPU heavy plugins on vocals. The "freeze/commit up to X insert" idea sort of exists in REAPER but is not well implemented, and you can't freeze at all yet when ARA is present on a track. ![]() Also I may be wrong but I don't think you can see plugin automation lanes in the REAPER MIDI editor as you can in PT. REAPER, like Cubase, just shows one of each lane. CC1 for vln1, 2, vla, etc, and being able to scroll through them and copy/paste between them within the MIDI editor. I miss being able to see all the CC lanes for each open part in the MIDI editor, meaning e.g. ![]() There are workarounds in REAPER, but I like that PT doesn't differentiate between automation and MIDI CC data. I wish I could see MIDI CCs as automation in the arrange view as you can in PT. REAPER calls it something else (playback offset), and it's hidden behind a pop up. I wish I could see my real-time properties for every track all the time like I can with PT. I really want to be able to see all my inserts and sends as I can in PT, and you can with REAPER's default theme, but it's less elegant IMO. The 3rd party themes are okay but most that I've tried leave something to be desired for me. I haven't found a REAPER theme as elegant in layout as Pro Tools, if you prefer never to look at the mixer as I do. I miss AudioSuite, but there are workarounds that are also good. REAPER's take system is not as robust as PT's playlists. The REAPER devs have acknowledged Melodyne bugs to do with parts not being copied correctly when moving them, but some of them seem to be pretty longstanding. I think it's an Antares problem, but they are completely unhelpful. I'm having a lot of problems with Auto-Tune and Melodyne in REAPER (let's not make this about whether tuning is evil please). (I'm working on an album of songs, so my current needs are more focused on that than VI work). I'm new to it (4 or so months) but here are some things I miss from PT than are currently making me consider (temporarily) going back. Cakewalk and S1 seem ok but I do have some anxieties about old sluggish code in Cakewalk, and perhaps S1 and PT subs prices gradually aligning over time (so might as well stay with what I know).Ĭlick to expand.REAPER is (in many ways) incredible. I'm really tempted to jump into Reaper "boots 'n' all" but keen to hear if anyone else here has made that jump successfully. Then I had a look at the default midi editor and thought "not sure this is as slick as more recent PT midi editing". Then I loaded Addictive Drums and it said "This instrument has multiple outputs available, would you like to add tracks for each output?". As someone with a software dev background, that was exciting enough. S1, if I go down the Sphere path, is still an annual sub but I'd get a full pro level of S1 and Notion for less than the constrained PT/Sib Artist level.Īfter committing to S1, Cakewalk and Reaper trials simultaneously, I noted that Reaper had downloaded, installed, scanned my VST folders and was ready to go before any of the others had even finished downloading. Since my two year grace period is nearly up, I'm now faced with paying many hundreds each year, or cutting back to Artist level which is probably ok for my modest needs (especially as I use Ve Pro).ĭue diligence led me to considering Cakewalk, Reaper or S1. Looking at the income realities of making instrumental music without TV or film money, I decided to review my annual subs for Pro Tools and Sibelius. ![]()
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