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Cockos has released version 2.0 of ReaPlugs, including two new plug-ins to the suite of free effect plug-ins for Windows.

Want to use some of the comprehensive FX plug-ins that REAPER provides, but stuck in another host? Haven’t made the switch yet? Fear not — you can download ReaPlugs, a package of FX that includes many of the plug-ins that come with REAPER, for free!

Changes in ReaPlugs v2.0

• Installer..
• Plug-ins brought up to date with their REAPER 3.1x relatives (many improvements)..
• Fixed leaking GDI resources on plugin unloads..
• ReaControlMIDI added:
  • Flexible MIDI controls in VST format.
  • Automate CC envelopes and bank/program selection, as FX parameters.
  • Full sysex support.
• ReaJS added:
  • Realtime user-editable effect processor.
  • 64-bit internal audio processing, MIDI support, full PDC support, multichannel I/O support, graphics display support.
  • Hundreds of included effects, including: delays, compressors, limiters, convolution, distortion, spectral noise editors, analyzers, loop samplers, creative effects.
  • Create new effects from scratch, or modify existing effects to meet your needs.
  • JS editor and debugger included, opens automatically when you edit a plug-in.

ReaPlugs is available as a free download for Windows PC (VST).

More information: Cockos / ReaPlugs

Cockos has released version 3.3 of Reaper, a digital audio workstation software for Windows and Mac.

REAPER is a digital audio workstation: a complete multitrack audio and MIDI recording, editing, processing, mixing, and mastering environment.

Changes in Reaper v3.3

• Action: write current value on envelopes from edit cursors to start/end of project
• Action: unarm all envelopes
• Action: write current value to time selection on all armed, write-enabled envelopes
• Automation: improved write mode (no read when stopped/seeking)
• Automation: improved latch mode for mute envelopes
• Automation: smoother redraws when moving envelope trim slider
• Automation: copy/cut/paste items with envelopes obeys preference to add points at item edges
• Automation: if first envelope point is moved, no longer draw nonexistent first point
• FX add dialog: added optional VST physical directory path folders, with right click options
• FX add dialog: resizable panes
• Loop sections: fixed loop length rounding bug
• Menus: fixed edit menu take list, improved support for take list in customized menus
• MIDI editor: docker tab updates correctly
• MIDI editor: fixed toolbar issue when reusing existing MIDI editors
• Mixer: reduced flicker on Windows when modifying sends, etc
• OSX: right clicking track volume fader properly sets focus on volume field
• Solo in front: better support for routed solos
• Track I/O button now shows themable highlight for sends, receives
• Pitch shifting: added safety mutex for initialization of some pitch shifters
• Preferences: consolidated DX, ReWire, JS preference settings into one pane
• ReaVerb: better CPU distribution in ZL mode
• ReaVerb: improved quality when switching between mono/stereo/silent content
• Scrollbars: prevent invalid draws with overlapping windows
• Undo: improved tracking when tracks are auto-named via media explorer import
• VST: fixed issues with undo state saving on parameter edit on non-chunked plugins
• Wave64: fixed writing of W64 files that do not have BWF chunks
• Windows: fixed some redraw issues on tab+listview (ReWire tabs, screensets, etc)
• Windows x64: fixed support for rx2 with unicode filenames

More information: Reaper

Cockos has released version 3.2 of Reaper, a complete multitrack audio and MIDI recording, editing, processing, mixing, and mastering environment.

Changes in Reaper v3.2

• Actions: FX last touched parameter: show TCP knob, envelope, param mod, MIDI learn, or alias.
• Autoload last project: does not load last project if it crashed on last load.
• Envelopes: fixed random crash when adding many points via pencil mode.
• FX: tempo-synced plugins account for project play rate.
• FX: Undo/redo on floating FX windows no longer restores window position.
• Item edge editing: update edge edit/timestretch cursor while editing.
• Screensets: save/restore extended mixer details with track views.
• MIDI editor: restore secondary sources on multiproject switches.
• Misc: fixed erratic ntdll crash when scrolling the arrange view.
• Missing media prompt: search button.
• ReaComp: smooth changes in wet/dry, automakeup gain.
• ReaDelay: smooth changes in tap volume/pan, wet/dry.
• ReaEQ: smooth frequency, gain, bandwidth changes (sweepable filters).
• ReaPlugs: denormal management improvements.
• ReaXcomp: smooth changes in gain, band frequency/threshold/ratio/gain.
• ReaXcomp: fancier ratio indicator.
• ReaVerb: OSX deconvolution support.
• ReaXcomp/ReaComp: RMS optimizations.
• ReaScript: GetSetChunkState chunk length limit increased to 1MB.
• ReaScript: added GetUserFileNameForRead.
• OSX: better CoreAudio samplerate setting (should not override bit depth, too).
• OSX: huge performance improvements (denormal management, alignment fixes).
• Save as: separate trim/convert options.
• Scrub: avoid runaway scrub when using arrow key navigation.
• Tab to transient: stop at media item start when tabbing backwards through transients.
• Tweaks to missing filename resolving (always resolve relative filenames to full).
• VST/AU: record automation from closed plugins that have internal MIDI control.
• Windows: added readahead buffer for live CD playback in Media Explorer.

Reaper is available to purchase for PC and Mac for $60 USD (discounted license) / $225 USD (full commercial license). A complete and uncrippled evaluation version Reaper can be downloaded from the website.

More information: Reaper

Cockos has released version 3.14 of Reaper, a complete multitrack audio and MIDI recording, editing, processing, mixing, and mastering environment for Windows and Mac.

Changes in Reaper v3.14

• Action: show/hide all floating windows
• API: added functions for sending commands to the active MIDI editor window
• API: added register(“command_id_lookup”) to find extension actions
• API: added functions to retrieve track/take envelopes
• API: added MIDI_eventlist_Create, MIDI_eventlist_Destroy
• API: added GetSetTrackState, GetSetItemState, GetSetEnvelopeState
• API: fixed extension shortcut problem
• Automation: fixed action to set envelope lane fader from MIDI controller
• Automation: more consistent behavior for new envelopes picking up the fader value in non-trim mode
• Auto-crossfades: fix for some crossfades not being reset when moving multiple items across tracks
• Batch converter: new facility to convert media in bulk, optionally applying FX
• Custom menus: main MIDI menus can be customized, other improvements
• Custom menus: import/export/reset individual menus along with entire sets
• Custom toolbar: support adding extension actions to toolbar
• DX: fix for synths dropping the first MIDI note
• Live performance: FX multiprocessing optimization
• Media item resampling/pitch shift modes: not switched when switching projects
• MIDI editor: Fixed adding text/sysex events not extending source length when past end
• OSX: fixed issues with mouse focus in TCP
• OSX: nicer disk image
• OSX: various menu improvements/fixes
• OSX: preliminary video support
• OSX: alternate VST cache/path config for PPC vs Intel
• Peaks: fixed recording peaks interpolation accuracy and corner-case crash when recording
• Prefs/Media/MIDI: Improved behavior when all-notes-off when un-record-arming a track disabled
• Project/template file save: better detection and handling of failed disk writes
• ReaSamplomatic5000: Configurable per-instance resample mode
• Render queue: resizeable
• Track height: default for new projects can be set via File/Proj Settings/Save as default or Prefs/Projects/Default
• Track renaming: better support for tabbing through tracks when envelope panels visible
• Video: improved scrubbing support
• Video: handling of multiple items improved (later items, higher track numbers prioritized)
• Windows: Fixed font used in some dialogs for ClearType (OGG rendering, etc)

More information: Reaper

Cockos has released version 3.13 of Reaper, a complete multitrack audio and MIDI recording, editing, processing, mixing, and mastering environment for Windows and Mac.

Changes in Reaper v3.13

• Action: insert multiple tracks.
• API: added functions: AddProjectMarker, DeleteProjectMarker.
• Automation: new volume/pan envelopes display the current track fader value.
• Crossfades: fixed auto-crossfade when control+drag copying items.
• FLAC: fixed multichannel read support.
• FX chains: automatically increase track channel count when loading FX chains that use more channels.
• Glue: special fade handling when gluing multiple items starting or ending at the same time.
• Mixer: consistent scroll behavior regardless of number of tracks, autoscroll to newly added tracks.
• Master: no reset of master mono/stereo setting after automatically muting on overload.
• Media items: button to display item properties, by default shown only when the item is resampled.
• Media explorer: configurable default-handling of project files, better context menus.
• Media explorer: filter fixes.
• Menus: most commonly used menus can be customized (add/remove actions, submenus, rename menu items).
• Menus: menu customizations can be imported/exported to file.
• MIDI editor: user preference to flash keyboard notes on track input note-on.
• MIDI editor: setting to snap note ends to grid when snap enabled.
• MIDI editor: fixed snapping bug when following project beats and grid is 1/4 note triplets.
• MIDI editor: better keyboard handling in text fields.
• Mousewheel: fixed control+mousewheel for fine slider moves in parameter modulation and send windows.
• Mute/solo: setting via right-click follows selection/grouping unless overridden with shift key.
• OSX: preliminary media explorer.
• OSX: fixes for file browse dialog with certain paths.
• OSX: vast keyboard system fixes and improvements.
• OSX: fixed main window actions working in undocked transports.
• OSX: disk reading does not use F_NOCACHE on remote file systems.
• OSX: virtual MIDI keyboard fixes.
• OSX: fixes to mixer autoscrolling.
• OSX: midi list editor supports in-list editing.
• OSX: fixed visual glitch with docker.
• Peak building: optimizations (50-150% faster on .wav files in our tests).
• Peaks: when using alternate peak path, put peaks in numbered subdirectories for better performance.
• Peaks: low quality preview peaks during building are now are more consistent with finished peaks.
• Peaks: aborted peak generation removes partial (invalid) peak files.
• Project load: replacing files with different types will scan for the same file type for other missing files.
• Project/template load: current working directory defaults to project/template path.
• ReaScript: added GetTrackState, expanded html help, set undo point after script executes.
• ReaScript: capture Python compile-time and run-time error messages for display.
• ReaScript: fixed get/set of integer-type track, item, or take parameters.
• Take names: automatically focus take name field when displaying item properties.
• TCP: Drag and drop routing now autoscrolls.
• TCP/Mixer: autoscroll to tracks selected via action or control surface.
• Track icons: optionally set all tracks to the same width when any track icons are used.
• Undo system: greatly reduced memory use when loading undo history from file.
• VST: fix for bridged/firewalled plug-ins with track controls visible.
• VST: added MIDI output mode to merge output with input (for groove players, arpeggiators, etc.).
• VST extensions: support for effString2Parameter (mostly for readable manual editing of envelope points).
• VST MIDI: fixed hanging note bug from synthedit and possibly other plugins that generate MIDI.
• Windows: drag and drop of files out of REAPER now better supports unicode characters.
• Windows: try to prevent bad plugins from quitting REAPER.
• x64: ReWire support (master/mixer only).

More information: Reaper

Cockos has released version 3.12 of Reaper, a complete multitrack audio and MIDI recording, editing, processing, mixing, and mastering environment for Windows and Mac.

Changes in Reaper v3.12

• Automation lanes: fixed possible crash when removing FX parameter envelopes.
• CD burning: fixes to native XP mode track divisions.
• Extensions API: GetSetMediaItemInfo() fixes for fade shape settings.
• Fade drawing: when using full-area filling, fixed drawing when zoomed in.
• FX: per-FX buggy plugin compatibility mode (assumes plugin is not threadsafe, needs constant precleaned buffers, etc.).
• Hardware outputs: post-fader track outputs obey track polarity control.
• MIDI editor: show notes pressed as long as the input note is pressed.
• OSX: improved drag/drop support.
• OSX: support for control+alt+drag to render to new file (drag to desktop, finder, sampler, etc.).
• OSX: CD burning support.
• OSX: REX support.
• OSX: special casing for POD Farm VST misreporting view type (VST 2.4 should be composited view).
• OSX: fix for some AUs that do not export automatable parameters until after audio streams are initialized.
• OSX: added correct file locking to prevent writing files open for read.
• Pencil mode: fixed fade/autofade settings for newly drawn media items.
• ReaControlMIDI: support for raw mode (0-127 access to all CC messages).
• ReaControlMIDI: envelopes and TCP knobs report the same value as the slider (0-127, 0-16383, or on/off).
• ReaControlMIDI: support for storing/sending sysex dumps up to 64KB.
• ReaScript: run Python or Perl scripts that call Reaper API functions.
• ReaScript: assign reascripts to key commands or toolbar buttons.
• VST bridging: optimized plug-ins that call for tempo information.
• VST bridging/firewalling: per plug-in option to embed UI (not as compatible, less crash-resilient).
• VST: safer querying of text strings from certain plug-ins.
• Win32: async file reading now has more grace on error.
• Win32: file locking improvements (no longer allow writing to media files that are open and online in REAPER, etc.).
• x64: VST bridging performance improvements, ReaRoute performance improvements.
• x64: will now use same config path as x86 (unless appdata/REAPER64 is valid).
• x64: REX support (via bridging).
• x64: fix for certain (broken) ASIO drivers.

A commercial license for Reaper is available for purchase for $225 USD.
For personal use, commerical use with a yearly gross revenue of less than $20k USD, and educational or non-profit organizations there is a $60 USD discounted license available.

A complete and uncrippled evaluation version Reaper can be downloaded from the website.

More information: Reaper