Hello. Any Reaper users?
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Hello. Any Reaper users?
I'm coming from Windows, being a Reaper user, hoping to get everything worked out for using Reaper on Linux. Any Reaper users around here?
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glowrak guy
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Re: Hello. Any Reaper users?
I would download AVLinux iso, burn it to dvd, boot it via
your computer 'early boot menu' and install it, since most everything you'll need
is pre-configured, saving you a few days research (which you will then do
later, at leisure, and as is needed.
Search youtube for qjackctl videos, you'll want the visuals,
as it is a setup and connections panel for jackd, the audio i/o system,
displaying your systems supported hardware and running jack-aware software.
Read the related jackd tutorial in the tutorials section at
http://libremusicproduction.com/article ... arted-jack
This will detail the new jargon and definitions, and pictures saying a thousand words.
Your windows environment will be in /home/your-user-name/.wine
Folders preceded by a . may be hidden, use Ctrl-h to reveal them.
To install reaper, or other windows apps, in a terminal, command
wine name-of-installer.exe
To run it, use it's icon in your system's menu, or command it from a terminal:
wine path-to-reaper.exe If it is in a path containing spaces,
enclose that portion of the path in quotes, like
wine /home/your-user-name/.wine/drive_c/"Program Files/REAPER/reaper.exe"
Use a filemanger like pcmanfm or thunar to drag/drop simple .dll plugins to
.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Steinberg/VstPlugins (to create that path:
mkdir .wine/drive_c/"Program Files/Steinberg"
mkdir .wine/drive_c/"Program Files/Steinberg/VstPlugins"
For detailed installers you should accept defaults, and add those paths
in reaper vst prefs.
wineasio will be your choice in reaper Device prefs.
If it's not available, run these commands in a 64 bit system
wine64 regsvr32 wineasio.dll
wine regsvr32 wineasio.dll
Also activate your midi hardware while there.
commands
aplay -l
arecord -l
will list your detected soundcards/chips. Their recognized names
will appear within brackets in the command output, and these names will be available in
qjackctl Setup panel, click the widgets to the right of
Input Device
Output Device
to choose or edit the options.
You'll find reaper will run most plugins that don't rigidly require
win7 or higher, and don't need dongles, pace, or macromedia style copy protection.
If the installer provides both a standalone app and plugin, run the standalone
before running the plugin. Native Instruments products as an example.
Keep in mind, you can record reaper output, routed to more linux effects,
in other linux apps like timemachine, jack_record, audacity, so reaper
can be a whopper rompler. I've recorded three daw outputs into multiple effects
on occasion, to maximize feature stretch, and instrument selection,
routed using qjackctl or other linux patchbay app. Great fun.
As issues come up, provide your linux version, and computer/gear details
so detailed discussions will be well focussed.
Cheers
your computer 'early boot menu' and install it, since most everything you'll need
is pre-configured, saving you a few days research (which you will then do
later, at leisure, and as is needed.
Search youtube for qjackctl videos, you'll want the visuals,
as it is a setup and connections panel for jackd, the audio i/o system,
displaying your systems supported hardware and running jack-aware software.
Read the related jackd tutorial in the tutorials section at
http://libremusicproduction.com/article ... arted-jack
This will detail the new jargon and definitions, and pictures saying a thousand words.
Your windows environment will be in /home/your-user-name/.wine
Folders preceded by a . may be hidden, use Ctrl-h to reveal them.
To install reaper, or other windows apps, in a terminal, command
wine name-of-installer.exe
To run it, use it's icon in your system's menu, or command it from a terminal:
wine path-to-reaper.exe If it is in a path containing spaces,
enclose that portion of the path in quotes, like
wine /home/your-user-name/.wine/drive_c/"Program Files/REAPER/reaper.exe"
Use a filemanger like pcmanfm or thunar to drag/drop simple .dll plugins to
.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Steinberg/VstPlugins (to create that path:
mkdir .wine/drive_c/"Program Files/Steinberg"
mkdir .wine/drive_c/"Program Files/Steinberg/VstPlugins"
For detailed installers you should accept defaults, and add those paths
in reaper vst prefs.
wineasio will be your choice in reaper Device prefs.
If it's not available, run these commands in a 64 bit system
wine64 regsvr32 wineasio.dll
wine regsvr32 wineasio.dll
Also activate your midi hardware while there.
commands
aplay -l
arecord -l
will list your detected soundcards/chips. Their recognized names
will appear within brackets in the command output, and these names will be available in
qjackctl Setup panel, click the widgets to the right of
Input Device
Output Device
to choose or edit the options.
You'll find reaper will run most plugins that don't rigidly require
win7 or higher, and don't need dongles, pace, or macromedia style copy protection.
If the installer provides both a standalone app and plugin, run the standalone
before running the plugin. Native Instruments products as an example.
Keep in mind, you can record reaper output, routed to more linux effects,
in other linux apps like timemachine, jack_record, audacity, so reaper
can be a whopper rompler. I've recorded three daw outputs into multiple effects
on occasion, to maximize feature stretch, and instrument selection,
routed using qjackctl or other linux patchbay app. Great fun.
As issues come up, provide your linux version, and computer/gear details
so detailed discussions will be well focussed.
Cheers
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Re: Hello. Any Reaper users?
I use it sometimes. Works pretty well and windows vsts are much more stable in it than they are using them in a wrapper like airwave inside ardour, renoise etc, which can be handy if you need it.
Hoping the native linux version will be ready soon but I'm using ardour more and more, it gets better every release.
Hoping the native linux version will be ready soon but I'm using ardour more and more, it gets better every release.
Re: Hello. Any Reaper users?
glowrak guy, thanks for the lengthy post. I have already gotten Reaper up and running in Manjaro, but I ran into some issues.
I originally installed Jack 1, Wine, Wineasio, Reaper, Ezdrummer, and some vst plugins. It worked as expected, until I got further than running a few tracks with a few plugins, at which point I started getting xruns. I had also installed Ardour 4, and it seemed to work as expected. I tried Jack 2 for the SMP support, but it didn't seem to want to work with Wineasio. So I started back from scratch, intending to try give Ardour 5 a go. Ardour 5 will not run with my audio interface, full duplex. If I disable either the inputs or outputs, Jack 2 will start. I also noticed that ALSA will not work with my interface now (it did it Ardour 4 with Jack 1), full duplex, in Ardour 5. Next is to try removing Jack 2 and seeing if Jack 1 will run full duplex with Ardour 5 and whether that has any effect on ALSA.
I originally installed Jack 1, Wine, Wineasio, Reaper, Ezdrummer, and some vst plugins. It worked as expected, until I got further than running a few tracks with a few plugins, at which point I started getting xruns. I had also installed Ardour 4, and it seemed to work as expected. I tried Jack 2 for the SMP support, but it didn't seem to want to work with Wineasio. So I started back from scratch, intending to try give Ardour 5 a go. Ardour 5 will not run with my audio interface, full duplex. If I disable either the inputs or outputs, Jack 2 will start. I also noticed that ALSA will not work with my interface now (it did it Ardour 4 with Jack 1), full duplex, in Ardour 5. Next is to try removing Jack 2 and seeing if Jack 1 will run full duplex with Ardour 5 and whether that has any effect on ALSA.
Re: Hello. Any Reaper users?
I have a thread going here on audio issues so far. I probably should have linked to it before: viewtopic.php?f=27&t=16299
