ReaPlugs

Podianer · Licensee Joined: 16 Jul 2005 Posts: 561 Location: Germany

Hi there,

I always hated Reaper for its ugliness. But when using themes, it can look very polished. So I bought it a few weeks ago. Reaper is really rich of features, but one thing I like especially is the plugins pack that comes with it.

The good news is, some of them can be downloaded and uses freely. This is a huge addition when combined with Podium. So those people, who do not have the money to buy these "bread and butter" fx, can load them into Podium. I like the quality of these plugins. Especially the ReaXComp is nice. A multiband compressor, which can be very useful when mixing. What do you guys think?

Here is the link:
http://www.cockos.com/reaper/reaplugs/

Max
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sam c · Licensee Joined: 20 Mar 2007 Posts: 421

i have had reaper for just over a year. and i agree, the new themes make it nice. it is the fastest growing software i have ever seen. these two guys get out updates at a rate that does not seem possible and becasue of that, the program is very, very feature rich!!

i actually do not use it much cause i would rather support podium, who's design is more to my liking. but, reaper has so much more to offer one day i may be forced to use it.

yeah, there must be 30 quality plugs now included. i am not real familiar with them but over at the forum folks sure talk about them like they are the very best.

podianer, i'll be curious what you think, especially since you are a podium user (i think?).
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Podianer · Licensee Joined: 16 Jul 2005 Posts: 561 Location: Germany

UncleAge · Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 3:28 pm Post subject:

I don't think you went all that far off topic. I too have T3, Reaper, ext2 and Podium. It let's others know where you are coming from with your response.

Back to the OP, I like the Reaper plugs. However, I don't use them outside of Reaper. Why not? I don't have a need. Like a lot of users I have a decent arsenal of plugs. I use them across the board in all my DAWs. I mean I hate to say it (no offence Frits) but I have yet to use the built in plugs in Podium. I'm used to the tools I have and know their limitations. Learning a new set slows things down for me.

If you find reaComp to be a good tool by all means use it. If others can use it for free and get good results, all the better.

sam c · Licensee Joined: 20 Mar 2007 Posts: 421

UncleAge · Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 10:01 pm Post subject:

One of the cool things about the Podium forum is that this exchange of information can happen without tempers flaring. If this conversation happens at KVR things would spin out of control, probably. My point is that I hope that this forum remains a stable environment and an invaluable resource of information over time. If that happens, the forum could become one of the reasons that people adopt Podium as their goto DAW.

Once again I slid off topic, please forgive me...

I gotta add though that I think that the majority of software tools, free and otherwise, are pretty good overall. Depending on your source material and your gols you can get excellent results with very little outlay of cash. As of right now I have my eye on Pro-C from Fabfilter. I am doing more and more work with outside talent (vocalists) and the need for a decent compressor is becoming apparent. At this point I am not sure if I want to go with something ITB or OTB. Either way I'll be giving reaComp a run through over the next month to see if it makes my upcoming decision harder or not.

l8r

Conquistador · Licensee Joined: 19 May 2005 Posts: 1761 Location: Earth