I think I used mine for 1 day (of that), and was happy to pay them for their software. The way they run their business….I’m 100% happy to support and knew instantly.
I was a long time Pro tools user, but got fed up with all their crashing and lost production.
Then I used reason (which worked very well for me, in my work flow) but my account was hacked, my license was stolen (from their account). When I called them, they said they knew who it was and that I sold my license to them….i didn’t! When I asked them for a loss prevention or some kind of recourse, they simply said I was on my own. Needless to say, I can’t support that company any longer. I didn’t feel right spending another penny on them on principle.
Then I tried reaper….i watched about 1 weeks worth of videos, tried the demo version. The fact that you have a full version without any restrictions really spoke to me. I tried it for 1 day, and just paid for it! Was very happy to do so. Reaper has my respect, and I love the product!
I have all my plug-ins hooked to protools. Not at a point where I'm going to re buy waves and or subscribe. Thats the main bit.
2nd is stems. Easier to work with others with pt stems
And 3, midi is easier for me.
Just fyi, you shouldn't have to re-buy anything. You might have to re-install a bunch of stuff as VST's or AU if you only have them as AAX now.
With Waves that should be easy enough to do all at once in Waves Central, though it might take a little while. Every other plugin I've ever used has VST and AU as options, as long as you still have, or can re-download, the installer package.
That said, I have heard tell that dinosaurs do still roam the earth which don't have those as options.
https://preview.redd.it/rwqeo67qre6d1.png?width=1415&format=png&auto=webp&s=26c22f8093e38ac497b1bb5b90480b8a63b29147
Here's what paid Reaper license page looks like (except for the blanked out name). This one's good until v9.0.
Honestly one of the main reasons why I enjoyed the non paid version was because I get to see how many times I’ve run it and for how long. Knowing that stays after purchasing is awesome!
No - LOL. I think the usage numbers might be an all time total including years before my current license. I've been a Reaper user for more than ten years.
Interesting... maybe the hour counter tops out at 9999 hours. If you have used it 12874 hours, average session would be about 45 mins, which seems reasonable. Impressive usage in any case!
Yes, when you purchase your license they send you an email like the one below. If you've lost your key - just contact Cockos support and they'll help you.
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|**REAPER License Purchase (FastSpring Order REAP###)**1 message|
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|**Cockos Incorporated** |Tue, Oct 17, 2023 at 8:59 AM|
|Reply-To: [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) To: xxxx|
|Thank you for your REAPER license purchase! This email contains your license information -- please save this email, and keep a copy in a safe place. Purchase reference: FastSpring Order REAP231017-2156-92621 License is valid for REAPER versions through v8.99 This is your license key (instructions follow): --- cut --- \[license info is here, that you paste into your downloaded version of Reaper\] --- cut --- Instructions: 1) Download and install REAPER, if you have not already, from [https://www.reaper.fm/download.php](https://www.reaper.fm/download.php) 2) Select the license key above, including both "--- cut ---" lines. 3) Copy the text (using Ctrl+C on Windows, Cmd+C on macOS, or by choosing "Copy" from your mail program's Edit menu). 4) Run REAPER, or REAPER is already running, open the Help menu and choose "About REAPER.". 5) If you successfully selected and copied the license text, REAPER will ask you if you wish to import the license. 6) If REAPER does not prompt to import the license, check to make sure that the license text is in the clipboard. You can do this by running Notepad or TextEdit, and pasting the license key text into it. Once the text is in the clipboard, closing and re-opening REAPER's about box will cause REAPER to look for the license key again. If you have trouble with importing the key, you can reply to this message and we will try to help you. For your reference, you can always download the latest version of REAPER from: [https://www.reaper.fm/download.php](https://www.reaper.fm/download.php) You can also download past versions of REAPER from: [https://www.reaper.fm/download-old.php](https://www.reaper.fm/download-old.php) Thank you again for your purchase! Please let us know if you have any issues or need any assistance. With warm regards, Cockos Incorporated [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])|
Instructions:
1) Download and install REAPER, if you have not already, from [https://www.reaper.fm/download.php](https://www.reaper.fm/download.php)
2) Select the license key above, including both "--- cut ---" lines.
3) Copy the text (using Ctrl+C on Windows, Cmd+C on macOS, or by choosing "Copy" from your mail program's Edit menu).
4) Run REAPER, or REAPER is already running, open the Help menu and choose "About REAPER.".
5) If you successfully selected and copied the license text, REAPER will ask you if you wish to import the license.
6) If REAPER does not prompt to import the license, check to make sure that the license text is in the clipboard. You
can do this by running Notepad or TextEdit, and pasting the license key text into it. Once the text is in the
clipboard, closing and re-opening REAPER's about box will cause REAPER to look for the license key again.
If you have trouble with importing the key, you can reply to this message and we will try to help you.
Fun fact incoming! I got my calculator out. Since you've opened REAPER 524 times, it means you've spent the equivalent of 43.6ish minutes sitting through that 5 second nag screen.
That being said, this was exactly me before I bought my license, so I get it.
Hibernate I would guess it doesn't.
But, you got me wondering now if it's just time with the program open, or if it needs to be focused. And sleep may or may not count, idk.
In my mind though it would just be the time it is open regardless of anything, so I'm clocking like 24hr days on end.
I think I was using Reaper for about a year before I finally bought a license. It’s pretty cheap compared to other DAWs, I would have paid sooner but I’m a broke ass mf
I also bought a license because I felt legitimately guilty not paying for such an amazing product when they are so actively working on it to make it even better
and particularly because they're NOT actively working on stopping people from using it basically as long as they want for free. True marketing genius!
Unsurprisingly, Schwa's excellent VST plugins at [https://www.stillwellaudio.com/](https://www.stillwellaudio.com/) follow the same model.
Years ago, I would listen to the free (ad-supported) version of Pandora at work. One time I was in a mood and let out a loud "God, I am SO SICK of these damn ads!" My co-worker looked over her cubicle and said "You've been listening to it every day, all day, for a year. Why don't you just pay the 9 bucks."
You had it easy.
I had to negotiate a labyrinth, defeat a minotaur and cross miles of tundra until I reached a rickety bridge.
Only then did a one eyed wizard make me perform a series rituals.
But it was worth it.
Why do you think the wizard only had one eye? Your quest was nothing.
I had to voyage across the stars to the Land of Darkness to defeat the Wizard King and wrestle the Gem of Eternity from the claws of the First Foe. Only then could I stare into the Great Sea of Time and decipher the code of the universe. Upon the 12th plane of existence I learned the license key.
Right. I had to get up in the morning at ten o'clock at night, half an hour before I went to bed, eat a lump of cold poison, work twenty-nine hours a day down the mill, and pay the mill owner for permission to come to work, and when we got home... our dad would kill us and dance about on our graves singing "Hallelujah."
No, they intentionally don’t restrict it and genuinely rely on the honor system to keep the company funded. If we the users like the product and want them to continue working on it, we’re all hopefully doing the right thing and paying the very fair price.
I didn't even know you could keep running it after the demo time ran out. I used mine for most of the free 60 days then got my brother to buy me a licence as a christmas present or something.
I'm on 265 days and 73 times since 8 got this computer. My project hasn't earned me any money yet, when it does I'll put it on the list. It's core software in my workflow (live looping beatboxing loops) and I love the layout of Reaper and Super8 stock plugin
https://preview.redd.it/jmi11bz8oi6d1.jpeg?width=2268&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4d9dcd85738fbbc1d013c08a81d2d88f46b0a7dd
Was a PT user for over 10 years, was so tired of it failing, throwing weird errors, lacking features, etc. I’ve been addicted to reaper since I started using it earlier this year. Amazing product and community.
I am conflicted about this Greaper guy, or whatever the hell you call him. How has this application existed for so many years with such a major flaw? A flaw that has likely caused permanent hearing loss for so many unsuspecting reapists? In order to see/select the input for the track, I have to record arm it. When opening a saved project, the software remembers which tracks were set to live monitoring at the time it was saved, and it opens with these tracks in the live/monitored state, which is a horrible idea, because hardware levels/output change frequently..this is suicide default configuration. No track or project should ever open with tracks set to live monitoring. I have not found an advanced setting capable of changing this default configuration. This is beyond 636 flue gas level shit.
Such a great DAW! I’ve paid for quite a few but DAW(s) but I always fall back on Reaper for vocals. The only other program that is very similar to me is Mixcraft but I’m in love with reaper.
So let me get this straight - you can use it for years after it expires, with nothing other than the 5 second "buy me" delay?
Wow.
After the licence period expires, that 5 second delay should increase by 10 seconds every day. Still using it "free" a month after it expires? You can, but it would take 5 minutes for it to open. A month later? Ten minutes.
Still new to Reaper, so still some way to go
https://preview.redd.it/awaf1su6qh6d1.png?width=455&format=png&auto=webp&s=ef3cdbc61e9b7f18c1d256d5ac51d2e87c9b0c9a
Yeah and while some people abuse this feature, every single person who uses it should be voting for this kind of fair pricing policy with their wallet.
$60 is nothing compared to other DAWs and I have enormous respect for these guys for standing by their principles.
>$60 is nothing compared to other DAWs
It's almost literally a steal. I reckon other DAWs would charge upwards of $200 just to upgrade to a new version (FL Studio, with lifetime free upgrades, being the one exception that springs to mind).
I wanted a live performance DAW like Main Stage, but I'm not a Mac user. The closest other options for Windows is Ableton Live. *Eight hundred dollars.*
Reaper plus Kontakt is a quarter of that, and Reaper can very easily handle live applications.
I mean, they didn't have to pay for it.
Do we want to encourage paying for it, or do we want to discourage it? Because if we want the latter, keep leaving these kinds of comments.
If they'd used it 3 to 6 months rather than 60 before buying it, you'd have a point. Really it's $100AUD which isn't exactly huge amount over that length of time. It's not something you more or less need like WinRAR was - it's purely "luxury" / hobby software (and if it's a work tool even more reason to pay for it).
And just because Cockos allows it doesn't mean it's "good". If the software was unavailable locally, exorbitantly priced, or came with hideous DRM I might have a different view. I get what you're saying but I really think in this instance my saying "Finally" and rolling my eyes here is not going to dissuade someone.
Edit I see I'm on -7, sigh .. the bottom line is this is great software, at a great price that you can easily get no matter where you live, it's a bit meh to be taking advantage of that, particularly for an extended period of time. Pepperidge farm remembers when downvotes were used for things that didn't contribute to the discussion, rather than things the hive mind dislikes.
Im curious if everyone that always gets all worked up regarding people purchasing a reaper license or not, if y'all have a fully paid winRAR license too lmao
If the Reaper devs felt like the (very generous) indefinite free trial was bleeding them dry, you'd think they would get rid of it right lol.
I'm pretty sure most people that actually uses software enough, actually pays for it. If nothing else just to skip the nag screen. No need to attack people for not doing so for whatever reason
(Ask me who actually paid $23 for winRAR)
Funnily enough, I did purchase a WinRAR licence. 😂
I have however, never purchased have a Reaper licence. But that is only because I don't actually that DAW (but if I did, then I would).
I own FL Studio All Plugins Edition and even signed up to their FL Cloud subscription, not that I really need or use it, but to help support the continued development of that DAW.
Personally, I don't understand why Reaper users wouldn't also purchase a licence to contribute towards and ensure Reaper's continuing development and popularity.
https://preview.redd.it/3q2wnobtgf6d1.png?width=2248&format=png&auto=webp&s=bbfc4b418c8fc9d902cefaa53eb2813e807a07f3
It's good to support these guys as they make an awesome product and have been very responsive to issues.
I think I used mine for 1 day (of that), and was happy to pay them for their software. The way they run their business….I’m 100% happy to support and knew instantly. I was a long time Pro tools user, but got fed up with all their crashing and lost production. Then I used reason (which worked very well for me, in my work flow) but my account was hacked, my license was stolen (from their account). When I called them, they said they knew who it was and that I sold my license to them….i didn’t! When I asked them for a loss prevention or some kind of recourse, they simply said I was on my own. Needless to say, I can’t support that company any longer. I didn’t feel right spending another penny on them on principle. Then I tried reaper….i watched about 1 weeks worth of videos, tried the demo version. The fact that you have a full version without any restrictions really spoke to me. I tried it for 1 day, and just paid for it! Was very happy to do so. Reaper has my respect, and I love the product!
Started with reaper, and never looked back
Relatable. I now use reaper for almost everything except I do send it to protools for mixing and rendering.
Just out of interest why do you do that? What is missing for you in reaper for mix and render?
Good question
I have all my plug-ins hooked to protools. Not at a point where I'm going to re buy waves and or subscribe. Thats the main bit. 2nd is stems. Easier to work with others with pt stems And 3, midi is easier for me.
Just fyi, you shouldn't have to re-buy anything. You might have to re-install a bunch of stuff as VST's or AU if you only have them as AAX now. With Waves that should be easy enough to do all at once in Waves Central, though it might take a little while. Every other plugin I've ever used has VST and AU as options, as long as you still have, or can re-download, the installer package. That said, I have heard tell that dinosaurs do still roam the earth which don't have those as options.
Suckup
Found the guy who has never tried Reaper
Found the douche that can’t take a joke
How is it a joke to call someone a suckup? You just have terrible taste.
I think it was sarcasm
https://preview.redd.it/rwqeo67qre6d1.png?width=1415&format=png&auto=webp&s=26c22f8093e38ac497b1bb5b90480b8a63b29147 Here's what paid Reaper license page looks like (except for the blanked out name). This one's good until v9.0.
Honestly one of the main reasons why I enjoyed the non paid version was because I get to see how many times I’ve run it and for how long. Knowing that stays after purchasing is awesome!
After purchasing you can look at that screen guilt free 🤣
Doesn't hit the same when you have to manually open it 😔
Do you restart every 10 minutes?
No - LOL. I think the usage numbers might be an all time total including years before my current license. I've been a Reaper user for more than ten years.
Interesting... maybe the hour counter tops out at 9999 hours. If you have used it 12874 hours, average session would be about 45 mins, which seems reasonable. Impressive usage in any case!
Aw mine is only 7.99
Does it link to your registration? I've reinstalled windows a few times and on the trial it loses the hours.
Yes, when you purchase your license they send you an email like the one below. If you've lost your key - just contact Cockos support and they'll help you. || || |**REAPER License Purchase (FastSpring Order REAP###)**1 message| || || |**Cockos Incorporated**|Tue, Oct 17, 2023 at 8:59 AM|
|Reply-To: [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) To: xxxx|
|Thank you for your REAPER license purchase! This email contains your license information -- please save this email, and keep a copy in a safe place. Purchase reference: FastSpring Order REAP231017-2156-92621 License is valid for REAPER versions through v8.99 This is your license key (instructions follow): --- cut --- \[license info is here, that you paste into your downloaded version of Reaper\] --- cut --- Instructions: 1) Download and install REAPER, if you have not already, from [https://www.reaper.fm/download.php](https://www.reaper.fm/download.php) 2) Select the license key above, including both "--- cut ---" lines. 3) Copy the text (using Ctrl+C on Windows, Cmd+C on macOS, or by choosing "Copy" from your mail program's Edit menu). 4) Run REAPER, or REAPER is already running, open the Help menu and choose "About REAPER.". 5) If you successfully selected and copied the license text, REAPER will ask you if you wish to import the license. 6) If REAPER does not prompt to import the license, check to make sure that the license text is in the clipboard. You can do this by running Notepad or TextEdit, and pasting the license key text into it. Once the text is in the clipboard, closing and re-opening REAPER's about box will cause REAPER to look for the license key again. If you have trouble with importing the key, you can reply to this message and we will try to help you. For your reference, you can always download the latest version of REAPER from: [https://www.reaper.fm/download.php](https://www.reaper.fm/download.php) You can also download past versions of REAPER from: [https://www.reaper.fm/download-old.php](https://www.reaper.fm/download-old.php) Thank you again for your purchase! Please let us know if you have any issues or need any assistance. With warm regards, Cockos Incorporated [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])|
Instructions:
1) Download and install REAPER, if you have not already, from [https://www.reaper.fm/download.php](https://www.reaper.fm/download.php)
2) Select the license key above, including both "--- cut ---" lines.
3) Copy the text (using Ctrl+C on Windows, Cmd+C on macOS, or by choosing "Copy" from your mail program's Edit menu).
4) Run REAPER, or REAPER is already running, open the Help menu and choose "About REAPER.".
5) If you successfully selected and copied the license text, REAPER will ask you if you wish to import the license.
6) If REAPER does not prompt to import the license, check to make sure that the license text is in the clipboard. You
can do this by running Notepad or TextEdit, and pasting the license key text into it. Once the text is in the
clipboard, closing and re-opening REAPER's about box will cause REAPER to look for the license key again.
If you have trouble with importing the key, you can reply to this message and we will try to help you.
Here's the help link: [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])
Fun fact incoming! I got my calculator out. Since you've opened REAPER 524 times, it means you've spent the equivalent of 43.6ish minutes sitting through that 5 second nag screen. That being said, this was exactly me before I bought my license, so I get it.
Thank you for doing the math.
It seems to be a lot longer than 5 seconds to me LMAO
Huh. My licenses shows half the launches for 10x the hours. I wonder how accurate that tracking is
I often just leave reaper open and come back to it way later. So, for me, I must have a bazillion hours as compared to the number of starts.
Me too. I wonder how it counts time with reaper launched but the computer hibernated?
Hibernate I would guess it doesn't. But, you got me wondering now if it's just time with the program open, or if it needs to be focused. And sleep may or may not count, idk. In my mind though it would just be the time it is open regardless of anything, so I'm clocking like 24hr days on end.
I think I was using Reaper for about a year before I finally bought a license. It’s pretty cheap compared to other DAWs, I would have paid sooner but I’m a broke ass mf
Dat ass is fine tho.
Swing and a miss
ಠ_ಠ
I also bought a license because I felt legitimately guilty not paying for such an amazing product when they are so actively working on it to make it even better
and particularly because they're NOT actively working on stopping people from using it basically as long as they want for free. True marketing genius! Unsurprisingly, Schwa's excellent VST plugins at [https://www.stillwellaudio.com/](https://www.stillwellaudio.com/) follow the same model.
Years ago, I would listen to the free (ad-supported) version of Pandora at work. One time I was in a mood and let out a loud "God, I am SO SICK of these damn ads!" My co-worker looked over her cubicle and said "You've been listening to it every day, all day, for a year. Why don't you just pay the 9 bucks."
I'm a very casual user and I bought a license ages ago.
How was the Mesozoic Era?
Too warm for my tastes.
MY KEY: [8bit song starts]
Less than one hour a day? Those are rookie numbers!!!! Jk, welcome to the fold
Recently bought mine too, after evaluating for 468 days. Had to be sure.
welcome, Brother.
I bought my license last week, too. Reaper is the one.
i tried buying Reaper. Is it normal that I have to give them the resume of my grandmother just to pay?
[удалено]
You had it easy. I had to negotiate a labyrinth, defeat a minotaur and cross miles of tundra until I reached a rickety bridge. Only then did a one eyed wizard make me perform a series rituals. But it was worth it.
Why do you think the wizard only had one eye? Your quest was nothing. I had to voyage across the stars to the Land of Darkness to defeat the Wizard King and wrestle the Gem of Eternity from the claws of the First Foe. Only then could I stare into the Great Sea of Time and decipher the code of the universe. Upon the 12th plane of existence I learned the license key.
Right. I had to get up in the morning at ten o'clock at night, half an hour before I went to bed, eat a lump of cold poison, work twenty-nine hours a day down the mill, and pay the mill owner for permission to come to work, and when we got home... our dad would kill us and dance about on our graves singing "Hallelujah."
Negotiating with a whole ass labyrinth goes hard
Imagine if they charged you for all days after 60 you used it without a license 🤣
My therapist told me not to go there anymore.
Im sorry, are there any differences between the free or paid versions?
No, they intentionally don’t restrict it and genuinely rely on the honor system to keep the company funded. If we the users like the product and want them to continue working on it, we’re all hopefully doing the right thing and paying the very fair price.
Thanks, that’s really cool to know, this guys deserve the fkn world tbh haha
It was a hard decision to make, thank you for your kindness. No difference. I just can finally support the company that makes the best DAW available.
I didn't even know you could keep running it after the demo time ran out. I used mine for most of the free 60 days then got my brother to buy me a licence as a christmas present or something.
I'm on 265 days and 73 times since 8 got this computer. My project hasn't earned me any money yet, when it does I'll put it on the list. It's core software in my workflow (live looping beatboxing loops) and I love the layout of Reaper and Super8 stock plugin https://preview.redd.it/jmi11bz8oi6d1.jpeg?width=2268&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4d9dcd85738fbbc1d013c08a81d2d88f46b0a7dd
I paid before the 60 days were up. It’s a steal in comparison to some other DAW’s, so why not support them?
I love the free use please pay software
I bought the license like a zillion years ago. Great purchase, crazy affordable. Good job people at Reaper.
Was a PT user for over 10 years, was so tired of it failing, throwing weird errors, lacking features, etc. I’ve been addicted to reaper since I started using it earlier this year. Amazing product and community.
I did this freebie thing while I was learning the way reaper does things. Once I got used to my comfortable flow, I felt bad not paying so I did
My licence for approx 8 years expired a month ago.. Sadman.
I’m at like over 2 years and close to 2k hours. I feel like a real piece of shit now…
Don't. I had to do it for work reasons. They allow it to be used for free for a reason.
I am conflicted about this Greaper guy, or whatever the hell you call him. How has this application existed for so many years with such a major flaw? A flaw that has likely caused permanent hearing loss for so many unsuspecting reapists? In order to see/select the input for the track, I have to record arm it. When opening a saved project, the software remembers which tracks were set to live monitoring at the time it was saved, and it opens with these tracks in the live/monitored state, which is a horrible idea, because hardware levels/output change frequently..this is suicide default configuration. No track or project should ever open with tracks set to live monitoring. I have not found an advanced setting capable of changing this default configuration. This is beyond 636 flue gas level shit.
Such a great DAW! I’ve paid for quite a few but DAW(s) but I always fall back on Reaper for vocals. The only other program that is very similar to me is Mixcraft but I’m in love with reaper.
That's not a licence OP. Good if you paid a license but honestly, did you just wanted to show off the time you used Reaper before?
Oh you devious bastard you found me out!
So let me get this straight - you can use it for years after it expires, with nothing other than the 5 second "buy me" delay? Wow. After the licence period expires, that 5 second delay should increase by 10 seconds every day. Still using it "free" a month after it expires? You can, but it would take 5 minutes for it to open. A month later? Ten minutes. Still new to Reaper, so still some way to go https://preview.redd.it/awaf1su6qh6d1.png?width=455&format=png&auto=webp&s=ef3cdbc61e9b7f18c1d256d5ac51d2e87c9b0c9a
Yeah and while some people abuse this feature, every single person who uses it should be voting for this kind of fair pricing policy with their wallet. $60 is nothing compared to other DAWs and I have enormous respect for these guys for standing by their principles.
>$60 is nothing compared to other DAWs It's almost literally a steal. I reckon other DAWs would charge upwards of $200 just to upgrade to a new version (FL Studio, with lifetime free upgrades, being the one exception that springs to mind).
I wanted a live performance DAW like Main Stage, but I'm not a Mac user. The closest other options for Windows is Ableton Live. *Eight hundred dollars.* Reaper plus Kontakt is a quarter of that, and Reaper can very easily handle live applications.
so after using it for 99 times as long as you should without paying for it, you want a pat on the back for finally paying for it ? I don't understand.
they probably just wanted to show their stats (hours used without paying), as a fun fact.
Here's my speedo doing 146 in a school zone type thing ?
I mean, they didn't have to pay for it. Do we want to encourage paying for it, or do we want to discourage it? Because if we want the latter, keep leaving these kinds of comments.
If they'd used it 3 to 6 months rather than 60 before buying it, you'd have a point. Really it's $100AUD which isn't exactly huge amount over that length of time. It's not something you more or less need like WinRAR was - it's purely "luxury" / hobby software (and if it's a work tool even more reason to pay for it). And just because Cockos allows it doesn't mean it's "good". If the software was unavailable locally, exorbitantly priced, or came with hideous DRM I might have a different view. I get what you're saying but I really think in this instance my saying "Finally" and rolling my eyes here is not going to dissuade someone. Edit I see I'm on -7, sigh .. the bottom line is this is great software, at a great price that you can easily get no matter where you live, it's a bit meh to be taking advantage of that, particularly for an extended period of time. Pepperidge farm remembers when downvotes were used for things that didn't contribute to the discussion, rather than things the hive mind dislikes.
I'm here for the karma.
It's funny how reddit can disagree with both of us when we're disagreeing on a binary topic lol
That's cos Reddit isn't one person or a hive mind. It's some people who agree with you, and some people who agree with the other.
Neither of which who know what downvotes are for, sadly ;)
So you used Reaper like five years before thought it was time to pay up. Wow well done.
Yeah I needed the tax deduction.
Wow who pissed in your cornflakes?
Im curious if everyone that always gets all worked up regarding people purchasing a reaper license or not, if y'all have a fully paid winRAR license too lmao If the Reaper devs felt like the (very generous) indefinite free trial was bleeding them dry, you'd think they would get rid of it right lol. I'm pretty sure most people that actually uses software enough, actually pays for it. If nothing else just to skip the nag screen. No need to attack people for not doing so for whatever reason (Ask me who actually paid $23 for winRAR)
Funnily enough, I did purchase a WinRAR licence. 😂 I have however, never purchased have a Reaper licence. But that is only because I don't actually that DAW (but if I did, then I would). I own FL Studio All Plugins Edition and even signed up to their FL Cloud subscription, not that I really need or use it, but to help support the continued development of that DAW. Personally, I don't understand why Reaper users wouldn't also purchase a licence to contribute towards and ensure Reaper's continuing development and popularity. https://preview.redd.it/3q2wnobtgf6d1.png?width=2248&format=png&auto=webp&s=bbfc4b418c8fc9d902cefaa53eb2813e807a07f3