Reaper

REAPER is a complete digital audio production application for Windows and OS X, offering a full multitrack audio and MIDI recording, editing, processing, mixing and mastering toolset.

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reaper is a complete digital audio production application for windows and os x, offering a full multitrack audio and midi recording, editing, processing, mixing and mastering toolset.

reaper supports a vast range of hardware, digital formats and plugins, and can be comprehensively extended, scripted and modified.

feature highlights*efficient, fast to load, and tightly coded. can be installed and run from a portable or network drive.

*powerful audio and midi routing with multichannel support throughout.

*64bit internal audio processing. import, record to, and render to many media formats, at almost any bit depth and sample rate.

*thorough midi hardware and software support.

*support for thousands of thirdparty plugin effects and virtual instruments, including vst, vst3, au, dx, and js.

*hundreds of studioquality effects for processing audio and midi, and builtin tools for creating new effects.

*automation, modulation, grouping, vca, surround, macros, osc, scripting, control surfaces, custom skins and layouts.

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Customizable Portable Multi Channel Mix Music Support for VST plugins Audio editing Supports for MIDI

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