But for me, for serious composing work, I just like Cubase more because it offers me a brilliantly thought out workflow that is easy to learn, deep to master, and once you master it, it is pure bliss. I'm sure that, if you take the time to customize it, Reaper can be heaven. I got a headache from trying to manage and update all the scripts, putting them in the appropriate contextual toolbars, having them working in the right context, troubleshooting, messaging with script creates because of errors and bugs. But then you need another script for CC11. Like, there's a script that can subtract -10 from CC7. I was trying to get the midi editor to behave easily and intuitively but I always felt that I ran into walls with scripts all the time. The fact that I have to install dozens of scripts to even get that midi editor up to par speaks volumes for me. Reaper can do everything that Cubase can, but not as fast and intuitive, at least on the midi front. When you are doing Sound FX work on a movie, those features are enormous time savers.īut for composing with midi, I find the workflow in Cubase so much more rounded and streamlined than Reaper. Or the fact that I can select a portion of a clip in the browser and only import that. Like Audio Event FX with the automation on the event itself. I find that from time to time Reaper offers me some function I can't find anywhere. I just use instrument tracks and sends and FX returns, so nothing crazy. Because, when I'm composing, I'm not using that kind of complex routing. I would agree, and yet I've tried both programs and have settled on Cubase. I'm still hoping for refinements to Reapers midi editor, but I think I'm at the point now where the productivity boost of using Reaper definitely outweighs the few gripes I have with it. In Cubase you can't (only in a very cumbersome way in the arrange view). Timestretching a group of midi notes in the piano roll is another thing that I love that Reaper can do. In Cubase doing something like that is incredibly cumbersome, and involves multiple tracks and takes many more mouse clicks to accomplish. The item will stay exactly in place on the same track the midi was on, have the same routing and fx as the midi on that track, and is now a snap to timestretch to sync perfectly up. The fact that a track can hold both midi and audio makes it incredibly easy to bounce, say, a pre-recorded string run. On the other hand, Reaper has some stuff that you just don't get with any other DAW. The rest of the stuff I missed I've been able to customize and script myself out of. For me it's mostly down to CC editing that feels clunky. Reaper's midi editor lacks a few nice things that Cubase has. Maybe watch some Cubase Midi Tutorials on YouTube first now to get a general overview of what you would get into and how different everything works to how you are used to (could be you don‘t want Cubase after the first 15min or that you want to switch as soon as possible ) all a matter of personal taste there The midi editor itself is great as you have „infinite“ possibilities, but for a real comparison of the differences between Reaper Midi and Cubase Midi there should answer someone who recently used/uses both, as this was more a general thought of switching DAWs. Can be though that you first need a couple of days with frustration and YouTube videos so you find everything (was for me the case with Midi-Tracks as I had no idea how to load a Kontakt patch there and it wasn‘t really a plug and play situation in the beginning, like Logic really is). No DAW is perfect for everyone so it could be (like in my case) a huge step forward in terms of speed and usability. In Logic I Never even began to build a setup as it would have taken me probably a year to load everything in. On the other hand I have now built my perfect setup for my workflow where everything is layed out, routed etc. E.G in the beginning it was „really“ hard for me to get used to the whole routing thing in Cubase as there are no effect possible for Midi-Tracks, in Logic I always only used the „normal“ instrument tracks where you can just add effect how you like. Well I never used Reaper, only Logic before so I can’t tell you directly how different everything is there.įor me though the most advantage was the ease of using the instrument rack and with that being able to load multiple instruments in one Kontakt instance.īut if you already are comfortable with Reaper I‘d really go for the trial version before buying, because there are always things (key commands, where things are „hidden“, Mixer etc.) where you first have to get used to.
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