Impressive and free antivirus and antispyware package
Platform : Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista
Type:
Manufacturer: Cockos Incorporated
Size: 3.4MB
Rating: 4
Verdict: A great antivirus and antispyware program at no cost
System Requirements:
Minimum system: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista/WINE with 128MB
RAM, 10MB free disk space, 800x600 in 256 colors or higher, Windows compatible
sound hardware
Recommended system: Windows 2000/XP with 1GB RAM, >1GB
free disk space, 1280x1024 in 16.7M colors, ASIO sound drivers
Computers can perform the sort of audio recording and editing that used to
require very expensive studio time. That said, many of the high-end audio
programs (or DAWs – digital audio workstations) are also very expensive. Not so
in the case of Reaper.
This download of Reaper is a 30-day trial but the publishers rely on your
honesty to buy a full licence if you wish to keep on using it as the only
restriction is a reminder pop-up window after this period has ended. Even so,
the cost is very reasonable at $50 for a non-commercial licence or $225 for a
commercial licence.
The limitations of Reaper are based on the capabilities of the computer
rather than an arbitrary track limit for MIDI or Audio recordings. The interface
is in a traditional format with tracks arranged in rows in the top half of the
screen with a mixing console at the bottom for setting the volume of individual
tracks.
Audio and MIDI can be recorded or imported as simply as dragging and dropping
a file into a track. It can then be edited in various ways such as
timestretching or pitch correction.
There is a wide selection of effects that can be applied to tracks included
with Reaper. It is compatible with all the main standards for plug in effects
and virtual instruments including VST, VSTi, DX, DXi and JS. Reaper also
supports sidechaining, a method of varying an effect based on another track.
This is very common in dance music and offers some exciting creative
possibilities.
All in all, this is a very good DAW, especially for beginners as it offers
lots of features at a low price.