

REAPER has been extremely SOLID day-to-day. The cost of other workstations have become more questionable. REAPER still does what I mainly need/want from a workstation.

but I also have apps like iZotopeRX that can be critical to a project, so IMPORT/EXPORT can still be required at times. I bet there are additional ways I con configure REAPER to be even more. From detailed waveform editing, fade-ins/outs, track order and spacing, auditioning, and the still needed CD burning process. There are still elements of WaveLAB that speak a mastering Work-Flow. With Reaper, I can to extensive processing, routings, to master a song. I've never used any of the supplied processing EFX, as I have my choice of 3rd party plugs. I've made the switch some time back to use REAPER as a major part of my mastering tools.
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But the answer, I think, is if someone says you can they're right, and if someone says there are better plugins you can purchase and install they'll also be right. No doubt about it, there's a reason certain EQ and dynamics plugins will sell for hundreds of dollars and will be used by those who can afford them who need them. It might not be anyone's first choice for a guitar cab plugin but that doesn't mean it's not worth using if money is an object. Same as you can use the JS guitar cab for the guitar parts.

There's mastering and then there's mastering. It didn't hang in the same "mastering" category as a job handed to an actual mastering engineer in a mastering environment using mastering studio tools but that wasn't an option. Those came out fine and everyone was happy given the budget and time constraint. I'm not sure if it would equal Logic or Digital Performer, to name the other two non PT DAWs I'm intimate with and have done quasi-quick and dirty rough mastering in using only their bundled tools.
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Between the Cockos Rea plugins and the JS plugins you have most tasks covered, especially if you include the better free 3rd party plugins. If you're asking if you can take an albums worth of mixes and put them in Reaper and do a decent mastering job using only bundled plugins I'd say sure. : ) One person's mastering tools may not qualify to someone else as mastering tools. That's a loaded question and hinges on what one is considering mastering and how high the bar is, since you technically can master in anything with anything. From what I remember, Cubase SE4 had no mastering tools whatsoever, which is why I am asking the question. I am still curious whether Reaper contains sufficiently good tools needed to master, or whether third party plug-ins are usually used. It appears Reaper can be used for mastering. Any information would be appreciated.Įdit: I probably shouldn't have wasted a good question on what I could find in the search function. If one can master in Reaper, will I need to buy a third party mastering plug in, or does Reaper contain mastering tools, limiter, etc? I don't need a precise answer at this point, just some general idea of how most Reaper users master their mixes. Can Reaper can be used for mastering a final mix as well as mixing? I seem to recall purchasing a Voxengo mastering plug-in to master in Cubase. In any event, this question might sound very primitive, but it's been a long time. The last time I tried my hand at recording was many years ago, using Cubase SE4, which I never liked, but used anyway because it came as a free program with a piece of hardware.
