REAPER upgrades are offered whenever something is fixed or some new features are added. Upgrades are released frequently, sometimes as often as every few days.

Releasing upgrades incrementally helps us ensure that bug fixes get the attention they need, rather than being buried under a list of new features, and also gets new features into users' hands quickly, so that users can offer feedback and help guide the development process via the user forum.
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The REAPER installer simply copies REAPER and its support files to disk. It does not install anything except itself.

If after 30 days you decide that REAPER is not for you, simply delete it.

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REAPER 3.672 - August 29, 2010

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  • MIDI editor:
    • smoother editing for swing grid handles
    • snap pitch/pan CC bars to center [demo]
    • don't create extra undo point when moving/copying events
    • fixed advancing cursor when step recording with swing grid enabled
    • fixed crash when double-clicking collapsed CC lane
    • fixed paste preserving position in measure in first partial measure of a media item
    • new theme color for octave grid line [demo]
    • update display immediately after event list context menu action
    • when a single CC event is dragged, display the actual event time/value in the lower right
  • FX:
    • adding FX via quick-add menu floats the FX window (if the user preference is to show the FX window at all)
    • double click a floating FX title bar to return the FX to the chain window [demo]
    • double-click empty space in the FX chain list (under the current inserted FX) to open the FX browser
    • fixed potential flood of FX automation messages
    • optionally show the current track FX in the FX button context menu, click to float/unfloat individual FX [demo]
    • when adding an FX chain, auto-float each FX window if the preference is set [demo]
  • OSX:
    • fixed a graphic glitch when updating track I/O window
    • fixed drawing behavior when tabbing through tracks to rename
    • fixed plug-in pin connector dialog not showing [+] button
    • fixed tiny font and odd alignment in track IO dialog, MIDI CC lanes
    • fixed too-large font on track meters
  • Action:
    • scroll view vertically (midi CC): prevent scrolling offscreen
    • split items at timeline grid affects offscreen items properly
    • toggle mute for track sends or receives 1-8
  • AU:
    • fixed occasional noise blast from plugins that can't handle anticipative processing (AUPeakLimiter)
    • better support for multi-output AUs (thanks, VSL)
  • Preferences:
    • moved volume/pan fader range settings to Appearance/VU Meters and Faders
    • preference to suppress splitting all items at the edit cursor if nothing is selected
  • Render:
    • added minimize button to minimize REAPER during renders
    • fixed rendered items sometimes being one sample too short with certain sample rate/buffer size settings
  • Takes:
    • actions to rotate take lanes forward or backward for selected items [demo]
    • copy/preserve take FX when new recording splits an existing media item (obeys preference to copy take FX on split)
    • internal changes to take processing
  • Theme support:
    • background images with yellow lines (outer-areas) now properly supported for track name, vol, pan labels, etc
    • better detection of theme changes (faster)
    • button images can now have pink lines for stretching
  • Tooltips:
    • action to toggle on/off tooltips for media items and envelopes [demo]
    • multi-line tooltips for envelopes, items, item fades
    • multi-line tooltips for track IO, ENV, FX buttons [demo]
  • Video/FFmpeg:
    • better audio seek mechanism
    • fixed duration on broken MPEG-1 files
  • Video/Windows:
    • added EVR output for Vista+ machines (improved video display when using Aero)
    • fixed hang when using REAPER over RDP
  • VST:
    • ensure "show VST folders" option is persistent
    • when VST folders enabled and VST names disabled, don't show path twice in FX button right-click menu
  • API: export Help_Set function (show help text in the area below the track panels)
  • Cues: fixed drawing of extra cues on unlooped items that are longer than the underlying media source
  • Envelopes: pan envelope lane slider direction is consistent in trim/read vs write modes [demo]
  • External editors: when passing a region to Sound Forge, round to the nearest sample
  • Grid: fixed actions to split at grid, move cursor left/right to nearest grid position
  • Grouped items: more consistent behavior when editing grouped item edges
  • Help: when modifier keys are down, show what action is about to occur when editing items and envelope points
  • Item crossfades: shift+alt drag moves the crossfade and stretches both items [demo]
  • Marquee: shift overrides snap when selecting items and time together [demo]
  • Media explorer: options for default action (insert media, preview media, do nothing)
  • Parameter modulation: smoother audio control signal modulation with very short attack/release
  • Playback: fixed play cursor positioning when starting near end of project/loop
  • Project parsing: less heap use when parsing projects (faster loading of large projects)
  • ReaEQ: Cockos VST extension support for manually editing envelope points [demo]
  • s/SVN/Git/: new revision IDs in about box
  • Undo: don't create extra undo point when control+drag copying media items
  • Undo/Save: safer behavior when loading media item state
  • Video: better peaks display when zoomed in on videos that use compressed audio
  • Video/QuickTime: added sample accurate seek when using Quicktime decoder
  • Windows: fix for waveOut latency going off after many hours


Changes explained in more detail.


OS Requirements:

Windows (32-bit):  Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista/7 or WINE  (limited support for W98/ME).
Windows (64-bit):  Windows XP/Vista/7 x64  (requires x64 compatible drivers for audio/MIDI hardware).
OS X: 10.4, 10.5 or 10.6,  PPC or Intel  (Intel recommended).



The full changelog history for REAPER is here; past versions are also available.
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You may use the discounted license if any of the following is true:

  • You are an individual, using REAPER only for personal use.
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  • You are an educational or non-profit organization.

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