REAPER

REAPER is a digital audio workstation made by Cockos Incorporated. It handles multi-track audio, MIDI and video, so musicians and producers can record, edit and mix in one environment.

What REAPER offers

• Recording and production — multi-track audio, MIDI and video in a single program.
• ReaPlugs — a bundle of VST plug-ins for Windows.
• JSFX — programmable low-latency effects for guitar, bass and vocals.
• NINJAM — lets musicians play together over the internet in near real time.

Who it works with

Musicians and audio engineers. Cockos also makes smaller utilities such as LICEcap for animated screen captures, SnapEase for batch image changes, and PathSync for comparing directories.

Key facts

• Maker: Cockos Incorporated
• Founded: 2004
• Platforms: Windows and OS X
• Code base: applications are built on the WDL C++ library