yubabax116 wrote:why not try LMMS? (linux multi media studio)
its usable on windows and linux. Plus its free

Well said. Why not? It's time for some new software, since I'm newly inspired, and the title has me intrigued. It infers of video capabilities, no? VirtualDub is the king of all AVI video encoding in my opinion and many other "high end" applications are even built on it, but it is very limited and is not the answer for a quick fix solution. I'm going off topic now unless AVI's are implemented into the game in future, but I admit it is a selling point if it also encodes.
Also, given that we were talking about composing software, it is impressive if it really composes and mixes down and really, especially if it handles AVI's.
The other thing is that it works on multiple platforms. I have an Ubuntu machine waiting to be loaded up right now. You mean I can port the files without any conversion or loss of quality, reference and so on? Wow... I have to end this and check it out, else I'm going to need a cold shower.
dariunas wrote:I use Reason Pianos, then Flute and strings from Kontakt.
I assume you are talking about loading samples from these two programs and rendering with Reaper, otherwise, I'll be calling you Beethoven for composing on two different software and not hearing the results till mixdown. I admit I can do this, but it is painstaking, especially if you're a tinkerer. Bouncing from one program to another is what I'm trying to avoid. I get annoyed for having to use two programs now, as it is.
dariunas wrote:By using a common sequencing format, it means you are able to include all the audio that makes up your track and even original MIDI source tracks also.
Sounds like a great solution. To this point, I have not used midi at all for anything. I even have an Alesis SR-16 drum machine that is midi compatible, but I'd rather just port the sounds to the PC for composing in software and sell the thing while I still can.
I'm going to try out LMMS and hopefully it will solve everything. Most open source applications do.
And... It is even fathered by the same host that brought us TMW... SourceForge. Man, I love that site! Everything that have have and like the most has come from there and it's all been free, to boot.
http://sourceforge.net/