

Direct multi-track recording to WAV/W64/BWF, MIDI, WavPack, FLAC, and OGG.Unusually flexible routing, which allows any track to arbitrarily be a track and a bus, a sophisticated monitoring and matrix facility, and support for feedback routing.Seamless, tool-less editing with arbitrary grouping of objects, automation envelopes, markers, and everything you’d expect.The basic price, US$39.95, is a bargain for what this software does:

(This week significant bugfixes and optimizations, plus editable keyboard shortcuts, were released in updates the software now looks quite stable.) During the beta, REAPER was free, but now you’ll have to pay for it. REAPER, the promising, lightweight audio software from the creator of Winamp, hit version 1.0 last week. Windows audio software from the maker of Winamp has its coming-out party - but there’s a cover charge.
