How to install reaper on linux

Reaper – аудиоредактор (DAW) для Linux

Reaper – это профессиональная DAW, в которой можно заниматься музыкой. Сведение, мастеринг, да и просто отредактировать композицию например для телефона на звонок. Этой DAW пользуются многие музыканты, она является условно бесплатной. По сути, платная версия от бесплатной отличается лишь тем, что в бесплатной вам будет высвечиваться при запуске окошко. Буквально секунд на 5, где будет упоминаться что вы пользуетесь бесплатной версией и будут предлагать купить лицензию. Стоит так же отметить, что лицензия стоит не дорого в отличии от остальных конкурентов. Например, многим известный Cubase стоит на порядок дороже, но проигрывает в функционале Reaper. Вообще, стоит так же отметить что Reaper можно настроить на любой вкус. Все кастомизируется при помощи скриптов. Прежде чем устанавливать, советую посмотреть обзоры и почитать форумы, что бы понять, нужен ли вам Reaper или же вам хватит audacity. Приступим к установке.

Установка

Переходим на сайт производителя:

Проматываем страницу вниз

Скачиваем ту версию, которая вам нужна. Я буду показывать установку для версии Linux x86_64. Скачиваем архив, распаковываем его, и переходим в папку. В нашем случае это reaper_linux_x86_64. Тут мы увидим два файла и каталог. При желании можете полистать файл readme_linux.txt. Ну а мы пошли дальше.

Что бы начать установку нужно запустить файл install_reaper.sh. Переходим в терминал и запускаем его:

Делаем файл исполнительным командой:

Теперь запускаем установку:

Далее выбираем что нам надо из приведенного списка:

Для установки выбираем I. Далее нам предложат выбрать каталог куда установится Reaper. Рекомендую выбрать домашний каталог пользователя. То есть это будет второй пункт:

Далее у нас спросят про интеграцию с рабочим столом, тут выбор за вами. Лично я соглашусь, пусть будет. Далее так же отвечаете утвердительно, то есть ставите букву Y и нажимаете Enter.

После завершения интеграции установка завершится и вам останется проверить не возникло ли ошибок при установке Reaper.

Найти значок запуска можно будет в меню пуск. Запускаете и перед вами появится Reaper:

Теперь можно переходить к настройке. После чего можно заниматься записью, сведением, мастерингом. И все это можно сделать лишь встроенными средствами Reaper. При чем довольно таки хорошего качества. Более подробную информацию можно найти на форуме Reaper. Есть русскоязычная ветка форума: Russia Forum Reaper.

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How to install reaper on linux

Reaper installer for Linux

LinReaper will do the following for you:

• Automatically downloads and installs the newest Reaper version available from the website, or installs from a previously downloaded Reaper installation exe.
• Installs Reaper in a bottled Wine directory (does not mess with the rest of your system)
• Sets up a local installation of WineAsio (again does not mess with the rest of your system)
• Registers file types of .rpp, rpp.bak and .reapeak files (with custom icons), so you can simply double click Reaper files
• Sets up a wrapper script around Reaper enabling it to accept normal UNIX command-line options and paths
• Sets up a wrapper script around Reaper to transform Reaper’s configuration files to follow Unix/Freedesktop guidelines and allow automatic multi-user configurations
• Minimally configures the Reaper preferences for better Linux operation
• Optionally creates menu shortcuts
• Includes a tool (LinReaper Options) for installing and managing your Windows VSTs, JS effects, using Reapers more esoteric options and for advanced configuration of Wine
• Intelligently links the Wine folders «Desktop», «My Documents», «My Music», «My Pictures» and «My Videos» to their Linux counterparts

In many regards, LinReaper is similar to Google’s Picassa Linux port.

LinReaper requires Wine, Python, PyGTK (most distributions have these) and likes to also have the full 7Zip (p7zip-full in Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu/Mint)

To use, double click the downloaded file and select «Run» if asked — you might also need to make the file executable by right clicking it and selecting Properties then the Permissions tab and checking «Allow executing file as a program».

LinReaper installs the following in the selected install directory:

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How to install reaper on linux

section I: Genesis- in the beginning

Okay since this is a guide aimed for beginners, lets try and get some terminology and what not out of the way. If you start reading this stuff and you get bored or feel you are «above» it, feel free to scroll to more relevant parts

Im not going to dive into a deep history of Linux, but for our sake I will go ahead and define Linux as this:

«. A Unix-like computer operating system. Linux is one of the most prominent examples of free software and open source development; typically all underlying source code can be freely modified, used, and redistributed by anyone.»

(this is taken from the Wikipedia article on Linux, feel free to read up on that for more on the history etc. )

Why is this important? well, I feel its important to understand what Linux and its community of users are, and what they stand for. The way some of the things work in Linux won’t seem so «weird» when thought about with this knowledge. What I’m trying to say is, a lot of the differences in Linux versus windows or OS X have to do with the fact that the Linux community is an OPEN one, not simply because they want to remain cryptic and obscure and secretive or «different».

At its base, Linux has a Linux kernel. this is what makes everything go. you can Google to find out exactly how this works, but for this guide’s purpose we will call it the «Linux brain». as like with almost everything in Linux, you will have choices with the kernel. some kernels are for 64 bit architecture, some are for servers, some are «generic». we are going to mostly be concerned with what is called a «realtime enabled» kernel or «realtime kernel», as it has to do mostly with low latency operation ala the ones we do with audio in REAPER. dont worry you can get a special kernel like this with a few clicks in our software or «package» manager. (more on this later)

One issue that causes a lot of confusion about Linux is its many [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_distribution]»distributions»[url]. One way to think about distributions is like ice cream flavors. The Ice cream shop has all those ice cream flavors, but that doesn’t deter you from going in to get a cone or two does it 😛 . In Linux there is a lot of «choice», and much can be argued about having too much choice is a bad thing, but is it worse than having no choice at all? We’ll leave the philosophical stuff for another day but lets get a basic rundown of what we mean.

Distributions, or «distros» for short, are complete Linux systems based on various styles of Linux. you have different package/software architectures all based around the «Linux» kernel . dont worry your head about that, but there are a few different architectures: Knoppix, Debian, RPM/RED HAT, Slackware and Gentoo are probably the most common. Think of these as «methods to eat the ice cream» , like cone, cup, over apple pie etc. but the base of a distribution is just one part. The «flavor» typically comes from what a distribution is intended to be used for. Is it for small business servers? Is it optimized for Older hardware? Or maybe it is for Multimedia? Which desktop environment does it use? Which file-manager? This is where the choice in Linux is great. you get tons of different «flavors» to choose from. In this guide, we will be choosing from the Ubuntu flavors )

(note: Our guide basically forces you to use an «Ubuntu» distribution, which is hands down the BEST distro for beginners to Linux in my experience, in particular people coming from windows. The most important part of this guide will be done in Ubuntu so in order to follow it to a «T», you must also use an Ubuntu distribution or at the very least, a Debian based distribution.)

As a long time Windows/Mac user, the first thing you will probably recognize IMHO (would like feedback on this) is the difference in how you typically install a program. This will most likely feel immediately foreign to a Windows users for example. The modern Linux desktop uses what is called a «package manager» which is a utility that keeps your Linux software up to date, and offers you the optional software you may want/need in the future. This may sound weird, but its actually a GREAT concept. a concept that doesnt. really work in the current model for 3rd party/proprietary software on closed source OS platforms. Its immensely powerful, and easy to use whether by command line in the terminalwith apt or the GUI based applications like Synaptic. software is kept in «repositories», which store the «packages» to be downloaded and installed by the Linux system as the user sees fit. You have different kinds of software repositories as well. Typically the install disc is a repository, then you have official repositories for your particular Linux distribution which keep system packages and bundled/official software up to date. then you have 3rd party repositories which can keep other software (which could include some proprietary stuff) that you can manually add to you «repository» list. typically, they come with special «keys» to let you know when you download a new version of something, your downloading from its «official» source. How cool would it be in Windows to open up a «package manager» and search for «programming tools» and have whats available ready to download from secure repositories to test out! Ahh well. maybe one day. probably wouldnt work though.

So now that you know a little about how linux works, how about some sound? For our intents and purposes, I will talk a little about «Advanced Linux Sound Architecture» or ALSA for short. This is typically how you get Linux to make noise. ALSA is a great project that is continually getting better, and supports lots of GOOD audio cards such as echo MIA, M AUDIO, Hammerfall, lots of «factory» cards and much more. so as you may have guessed, ALSA is more or less a foundation of audio drivers for Linux. you can refer to their web pages for more on that project.
Another audio project to become familiar with in linux (and this has more to do with ‘manipulating’ audio as we reaperites love to do) is the Jack Audio Connection Kit (JACK) project. A simple way of thinking about this is to think of Propellerhead’s Rewire technology. The twist with JACK is, the JACK audio server is the «rewire Master» and when launched, any JACK compatible audio app becomes connectible to any OTHER JACK compatible app that you may launch. most Linux native audio apps are jack compatible which means you can do a lot of interesting, powerful routing. this is integral for «low latency» audio on Linux as well, so even if complex routing doesn’t stir you, its there and your gonna need JACK anyway to achieve REAPER on Linux so do yourself a favor and familiarize yourself with it (JACK that is) just a taste.

And lastly lets talk about how we get REAPER (the Windows version) to work with Linux. WINE (Wine Is Not an Emulator) is an Open Source implementation of the Windows API on top of X, OpenGL, and Unix. from the WINE HQ website:

«. Think of Wine as a compatibility layer for running Windows programs. Wine does not require Microsoft Windows, as it is a completely free alternative implementation of the Windows API consisting of 100% non-Microsoft code, however Wine can optionally use native Windows DLLs if they are available. Wine provides both a development toolkit for porting Windows source code to Unix as well as a program loader, allowing many unmodified Windows programs to run on x86-based Unixes, including Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, and Solaris.»

Wine is what we will basically be using to run REAPER. The REAPER dev team do a great job of keeping REAPER «Wine friendly». in conjunction with Wine, we use a special ASIO driver, aptly named «WineAsio» which we use within wine to be able to use a true blue windows vst host to use windows-compiled VSTs, and any other great DAW features like midi sequencing, in-house effects etc. There will be more on this as we go through the guide. lots of info on Wine and what it can/cannot do on teh internetz.

Hopefully this can give someone who knew nothing or little about Linux a little background to lean on. I tried to keep the «technobabble» to a minimal and i hope it can benefit someone who reads this, because a lot of stuff written about linux is very «passionate» which is great but sometimes your in tangents that may confuse newer users sometimes. Perhaps watering it down will spark interest in someone who can grow to become an ‘expert» themselves! Im certainly no linux «master», just as you don’t have to be a «Windows» master and can be perfectly fine.

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How to install reaper on linux

I thought I’d contribute to the Reaper Linux crowd by making our favourite software a little easier to install, so I would like to present to you, LinReaper.

LinReaper will do the following for you:

• Automatically downloads and installs the newest Reaper version available from the website, or installs from a previously downloaded Reaper installation exe.
• Installs Reaper in a bottled Wine directory (does not mess with the rest of your system)
• Sets up a local installation of WineAsio (again does not mess with the rest of your system)
• Registers file types of .rpp, rpp.bak and .reapeak files (with custom icons), so you can simply double click Reaper files
• Sets up a wrapper script around Reaper enabling it to accept normal UNIX command-line options and paths
• Sets up a wrapper script around Reaper to transform Reaper’s configuration files to follow Unix/Freedesktop guidelines and allow automatic multi-user configurations
• Minimally configures the Reaper preferences for better Linux operation
• Optionally creates menu shortcuts
• Includes a tool (LinReaper Options) for installing and managing your Windows VSTs, JS effects, using Reapers more esoteric options and for advanced configuration of Wine
• Intelligently links the Wine folders «Desktop», «My Documents», «My Music», «My Pictures» and «My Videos» to their Linux counterparts

In many regards, LinReaper is like Google’s Picassa Linux port.

LinReaper requires Wine, Python, PyGTK (most distributions have these) and likes to also have the full 7Zip.

If you are using Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu, Mint or Debian, the following should install everything you need:

If the Cockos team is up for it, it would be very easy for me to change this into an actual Linux installer for Reaper, but I believe I have to get a green light first to not get into legal trouble.

To use, double click the downloaded file and select «Run» if asked — you might also need to make the file executable by right clicking it and selecting Properties then the Permissions tab and checking «Allow executing file as a program».

Changes in the latest version:

• Works with latest Wine again (no more problems with the path to «Program Files»)
• Downloading the latest version of Reaper automatically works again

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