Quote Originally Posted by dave.king1 View Post
Not quite true Doc, you get the incremental updates within the release free but you now pay a further $60US for each major update.

I went from 3.x to 4.x for free probably because I joined the game on the cusp or R4 release but had to pay to go to 5.x which as of a couple of days ago is up to 5.2.8




I decided to try Reaper because I was sick of fighting with Cubase and have no intention of going Mac, I'm getting surprisingly good results from a very basic DAW setup.

I have the current release of Reaper on a cheap Vista laptop that I take to rehearsal and then add tracks and polish on the very grunty Win 10 machine in my office.

The mixer is a small USB Peavey and I use Senheiser & Shure mics, generally DI guitar and bass although I do rarely stick a mic in front of an amp for a different dynamic.

Certainly not a professional setup but I am getting good feedback and an album will come out of it in the next 6 months, would be quicker but the three of us have domestic responsibilities that mean we get about 4 hours together each week to collaborate.

I then spend about an hour a day multi tracking guitars and balancing tracks before going back to add the vocals with the other guys

They must have changed things with the upgrades, cause I didn't have to pay anything to upgrade from Reaper 4 to Reaper 5, maybe my situation was similar to yours, or maybe I just forgot.