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What is a Reascript?

Reascript is (in my opinion) one of the best parts of the Reaper Digital Audio Workstation.  In short – Reascript allows you to create extremely detailed custom actions that Reaper does not ship with itself.  For some quick examples, look at X-Raym and HeDa’s scripts.

A little background, for those completely unfamiliar

In the realm of professional audio editing, there is a small handful of software that can all – for the most part – get the job done.  Most of these are proprietary closed systems and each excels at something a little different than the other.  Very few pieces of audio software allow for heavy user customization via programming or even custom shortcuts.  Those that do don’t make the process easy.

When you combine Reaper’s cost ($60 for a discounted license/$225 for a commercial license) and customizability – it’s incredibly difficult to argue against at least giving the software a shot.

For those of you who get bit by the bug and want to dig further into the system, I’ll explain more below. Continue reading What is a Reascript?


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