Multitrack audio and MIDI recorder for your Mac OS X

REAPER for Mac

REAPER for Mac

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  • Latest Version

    REAPER 7.68 LATEST

  • Review by

    Sophia Jones

  • Operating System

    macOS 10.15 Catalina or later

  • User Rating

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  • Author / Product

    Cockos Incorporated / External Link

  • Filename

    reaper768_universal.dmg

  • MD5 Checksum

    b75d285c712bcdfe3a4a233c2cd1b3ce

REAPER for Mac is a complete digital audio production application, offering a full multitrack audio and MIDI recording, editing, processing, mixing and mastering toolset.

REAPER supports a vast range of hardware, digital formats and plugins, and can be comprehensively extended, scripted and modified.

The app's full, flexible feature set and renowned stability have found a home wherever digital audio is used: commercial and home studios, broadcast, location recording, education, science and research, sound design, game development, and more.

From mission-critical professional environments to students' laptops, there is a single version of the tool, fully featured with no artificial limitations. You can evaluate REAPER for macOS in full for 60 days.

The applicense is affordably priced and DRM-free.

Features and Highlights
  • Efficient, fast to load, and tightly coded. Can be installed and run from a portable or network drive.
  • Powerful audio and MIDI routing with multichannel support throughout.
  • 64-bit internal audio processing. Import, record to, and render to many media formats, at almost any bit depth and sample rate.
  • Thorough MIDI hardware and software support.
  • Support for thousands of third-party plug-in effects and virtual instruments, including VST, VST3, AU, DX, and JS.
  • Hundreds of studio-quality effects for processing audio and MIDI, and built-in tools for creating new effects.
  • Automation, modulation, grouping, VCA, surround, macros, OSC, scripting, control surfaces, custom skins and layouts.
How to Use
  • Install REAPER by dragging it to Applications
  • Launch REAPER and configure audio device settings
  • Create a new project and add tracks
  • Import audio or MIDI files to tracks
  • Use FX browser to add plugins to tracks
  • Record audio or MIDI with input monitoring
  • Edit clips with tools like split, trim, and stretch
  • Mix using volume, pan, and automation
  • Render or export the final mix to audio file
System Requirements

macOS 10.5 or later

Intel or Apple Silicon processor

2 GB RAM minimum (4 GB or more recommended)

100 MB of hard drive space

CoreAudio-compatible audio interface recommended

PROS
  • Lightweight and fast performance
  • Highly customizable interface
  • Full-featured without restrictions
  • Frequent and stable updates
  • Excellent plugin and format support
CONS
  • Outdated default UI design
  • Limited built-in virtual instruments
  • No score editor for traditional notation
  • Requires manual setup for some features
Note: 60 days trial version.

Also Available: Download REAPER for Windows

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What's new in this version:

CLAP:
- update to version 1.2.7
- support loading factory presets
- support saving/loading presets to file
- display plug-in state size in compatibility submenu
- do not re-scan file presets when loading multiple instances of the same plugin
- request draft versions of extensions from plugins, if the draft is compatible with the final version 

Cues:
- when embedding cues from project markers, do not include cues that are immediately outside of the region
- when embedding cues from project markers during recording, fix sample rounding issues in certain instances 

Metadata:
- consistently display embedded cues/regions that end on the last sample of media
- display wav/wavpack embedded cues/loops in sample positions as well as seconds
- properly encode/decode embedded loops ('smpl' chunk) that end on the last media sample 

MIDI editor:
- respect preference to show/hide region/marker lanes in arrange view
- fix drawing of CC lane scrollbars/zoom buttons in non-100% scaling modes
- fix various scrollbar updating quirks 

Regions:
- always draw selected regions over unselected regions
- change display preview when moving regions with contents 

Spectral edits:
- fix peaks preview display when using stretch markers
- fix incorrect adjustment of spectral edits when adjusting items with stretch markers across loop boundaries
- correct preview display of gate/compressor when item/take volume or fades are present 

Spectrogram:
- optionally display frequency scale
- draw take/item selection indicators over spectrogram
- improve drawing accuracy at top edge when item view is an odd number of pixels high 

Actions:
- add action to close and re-open audio/MIDI devices 

Actions window:
- add 'New custom action' to list context menu 

Batch converter:
- fix preserving source start position when converting from file 

Big clock:
- display region/marker number within colored square if the number is displayed in the ruler 

Dockers:
- add configuration for compact single-window mode in Preferences/Appearance 

Envelopes:
- fix incorrect deletion of points when dragging after alt+clicking a point to remove it 

FX browser:
- clear add target when switching project tabs 

Linux:
- support horizontal-scrollwheel messages in listviews 

Marker/region manager:
- fix double-seek when clicking a row 

Markers:
- restore behavior of actions to insert marker at current/edit position without edit, will not add redundant markers (7.61 and earlier behavior) 

Media items:
- fix consistently importing embedded cues as regions when the region ends at the media item end 

Project templates:
- show project templates in subdirectories as submenus 

Region render matrix:
- display ruler lane color for regions 

Save as:
- when copying media, set ORIGINAL_FILENAME for take if not set 

Startup:
- improve display of project template paths in choose-project dialog 

Stretch markers:
- fix incorrect peak display around looped item boundary 

Video:
- support embedding basic metadata in WMF video renders 

Windows:
- prevent accidental assignment of IME key to shortcuts