Multitrack audio and MIDI recorder for your Mac OS X

REAPER for Mac

REAPER for Mac

  -  27.5 MB  -  Trial
  • Latest Version

    REAPER 7.58 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

    reaper758_universal.dmg

  • MD5 Checksum

    e6ee0e701c443892f00f3866c6a7c96c

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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  • REAPER 7.58 Screenshots

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What's new in this version:

Render:
- fix potentially incorrect auto-incrementing when rendering secondary format and using a wildcard that depends on the file format
- fix potentially incorrect auto-incrementing when rendering, immediately returning to render dialog, and rendering again
- fix rendering when primary and secondary render format have the same filename extension
- support parallel rendering even if rendered areas do not exactly overlap in time, as long as routing permits

Import:
- sort dragged-in files by directory only if user chooses to create track folders from imported files
- when importing subfolders, import subfolders after parent folder media

Media explorer:
- do not cancel peaks building when seeking with crossfade disabled
- fix inconsistent looping when crossfade enabled
- improve displayed MIDI peaks note range for .mid files

MIDI:
- fix potential bug where CCs are not drawn in arrange view in some timebases (7.53 regression)
- fix meta-events being deleted when editing MIDI with filter enabled
- when multi-line text event editing enabled, load text events from file as a single event, otherwise load as multiple text events to list in dropdown

Actions:
- fix undo after running action to set media item timebase

macOS:
- fix splash screen animation on Tahoe

Metadata:
- when scheme is set to 'all', list all supported metadata

Preferences:
- clean up layout of MIDI output device pane

Section/reverse items:
- fix various minor issues and API issues relating to filenames