I've had some major success with using Reaper as a recording platform. I can get my instruments recorded using my line6 usb guitarport interface at 16bit 44.1khz (cd quality)
I recently started learning how to Author for the hugely popular game RockBand. It uses Reaper for the entire process, so I figured why not try it on my old laptop running a stripped down linux based on ubuntu, called Puppy Studio.
The entire install is like 160mb or something and comes with Reaper pre-loaded and set up to use most usb or firewire external soundcard devices.
I just downloaded the RockBand Reaper plugin and it installed seemlessly (remember it's a windows program/plugin running on a windows application under a free linux operating system)
I've been able to successfully download and use the Reaper project I had started on my Vista Desktop. I have been able to successfully add authoring gems (the notes the stream down the screen in the game) and preview them in Reaper on my Puppy Studio linux OS!!
Very cool indeed!
:)
Peace,
Chris
