I can test this, but I wonder if anybody already knows the answer.

Let's say I have a #REAPER project that I want to render to both FLAC and MP3. Is it faster to render to FLAC within REAPER, and then convert the FLAC to MP3 with another tool?

Or even to render to WAV within REAPER, and then convert the WAV to FLAC and MP3 separately?

I ask because I'm assuming that a render in REAPER comes with certain overheads (e.g. from active plug-ins on tracks) that other tools don't have to deal with when converting between formats. But I could be completely wrong on this.

I just posted this to the Blind and Fine subreddit. I wrote about it earlier, but this is much simpler and focused more on a specific program and an alternative.

Let me start by saying that I am far more familiar and comfortable with analogue audio equipment than digital. My extent of digital recording is using Virtual Recorder to record mp3s and MPCHC to play them, or using a portable recorder like the Milestone 112 ACE or the Olympus DM-720-770. So most of these terms are new to me. That said, to make a very long story short, I have a personal project in which I am attempting to make some acoustic recordings sound like early electric ones. Basically, less tinny and a bit clearer. Obviously I'm not expecting 2026 quality, but 1926 or early 1930's would be nice. I first thought this needed to be done with frequency restoration, since acoustic media, be it disks or cylinders, always fail to record certain ones. But I found that the very few programs designed for this are inaccessible with NVDA. Then, I learned that I can simply use an equalizer and an exciter and/or saturator to do essentially the same thing. I decided to try Reaper. I installed it, along with the Osara and SWS. I was able to load a file and get into the equalizer to change the numbers in the bands as a low and high shelf (this most likely equates to bass and treble). But it seems that the volume is set to 0, because even when loading a file for the first time, when I hit space, it doesn't play. I can't find the volume controls either. When I hit tab and shift+tab, there are numbers, but none appear to be volume. Can anyone help me? Is there a much simpler program that I can use? If not, can anyone recommend an analogue setup for me? It doesn't need to be new at all, just affordable (under $200). I don't need to worry about accessibility there, since it would all be knobs and sliders.

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It's taken a long time but I think I've finally got #Reaper under my fingers and set-up in a way that satisfies me, and now I rather like it.

If I told you how I was working for the last couple of years, you would think I was a complete caveman. Let's just say it relied on OcenAudio, a two-track editor, almost entirely, and that in the whole process, you're only dealing with one soundfile at a time. I'm actually going to miss that way of working. It's like working with tape.

I've done the unthinkable with my Reaper installation

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Hello lovelies <3 I just finished the track I've been forming and reforming from the  bumper. (See: https://corteximplant.com/@zeyus/116472481725619885)

TRACE // ESCAPE

Listen 🎵

Tidal (or web, no account needed): https://stage.tidal.com/album/526493471
Listen on soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/zeyus/trace-escape

Download ⬇️

FLAC: https://mega.nz/file/Ux53RTTa#3OH8HbvPMd5DyI2swCtLsmtnQiquvl2iqDibUuEzb7M
OGG VORBIS (embedded in post): https://mega.nz/file/B9o01ZIQ#FsFMqXpQplvwErXtxT6UnFjIQ-KuXaVOqoFcOkYqF7s

I hope you enjoy the journey.

// Updated because I managed to accidentally change one sequence to the wrong recording take :D

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