Reaper DAW Overview
REAPER is a digital audio workstation for Windows, macOS, and Linux from Cockos, well known for being powerful, lightweight, and remarkably affordable. It offers full multi-track recording, editing, processing, mixing, and mastering, with unlimited tracks, extensive routing, and support for VST and other plugin formats, plus a deeply customizable interface and scripting for advanced users. Despite its professional capabilities, it has a very small download and runs efficiently on modest hardware. It is offered as a fully functional trial, with an inexpensive license relative to other professional DAWs. Saved as a full installer, Reaper DAW can be set up on a system with no network access. Its development is unusually active, with frequent updates, and a large community shares scripts, themes, and tutorials. This page links to Cockos's official Reaper DAW download.