Overview of Cockos REAPER 7.79:

Cockos REAPER 7.79 comprehensive and flexible feature set and renowned stability have found a place where digital audio is used: commercial and home studios, broadcast, outdoor recording, education, science and research, sound design, software development, games, etc.
Cockos REAPER is a tool that allows you to record, edit, mix, render, and organize multitrack audio waveforms. It has complex features, so it was designed for advanced users.
Cockos REAPER Full Version interface is user-friendly and easy to use (by experts). It is divided into several areas: main menu, context menu, main window toolbar, track control panel, main window, and control area. edition, timeline, and mixer. It is also possible to display other areas, such as Floating Mix Master, Big Clock, Dynamic Split, Effects Browser, Transport Bar, and Virtual MIDI Keyboard.
Cockos REAPER 7.79 Key Features:
Record
- Audio and MIDI recording and overdubbing. The number of simultaneous recording entries is only limited by your hardware.
- Record directly to one of the dozens of supported audio formats at any sample rate or bit depth.
- Any track can record audio or MIDI input or record processed audio or the MIDI output of the track.
- Record multiple takes or layers, overdub, punch in and out, or record in a single loop.
- Record arming and releasing tracks without stopping playback.
- Record directly to stereo, surround, or multi-channel audio files, before or after effects processing.
- Monitor input with or without FX software.
- Set up multiple monitor mixes with different effects processing.
- Varispeed tape-style recording and playback.
- Record to multiple drives simultaneously for redundancy and scalability.
Produce
- Drag and drop to import, organize, and render.
- Freely mix audio, MIDI, video, and still images on any track.
- Move, split, paste, resize, cut, rotate, time-lapse, pitch change, fade, crossfade, drag, and fit on-grid easily without changing tools.
- Intuitive zoom, scroll, scrub, jog, tab to audio transients, and MIDI navigation.
- A simple and powerful nested folder system allows group editing, routing, and moving in one step.
- Open multiple projects simultaneously in separate tabs.
- Full automation of recording, playing, and editing support for tracks and media takes control of plug-ins.
- Easily manage changes in tempo, time signature, and rhythm.
- Divide audio or MIDI into freely adjustable pickups and tracks for easy composition.
- Easily copy or move regions to try out alternative settings quickly.
- Comprehensive and flexible multi-channel support. Each track supports up to 64 channels, which can be routed individually.
Transform
- Includes almost all third-party audio or MIDI plugins: VST, VST3, VSTi, DX/DXi (Windows only), AU/AUi (macOS only), and JS.
- Apply effects in real-time or render output effects non-destructively.
- Real-time network effects processing: Use other local machines as effects farms.
- Includes the JSFX audio and MIDI plugin script engine, and hundreds of user-programmable effects.
- Reinstall any capable application (audio and MIDI) for more flexibility.
- Automatic plug-in delay compensation (PDC).
- State-of-the-art performance and multi-processor use.
- Native connector and firewall: run 32-bit plug-ins on REAPER x64, maximize RAM usage, and protect and recover from plug-in crashes.
- All sidechain plugins, even if they don’t support native sidechains.
- Real-time pitch change, correction, and stretching. Includes time-stretch engines, including Elastique 3 Pro.
- Includes ReaSurround, for spatial visualization and processing of stereo, surround, or multichannel audio (up to 64 channels).
- Dedicated user plug-ins for virtualizing external hardware, handling MIDI signals, streaming audio, connecting to NINJAM servers, and more.
Customize
- Fully customizable appearance – change colors, icons, toolbar, layout, and almost anything. Switch between multiple formats as needed for different tasks.
- The Cockos REAPER docking station window can be shown, hidden, docked, or displayed on a separate monitor. Record and store screen sets for various tasks.
- Almost anything REAPER can do- literally thousands of actions, singly or in sequence- can be triggered by pressing a button, toolbar button, or external controller.
- It can be extended easily. Develop simple macros or complex extensions in Lua, EEL, or Python.
- Very stretchy. Includes an integrated development environment for compiling, editing, and testing ReaScripts.
Intangibles
- REAPER starts and loads quickly – get ready to record in seconds.
- Almost anything can be done on the fly while playing or recording – add/remove effects, edit, edit other project tabs.
- Portable – Put REAPER in your pocket and launch it from a USB stick or other removable media.
- Strict code – installer size is around 10MB, updates usually install in less than a minute.
- Fast and efficient development – new features and optimizations are added quickly and frequently.
- It is a very active, enthusiastic, and helpful user forum, so get help fast.
- It’s a fantastic and readable user manual.
- An honest business model that aims to deliver the best possible user experience.
What’s new in Cockos REAPER 7.79?
(Released on 17-08-2026)
Import:
- Add informational text to tempo-match prompt when importing from Media Explorer with tempo-match enabled, but Preferences/Media/Import ‘prompt to adjust media to project tempo’ is disabled.
- Deprecate preference to prompt to adjust project tempo to imported media when media tempo is estimated.
- Prevent crash when importing file with more than 128 channels.
- Prompt to stretch media when importing from Media Explorer, when tempo-match preview settings do not match global import preferences.
- Regardless of preferences, automatically stretch media when importing from media explorer with tempo match enabled, and the file contains tempo information.
- When prompting to adjust empty project tempo to media, also prompt to stretch media to project tempo, regardless of other preferences.
Media explorer:
- Allow renaming files with only upper/lower case changes..
- Do not allow creating/renaming files/folders with an initial dot (which would effectively hide them).
- Fix potential UI issue at end of playback with some files/resampling combinations..
- Improve selection handling when renaming items.
- Notify of errors when renaming items fails.
- Preserve unwritten metadata when renaming files or folders.
- When editing metadata, left/right arrows navigate text rather than navigating columns.
MIDI editor:
- Copy more editor settings over to new instances when gluing, duplicating, etc.
- Display tempo correctly when beat basis is not equal to time signature denominator.
- Fix time selection when using alt+right-drag default mapping (7.77 regression).
- Option ‘Drawing or selecting a note sets the new note length’ also affects inline editor.
- If a floating MIDI toolbar is enabled and inline editor recently focused, target inline MIDI editor.
Reascript:
- Add getsettempotimesigmarkerbasis, to get/set the tempo beat basis.
- Getsetprojectinfo supports VKB_NOTECENTER/VKB_LASTVEL/VKB_CHANNEL.
- Support high unicode codepoints in gfx windows via IME on Windows.
- Add Undo_getnumentries, Undo_getcurentry, Undo_getentrydesc, Undo_getentrytime, Undo_isentryalttree, Undo_setcurpos.
Actions:
- Rename actions to reset meter peak indicators, for consistency.
- Check that media is online when running render item actions.
ARA:
- Fix fades potentially being applied incorrectly when FX output is shifted early.
- Fix potential crash when switching takes, changing fixed lane playback, or deleting media items (7.78 regression).
FX browser:
- Fix incorrect targeting of folders when dragging to an overlapping window.
- Improve selection behavior when renaming FX chains.
JSFX:
- Reset JSFX Loudness Meter when running actions to clear peak indicators or reset track meters.
- Support disabling tooltip for MCP-embedded FX via gfx_ext_flags & 0x400.
Render:
- Add actions to calculate stereo loudness of selected tracks via dry run render, regardless of number of track channels.
- Fix embedding project regions/markers when applying start pad in render postprocessing settings.
- Fix render statistics error when rendering multiple files at once to lossy format and normalizing as if all files play together.
Timecode:
- Reword ‘BWF start offset’ as ‘BWF timecode start offset’ in various places.
- Reword ‘LTC’ as ‘LTC (linear timecode generator)’ in various places.
Toolbars:
- Fix closing toolbars via ESC key on macos/Linux.
- Fix initial focus of ‘open toolbar at mouse cursor’ actions.
VST3:
- Fix restoring window size for Melodyne and other plugins that implement Presonus::ipluginviewscaling.
- Set ksmptevalid for VST3 process contexts.
Windows:
- Fix unicode character input in various combo boxes/media explorer.
- Improve support for IME with various unicode characters.
- Support high unicode codepoint input via IME on JSFX/reascript ides.
Actions window:
- Improve behavior when running actions in the MIDI editor section, with multiple editors open.
Arrange view:
- Avoid accidental item moves across tracks/lanes when resizing track panels on click.
Crossfade editor:
- Allow selected items to be affected by both fade-in and fade-out edits.
Crossfades:
- Respect auto-crossfade setting when using mouse modifier ‘move item contents and right edge’.
Extensions:
- Add Preferences/Plug-ins/Extensions page, support viewing/enabling/disabling installed plug-in extensions.
Item drawing:
- Fix glitches when using faster-item rendering at non-100% scaling.
JSFX/reascript/Video ides:
- Support high unicode code points.
License import:
- Improve behavior of import button in About window, show more helpful error messages when license import fails.
Linux:
- Remove various special handling for ctrl+W which was meant to be a macos-only combination.
Localization:
- Correct configuration setting when installing language packs via shell integration.
Macos:
- Add option to disable retina drawing for arrange view (Preferences > Appearance > Media items).
Marquee zoom:
- Improve handling of pinned tracks, spacers.
Media item properties:
- Improve handling of case-change renames on macos/Linux.
Meters:
- Add action to reset meters for selected tracks.
Mixer:
- Improve behavior of escape key when closing undocked mixer.
Mixer/track panels:
- Modifiers to toggle FX bypass/send mute for all/selected slots do not affect master track unless context is master track.
Project load:
- When explicitly loading in recovery mode, ignore project setting to bring FX online after load.
Ruler lanes:
- Update ruler lane manager checkboxes when settings are changed via action.
Theme tweaker:
- Use synonyms in search field.
Unicode:
- Fix display of high unicode codepoints in various contexts (legacy text rendering enabled, video, etc).
Video:
- Fix display of high unicode codepoints.
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System Requirements:
- Operating System: Windows 7/8/10
- RAM: 2 GB RAM (4 GB recommended)
- Hard Disk Space: 200 MB or more
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