With the same capabilities as its competitors, Reaper 4 costs only $60, which is a fraction of the price of other DAWS. Reaper also offers an indefinite free trial with no limitations.

No complex activation shenanigans. No dongle and such.

Reaper's will tailor itself to fit your computer's processing power by automatically using the "anticipative FX processing" feature.

Reaper is lightweight enough to be run off of a flash drive; the installer weights less than 20 MB and the portable installation option is included in it.

If you make under $20,000, use the program for personal use, are a non profit or educational program, you qualify for the discounted license.

In Reaper, a track is a track is a track. There is no distinction among MIDI, stereo, mono, surround, etc. tracks, and that means you can put clips of all kinds on the same track. Just create the track and go.

Each track can be equipped with different effects.

A freeze can be applied to a group, and then picked apart track by track.

When using a 64-bit installation of Reaper, all of your 32-bit plugins will still work alongside your 64-bit plugins.

This program lets users change to different themes and has a lot of options when it comes to rendering.

Most DAWs have a tendency to crash constantly, reaper crashes very rarely.

This DAW pays attention to user feedback, so they are constantly adding new features and updates.