COHLER CLASSICAL

Classical Music Recording, Editing & Mastering

Multiple REAPER configurations

Cohler Classical runs on top of REAPER, replaces the default REAPER menus, and modifies several default REAPER settings. Therefore, if you already have a customized version of REAPER installed, you should always install Cohler Classical into a fresh new “Portable Install” directory as explained below. You may have as many different customized versions of REAPER as you like coexisting on one machine.

The following video shows you the Mac portable install process. The Windows portable install process is very simple. Both are described in the text below.

There are two ways to install REAPER:  standard and portable. The portable install is documented somewhat haphazardly for Windows only in the REAPER User Guide 12.24, but the short video above and explanation below will get you up and running in 5 minutes on Windows or Mac. The best way to save multiple REAPER system configurations is to do portable installs.

After a standard install, the files are in the following locations:

  • REAPER application file
    • Mac: Applications folder
    • Windows: \Program Files\REAPER (x64)
  • REAPER configuration files

After a portable install, both the REAPER application file and all the configuration files reside together in a single directory of your choosing.

IMPORTANT NOTE: When doing portable installs, make sure you choose non-protected, non-system directories, which on Windows 10 or 11 also means avoiding the Desktop.

  1. Mac OS Portable Install
    • Create a new directory
    • Put an empty file named “reaper.ini” in the directory along with the REAPER64 application and your license file “reaper-license.rk” if you have one
    • Run that copy of REAPER, and it will then automatically create all the other default REAPER configuration files
  2. Windows Portable Install
    •  Run the REAPER installer downloaded from the REAPER website
    • Check the “Portable Install” checkbox and choose a directory where you want to install REAPER. Remember, DO NOT install it in a protected system directory such as Desktop or Programs Files.
    • When the install is finished, run REAPER and import your license file “reaper-license.rk” OR  copy the license key from the email you received when you purchased your license by selecting the license text and typing Control-C. Then launch REAPER and it will automatically install the license.
  3. Now run your newly installed REAPER
  4. Download Cohler Classical
  5. Install Cohler Classical
  6. Go to Edit => Preferences, and then click on General at the top of the scrolling menu on the left. Uncheck the checkbox that says Check for multiple instances when launching.
  7. You can now run multiple different installations of REAPER simultaneously and switch between them using standard application switching!
  8. SUGGESTION: Customize the REAPER application filename for each install to remind you which copy is which. We suggest renaming it to “Cohler Classical” for your CC installation.

 

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AUTO-UPDATE

This two-second procedure will take place once you have done an “Initial Install” of Cohler Classical. You will be automatically prompted at REAPER startup time whenever a new update to Cohler Classical is available. You can also check for an update at any time in Cohler Classical by clicking Options => CC Installation => Check for update.
  1. Click OK button.
  2. Wait for REAPER to apply the update and restart.

REINSTALL

Follow this faster procedure only after you have done an “Initial Install” of Cohler Classical. If you created any custom keystrokes, save and reload those using  the Import/Export… button under View => Action list before/after doing any reinstall. In general, updates after your “Initial Install” will happen automatically via the “Auto-update” feature (you will be prompted), but occasionally you will be instructed by us to use this “Reinstall” procedure.
  1. Go to main menu TRY => Download => Reinstall to download the Reinstall file.
  2. Launch REAPER
  3. Click on Edit => Import Configuration…
  4. Select the file just downloaded
    Cohler Classical [n.n]m.ReaperConfigZip
    in your Downloads folder and click Open
  5. When prompted, save your current project if necessary
  6. Click on Import button
  7. Wait for REAPER to load configuration and restart
  8. You will be presented with a series of dialogue box questions asking you if you want to (1) install a 14-day trial license, (2) install a license code, (3) purchase a license code, or (4) exit the program. Follow on-screen instructions.

INITIAL INSTALL

Follow this procedure the first time you install Cohler Classical. You may be prompted a few times to enter your password during this initial installation procedure.

Most subsequent updates will happen automatically via the “Auto-update” feature, and occasionally you may be instructed by us to do a fresh “Reinstall”.
  1. Go to main menu TRY and click on Download then follow instructions there to download Initial Install file
  2. [Mac] Double click on “.zip” file to unzip
    [Windows] Open in Explorer
  3. [Mac] Double click on “.dmg” file to mount
    [Windows] Extract all files to folder
  4. Open REAPER
  5. Type “?” to open the Actions List
  6. In lower right corner, click the New action… button and choose Load ReaScript… from the dropdown menu
  7. In the file location dialogue, locate the
    [Mac]     Cohler Classical disk drive just mounted
    [Windows] folder where files were extracted
  8. Select
    [Mac] Install_Mac.lua
    [Windows] Install_Win.lua
  9. Click the Run button
  10. Select
    Cohler Classical [n.n]m.ReaperConfigZip in the REAPER Configurations folder showing on your screen, and click the Open button
  11.  Click OK on the “Import configuration?” dialogue
  12. Click Import on the Import configuration window
  13. REAPER will now flash several windows and restart
  14. [Mac] Follow the Mac Installation Addendum instructions
    [Windows] Follow on-screen instructions
  15. Eventually you will be asked whether you want to (1) install a 14-day trial license, (2) install a license code, (3) purchase a license code, or (4) exit the program.
  16. Follow the on-screen instructions from there!

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END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT

IMPORTANT:  This Agreement is a legal agreement between you, the Licensee (either an individual or, if purchased for an entity, an entity), and Cohler & Associates, Inc.  READ IT CAREFULLY BEFORE DOWNLOADING OR COMPLETING THE INSTALLATION PROCESS AND USING THIS SOFTWARE.  It provides a license to use this software and contains warranty and liability disclaimers.

Cohler Classical (“the Software Product”) and accompanying documentation is licensed and not sold. This Software Product is protected by copyright laws and treaties, as well as laws and treaties related to other forms of intellectual property. Cohler & Associates, Inc. or its subsidiaries, affiliates, and suppliers (collectively “Cohler”) own intellectual property rights in the Software Product. The Licensee’s (“you” or “your”) license to download, use, copy, or change the Software Product is subject to these rights and to all the terms and conditions of this End User License Agreement (“Agreement”).

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YOU MUST AGREE TO ALL OF THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT BEFORE YOU WILL BE ALLOWED TO DOWNLOAD THE SOFTWARE PRODUCT.

License Grants

Trial Period License. You may download and use the Software Product for free for fourteen (14) days after installation (“Trial Period”). During the Trial Period, Cohler grants you a limited, non-exclusive and non-transferable license to copy and use the Software Product for evaluation purposes only. The evaluation copy of the Software Product is fully functional.

License After Trial Period. If you continue to use this Software Product after the Trial Period, you are required to purchase a license. The license fee varies according to your use as follows: (a) $250 for business or institutional use, and (b) $125 for individual use in which you derive no revenue from use of the Software Product. Multistation licenses are also available.

To purchase one of the licenses specified above, visit our web site at https://cohlerclassical.com.

This Agreement grants you a limited, non-exclusive license and entitles you to install and use the Software Product on the number of computers specified in your license purchase (“the Station Count”). In addition, you may make archival copies of the Software Product. The archival copies may only be used for reinstallation of the Software Product. This Agreement does not permit the simultaneous installation or use of the Software Product on more than the Station Count number of computers at any given time, on a system that allows shared used of applications, on a multi-user network, or on any configuration or system of computers that allows multiple users.

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LICENSE PRICING

  • Personal $125
    Personal Pro $199
    For individuals not producing revenue using the software; or not-for-profit corporations that have fewer than three employees and are not producing revenue using the software.
  • Business $250
    Business Pro $369
    For for-profit corporations; individuals producing revenue using the software; and not-for-profit corporations that have three or more employees.
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REAPER Resource Directory

Mac OS X

/Users/yourusername/Application Support/REAPER

Windows

\Users\yourusername\AppData\Roaming\REAPER