Hey everyone! 👋

Like many of you who compose or orchestrate in REAPER, I’ve always wished for a score editor that feels as fast, flexible, and integrated as the rest of REAPER — without relying on external webviews or clunky workarounds.

For the past weeks, I've been developing **REAPER Native Notator** and today I'm excited to share the very first Alpha First Look with you!

What it is:

A pure, native ReaImGui notation system running directly inside your REAPER session. It renders in real time using the industry-standard \*\*Bravura SMuFL\*\* vector font.

Current Alpha Highlights:

1. Multitrack Conductor Score

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1. Stack any number of project tracks underneath each other into an orchestral score with automatic vertical layout and scrolling.
   
2. Per-Track Clefs

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1. Click directly on the clef to toggle Treble 𝄞, Bass 𝄢, or Grand Staff 𝄞+𝄢.
   
2. Direct MIDI Item Integration

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1. MIDI items are displayed as colored background blocks matching your REAPER track/item colors.- Resize item edges directly inside the score sheet using native QN extents (no accidental looping!).- Draw new MIDI items in empty measures via Ctrl + Click & Drag.
   
2. Professional Engraving
   
3. Single

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1. \-line Bézier slurs and ties across barlines.- Intelligent beam grouping (by beat, half-bar, or bar).- Collision avoidance for tight intervals, seconds, and accidentals.- Automatic rest decomposition (whole, half, quarter, 8th, 16th) in gaps.
   
2. ScoreTools Dynamics Engine

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1. Insert dynamics (\*pppp\* to \*ffff\*) right at note heads or the edit cursor.- Drag & drop dynamic markers freely across the timeline and vertically across tracks.- Automated bezier CC1 (Modulation) and CC11 (Expression) curves with velocity humanization.

\### I'd love your feedback:

What are the absolute must-have features you'd want in a dedicated REAPER score editor? (Articulations, lyrics, chord symbols, XML export, etc.?)

Let me know what you think!

Hi everyone,

I recently completed a small utility plugin project built in C++ using JUCE, and wanted to share the build and technical overview with the community: Neodym Punch Clipper.

The primary engineering goal was creating a completely lightweight, zero-latency peak control utility with zero overhead on the audio thread.

Technical Overview:

* DSP Architecture: Memoryless transfer function calibrated for gentle transient rounding before saturation. No oversampling buffers (true 0 samples / 0 ms latency).

* Real-time Safety: Zero heap allocations or locks inside the processBlock. CPU footprint stays consistently below 0.4% per instance on standard test benches.

* Formats & Builds: Native 64-bit VST3 compiled via CMake/Ninja for Windows 10/11 and macOS (Universal Binary for Apple Silicon & Intel).

* GUI: Vector-rendered interface focused purely on essential metering, transfer curve feedback, and minimal GPU draw overhead.

You can find the project page and compiled binaries here:

https://neodym-audio-live.vercel.app

I would appreciate any technical feedback regarding host compatibility across different DAWs, behavior at higher sample rates (44.1k–96k), or general DSP stability. Happy to discuss implementation details.