OK, so the first thing you have to do after you download and install REAPER is to set up the audio. The reason they make you do this is because most people use REAPER with a recording interface that uses an ASIO driver. But you are just a random guy who wanted to make some tunes in your spare time, right? So you just want to click OK to that message that pops up, make sure WaveOut is selected and Microsoft Sound Mapper is selected on those menus that pop up, and hit OK again
- NOTE: If you ever want to try to set up an ASIO driver with your sound card, you will probably want to use ASIO4ALL. Once you download and install it go to Options>Preferences...>Device in REAPER and select ASIO for the audio system. Mess with the settings in "ASIO configuration..." until you get the sound to work. Once you get it working it will work for all eternity. The way you would set that up is different for all systems so I can't really describe it here any farther than that. It's kind of just trial and error. You might even be able to get less of a delay in your sound just by messing with the other "Audio Systems" in REAPER, I don't know. (I have a recording interface, teehee).
