BandSync
Share REAPER projects with the band: Start Editing, Push, Get Latest, full history.
Install on Windows (about 3 minutes)
- Download the zip above. Find it in your Downloads folder, right-click it and choose Extract All…. (Don't run it from inside the zip.)
- Close REAPER if it is open.
- Open the extracted folder and double-click
Install BandSync.bat. A black window explains each step. It copies BandSync into REAPER and installs the free ReaImGui extension that draws BandSync's window.Windows may say "Windows protected your PC" because BandSync is a small home-made tool and isn't code-signed. Click More info, then Run anyway. If you want to check the download first, compare its SHA-256 above withGet-FileHashin PowerShell. - Start REAPER. Press
?(or Actions > Show action list), typeBandSync, select Script: BandSync.lua and click Run. If it isn't listed, the installer window shows the exact steps to add it (one extra click). - In the BandSync window, paste the invite code your band admin sent you privately, and click Connect. You only do this once.
Using it
- Get a project: BandSync > Show band projects > Download. It opens in REAPER.
- Before you work: press Start Editing. This gets the newest version and tells everyone else you're editing.
- When you're done: write a short note and press Push to band. Your changes become a new version and the project is free for the next person.
- Not editing? Press Get Latest to catch up. If the band removed any files, BandSync asks you about each one; nothing is deleted unless you tick it.
- Made a mistake? Open History, press Start Editing, then Restore this version on an older one.
Share a new project
Save your REAPER project into its own folder (File > Save project as…, tick Create subdirectory for project), open BandSync and press Share this project with the band.
Updates
When a new version is published, BandSync shows "an update is available" at the top of its window. Click Open download page, download the new zip, close REAPER and run Install BandSync.bat again. Your invite code and projects are kept.
Mac (not tested yet)
The zip includes Mac programs and install-mac.sh. Open Terminal, type sh (with a space after it), drag install-mac.sh into the window, press Enter, and follow what it prints (it also tells you how to install ReaImGui through ReaPack). This path hasn't been tested on a real Mac, so tell your admin if anything breaks.
Something went wrong
- REAPER says it can't find the engine / ReaImGui: run the installer again, with REAPER closed.
- Antivirus removed
bandsync.exe: restore it from quarantine (it's unsigned, so some scanners are cautious) and run the installer again. - "Someone is editing": that person has to Push or Cancel editing first. Your admin can break a stuck lock.
- Anything else: send your admin a screenshot of the BandSync window or of the installer's black window.