[RWP] midi controller

[Indigo]

Jim, are you running ReaAccess, or tackling Reaper barefoot?
With ReaAccess running, arrowing to a track focuses or selects it.
At the tab key will be the various options for that track.
I don't remember all the options, but of course like in other daws, 
generally, I want that track unmuted, with its channel set to all 
channels or 1 to 16, its input and output set from and to my midi 
interface, and monitor set to normal, and record armed.

I have never used the path you found to pass through to module, so don't 
know what that does.
In Reaper's routing dialog you can easily assign sends and receives for 
any synth track to any other track, like the track you want to record on.
For instance, arrow to your synthesizer's track, hit the letter I to 
open the routing dialog, tab down until you find assign send, thenarrow 
down until you find the track you want to record on .
Push the escape key and you have completed assignment of a send from 
your synthesizer's track to the record track, so your synthesizer's 
output will go there, and that track will record the midi your synth 
outputs.
To send the midi from your record track to the synth track, arrow to 
your record track, hit I to open  the routing dialog, tab down to assign 
send, arrow down to the synth's track, push escape and you have assigned 
the midi on your record track to play your synthesizer.
The ReaAccess routing dialog opened with the letter I is your friend.
All the tabs are so well named and intuitive it's easy to assign sends 
and receives from any track to any track, or to an external hardware 
device, like a synth module.
I was so simple minded I thought I needed to assign both sends and 
receives, each pointing back to the other track, but I now find I don't 
need both, Reaper takes care of  the other one.
For instance, I'm currently experimenting with Roger Linn's AdrenaLinn 
Sync 2, which is a soft version of his wonderful guitar pedal.
I bring a VSTI synth into Reaper, then bring in the Adrenalinn plug, 
which is a VST effect.
I find a single track for each.
I arrow to the synth track, hit I for routing dialog, assign a send to 
the AdrenaLinn plug, and escape.
When I arrow to the AdrenaLinn track and look in the routing dialog, 
Reaper has already assigned a send back to the synthesizer track.
By the way, I love AdrenaLinn Sync 2, which is very useable out of the 
box, only a little spotting needed, and wonderful, only $99!
As for Reaper, It's all much simpler than it looks, and only complex as 
required.
If those track options at the tab key are set up right, hit the letter R 
and recording will begin.
Hit the spacebar to stop recording, hit W to rewind to beginning of 
track, hit spacebar again to play, and you'll hear what you just recorded.

.




On 8/11/2011 11:03 PM, Jim Snowbarger wrote:
> More about this. while focused on the track, I tab to Midi output, and
> usee arrow keys to select the output I want, and press enter.
> The jaws sayLine command now says track 1, fast lane port A as expected.
> Hit the context key, up arrow to Midi input and prss enter. Arrow down
> to fastlane Port A submenu, right arrow to open submenu, down arrow to
> all channels and press enter.
> Next time I come in to that same area, fast lane port A, all channels is
> checked.
> Arm track with monitor set to normal, and play on the keyboard, but no
> pass through comes out.
> If I press the bypass switch on the fastLane, I get pass through to the
> sound module. , so things are hooked up ok. It's I just can't get it to
> pass through. If I record, I can't tell if anything got recorded or not.
> But, it doesn't play back.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Snowbarger"
> <Snowman at SnowmanRadio.com>
> To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
> Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 9:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [RWP] midi controller
>
>
>> I have an old Mark of the unicorn Fast lane midi output device. It
>> works great with sonar.
>> Actually, I have never managed to make midi work at all with reaper.
>> Congratulations to those of you who have.
>> Following the options preferences path, I have both channels on the
>> midi device enabled.
>> So, I create a track.
>> Focused on the track, I presss tab, and get to record mode. Up and
>> down arrow reveal, among other things midi replace, midi overdub, midi
>> output. Not sure what midi output does. But, one of the others seems
>> applicable. So, I choose midi replace.
>> Continuing to tab across, I see midi output set to fast lane port A,
>> which seems correct.
>> But, escaping back to the track, then shift+context key, and arrowing
>> up to Midi output, reveals none, or another midi output device that I
>> don't want to use. Fast lane is not in the list. Not sure why.
>> And, if I arm the track, with monitor enabled, it is in audio mode,
>> not midi.
>> Is this interface an inscrutible, nonintuitive pain in the ass or what.
>> Help desperately needed.
>> Suggestions welcome.
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Indigo" <33indigo at charter.net>
>> To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 9:53 PM
>> Subject: Re: [RWP] midi controller
>>
>>
>>> I go to options/preferences/midi devices/ either input or output.
>>> I tab down a little to output device, or whatever it's called, which
>>> always seems to say not selected until I arrow down and get the
>>> device to be spoken, then go through the usual enabling procedure.
>>> In Winize the enabling procedure is a bit complex.
>>> I find the device at the number pad, right click it, tab down to
>>> configure, hit enter, then arrow down to enable, then I think it's
>>> the usual apply and okay buttons to hit enter on.
>>> I'm just taking this off the top of my head, without having Reaper on
>>> this computer to look at, but that's the general idea of the procedure.
>>>
>>> On 8/10/2011 9:51 PM, Kevin Brown wrote:
>>>> OK,
>>>>
>>>> I solved the folder problem I was having with reaper,...Now, I would
>>>> like to know where I need to go to select the midi controller so I can
>>>> record some midi tracks?...
>>>>
>>>> In the previous version of reaper there was a dropdown menu that would
>>>> let you select the "midi out controller", such as my "Motif Sx", but it
>>>> seems that option is no longer availible?...
>>>>
>>>> I have all of the "midi ins", and "midi outs" enabled in
>>>> preferences,...So just how do I go about selecting my motif as the midi
>>>> controller so I can record midi??...
>>>>
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