[RWP] midi controller

[Indigo]

Here's a very simple setup that records midi from a single VSTI synth:
 From the file menu select New Project and hit enter.
I like a metronome, so I press F10, left arrow to options and enable the 
metronome and set the preroll settings I prefer.
Then I press ctrl+insert, go to VST and select the Dune VSTI synth, hit 
enter, and I get a single track named Dune VST, no items.
While arrowed to the Dune track, I hit the tab key while on the Dune 
track and make these selections:

Midi OutputNone.
Channel all.
Num Channels 2.
Send To Parent On.
Solo Off.
Mute Off.
Phase Off.
Effects Active.
Record Armed On.
Record Mode Input.
Record Monitor Normal.
Monitor Items Off.
Automation Trim Off.
Volume 0.00 DB
Pan Center.
I have only the 1 track, which is the Master/Parent track, and Send to 
Parent is On, so I conclude that track is sending to itself.
I press R and I play some notes from my keyboard.
I hit the spacebar to stop recording.
With this barebones setup, I need to hit the W key to jump back to the 
beginning of the recorded track.
I hit the spacebar again and I hear the notes I recorded.
To erase that entire midi track, I hit W to jump to track beginning, 
hold shift and ctrl and press the right arrow to select all recorded 
items, then hit the delete key, and I'm ready to record again on that 
same track.
I'm pretty sure that this setup is the absolutely default track 
configuration that ReaAccess sets up, the only thing I have change is 
metronome enabled and record armed on.

On 8/12/2011 8:05 AM, Indigo wrote:
> Jim, I just looked at the track options that are set in my Reaper 3.76,
> running the latest ReaAccess.
> I have the Dune VSTI synthesizer on track 1.
> I have the AdrenaLinn sync 2 VST effect on its own track, with its send
> pointed to the Dune track.
> I inserted a third track to record midi , with its receive pointed to Dune.
> When I arrow to the record track, here are the options I find at the tab
> key:
> Midi Output, my E-Mu 0404 PCI interface.
> Channel all.
> Num Channels 2.
> Send To Parent On.
> Solo Off.
> Mute Off.
> Phase Off.
> Effects Active.
> Record Armed On.
> Record Mode Input.
> Record Monitor Normal.
> Monitor Items On.
> Automation Trim Off.
> Volume 0.00 DB
> Pan Center.
>
> I pushed R and began recording.
> I played something on my edirol keyboard and heard what the Adrenalinn
> effect is doing to the sound Dune is sending to the Adrenalinn plug.
> I hit spacebar to stop recording.
> Somewhere in preferences I must have already set the track to jump back
> to the beginning of the recorded track, since I didn't need to hit W to
> jump to track beginning.
> I hit spacebar and heard exactly what I just heard when recording, so
> these track options I find at the tab key must be working.
>
>
> .
>
> 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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