[RWP] routing the metronome in reaper?

[Patrick Perdue]

The metronome in Reaper is audio, not midi, far as I know. Maybe you can get a plugin that replaces the metronome and integrates with Reaper's time/beat/tempo information that may be a bit more flexible. In Sonar, you have the option of using the audio engine, or a midi output, but I've never seen anything like that in Reaper, not even for routing the metronome to a separate audio output than the one that the master track uses. That would even be useful, provided your audio interface has multiple routable physical outputs on it.

On Jul 22, 2011, at 4:37 AM, colin McDonald wrote:

> Hey All:
> ok, here's the background:
> I'm trying to use an alices SR-16 drum machine as a click track device, for the drummer, while running Midi sequences in Reaper.  What I need to happen is to have reaper send the metronome with tempo information, via Midi,  out to the SR-16, as a click track.
> The rest of the instruments in the sequence are routed to a yamaha XP50.
> I'm using an UM1G USB to Midi interface with one midi out, and one midi in.
> I've got the UM1G's output connected to the input of the SR-16, and then i'm going from the output of the SR16 out to the Yamaha XP50 keyboard/sequencer.
> The SR-16 will only reproduce drum sounds, from channel 10, so that's why I've got it first, then the sequencer daisy chained off that.
> There are no latency issues whatsoever, the SR-16, xp50 and the metronome in reaper are all in sink and so on.  Much better than microsoft GS wavetable BTW.
> However, I can't seem to find how to route the Metronome click sound produced by reaper, out to another device.
> I can do it in quick windows sequencer, but not in reaper it would seem.
> In QWS, in the metronome settings, it gives an option as to which port to send the metronome click track to.  That option doesn't seem to exist in reapers metronome settings.
> In QWS, if I set the metrnome port to the UM1G, the click track plays through the SR-16 just fine...mute the sequenced drums, and I've got a great click track.
> 
> So, if anyone knows how to send reapers metronome to a specific port or device, I'd really appreciate a bit of direction.
> I've searched a bunch of terms in the action list and haven't come up with anything.
> With all tracks assigned to the UM1G device, the metronome still plays out of the soundcard.
> 
> regards
> Colin 
> 
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