[RWP] routing the metronome in reaper?

[colin McDonald]

ok.
It's odd that the met function isn't very flexible.
I suppose a VST or other type of plug in might do the trick.

regards
Colin

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Patrick Perdue" <patrick at pdaudio.net>
To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 3:35 AM
Subject: Re: [RWP] routing the metronome in reaper?


> 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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