[RWP] routing the metronome in reaper?

Fri Jul 22 19:15:19 EDT 2011

it does help.
However, when midi clock etc is set, I don't think I'll be able to send a 
pre count to the sr16 though?
So that would mean modifying the midi sequence or one of the instruments in 
the sequence to send a pre count out?
thanks for your help so far, it gives me a starting point.

regards
Colin
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Indigo" <33indigo at charter.net>
To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 3:46 PM
Subject: Re: [RWP] routing the metronome in reaper?

>I get to options in Reaper by hitting F6, then arrowing left to Options, 
>then selecting preferences.
>
> I'm not quite sure where the setting for sending out midi clock, or midi 
> time code, or midi sync, all names for the same thing, more or less.
> When I'm looking for settings in Reaper's preferences, I go to the number 
> pad in Winize, arrow down to a topic, like midi, then I go to the tab key 
> and tab through the selections.
> I don't have any hardware gear synced to Reaper, so I don't know if midi 
> clock out is the default setting for Reaper or not.
>
>
> Hope any of this helps,
> Indigo
>
>
> On 7/22/2011 5:34 PM, Indigo wrote:
>> Reaper will send out midi time code from midi out jacks of your sound 
>> card.
>> Just look in Reaper's options to be sure that midi time code, also
>> called midi clock, is being sent.
>> If you only have a single midi out jack on your sound card, and you are
>> already connecting that out jack to another piece of hardware gear, if
>> that gear has a midi through jack, connect the midi through to the midi
>> in jack of your SR16, and it will be synchronized to Reaper's tempo,
>> also to start and stop commands sent to Reaper.
>> To get a click from the SR16, for the drummer to hear, you can set the
>> SR16 to sound its metronome while it is either in play or record mode.
>> On 7/22/2011 4:53 PM, colin McDonald wrote:
>>> I don't know how to set and send a midi time code?
>>> any pointers?
>>> I'm really new at all the MIDI stuff, even though it's an old 
>>> technology.
>>> Essentially, in QWS, this is what I think is happening.
>>> When the metronome in QWS is set to send out to the UM1g, it's
>>> transmitting a Midi time code to the SR16, which then plays that time
>>> code...you can set the MIDI key number in QWS as well to tell the SR16
>>> what kind of sound to play.
>>> I want to do this in reaper, but obviously I'll have to manually program
>>> the MIDI time code and put that into the sequence.
>>> Is this done using a Midi event or what?
>>> I understand that I need to create some sort of event, or something, so
>>> that tempo and key number can be automatically sent out to the SR16 from
>>> any midi file or sequence loaded into reaper.
>>> I could program this for each file as well if I had to. The idea is to
>>> have syncronized starts and stops, and automated tempo to the sr16 so
>>> that one can just hit the space bar in reaper, and the drummer gets a 2
>>> bar preroll, at the correct tempo that matches the sequence file.
>>> any pointers on how to get started with a MIDI time code in reaper would
>>> be appreciated.
>>> I'd rather use the much more powerful reaper than quick windows
>>> sequencer or some other lesser program.
>>> regards
>>> Colin
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Indigo" <33indigo at charter.net>
>>> To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
>>> Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 6:03 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [RWP] routing the metronome in reaper?
>>>
>>>
>>>> I don't understand, why send a click track to the SR-16?
>>>> why not just send plain old midi time code to the SR-16, then set the
>>>> SR-16's metronome to sound, so the drummer can hear it?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 7/22/2011 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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