[RWP] routing the metronome in reaper?

[colin McDonald]

ah, ok.  I'll have to turn the metronome on in the sr-16 then.
in QWS it automatically did the metronome sound...however, I didn't 
specifically turn on the sr16 metronome function.
again, thanks for the help so far.

regards
Colin
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Indigo" <33indigo at charter.net>
To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 3:34 PM
Subject: Re: [RWP] routing the metronome in reaper?


> 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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