[RWP] MIDI Input Assign

[Indigo]

David, I don't know System Access, Roy Shtupler does, but I assume your 
virtual mouse is showing about the same thing  the Jaws and Window-eyes 
PC cursor and mouse pointer are showing at the number pad.
, You don't need much info from the screen very much while doing general 
navigation. .
All the navigation one needs is at the tab and mid arrow keys.
Where the virtual mouse slash mouse pointer comes into its own is while 
exploring interfaces of VST plugs.
When you insert a VST soft synth, you are placed in the Reaper effects 
routing page.
You can get to that same page any time from the track view by pressing 
the letter F.

In track view, it's very crucial to have the track selected that is the 
master track for the plug you want to explore in the effects view
With another track selected you get a different effects view with a 
press of F..
arrow to the track containing the soft synth, press F, and explore the 
soft synth's interface at the screen with your virtual mouse.
We can't expect that Window-Eyes moves are going to translate exactly 
into System Access moves of your virtual mouse, but I found; I wouldn't 
say secret; but my own discoveries how to find otherwise non speaking 
screen buttons for increment and decrement of presets, and sometimes 
buttons for morphing presets, and other parameters, depending on which 
soft synth is loaded.
Try to get sighted help if you can, but if you can't, use whatever 
method System Access has for jumping to screen items, or icons, or graphics.
Left and right Click them and learn what happens.
Also, if system access has a method of creeping  the mouse cursor around 
the screen by pixels, or small groups of pixels, use that to explore in 
the vicinity of screen graphics that don't speak.

I'm sure you will soon make personal discoveries that work in System Access.
VST effects are another story, with a different access technique.
 From track view with ctrl+middle insert key, tab and arrow to the VST 
folder with the supplied Cockos effects, and load one of them.
You can also insert  effects from the effects routing page, same result, 
the effects gets loaded.

In the effects routing page, tab down a couple of places and you will 
find a combo box that should have a list of parameters of that Cockos 
effect.
that you just loaded.
Depending on which particular effect, there might be a few or even 
dozens of parameters in that combo box.
You can also find parameters with repeated presses of the tab key for 
that effect, and you can type in values in an edit box at the arrow 
keys, or arrow up and down to various selections.
Here's another work around; discovered by Jim Snowbarger:
When there are no parameters showing in that combo box, because of a 
display problem, you press ctrl+page down and the list of parameters 
suddenly appears.
You will be placed at the bottom of the list, because you hit page down, 
so you arrow up through the parameters, or hit page up to get to the top 
of the list.
That parameter display issue seems to be true only for the supplied 
Cockos effects.
Third party effects also display  their parameter list in that same 
combo box, and their parameters are also available at the tab key, with 
edit boxes or selections at the arrow keys.
Of course, how many parameters show up depends on which effect, or soft 
synth is loaded.
Do you already know about the huge list of accessible parameters that 
Reaper displays for many many plugs?
I'll go look at Reaper on this computer and refresh my memory on the 
moves and get back to you on navigating that list, unless you've already 
discovered it.
Native Instruments FM8 is one of my favorite soft synths, with over 800 
working parameters showing in its parameter list.
Cakewalk Z3TA also has hundreds
It's tedious to tweak parameters from Reaper's plugIn parameter list, 
but it can be done.

There are also little tricks to get soft synths to display their presets 
at the arrow keys in effects routing page, sometimes with the preset names.
Z3ta shows over a thousand presets in 1 long list at the arrow keys, 
with no special tricks required.
All this is very individual to the particular soft synth, and the best 
advice is to left click and right click everything, to learn what happens.
Reaper is not very delicate, and doesn't lock up easily from 
experimental clicking.
There are usually several methods for doing anything, and you will find 
your favorite ways of working.

Indigo L.


On 8/30/2012 3:09 PM, David P Shortland wrote:
> Thanx Indigo
>
> I knew very little about the Extended Trak Parameters other than what I
> had seen come up in the Reaaccess Preferences Dialog, figured they would
> show up sooner or later...*smile*
>
> The Control Up Arrow then the Application Key worked a treat...*large
> smile*
>
> Wouldst there be any other tricky hidden Keystrokes that are not
> apparent from the Training Mode of Reaper?
>
> Do we have to use the Virtual Mouse a lot? I realise that this might be
> an open ended question, but just some of the main ones might be a clue...
>
> Again my thanx
>
> Kind regards
>
> David P Shortland
> DragonScore Productions
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Indigo
> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 12:52 PM
> To: Reapers Without Peepers
> Subject: Re: [RWP] MIDI Input Assign
>
> Sorry, David, I now realize you said the KeyStation 88 is enabled in
> midi preferences.
> So, don't use IO Routing dialog, but use the track options instead,
> which are always available at your tab key in track view.
> I tab down to midi output, I arrow up a couple of places and there is my
> connected keyboard.
> I hit enter to save settings and go back to track view.
>
> I use this when I want to feed a midi file to the sound engine of my
> keyboard synth; I guess that's also what you want to do.
>
> There is another method of setting track recording options, an extended
> version of the track options you get by pressing the applications key,
> but it won't display without a work around..
> To reach that extended track options menu, press ctrl+up arrow to unlock
> a slight glitch; in Reaper versions 4 and later.
> Then immediately press the applications key and the extended track
> options menu displays.
>
> Arrow down through it and you will soon see if you are in the correct menu.
> If not; go back to track view, press ctrl+up arrow, then press the
> applications key and you'll get the correct menu.
> Reaper is a little bit tricky at displaying that extended track options
> menu, but you'll soon get used to its ways, and be inventing your own
> work arounds..
> HTH,
> Indigo L
> .
>
> On 8/29/2012 6:04 PM, David P Shortland wrote:
>> Hi & Greetings from ‘Down Under’
>> All goes VERY well with Reaper except for one niggling / nagging little
>> problem!!
>> I am trying to Assign my KeyStationPro88 (external MIDI controller)to a
>> specific trak.
>> I have ‘Enabled’ it in the Preferences / Audio / Midi Devices, and when
>> I open the Input/Output Screen for the particular trak I wish to Assign
>> it to I can see everything, Sends Receives, Audio Hardware Output, Midi
>> Hardware Output, but I cannot find anywhere how to Assign the MIDI Input.
>> Even on the Trak itself in the Virtual Screen for us I can easily see
>> MIDI Output, but no MIDI In.
>> I can guess that this is going to be something really simple, but I just
>> cannot figure out how to do it.
>> Kind regards
>> David P Shortland
>> DragonScore Productions
>>
>>
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