[RWP] using reaper as a live setup?

[Indigo]

Hi Tristan,
I run Reaper with Window-Eyes 6.1 on XP, and now I'm trying to run it 
with NVDA on Win7 64 bits, but program change and pitch bend would be 
the same whatever screenreader.

Whether you can select program change from your midi keyboard depends on 
which VST is running.
Some VST plugIns, like the Dune demo I use as a test VST, because it's 
so standard and dependable, reacts instantly to program changes sent 
from every midi keyboard's front panel.
So does Cakewalk's Z3TA.

Others won't react to program change messages, and you need to find 
their program Handler dialog, like Cakewalk Rapture and Dimension Pro.
I have learned to play presets in some, like FM8 and Absynth 5, by 
discovering where on their interface their program increment and 
decrement buttons are; and advancing through programs 1 at a time from 
there, not exactly suitable for realtime performance; but it does allow 
me to use their wonderful presets

I don't have the chops for performance, I input from a midi keyboard and 
assemble music, so work arounds are okay for me.
As for pitch bend, you should  be able to change the default setting 
that your midi keyboard sends to a VST.
Some VST plugs have their own settings.
I notice that in FM8 and Absynth 5; pitch bend and mod wheel settings 
change with each preset patch, some have the pitchbend changing by 
semitones, some have it jumping an octave quickly, some even have it 
leaping up or down 7 octaves, to produce those dramatic shreiks you hear 
in top 40.
It's the same with mod wheel settings, they can be different per preset; 
most commonly changing vibrato depth, but some use it to radically open 
and close a filter.
.
I don't know what would be a plugin that would suit your musical style 
that would always respond to program change messages, would have 16 
channels available, and would have the instruments you need.
Dune is extremely dependable, but it's disco or dance oriented, 
synthetic, without a very reallistic piano, for instance.
Cakewalk's Rapture and Dimension Pro are full of rich sounds,based on 
sound fonts; but their program handler dialog takes a few seconds to 
navigate to load new presets.

Everything you ask about is possible in Reaper, but if I was going to 
perform somewhere, I'd find a single VST that offered what I needed, 
rather than trying to get it from several plugs.
I wish I knew what that all in 1 plugin is, I've been looking for it for 
years.
Indigo L



On 7/13/2012 3:53 AM, Tristan Hodson wrote: