[RWP] Help with Sinth VSTs

[Indigo]

Crystal, do you have a sound card that you installed into your computer, 
or is there only the RealTech sound chip?
If you have a third-party soundcard installed, or just RealTech,  you 
need to get it recognized in Reaper's preferences.
You can play VST synths using the RealTech chip, but with large delay or 
latency; between the moment you hit the note on the keyboard and the 
moment you hear the note.
To get either your installed soundcard or the built in RealTech chip 
enabled, press ctrl+P.
Then navigate to audio.
Then tab down to the field that shows either your soundcard, or 
RealTech, and get enabled; instead of Disabled, after its name; by 
routing focus to the number pad.
The method will depend on your screenreader, but it's similar in 
Wineyes, Jaws and NVDA.
Then focus at the numPad on the soundcard's name, or Disabled.
Then right click at the number pad

The Configure Dialog should appear.
Press enter on the Configure Dialog, and when it opens, place checkmarks 
on use as audio device, etcetera.
Then arrow down to Midi Device and follow the same procedure for the 
inputs and outputs for midi.
Get Disabled routed over to the number Pad, then focus on the 
soundcard's name or Disabled, then right click and you should get the 
midi configuration Dialog.
Hit enter on it.
When it opens, place checkmarks with your spacebar on Use as midi 
device, etcetera.
Then tab down to OK and hit enter, and you'll be taken back to the track 
view.
To get a synth to load, you need to install it in a folder, or 
copy/paste its .dll into a folder, so Reaper can find it.
I keep all VST's in C:\Program Files\Steinberg\VSTPlugins which, if I 
typed it correctly, is the exact path to my synths folder.
To type in the path to where you are keeping VST plugIns, press ctrl+P, 
then arrow down to VST, then tab down to where Reaper asks you to type 
in a path to your VST plugIns.
Same here as when getting a soundcard enabled, be sure to click enter on 
OK before exiting.
To load a synth, press the letter F while on a selected track and the 
load dialog opens.
Navigate with tab and arrows to the desired plugIn and hit enter on it, 
and it loads to the selected track.

Now, while arrowed to the track with the loaded plug, tab and you'll get 
various recording options.
Set monitor to Normal with your arrow keys, so you can hear the synth play.
Be sure to hit enter to keep your settings.
I can't tell you what to set as the recording source, since I've never 
used the virtual keyboard, and have no idea how to set up a synth to 
play from virtual keyboard.
Sorry,
Indi



On 12/26/2013 7:52 PM, Crystal Dennis wrote:
> Hi again!  I seriously need some help, so hopefully I came to the
> right place :)
>
> I have been using reaper for awhile, and I recently wanted to start
> composing my own music tracks with instrument sinths.  I'm using the
> virtual keyboard, and have downloaded a few sinth sets but...I have
> had this same problem with all of them:  They haven't been playing
> when I load the track into reaper!  Here's what I've been doing:
>
> - Installing the software (I've tried Eastwest and Miroslave
> Filharmonic with the same results for both - no audio)
> - Then I've tinkered with my audio device settings with no results.
>
> Now I am very, very new with dealing with sinths, so my questions are:
>   Do I need some new software that reaper doesn't have?  I don't have
> any Aceo drivers, could that be why?  or does the Virtual Keyboard
> just not work for all plugins...I've tried spicy guitar also and it
> doesn't play either.  Sound magics VSTs have worked for me, but that's
> about it really.  There's something that says 32 Out and 8 Out next to
> some of the files, what does that mean?  Are there any other orchestra
> sinth packs that work better with Reaper I could try out?  I really
> just want to get something working because right now I have a ton of
> GB taken up with nothing to show for it.  So mainly I'm a noob with
> sinths who needs help!
>
> Sorry for this novel!  Any help would be greatly appreciated :)
>
> Crystal
>
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