[RWP] Help with Sinth VSTs

[Crystal Dennis]

When I pull down the sound device menus I have:

Primary Sound capture driver -- when Direct Sound is selected
Microsoft Sound Mapper -- When Wave out is selected.

those are the only 2 sound devices that show up and on midi I have:
Microsoft Wavable Sinth Disabled (I tried right clicking and no menus
came up at all....I'm also using JAWS 10)

The only things I can't get working are the sound libraries, and I
feel like there's something vital that I'm missing due to my
newbe-ness in this subject....sorry if this is too many questions!
But all I get are drop down menus in preferences, no way to right
click anything even with the JAWS cursor

On 12/27/13, Indigo <33indigo at charter.net> wrote:
> 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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