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[Indigo]

Hi James,
Not supposed to get a shock.
Maybe your computer isn't grounded. smile.
If you opened Reaper and hear No Tracks Found, you got Reaper and 
ReaAccess installed okay.
The first thing to do is to configure your audio and audio device, then 
your midi device.
Every recording program has this required step.
Press the shortcut ctrl+P to get to options/preferences.
Arrow to audio; tab down and get your soundcard enabled.
Same when you arrow to midi devices, tab down and get the word Enabled 
after your midi keyboard's name.
You basically need to route to your number pad, find the keyboard's name 
there, and right click it.
A configure dialog appears.
Click on configure  and it opens.
Put checkmarks with your space bar on use for midi, also on use for midi 
control, if your midi keyboard has any knobs or faders that transmit 
midi messages.
Then click on OK; tab down to Apply and OK and press enter on those.
You now can play soft synths, also called VSTI plugIns.
If you google with the word RWP archive, plus a question in a few words, 
you access the years of archived emails answering almost any question 
about reaper.

Indi

On 6/5/2013 8:21 AM, James wrote:
> Hi everyone,
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> My name is James Burke.  I am an absolute beginner at using a digital audio
> workstation.  Can someone point me to the most basic, simple instructions
> for getting started and using Reaper?  I have installed the program and also
> ReaAccess, but when I opened the program, I got a huge shock.  Anyway, any
> help will be extremely welcome!
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> Thanks,
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> James Burke
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