[RWP] Patch and bank changes: Something I should know, but can't figure out

[Patrick Perdue]

Yeah, hypersonic2. Most of the more specialized ones don't, more 
general/multi-part ones do bank/patch change.

On 12/11/2014 5:13 AM, Chris Belle wrote:
> It's been my experience though that many of them don't accept them.
>
> But yeh, that goes without saying.
>
> I've never tried hypersonic2 in reaper,
> or do you mean the original
> hypersonic?
>
> Bank and patch show up fine in sonar on that,
> but we're talkin reaper here.
>
>   Midi in reaper drives me nuts.
>
> On 12/11/2014 4:08 AM, Patrick Perdue wrote:
>> Actually, if the VST understands  standard bank/patch  changes, the
>> process would be what he described. So, yes, hardware vs. software,
>> but it's all the same in that way.
>>
>> If you are sending a group of tracks to a multi-part VST, you should
>> just be able to put ReaControl on as the first effect, and any
>> bank/patch changes you do there will get passed to which ever channel
>> you select to be sent to the track with your VST.
>> Or, you can insert ReaControl in the chain before the VST synth if you
>> aren't necessarily having to care about driving multiple channels.
>> Yes, the order matters. Make sure it is in the chain before your
>> synth, or bank/patch changes won't work.
>> It's kind of a weird system for doing something so basic.
>>
>> I actually use a JS plugin for changing MSB/LSB/patch that Bryan Smart
>> wrote rather than ReaControl, as all of it's parameters are easier to
>> get to from the effect window. This also has other basic midi
>> controls, such as reverb, chorus, filter cut-off/resonance, attack,
>> decay, portamento/polyphony controls, etc.
>> I can send it to the list if anyone is interested.
>> He also wrote one specifically for the old Steinberg Hypersonic.
>>
>> On 12/11/2014 1:48 AM, Chris Belle wrote:
>>> He's talking about vst instruments, don't confuse that with hardware.
>>>
>>> On 12/11/2014 12:36 AM, Tor Tollhag wrote:
>>>> This is something I wonder how to do as well.
>>>> When using my Roland keybord as hardware, if local mode is off and
>>>> performance mode is on, I can do bank and patch Changes in Quick
>>>> windows sequencer.
>>>> After that if I'm in Reaper and select the keybord as both input and
>>>> output I can then import the sequenced midi file into reaper.
>>>> However after that when the file is in Reaper I don't know how to
>>>> change banks or patches either.
>>>> Apparently you're supposed to be able to do this using the reaper
>>>> reacontrolmidi plugin, but I can't seem to change anything using that
>>>> plugin.
>>>> Either there's something I've missed or it isn't that accessible for
>>>> us.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2014-12-10 22:24 GMT+01:00, Ken Downey <KenWDowney at blindlabyrinth.com>:
>>>>> How do I do bank and program changes with a VST instrument? I know it
>>>>> has to
>>>>> do with the ReaMidiControl plugin but I just can't make it work. I
>>>>> don't
>>>>> have the ability to do it with my MIDI keyboard or I'd just do it
>>>>> that way.
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