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[Jim]

Hi,
I have one question about this. The documentation for my interface
talks about the ASIO4ALL driver. I'm unsure if they are recommending
that I replace the driver Windows found with that or not. What is that
all about? What happened when I was setting up was that I changed to
Direct Sound and found settings for my device. There was another one
called Wave out, which also looked like I could set it up with my
device. I just stopped deliberating and went with one, because I
didn't know what to pick.

I'm now to the point where I am going to try to plug my keyboard in
and see if I can get it to make noise. That is, if the other stuff is
up and working. Should I try to talk into this thing or use the audio
inputs first before I try to use MIDI, or just try MIDI?

Thanks.

Jim

Thanks.

Jim

Thanks.

Jim

On 7/6/14, Jim <jhomme1028 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> Thanks for this. This sounds like something I can handle.
>
> Jim
>
> On 7/5/14, Indigo <33indigo at charter.net> wrote:
>> Here's a Getting Going tutorial I posted some time back.
>> It needs to be worded smoother, but it should get your soundcard and
>> midi keyboard configured:
>> Connecting a midi keyboard to Reaper and getting going:
>>
>> If your midi keyboard  has a USB cable, plug that into your computer.
>> If you want to use midi caples, plug a midi cable from midi out on the
>> keyboard to midi in on your audio/midi interface card, and vice versa,
>> from midi out on your sound card to midi in on your keyboard.
>> Install all drivers that came with your sound card and keyboard.
>> Install Reaper 64 on Windows 7 64, and Reaper 32 on XP.
>> Open and close Reaper once, then Install ReaAccess, being sure to place
>> a check mark with space bar on which screenreaders you want to use with
>> Reaper and ReaAccess.
>> Open Reaper, and deal with the splash screen, and the continue to
>> evaluate option, until you decide to buy it.
>> press ctrl+P to go to options/preferences, which is a tree structure.
>> Under Audio, arrow to device, then tab down and configure input and
>> output from your audio Device, also called your sound card, and select
>> ASIO if your sound card offers it.
>> You should find a line with the name of your sound card, with the word
>> Disabled after it.
>> You need to change Disabled to Enabled
>> The general method for all screenreaders is to route the sound card's
>> name over to your number pad cursor; position the cursor on the sound
>> card name; or bring focus to it in NVDA; then right click at the number
>> pad, and the configure dialog should pop up.
>> Press enter on the configure dialog.
>>   Tab toUse as Audio Device and place a checkmark on it with your
>> spacebar.
>> Tab down to your soundcard inputs and select the first and last inputs
>> you want to use, then tab to soundcard outputs and select first and last
>> outputs you want to use. tab to Okay and hit enter.
>> Enabling your midi device is very similar.
>> Still under the general topic Audio, arrow to midi device, tab to it's
>> name, like the name of your midi keyboard, and get the word Enabled
>> after its name by routing over to your numberPad, right click on that
>> name at your numPad, then follow the configuration dialog.
>> Tab to apply, okay, and hit enter.
>> You can test to learn if midi messages are getting into reaper by
>> loading a soft synth onto a track.
>> Press ctrl+I
>>   Arrow to Insert Virtual Synth on a Track.
>> Press enter.
>> Tab to Reaper's folders where virtual synths and effects plugIns are
>> stored.
>> In VST, arrow to the included synth called ReaSynth, and press enter on
>> it's name.
>> It will load onto its own track.
>> Arrowing up or down selects a track.
>> Arrow to the new track that has  ReaSynth.
>> Tab down to Record source, which should be Input.
>> Tab to Arm for Record, and press spacebar to turn armed on.
>> You need to give ReaSynth an output sound engine, which can be your
>> soundcard, or even the default Microsoft synth.
>> Tab to midi output; and arrow to a sound engine, like your soundcard or
>> Microsoft synth.
>> Tab to monitor item; and use space bar to select either on;  or normal.
>> Be sure to press enter before exiting to save these settings.
>> You will be returned to the track view.
>> While arrowed to the track With ReaSynth, you should hear its beeps when
>> you press your midi keyboard's keys, so you're in business, up and
>> running in Reaper!
>> Indi
>>
>>
>> On 7/5/2014 1:55 PM, Jim wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> I'm totally new to this list. I have done some analog recording a very
>>> long time ago, but mostly participated. I heard about Reaper, and did
>>> some googling to find this list. I'm a Windows user, and I have JAWS,
>>> NVDA, and Window-eyes. My son just got me a MIDI/Audio interface.
>>> Right now, I have a Yamaha P95 keyboard, and I was just thinking of
>>> using that to get notes into my computer and then finding out what
>>> else there is in software to make other noises. Mostly, I just want to
>>> get my toe in the water and start from zero to get some experience
>>> just putting my own ideas down and not losing them. If something else
>>> comes of it, good.
>>>
>>> Any advice about things to read, how to get going, no matter how
>>> elementary would be wonderful.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> Jim--
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