[RWP] Using reaper with midi and hardware sounds?

Sun Nov 30 08:00:48 EST 2014

Ah I get that now.
I still have Another question.
Let's say I have a few midi tracks with different instruments from
hardware on them.
I wonder if I would be able to create audio tracks that only send
audio from one midi track at a time.
The way things are set up for me now is that whenever I choose the
input of my soundcard as an audio track, if I don't have any of the
midi tracks muted or soloed I get sound from Everything on that audio
track.
It would be great to have one audio track for each midi track. That
way when I record I don't have to solo every midi track for separat
recording.
I saw somewhere you can do this but I still haven't figured out
exactly how the track sends and recieves work and how to use that part
of reaper.
Still I'm getting there and Learning slowly but surely.

2014-11-29 19:21 GMT+01:00, Patrick Perdue <patrick at pdaudio.net>:
> If you want audio from hardware, you have to record it into an audio track.
> That's how it is. Whether you choose to record each midi track to its own
> separate audio track for further processing (which I have done from time to
> time,) or just record all trucks to one audio track, it's up to you.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Nov 29, 2014, at 12:38 PM, Tor Tollhag <tortollhag at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> That's cool.
>> At the moment I've figured out how to import midi files from qws and
>> make them play while in the Project.
>> However when I try to render the Project there's no audio from the
>> midi tracks that uses my hardware sounds.
>> I can add an audio track and select my soundcard input, then I might
>> be able to record stuff, but then I can only record all the midi
>> tracks, unless I mute tracks just to record audio, it's a bit of a
>> mess at the moment.
>> However if I'm using midi with softsynths the output isn't midi, so I
>> can render that and hear Everything. Just need to figure out how to
>> work with midi tracks with midi output where I later want to render
>> the audio from the Project including them.
>> Also if I try to add an effect plugin to a midi track it gets silent,
>> again cause it's not an audio track.
>>
>>
>>
>> 2014-11-29 17:41 GMT+01:00, Ken Downey <KenWDowney at blindlabyrinth.com>:
>>> I'll be putting the podcast up in the next day or two, and hopefully
>>> it'll
>>> help some. I'm laying down an electronic wind instrument sax track or a
>>> piece I'm working on at the moment, but as soon as I'm done I'll start
>>> editing that podcast. It sounds like it's needed, and it also sounds
>>> like
>>> I'll be adding more material before I upload it.
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Tor Tollhag" <tortollhag at gmail.com>
>>> To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
>>> Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2014 8:03 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [RWP] Using reaper with midi and hardware sounds?
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi again.
>>>> Well today I imported a midi file into reaper that I had recorded with
>>>> my keybord in qws.
>>>> I managed to get all 3 tracks in reaper and I saw the midi items there.
>>>> However I didn't here any audio.
>>>> I had my keybord set to performance mode and local off mode.
>>>> When opening this file in qws the audio bit works perfectly.
>>>> Tried to mess with changing the midi output to my focusrite soundcard
>>>> and still no audio. Midi input on all tracks should be set to my
>>>> juno-g keybord surely.
>>>> I feel pretty stupid, I must be missing something. Also tried arming /
>>>> unarming the tracks and turning record monitor on and off, without any
>>>> audable results.
>>>>
>>>> I really need some help with this.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2014-11-27 19:32 GMT+01:00, Ken Downey <KenWDowney at blindlabyrinth.com>:
>>>>> Hey,
>>>>> so long as you can hear your keyboard, you don't have to worry about
>>>>> anything audio when you're recording through MIDI. I monitor my line
>>>>> in
>>>>> directly when I'm recording MIDI because there is no latency
>>>>> whatsoever.
>>>>>
>>>>> Of
>>>>>
>>>>> course, I have to mute it when I'm monitoring audio input, if I want
>>>>> to
>>>>> hear
>>>>>
>>>>> the effects in real time anyway. Just tab over to where it says midi
>>>>> output
>>>>>
>>>>> and down arrow to the name of your board, then hit enter. Arm the
>>>>> track
>>>>> and
>>>>>
>>>>> off you go. Also, remember that no matter how good Reaper is, QWS is
>>>>> still a
>>>>>
>>>>> rockin' tool too, as are Goldwave and Audacity, and you won't be
>>>>> replacing
>>>>> them entirely.
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "Tor Tollhag" <tortollhag at gmail.com>
>>>>> To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
>>>>> Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2014 10:33 AM
>>>>> Subject: [RWP] Using reaper with midi and hardware sounds?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi there.
>>>>>> I know how to use my midi device in Reaper now if I want to use soft
>>>>>> synth plugins.
>>>>>> However I wonder if anyone here knows how to set reaper up so the
>>>>>> sounds built into the midi keybord is used?
>>>>>> I feel a bit stupid for not figuring this out since it all works with
>>>>>> Quick Windows Sequencer if I set the keybord in what's called
>>>>>> Performance mode.
>>>>>> The keybord i'm using is a Roland Juno-G.
>>>>>> I have it hooked up with midi via usb and also have stereo audio
>>>>>> going
>>>>>> to my Focusrite usb sound interface.
>>>>>> When using it with qws I set it up so local mode is off, so the only
>>>>>> sound I'm hearing is the midi data that qws is sending.
>>>>>> I want this to work with Reaper as well if possible.
>>>>>> Also my sound interface has a record monitor on by default so when
>>>>>> using qws all I have to do is turn the keybord on, switch to
>>>>>> performance mode and turn local mode off and then I'm ready to
>>>>>> sequence.
>>>>>> It doesn't seem to be that easy with reaper.
>>>>>> Do I have to have a second audio track monitoring for every midi
>>>>>> track? If the sound interface has the monitoring on by default surely
>>>>>> I shouldn't have to do this as well?
>>>>>> I'm a bit confused and I would be greatful for any help.
>>>>>> Again working with software synths in reaper is way easyer, and I've
>>>>>> even sequenced a bit with that.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Tor
>>>>>>
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