[Rwp] Playing Midi?

[Christopher-Mark Gilland]

Can someone please give me a little hand here?  I have a .mid midi file
which I need to not just import into Reaper, but then I need to use my
default sound card to play the midi file back.  Basically, what I'm trying
to accomplish is I want to be able to load up the  midi file into Reaper,
and eventually be able to hit space bar to play, and then be able to audibly
here it back.  I'm perfectly aware that midi isn't audio.  My guess is that
there will be a few more steps than just importing the midi file.  The midi
tracks are very very well named in this file, so if I have to route the midi
tracks to another track which uses an instrument track, as long as you all
can tell me how to do that, and on the instrument track, how to select the
patch it will use, then figuring out what instrument goes with what midi
track isn't an issue in the least.  I just need step by step directions on
how to route the midi data into a software instrument so it can actually be
heard audibly.  I hope I'm making sense.
 
Chris.
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