[Rwp] MIDI Problem was Re: How to Select A Single Track

[Chris Belle]

Hey Kelly?
Unlike sonar, reaper's midi is all bolted on.
You need to load the midi control plug-in to take care of things like 
program change, and cc values.
You can enter them manually, but what a pain.
I think there are actions that can link track volume with midi cc and 
such, but haven't tried those yet.
The easy way to get a midi file to populate with a soft synth is to load 
it up, and then hit the receives combo box on the soft synth with the i 
command, and tell reaper to send receives to all the midi tracks.
If you choose it, wait a second, it happens automatically.
This sort of default behavior can be your friend sometimes, and piss you 
off other times.
Otherwise, you just set your destinations and such as you wish manually.
yes, us old sonar users will be crying and kicking our legs on the floor 
getting used to reapers neanderthal midi editing, but hey,
that's just the way it it out west.
If you really want to you can use rewire,
and make sonar and reaper play chase together,
have your cake and eat it too as it were.
I still much prefer midi editing in sonar though, but I am glad we at 
least have the basics covered.
Perhaps a template for loading midi  files
in to populated with that midi control fx, remember to always put it up 
stream from your midi instrument either hardware or software, or your 
program changes and cc values won't get accepted they'll be on the wrong 
side 'grin'.


On 2/13/2016 1:43 PM, Kelly Sapergia wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for the info. I didn't know about the I command before.
> I've now got MIDI working, and have some more questions as a result:
>
> 1. When you select the channel you want to record on, is there a way 
> to tell Reaper to use a different instrument? For me, I usually end up 
> with a piano sound, except for channel 4 (which plays whatever 
> instrument I set the keyboard to in it's Global mode), and Channel 10 
> for drums.
>
> 2. How would you load in a soft synth? I believe there's one that's 
> included with Reaper that I wouldn't mind trying. Also, what's a good 
> soundfont VST plugin to use with Reaper?
>
> 3. I understand that there are some MIDI FX plugins. How do you use 
> those?
>
> 4. Is it possible to change or remove MIDI notes?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Yours Sincerely,
> Kelly John Sapergia
> Show Host and Production Director
> The Global Voice Internet Radio
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