After spending the better part of two days trying to accomplish this from other Reaper channel tutorials, you explained it with ease and clarity where others didn't. Thanks for all your effort Kenny. You are the man.
I don't know how you don't have more subs. Your videos are super helpful and your speech pattern makes it really easy to follow. I use them all the time!
Kenny, these videos are amazing. Just went to your web site where they're all grouped according to topic -- what a godsend! And your narration style is just so helpful. I know some comments in other videos tease you a bit for your slow diction, but I find it to be just the right pace. It's slow and soothing, and it gives me time to absorb both what you're saying and what I'm seeing on the screen. I wish you great success with your channel and your product offerings! I'm sure I'll be buying one soon.
Why use this template set up? I set mine up like that and it worked as described. One thing I noticed, each drum on its own track but the track panel controls, volume, pan, etc are not in operation. Raise the snare volume up or down does nothing. I realize volume etc can be controlled in the AD2 drum interface. I guess the only use for this template set up is to be able to record each instrument on its own track. Kinda odd, first you split drums apart then you bring then back together.
Thank you Kenny!!! Just another great tutorial. My question should me, now... ...how could I split all drums sounds in different tracks to be processed (comp., eq, reverb, etc.).???
I cannot thank you enough for this tutorial. All of yours are really exemplary! This was immensely helpful and predictive of what questions would be asked during this process. Thank you.
Thanks for this. I do not have the patience to sift through EZDrummer files to paste together drum parts that I'd like and so I decided that this would be the best way, in theory, to go, but didn't know exactly how to do it, practically speaking.
Nice video Kenny but the way that I been doing this is to record drums is to record the midi on one track and then I separate the midi to separate tracks! I do believe Reaper has a “explode” function that separates notes by pitch to separate tracks! Your way, if you set it up as a preset is faster!
This is very helpful but theres a key info missing: in the range of toms there are cymbals too. and cymbals are also all over the place on the piano roll. how do i make a track with ONLY toms and another with ONLY cymbals? Thanks!
The best solution I downloaded was TW_MIDI_NoteFilter.jsfx Google it and see post from Time Waster at 03-28-2019, 11:08 PM for link. Place the downloaded file in Reaper Resources/Effects (I also created a sub-folder called Custom for mine). Open the FX Browser, right click the top panel and choose Scan for New Plugins. Now, when you search All Plugins for midi filter, it should show as JS: MIDI Note Filter - TW.
The best solution I found was TW_MIDI_NoteFilter.jsfx Google it and see post from Time Waster at 03-28-2019, 11:08 PM for link. Place the file in Reaper Resources/Effects (I also created a sub-folder called Custom for mine). Open the FX Browser, right click the top panel and choose Scan for New Plugins. Now, when you search All Plugins for midi filter, it should show as JS: MIDI Note Filter - TW.
My detailed update keeps getting deleted. But, here is the short version: The best solution I found was TW_MIDI_NoteFilter.jsfx. Sorry I am unable to add the helpful instructions I'd put together.
So I’m facing this issue with an Alesis Nitro Mesh kit. I ended up making my hi hat have 3 channels (open, closed, pedal) and assigning the MIDI note for each note to the input channel. So if open house hat was “46”, I’d punch in 46.
Rather than multiply you processor workload, set up a channel with the VST/FX you require and SEND the track(s) to it. Therefore you can use the same channel to process as many instruments you require. As shown in this example the Master FX is doing the job for the whole kit.
@@Mudge07 but what if i want to EQ each drum separately? compression? using this method i can't EQ bass drum separately and that the main reason went thru this lesson. sorry i'm new to this.
Hey kenny, quick question! whenever I input an FX into the midi "child" track (for example kick) it doesn't recognize it. I've put an EQ and it does not work, it does not trigger, how can i fix it?
The video is great, it helped me a lot! Now, I just came across a strange problem and I cannot seem to understand it. I spent the whole day googling it. Whenever I try to arm a recording track that is inside a folder, I hear double sound when I hit the note, but as soon as I take it out of the folder, it sounds normal again. I didn't touch anything, just the simple action of making the Drums track a Folder, everything under it sounds doubled. What could it possibly be? Thanks again for the video, really helpful!
Now I've set it up as described, how do I add an effect, say reverb, to a single drum track. So, I just want to add some reverb to the kick only. For some reason, if I add an effect to an individual drum track the effect doesn't do anything.
Is there a way to apply filters for different ranges of midi notes that skips unneeded ones? I have an Alessis DM 10 kit and using EzDrummer 3 and the hi hat looks to have a massive range in midi notes it could be and if i setup the way i have the kick and snare, then i'm going to be pulling in a crap tonne of other notes that i dont want. The only other option i see would be for me to change all the midi notes in EZDrummer to the relevant drums, which if i could i'd rather avoid as it looks like it'd be a pain in the arse to get right
Hi there, quick question for you: I get audio input into Reaper from my Roland TD17 drum kit, but I can't get MIDI (the tracks still appear as sounds waves rather than MIDI 'dots' no matter how much I alter with the settings). Any ideas, or is there a way I can contact you to troubleshoot this? I'd really appreciate it!
Doesn't it? I'm using MT Powerdrumkit2 in Reaper. I built a groove and got it into Reaper, but now I want to explode to separate tracks. I watched a vid on how it's done in Studio 3 but I can't find the corresponding actions in Reaper. Any ideas?
@@lukasvnenk5664 Bro I totally found it by accident just a few minutes after I asked you! Go to Item: Item processing: Explode MIDI item by note row. Bingo. I was digging around and stumbled on it. I don't know why it's so buried but it's there. Good luck man!
Not sure what I am doing wrong, I am following the steps to the letter and can't even get audio to send to the kick track I created to send to the master drum channel.
Hello, I'm having an issue with this method. I'm literally doing everything you say step by step and I have no luck. When I send the "Kick" track to the EZDrummer 2 track, it says that EZD2 receives the other track but there is no sound when I arm the "kick" track and unarm EZD2. Please help me out if you can, this is driving me nuts. I understand sends but it just won't work for me for this particular method.
Do you have monitoring turned on? it is the button between "IN" and input effects on the track. It looks like a speaker from side view, If it is on it will be a closed shape, if it is off it will be an open shape.
You are the man in Reaper! quick question. how do i add effects to individual midi tracks in this setup? i tried to add delay on my side stick but i know its not setup up right. Thanks!
Awesome vid Kenny!! Is there a way to use the Reaper Mixer (faders) intead of the ezdrummer mixer? I cant figure it out..All is working great except I have to use the ezdrummer mixer to adjust the volume of the drums. Maybe that's as good as it gets.IDK its cool either way.Thanks!
Hey Kenny, when I insert an fx in the kick track for example it doesn't affect the kick, or when I move the fader in the snare for example doesn't change the volume, why and how do I do to apply a compressor for example only in the kick during the mix? Thanks a lot for your videos.
Odd. I have the same situation. Everything works as Kenny shows, but each track"s volume and pan faders dont work! Any success getting them to workk?? I saw the other post about fx not working on each track as well but I haven"t gotten that far. HELP, anyone!
Can you now show me how to do this with Logic Pro? I got a Roland TD-11 electronic kit. Its sounds are great but al pads are recorded to one track. No good.
Awesome! I'm assuming that you can delete the Midi Examiner plugin from each track after the tracks are set up, to save on processing power and whatnot?
Thanks a lot, this video sure help to figure out how to do it. Very nice job! In my Drum kit the floor tom has a note between hihat notes so I can't filter floor tom from the hihat track using a range... I'm looking for the best way to achieve it, since I'm very new working witf Reaper. I don't want to record all hihat notes on diferent tracks but I think it'd be the easiest way...
There is another free plugin named MIDI Polysher. If I'm not wrong, it has a more flexible range spanning, free form selection stuff etc. I would give it a try :)
This is my issue as well! Managed to get every drum element on a separate midi track but putting fx on any track other than the main track (which runs all the drums) doesn't have any effect. I guess maybe there's a way to reroute each individual track to a separate fx track...? I will experiment with this but I don't really know what I'm doing lol so help would be much appreciated, thanks!
Well, this is separating MIDI notes, not each part of a drum VSt. What I would do is record your performance on one track with one instance of the drum plugin, explode the midi performance by note to separate tracks, delete the original track to which you have the plugin put into, add the plugin to each track you separated out from the original track, and lastly freaze the tracks so they become audio tracks.
Absolutely great video! I am using this method to record my drum machine via midi to separate tracks, but is it possible to then use those tracks to trigger a vst plugin like Steven slate drums?
Great video...just one question...how can you add effects afterwards (post)? I tried adding within the chain pre and on the track and neither way worked??
You can't add audio FX to MIDI tracks. This video will help you separate each drum so you can process their audio output: www.kennymania.com/separate-drum-software-outputs/
Help!! I followed this step by step and it worked flawlessly for the kick. I went to add the snare and now for some reason I can’t get the data byte value in Midi Examiner. It won’t register anything when I hit the snare but I have sound. So frustrating
Ok this is great, but what if you’re writing drums in the MIDI viewer itself (no kit, just using mouse to create midi notes)? Is there a way to write them all in one MIDI track and then send them out individually like this? …or maybe this works for that. I’m at work so not around Reaper to try.
I'm having problems converting the individual drum midi files into audio. A Render/Freeze warning keeps popping up. Has anyone else experienced this or have any advice?
im sorry Im confused what is the point of doing this? it seems way harder to edit an make midi drum tracks if their all spread out like that. I came here thinking this would show me how to put the drum sounds on their own tracks for compression eq and fx.
In the intro Kenny says it might make it easier to edit the individual parts, eg if you want to change the velocity for one drum at a time. I must admit I can't see a huge benefit myself either, but then again I've never edited a drum part! To do what you want, ie different plugins for each individual drum, I can think of a couple of ways. Firstly, your drum plugin might support multiple output channels. EZDrummer, the one Kenny shows here, does. It has an in-built mixer. It defaults to outputting just stereo, but in the plugin you can change that to multichannel, and then you get up to 16 separate stereo pairs; 32 channels of audio in total. You can then add more channels to the Reaper track with the drum plugin on, and use the plugin pins to have EZDrummer send audio to those extra tracks. You can then put individual EQs on each channel, or pairs of channels using their plugin pins to have them listen to the appropriate input channels; eg you could add six copies of ReaEQ to a single drum plugin track, then set the first EQ to listen on channels 1+2, the second on 3+4, then 5+6, 6+7, etc. Each would be EQing a different drum/set of drums. However it'd probably be easier to manage if instead you created one track for the drum plugin and then separates track for each of the stereo audio oputs, then use add multiple sends from the drum plugin track to each of those separate audio channels. Ie if the drum plugin is on track 1, add a send from track 1 to track 2, sending channels 1+2, then another from track 1 to 2 sending channels 3+4, then 5+6 to track 4, and so on. Then tracks 2, 3, 4, etc could each have their own FX chain, which would be affecting the audio of only one one set of drums. One track for the Kick, one for Snare, one for the Toms, one for Hi-Hats, etc. That would also give you one fader and pan pot per set of drums. EZDrummer provides stereo channel pairs for: Kick, Snare, Hi-Hat, Toms, Overheads, Ambient stereo, Ambient mono, One Shot, Shaker, Tambourine, and Percussion ambient. That's probably all anyone would need, however it's not quite one per drum. For example there are four toms, all of which will come out the stereo pair marked "Toms", and would need to share a single FX chain. The second method could provide literally one track per individual drum, and would also work for drum FXs that don't provide multi-channel output: first split the MIDI input parts like Kenny shows here, and then simply put a separate instance of the drum FX plugin on each individual track. You can then add EQ and other plugins after the drum FX on each individual track. You could then have, say, 16 or so tracks, each one for an individual drum, each having an instance of the drum plugin, and each with its own separate FX chain. Of course that may well be overkill, and the disadvantage of this method - besides requiring more time to setup, at least the first time - is that you'll end up running far more copies of each plugin, at the cost of CPU resources.
Hi Kenny. I'm trying to do the same thing with Session Drummer 3. How can I filter four non-correlative notes on my Hats MIDI track? I have already checked that I add four JS note filter, when I filter note 22 to 22, in the following note filter the 42, and the following the 44 and the next 46, will only filter the 22. Thus, it seems that you can not use more than one scrip of Note Filter per string FX. Thank you for exposing things so clearly. Greetings.
Hi Kenny, Thanks for teaching this, it's awesome!! I understand how to route each drum now, but is there a way to see the output of each drum on its own track meter? Or can you only see the output on the parent track? Also, can you control each individual tracks volume from the individual sliders in Reaper or do you have to do that from the midi editor? I understand that the overall volume will be controlled from the parent track. Thanks again! This is a big help.
I have the same request regarding volume control in the mixer. I guess I could do volume control in the "parent" track containing all the samples, but if the fader could do it, that would be nice. I have a Novation Impulse 49 with pads programmed for the midi inputs. So alternatively, I'll try to "learn" the volume controls in the ReaSamplomatic for each fader. Another fantastic video Kenny. This has kept me busy and experimenting for weeks now :)
Hi Kenny, thank you so much for these videos, they're brilliant. With this one though I'm using superior drummer and everything seems to go to plan until I open the midi examiner plugin, the drums are not triggering anything in that plugin when I click on them. The sounds are still coming through track 1 though... is there anything I should be setting up differently before starting this tutorial? Cheers!
Is there a way to trigger two notes from 1 hit? In my drum software I have the snare sound and a trigger sound (I load anoter snare sound with more bass in it) and together sounds killer but cannot trigger both at the same time since they are in different keys (D1 and D1#), is there a MIDI FX (or chain) that allows me to trigger both notes?. Thanks in advance.
HOW to make ONE_ONLY midi track with drums in Arrangement View AND A LOT OF different channels with drums in Mixer. It`s not comfortable - so many track is Arrangement View ib vertical space. Yes we can make a midi_sends from track with several samplomatics to other tracks named "snare", "kick", "hat", but we will have a several tracks in arrange_list too. It`s not comfortable.
Kenny, thanks for this video. It was a much different way to separate out the individual midi instruments than the automatic way MT Power Drums does for you. I did this for every one of my drum types, but then I couldn't figure out how to pan them left or right using the pan controls in the tracks for each instrument. Do you have any advice on where to go to fade one of these drums left or right? Is there no way to do that in Reaper's track interface with your setup?
@@timothygoodman942 I wish I could tell you but I have come so far since this comment, losing a PC to hardware failure and becoming much more experienced with Reaper, that I can't recall. It's been a while since I played with midi, though. Thank you for asking.
Excellent tutorial!. I have an issue where there is a short delay when I hit my Samplepad while recording thru an USB cable to my laptop in Reaper. I can't figure out what I need to check to avoid that.
hi Kenny! Thanks again for all your well made videos. I totally dig it its very helpful for me. Following this video, I am wondering if it is possible to have a setup where the individual MIDI tracks are also receiving a seperate output from the INSTRUMENT? For example: I would like to load only one DRUM instrument that has multiple outputs. I also want seperate MIDI tracks to contain the information of the beat I am making. Finally I would like to have seperate audio outputs to mix in Reaper that are also coming back on the MIDI tracks, Do you know if this is possible ? I have tried doing my own setup and it didnt work as expected. Thanks in advance Alex
This video is amazing dude, but any idea what to do when your channels overlap? Eg: I have a Roland TD-6V kit, and the floor tom uses 41/43, but 42 is one of the hi-hat notes. What do you do each pad's channel range overlaps? I tried having multiple MIDI filters, but that doesn't work (which makes sense now I think about it!)
Hi James, I am facing the same issue and am wondering if you have found a solution for it. Is there any way to add e.g. 41 and 43 as comma separated notes to a track instead of a range?
Hi Reaper. Followed this excellent tutorial, but can't get the "MIDI Note Filter" or "MIDI Examiner" to work. They load ok, but don't show what note is being played on the MT Power Drumkit plugi, or block whatever note you tell it to. Any ideas?
Thanks for the instruction, now i have a question ; everytime i render/freeze the tracks, pops up " Warning some selected tracks may send from channel other than 1/2(or pre-fx/post-fx-sends)which may make this not function as desired.continue?"...what does it means? can anyone help me! thanks
Hi Kenny - watching this and im still having trouble recording the midi output from one track to another. I have pre-recorded midi and an arpeggiator plugin on one track and i want the arpeggiated output recorded somehow - as midi. Of course i can render audio but i want the arpeggio recorded as notes. I know i can record in real time by playing notes on keyboard and having the arpeggiator as input FX....but... i want some pre-recorded midi files to trigger the arpeggiator and record the result as midi.
This is a very intuitive video so thanks very much Keny. I have a question for you. Can we achieve the same result with another multi vsti plugin, i.e like FL Studio Multi Vsti or even with Ableton Live? I would appreciate it if you can do a video on either platform to show the same effect. Many thanks.
cou jean Agree, this is a drawback. The workaround is to filter them on separate tracks then route or group them to one track. It's a shame that they didn't implement such an obvious requirement as the ability to select non-sequential note combinations.
Your videos are some of the best! Can this be done with an electronic kit? I did go through what this video instructs and I never could get the MIDI examiner to show me the MIDI drum note being played. I'm sure the answer has something to do with how Reaper is set up in my use but I haven't found it yet. Any ideas where I should look?
This is good stuff. Just getting started with a TD30-KV and the edge of the hat seems to be sending to 26. I can see the ability to let CC events ass through, so that's awesome, but how can I filter 26 AND 42-46?
hey there ive been using reaper for only a few months now when i try to alter my midi drums in one specific spot it alters all of the drums in that lane further down the track how do i get this to stop
Yeah, you can highlight all of the tracks you want to make into one, right click, and select Item Processing->Implode Tracks (wording might be different that what I'm remembering)
Whenever I have a question when using Reaper, no matter how specific it is, there is a tutorial from Kenny! Thank you so much!!!
I couldn't agree anymore with you brother ...I couldn't agree anymore 😎😎
After spending the better part of two days trying to accomplish this from other Reaper channel tutorials, you explained it with ease and clarity where others didn't. Thanks for all your effort Kenny. You are the man.
I don't know how you don't have more subs. Your videos are super helpful and your speech pattern makes it really easy to follow. I use them all the time!
This video deserves a standing ovation
Tools used: MIDI examiner, MIDI filter, a drum plugin, routing, preferences/midiedigor/one midi editor per project.
I learned most of the things about reaper in a week just because of you.
Thank you so much ❤
Kenny, these videos are amazing. Just went to your web site where they're all grouped according to topic -- what a godsend! And your narration style is just so helpful. I know some comments in other videos tease you a bit for your slow diction, but I find it to be just the right pace. It's slow and soothing, and it gives me time to absorb both what you're saying and what I'm seeing on the screen. I wish you great success with your channel and your product offerings! I'm sure I'll be buying one soon.
Every DAW needs a Kenny, this is great!
Wonderful lesson for Reaper. We could not hope for something better. Thank you!
You are the GOAT! Thank you so much!!!
Another extremely informative multi-tactic engaging explanation. thanks Kenny!
Why use this template set up?
I set mine up like that and it worked as described.
One thing I noticed, each drum on its own track but the track panel controls, volume, pan, etc are not in operation. Raise the snare volume up or down does nothing. I realize volume etc can be controlled in the AD2 drum interface.
I guess the only use for this template set up is to be able to record each instrument on its own track.
Kinda odd, first you split drums apart then you bring then back together.
Thank you Kenny!!!
Just another great tutorial.
My question should me, now...
...how could I split all drums sounds in different tracks to be processed (comp., eq, reverb, etc.).???
I just separated a 19 piece midi drum kit, into 19 tracks ! Thank you So Much !
LOL
I cannot thank you enough for this tutorial. All of yours are really exemplary! This was immensely helpful and predictive of what questions would be asked during this process. Thank you.
Thanks Kenny for this simple and usefull video to make us smarter using the best DAW on the planet!!
Thanks for this.
I do not have the patience to sift through EZDrummer files to paste together drum parts that I'd like and so I decided that this would be the best way, in theory, to go, but didn't know exactly how to do it, practically speaking.
Thanks a ton, this helped immensely... and helped MIDI click in my mind better than it had in the past!
i cant add effects to each separate drum track. I need help!
Thanks for the track template tip at the end!!
i follow up the steps that you describe,and it work fine thank you Kenny !
Nice video Kenny but the way that I been doing this is to record drums is to record the midi on one track and then I separate the midi to separate tracks! I do believe Reaper has a “explode” function that separates notes by pitch to separate tracks! Your way, if you set it up as a preset is faster!
Jesus, I needeed this! Thanks a million, man!
This is very helpful but theres a key info missing: in the range of toms there are cymbals too. and cymbals are also all over the place on the piano roll. how do i make a track with ONLY toms and another with ONLY cymbals? Thanks!
Yes, I've been thinking that too and I'm investigating it today.
The best solution I downloaded was TW_MIDI_NoteFilter.jsfx
Google it and see post from Time Waster at 03-28-2019, 11:08 PM for link.
Place the downloaded file in Reaper Resources/Effects (I also created a sub-folder called Custom for mine).
Open the FX Browser, right click the top panel and choose Scan for New Plugins.
Now, when you search All Plugins for midi filter, it should show as JS: MIDI Note Filter - TW.
The best solution I found was TW_MIDI_NoteFilter.jsfx
Google it and see post from Time Waster at 03-28-2019, 11:08 PM for link.
Place the file in Reaper Resources/Effects (I also created a sub-folder called Custom for mine).
Open the FX Browser, right click the top panel and choose Scan for New Plugins.
Now, when you search All Plugins for midi filter, it should show as JS: MIDI Note Filter - TW.
My detailed update keeps getting deleted. But, here is the short version: The best solution I found was TW_MIDI_NoteFilter.jsfx. Sorry I am unable to add the helpful instructions I'd put together.
What if there are toms in between hi hat keys on your plugin setup?
YES! I'm facing the same problem here!!! T.T
So I’m facing this issue with an Alesis Nitro Mesh kit. I ended up making my hi hat have 3 channels (open, closed, pedal) and assigning the MIDI note for each note to the input channel.
So if open house hat was “46”, I’d punch in 46.
Now how do i put different VSTs on each separate drum?
Rather than multiply you processor workload, set up a channel with the VST/FX you require and SEND the track(s) to it. Therefore you can use the same channel to process as many instruments you require. As shown in this example the Master FX is doing the job for the whole kit.
@@Mudge07 but what if i want to EQ each drum separately? compression? using this method i can't EQ bass drum separately and that the main reason went thru this lesson. sorry i'm new to this.
Why am I not seeing the plugin for EZ drummer, or for any program for that matter? It's only showing me three plugins... Am I missing something?
Hey kenny, quick question! whenever I input an FX into the midi "child" track (for example kick) it doesn't recognize it. I've put an EQ and it does not work, it does not trigger, how can i fix it?
The video is great, it helped me a lot! Now, I just came across a strange problem and I cannot seem to understand it. I spent the whole day googling it.
Whenever I try to arm a recording track that is inside a folder, I hear double sound when I hit the note, but as soon as I take it out of the folder, it sounds normal again. I didn't touch anything, just the simple action of making the Drums track a Folder, everything under it sounds doubled. What could it possibly be?
Thanks again for the video, really helpful!
Now I've set it up as described, how do I add an effect, say reverb, to a single drum track. So, I just want to add some reverb to the kick only. For some reason, if I add an effect to an individual drum track the effect doesn't do anything.
There another video from him showing how to record the midi into normal peaks. i think you can mix it better there.
Is there a way to apply filters for different ranges of midi notes that skips unneeded ones?
I have an Alessis DM 10 kit and using EzDrummer 3 and the hi hat looks to have a massive range in midi notes it could be and if i setup the way i have the kick and snare, then i'm going to be pulling in a crap tonne of other notes that i dont want.
The only other option i see would be for me to change all the midi notes in EZDrummer to the relevant drums, which if i could i'd rather avoid as it looks like it'd be a pain in the arse to get right
I know it's not the purpose of this video but can you tell me where is the option to let the routing window opened in case we clic outside of it?
Preferences - General - Advanced UI/system tweaks - Allow track envelope/routing windows to stay open
Very kind of you
Hi there, quick question for you: I get audio input into Reaper from my Roland TD17 drum kit, but I can't get MIDI (the tracks still appear as sounds waves rather than MIDI 'dots' no matter how much I alter with the settings). Any ideas, or is there a way I can contact you to troubleshoot this? I'd really appreciate it!
❤ cool video!
Why am I getting a weird “phaser” sound when I use the cymbals on the routed tracks, but not on the parent track?
Definitely Legend 👑👑👑, But what about Processing?
For drums i use Addictive Drums and i have saved one set as a template, but how do i change the drumset?
Would be perfect if Reaper had something like "take this full drum set midi and split it into separate tracks" feature.
Doesn't it? I'm using MT Powerdrumkit2 in Reaper. I built a groove and got it into Reaper, but now I want to explode to separate tracks. I watched a vid on how it's done in Studio 3 but I can't find the corresponding actions in Reaper. Any ideas?
@@thorthunderlungs5171 I haven't figure it out yet. Because I rarelly do this, I just did it manually. Hope they add this feature anyway :)
@@lukasvnenk5664
Bro I totally found it by accident just a few minutes after I asked you! Go to Item: Item processing: Explode MIDI item by note row. Bingo. I was digging around and stumbled on it. I don't know why it's so buried but it's there. Good luck man!
@@thorthunderlungs5171 Wow, thanks! I've never noticed that button, now I'm gonna use it a lot I guess. Have a nice day!
What if I just wanted to send seperate audio to seperaye tracks and keep the midi on one track so I could eq them separately??? Please answer
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I hope this helps.
Not sure what I am doing wrong, I am following the steps to the letter and can't even get audio to send to the kick track I created to send to the master drum channel.
Hello,
I'm having an issue with this method. I'm literally doing everything you say step by step and I have no luck. When I send the "Kick" track to the EZDrummer 2 track, it says that EZD2 receives the other track but there is no sound when I arm the "kick" track and unarm EZD2. Please help me out if you can, this is driving me nuts. I understand sends but it just won't work for me for this particular method.
Do you have monitoring turned on? it is the button between "IN" and input effects on the track. It looks like a speaker from side view, If it is on it will be a closed shape, if it is off it will be an open shape.
thx @@RFXCasey this worked for me as well!!
question: how will you connect ezdrum with a roland V-drum, because i have a TD-30 of Roland in my home
You are the man in Reaper! quick question. how do i add effects to individual midi tracks in this setup? i tried to add delay on my side stick but i know its not setup up right. Thanks!
Sorry KJ, you already answered this . Thanks !
Whenever I duplicate the track and try to use the midi examiner to figure out what any other drum is, it doesn't pick it up. Any ideas?
How can I do it if I already have the drums recorded using ReaSamplonatic500?
Awesome vid Kenny!! Is there a way to use the Reaper Mixer (faders) intead of the ezdrummer mixer? I cant figure it out..All is working great except I have to use the ezdrummer mixer to adjust the volume of the drums. Maybe that's as good as it gets.IDK its cool either way.Thanks!
Hey Kenny, when I insert an fx in the kick track for example it doesn't affect the kick, or when I move the fader in the snare for example doesn't change the volume, why and how do I do to apply a compressor for example only in the kick during the mix? Thanks a lot for your videos.
Odd. I have the same situation. Everything works as Kenny shows, but each track"s volume and pan faders dont work! Any success getting them to workk?? I saw the other post about fx not working on each track as well but I haven"t gotten that far. HELP, anyone!
Got the same issue here.. anyone knows how to use fx and faders with any single track ?
I was dealing with the same issue. Allegedly the answer is in this video: www.kennymania.com/separate-drum-software-outputs/
Can you now show me how to do this with Logic Pro? I got a Roland TD-11 electronic kit. Its sounds are great but al pads are recorded to one track. No good.
Awesome! I'm assuming that you can delete the Midi Examiner plugin from each track after the tracks are set up, to save on processing power and whatnot?
Thanks a lot, this video sure help to figure out how to do it. Very nice job! In my Drum kit the floor tom has a note between hihat notes so I can't filter floor tom from the hihat track using a range... I'm looking for the best way to achieve it, since I'm very new working witf Reaper. I don't want to record all hihat notes on diferent tracks but I think it'd be the easiest way...
There is another free plugin named MIDI Polysher. If I'm not wrong, it has a more flexible range spanning, free form selection stuff etc. I would give it a try :)
This video is infinitely helpful. Thank you sir!
Massive thanks on this one Kenny!.
Worked perfectly. But how do you add separate effects to the different tracks? Might want more of one thing or another for the different drums.
This is my issue as well! Managed to get every drum element on a separate midi track but putting fx on any track other than the main track (which runs all the drums) doesn't have any effect. I guess maybe there's a way to reroute each individual track to a separate fx track...? I will experiment with this but I don't really know what I'm doing lol so help would be much appreciated, thanks!
Sweet! How do i make it to where i can EQ each part like snare kick etc?
Well, this is separating MIDI notes, not each part of a drum VSt.
What I would do is record your performance on one track with one instance of the drum plugin, explode the midi performance by note to separate tracks, delete the original track to which you have the plugin put into, add the plugin to each track you separated out from the original track, and lastly freaze the tracks so they become audio tracks.
Absolutely great video! I am using this method to record my drum machine via midi to separate tracks, but is it possible to then use those tracks to trigger a vst plugin like Steven slate drums?
Great video...just one question...how can you add effects afterwards (post)? I tried adding within the chain pre and on the track and neither way worked??
You can't add audio FX to MIDI tracks. This video will help you separate each drum so you can process their audio output:
www.kennymania.com/separate-drum-software-outputs/
Brilliant! Thanks you sir
Help!! I followed this step by step and it worked flawlessly for the kick. I went to add the snare and now for some reason I can’t get the data byte value in Midi Examiner. It won’t register anything when I hit the snare but I have sound. So frustrating
When I go to change the snare note filter it changes the kick drum to 38-40 also.. so didn't work for me.
What if you don't have a drum program like tunetrack?
Ok this is great, but what if you’re writing drums in the MIDI viewer itself (no kit, just using mouse to create midi notes)? Is there a way to write them all in one MIDI track and then send them out individually like this? …or maybe this works for that. I’m at work so not around Reaper to try.
Oh you may have answered that already, by selecting all and viewing in one midi field the same goal can be achieved.
I'm having problems converting the individual drum midi files into audio. A Render/Freeze warning keeps popping up. Has anyone else experienced this or have any advice?
im sorry Im confused what is the point of doing this? it seems way harder to edit an make midi drum tracks if their all spread out like that. I came here thinking this would show me how to put the drum sounds on their own tracks for compression eq and fx.
In the intro Kenny says it might make it easier to edit the individual parts, eg if you want to change the velocity for one drum at a time. I must admit I can't see a huge benefit myself either, but then again I've never edited a drum part! To do what you want, ie different plugins for each individual drum, I can think of a couple of ways. Firstly, your drum plugin might support multiple output channels. EZDrummer, the one Kenny shows here, does. It has an in-built mixer. It defaults to outputting just stereo, but in the plugin you can change that to multichannel, and then you get up to 16 separate stereo pairs; 32 channels of audio in total. You can then add more channels to the Reaper track with the drum plugin on, and use the plugin pins to have EZDrummer send audio to those extra tracks. You can then put individual EQs on each channel, or pairs of channels using their plugin pins to have them listen to the appropriate input channels; eg you could add six copies of ReaEQ to a single drum plugin track, then set the first EQ to listen on channels 1+2, the second on 3+4, then 5+6, 6+7, etc. Each would be EQing a different drum/set of drums. However it'd probably be easier to manage if instead you created one track for the drum plugin and then separates track for each of the stereo audio oputs, then use add multiple sends from the drum plugin track to each of those separate audio channels. Ie if the drum plugin is on track 1, add a send from track 1 to track 2, sending channels 1+2, then another from track 1 to 2 sending channels 3+4, then 5+6 to track 4, and so on. Then tracks 2, 3, 4, etc could each have their own FX chain, which would be affecting the audio of only one one set of drums. One track for the Kick, one for Snare, one for the Toms, one for Hi-Hats, etc. That would also give you one fader and pan pot per set of drums.
EZDrummer provides stereo channel pairs for: Kick, Snare, Hi-Hat, Toms, Overheads, Ambient stereo, Ambient mono, One Shot, Shaker, Tambourine, and Percussion ambient. That's probably all anyone would need, however it's not quite one per drum. For example there are four toms, all of which will come out the stereo pair marked "Toms", and would need to share a single FX chain.
The second method could provide literally one track per individual drum, and would also work for drum FXs that don't provide multi-channel output: first split the MIDI input parts like Kenny shows here, and then simply put a separate instance of the drum FX plugin on each individual track. You can then add EQ and other plugins after the drum FX on each individual track. You could then have, say, 16 or so tracks, each one for an individual drum, each having an instance of the drum plugin, and each with its own separate FX chain. Of course that may well be overkill, and the disadvantage of this method - besides requiring more time to setup, at least the first time - is that you'll end up running far more copies of each plugin, at the cost of CPU resources.
Muito obrigado, ótimo vídeo.
Hi Kenny. I'm trying to do the same thing with Session Drummer 3. How can I filter four non-correlative notes on my Hats MIDI track? I have already checked that I add four JS note filter, when I filter note 22 to 22, in the following note filter the 42, and the following the 44 and the next 46, will only filter the 22. Thus, it seems that you can not use more than one scrip of Note Filter per string FX. Thank you for exposing things so clearly. Greetings.
This does not seem to work for the SSD5 free version, or maybe the rules have changed in 2020 for Reaper.
Hi Kenny, Thanks for teaching this, it's awesome!! I understand how to route each drum now, but is there a way to see the output of each drum on its own track meter? Or can you only see the output on the parent track? Also, can you control each individual tracks volume from the individual sliders in Reaper or do you have to do that from the midi editor? I understand that the overall volume will be controlled from the parent track. Thanks again! This is a big help.
I have the same request regarding volume control in the mixer. I guess I could do volume control in the "parent" track containing all the samples, but if the fader could do it, that would be nice. I have a Novation Impulse 49 with pads programmed for the midi inputs. So alternatively, I'll try to "learn" the volume controls in the ReaSamplomatic for each fader. Another fantastic video Kenny. This has kept me busy and experimenting for weeks now :)
How do you change the volume of a single MIDI track without changing velocity?
what is the easiest way to speparate it to different track after recorded as 1 midi drum track ?
Hi Kenny, thank you so much for these videos, they're brilliant. With this one though I'm using superior drummer and everything seems to go to plan until I open the midi examiner plugin, the drums are not triggering anything in that plugin when I click on them. The sounds are still coming through track 1 though... is there anything I should be setting up differently before starting this tutorial? Cheers!
I am having a similar problem: after I create the "kick" track and send it to the first track, there is still no signal on the "kick" track.
You have to click on your MIDI keyboard or MIDI drums. Clicking in the plugin won't send MIDI to the MIDI Examiner.
Is there a way to trigger two notes from 1 hit? In my drum software I have the snare sound and a trigger sound (I load anoter snare sound with more bass in it) and together sounds killer but cannot trigger both at the same time since they are in different keys (D1 and D1#), is there a MIDI FX (or chain) that allows me to trigger both notes?. Thanks in advance.
how do you freeze or render these tracks?
HOW to make ONE_ONLY midi track with drums in Arrangement View AND A LOT OF different channels with drums in Mixer.
It`s not comfortable - so many track is Arrangement View ib vertical space.
Yes we can make a midi_sends from track with several samplomatics to other tracks named "snare", "kick", "hat", but we will have a several tracks in arrange_list too. It`s not comfortable.
This is REALLY A grade stuff brother! Thanks for this!!
i guess this solves the record midi output/ midi overdub issue i've been having.
Kenny, thanks for this video. It was a much different way to separate out the individual midi instruments than the automatic way MT Power Drums does for you. I did this for every one of my drum types, but then I couldn't figure out how to pan them left or right using the pan controls in the tracks for each instrument. Do you have any advice on where to go to fade one of these drums left or right? Is there no way to do that in Reaper's track interface with your setup?
Hi, did you ever get a solution to this problem?
@@timothygoodman942 I wish I could tell you but I have come so far since this comment, losing a PC to hardware failure and becoming much more experienced with Reaper, that I can't recall. It's been a while since I played with midi, though. Thank you for asking.
Thank you sooo much
Excellent tutorial!. I have an issue where there is a short delay when I hit my Samplepad while recording thru an USB cable to my laptop in Reaper. I can't figure out what I need to check to avoid that.
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hi Kenny! Thanks again for all your well made videos. I totally dig it its very helpful for me.
Following this video, I am wondering if it is possible to have a setup where the individual MIDI tracks are also receiving a seperate output from the INSTRUMENT?
For example: I would like to load only one DRUM instrument that has multiple outputs. I also want seperate MIDI tracks to contain the information of the beat I am making. Finally I would like to have seperate audio outputs to mix in Reaper that are also coming back on the MIDI tracks, Do you know if this is possible ? I have tried doing my own setup and it didnt work as expected.
Thanks in advance
Alex
This video is amazing dude, but any idea what to do when your channels overlap? Eg: I have a Roland TD-6V kit, and the floor tom uses 41/43, but 42 is one of the hi-hat notes. What do you do each pad's channel range overlaps? I tried having multiple MIDI filters, but that doesn't work (which makes sense now I think about it!)
Hi James, I am facing the same issue and am wondering if you have found a solution for it. Is there any way to add e.g. 41 and 43 as comma separated notes to a track instead of a range?
Hi Reaper.
Followed this excellent tutorial, but can't get the "MIDI Note Filter" or "MIDI Examiner" to work. They load ok, but don't show what note is being played on the MT Power Drumkit plugi, or block whatever note you tell it to.
Any ideas?
Are you seeing MIDI come in on that track?
Thanks for the instruction, now i have a question ; everytime i render/freeze the tracks, pops up " Warning some selected tracks may send from channel other than 1/2(or pre-fx/post-fx-sends)which may make this not function as desired.continue?"...what does it means? can anyone help me!
thanks
Hi Kenny - watching this and im still having trouble recording the midi output from one track to another. I have pre-recorded midi and an arpeggiator plugin on one track and i want the arpeggiated output recorded somehow - as midi. Of course i can render audio but i want the arpeggio recorded as notes.
I know i can record in real time by playing notes on keyboard and having the arpeggiator as input FX....but... i want some pre-recorded midi files to trigger the arpeggiator and record the result as midi.
thesame was few days ago, but thank you for reminding.
Thanks for your video! I got a question: is it possible to Pan each midi note? Just for quick mixing drums before turning midi tracks into audio.
This is a very intuitive video so thanks very much Keny. I have a question for you. Can we achieve the same result with another multi vsti plugin, i.e like FL Studio Multi Vsti or even with Ableton Live? I would appreciate it if you can do a video on either platform to show the same effect. Many thanks.
FL will do everything you see here
Hi Kenny how can i filter if my cymbals are let say on 42-44-46?otherwise the toms on 43-45 will play.
Thank's
cou jean Agree, this is a drawback. The workaround is to filter them on separate tracks then route or group them to one track. It's a shame that they didn't implement such an obvious requirement as the ability to select non-sequential note combinations.
This is the same problem I ran into, and I agree that there should be a way to customize the notes so that they can be filtered non-sequentially.
check out the baterry plugin from NI ... you can put a different drum sample in slots separetely.
Your videos are some of the best! Can this be done with an electronic kit? I did go through what this video instructs and I never could get the MIDI examiner to show me the MIDI drum note being played. I'm sure the answer has something to do with how Reaper is set up in my use but I haven't found it yet. Any ideas where I should look?
I have the same problem, do you use Windows? I suspect it's different on Mac's.
Thanks for this video, is there any reason that you don't add the ride or crash cymbals?
Excellent video, thank you
This is good stuff. Just getting started with a TD30-KV and the edge of the hat seems to be sending to 26. I can see the ability to let CC events ass through, so that's awesome, but how can I filter 26 AND 42-46?
Maybe (just an idea because I don't know if it actually works) you could use another midi note filter to let that 26 pass as well
that literally doesnt tell me how you got the drum kit to work in reaper. when will someone make a video that actually shows how to do this?
Great video, but my toms are on an other place then yours, mine are the white keys where the HiHat is? on 74 till 81 is nothing
Very good stuff man! Thanks a lot!
hey there ive been using reaper for only a few months now when i try to alter my midi drums in one specific spot it alters all of the drums in that lane further down the track how do i get this to stop
Did u extend the midi item? It it then looped... you need to split it first and then do changes.
i appreciate you so much
thank you so much
Hi Kenny, is there any option to merge all those MIDI tracks into one channel?
Yeah, you can highlight all of the tracks you want to make into one, right click, and select Item Processing->Implode Tracks (wording might be different that what I'm remembering)
You are a genius!!!! Thanks mate!
great tutorial