Intro To MIDI and Virtual Instruments
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- Опубликовано: 6 фев 2025
- The above video is an excerpt from our Reaper course -
www.homebrewau... - Intro to MIDI and using virtual instruments in Reaper audio recording software. This is actually part 1 of a 3-part lesson from the new home recording course The Newbies Guide To Audio Recording Awesomeness 2: Pro Recording With Reaper by Home Brew Audio. This video shows you how to create a MIDI track, insert a MIDI item, load up a virtual instrument - the free virtual synthesizer called "ReaSynth" that comes with Reaper - and enter MIDI notes for the synthesizer to play. You'll use Reaper's MIDI Editor window to do that using just your mouse. Then you'll see how to swap the instrument - this time using a free VST instrument (VSTi) called 4Front Piano - to see how the same MIDI file can be played on different instruments.
OMG man you just pulled me out of an hour of fruitless troubleshooting lol, thanks for saving my day!
Awesome! Glad it helped.
You are truly the best DAW instructor on the net. I have been watching video after video of narcissists who teach me nothing. THANK YOU!!!
Wow! That is quite a comment. Thank YOU:).
EXACTLY!! I hate how the other videos they keep on looping instead of being straight forward and objective as this guy! Love this video
I think I just watched a video from one of those narcissists - he was very condescending to people who are having trouble getting started. Home Brew Audio videos are great - thanks Ken!
This must be the 5th video I've watched trying to get reaper working.
It worked.
Too many of the other "tutorials" don't start with the initial basic setup,
they assume everyone already has a functioning install.
Subscribed.
Awesome! Thanks for the feedback. I'm so glad you found it useful:).
What a nicely paced lesson, explaining all the steps for a layman like me. Thank you!
Thanks! That's what I try to always do.
THANK you Ive been tryin figure this out for some time!
You're welcome!
This is a great tutorial! Your tutorial takes the viewer step by step with good pacing, and you had some pretty cool tips too. Your tutorial is very helpful, simple and concise! I'll be looking at your videos again for sure!
Thanks Abigail! I try to fit as much helpful information as possible into as short a period as possible, while making it easy to understand for just about anyone. Who has time to listen to me going "umm, and uhh?:-)."
I'm embarrassed to say how I was previously making drum tracks. This is super helpful and well presented.
Thanks! Go glad it was helpful. And never be embarrassed by trying to figure out audio recording! You'd probably laugh to hear the things I tried before I knew anything. Gotta start somewhere 😀
Just stumbled on this searching for "reaper and midi" What a great tutorial, very clear easy to follow. Thanks very much my friend!!
Guitarworks1000 Thanks! You're welcome:). So glad you found it helpful.
Old tutorial but exactly what I was looking for with no hardware like a piano. Great tutorial that gets to the point quick 👍👍👍
Awesome! Glad it helped. The basic functionality of music making doesn't change very often, which is good in terms of having to update videos :-).
most helpful tutorial. thank you kindly sir. you did everything right!
Thanks!! and you're very welcome:).
you are awsome man!! you explain step by step for all people who don't know about daw programs..thank you!
Thanks Logan!
"Avant garde?" Ha-ha, oh, you sir made my morning. Thank you- both for the laugh and the video. I probably shouldn't have started with something as big and overwhelmingly large as Reaper for the cheeky song files I want to make, but your video pointed me right where I needed to be in order to make something even better than I originally wanted.
+Rotsuoy That's awesome! I'm so glad you got so much out of it:).
Amazing tutorial that cleared up so much when I was failing to hear any sound when playing around in Reaper. Thank you!
+Noah Peterman Awesome. So glad it helped you!
Life changing the first reaper/midi/daw, etc video I understood
Awesome! So glad it was helpful 😀.
The best tutorial I've ever seen! :D Very engaging and I'll be composing now!
Luca Manfield Wow Luca, thanks! That's quite a compliment:). Do you mind if I use your comment as a testimonial for our tutorials?
Sure :)
Luca Manfield Thanks, Luca!
The part about how MIDI is not an audio file is very important. Some people have had trouble understanding this for some reason and I just cannot understand why. The discogs forum, in particular, is where I've seen this misunderstanding like crazy. I can post some example links if you really want to see what I mean; there are a few examples I've come across. It's funny, because I thought the difference between MIDI and audio was pretty well established a long, long time ago... but apparently it just doesn't click with some people :/!
OK, rant over :))))))))))
I just downloaded reaper, and i am trying to use finale 2011 pm midi files, along with garritan libraries. Your tutorial is very clear and concise, thank you.
Thanks kingreeze. I use Garritan GPO myself. Glad you found it helpful.
Thank you! i didn't know how to put a downloaded plugin into reaper for so long, now I do! :)
+Julius You're welcome! I'm so glad it helped.
Its true, your Videos are really helpful for us newbies.
Thank you so much.
Thanks Dan! So glad to know they are helpful.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. I was struggling and this video made my day!!!
Awesome! So glad to hear that. And you're welcome 😀.
Well, time to go watch Dr. Horrible again!
Thanks, that really helped. I'm just dipping my toe into DAWs and creating music. I just got ODESI and made a simple 4 measures of a track, exported the .MID file and imported it into Reaper (4.76).
I have bought a tutorial from AskVideo on Reaper, but it was total rubbish and assumed loads of stuff, while neglecting the basics.
So, my new 'creation' sat there - I didn't even know if I'd set the sound up correctly (the tutorial is that bad), but your video showed me exactly what I needed to know!
You sound like Andy from the TV series Weeds, by Jenji Kohan BTW ;-).
+ApexMike Thanks Mike. So glad it helped. I only ever watched one episode of Weeds, so I'll have to check it out:).
Cheers!
Ken
Awesome explanation.
This is very fun. I was meant to make food but i spent 2 hours making a midi
Thanks. That's awesome:). Well, if you didn't get too hungry anyway:).
thank for the useful article you've shred God bless you...
+servando mehoy You're welcome.
really clear instruction, great video
Thanks! That's what I'm going for.
One of the most common (if not THE most common) problems in Reaper is forgetting to turn "Record Monitoring" on. It's off by default. When you're recording a MIDI instrument though, you need to have it on. It's the button in the bottom right corner of the track control panel. If that does not work, you should try the next most common problem, which is that Reaper is not recognizing your MIDI keyboard (are you using one? - this wouldn't be an issue if you use Reaper's virtual keyboard).
Very useful! Thanks you a lot!
Thanks! And you're welcome 😀. Glad it was useful.
great tutorial man thankyou
+Merlijn Van Meirvenne You're welcome!
thanks that was so clear and helpful
You'e welcome. And thanks for that feedback! It's what I'm going for 😃
+Andrew Grube - Go to Preferences, Plug-Ins, VST. Then in the top of that window, make sure you enter the folder where your .dll is. Then "Re-scan." That should do it.
Thank you for responding, but that's the problem, when I go to the folder where the .dll should be, it's not there
Andrew Grube Sorry Andrew. I don't know another way to fix this accept to double-check that the .dll file is in the folder, and that you have added that directory path to Reaper's list of folders to check. If hitting "Rescan" doesn't work, try restarting Reaper? Failing that, you might want to ask on the Reaper forum (reaper.fm). Sorry I couldn't be more help.
Home Brew Audio That's alright, thank you
You're the best! Thank you!
You're welcome:).
Thanks!
Yaledelay, this is one of the videos from a course - The Newbies Guide To Audio Recording Awesomeness 2 - Pro Recording With Reaper. So yes, there are actually 3 parts to this particular lesson, plus a whole lot more in the course, which is only $47;). You can find out more about the course if you follow the link at the top of the description.
This was very helpful. Thanks.
+C Blanc You're welcome!
To make sure Reaper can see your MIDI device, go to Options/Preferences/Audio/MIDI Devices. Under MIDI inputs, make sure you can see your device listed (if you can't you may not have hooked it up to your computer correctly, or it may not be on). Then under "Mode" by your device, make sure it says "Enabled." If it doesn't, right-click where it says "disabled" and select "Enable input" down menu. Then try everything again. Good luck!
Thankyou smuchly for that informative video.
You're welcome!
Thanks for the video! It's both really informative and easy to listen to.
Unfortunately I still haven't got any sounds coming through after following the steps exactly :/ I've tried different plugins too and none of them are making a sound. Any ideas what the problem might be? Thanks!
This is useful!!!
Thank you sir!!
Excellent. You're welcome!
Is there a part 2 to this yet? I found this very informative - but I need to learn how to get my MPK mini to work as a midi instrument.
Thank you so much.
This was great thank you for your help :-D
You're welcome! Glad you liked it.
You know, I just answered your question based on part 3 of this lesson instead of part 1, which is what the above You Tube video actually is;). Sorry about that. Your problem may be much simpler since this vid doesn't use a MIDI device, just drawn MIDI notes. So try this instead. Open a new track and insert ANY audio file (mp3, wav, etc.) and try to play it. Can you hear that? If not, then Reaper isn't sending sound to your computer's sound card. Do you only have one sound card?
Thanks!
thank you!
You're welcome!
I think all problems is not working because im using the demo and not the full one
+ty skillz Actually I don't think so because there is no difference between the software. Reaper just starts notifying you at the end of the trial period that the software is not free. But it works exactly the same. Did you ask on the Reaper forum. It's here: forum.cockos.com/forumdisplay.php?f=20
I appreciate this. Thanks!
Noah Schultz You're welcome!
Thanks +toaster511! Glad it helped.
Home Brew Audio You sound like text to speech
Please help...I've downloaded the exact same piano from this video and it shows up in my Windows Explorer as a .dll but then when I go to Preferences in Reaper and try to add it as a VST it doesn't show up. Why?
Is it possible to add any instrument MIDI onto either a small whistle type device to attach to key rings or even put buttons onto a key holder?
I don't think so. But then again, I've never tried anything like that before. I assume you'd have to have some sort of media player at the very least on the whistle or key holder.
Home Brew Audio thanks, maybe a media player on smartphone could be Bluetooth liked to whistle? Thanks for feedback
master!!!
Hey there, do you think you tell me what are some good, free strings and percussion VSTi's?
Not really. A good place to ask would be on the Reaper Forum on the site at reaper.fm. I have a number of percussion/drum plugins, but they are all paid virtual instruments. My favorite strings are part of Omnisphere. And my go-to percussion and drum program is still an old virtual instrument called StormDrum. But there are lots and lots of both available out there. the folks on the forum will have some good ideas for you.
Hey,
I got a question. I want to sample drums with midi. I have for each part of the drum set an own file, like “crash” or “kickdrum” but I can’t find a way to give each key in the midi its own sound. I can make each note in midi sound the same. I don’t just want to change the pitch of each sound, but give every note a unique sound. I need this because I can’t afford buying a drum sample program. Thanks for an answer.
+Marcus Thallinger There is a lesson in this course that shows you how to do that using Reaper. It's a bit involved. It uses ReaDrums - check it out here: stash.reaper.fm/v/328/ReaDrums.RTrackTemplate
Thank you, this helped me a lot ^^
Great! You're welcome:).
Hi HomeBrew, I'm thinking of buying komplete 10 vst pack by native instruments. Can these vst's match with reaper properly? Should there be anything I need to know about it? I really like those huge varieties of outstanding quality sounds.
thanks !
Oh they work perfectly with Reaper! I use Kontakt with some NI sounds. And I also use Omnisphere on Reaper. so yes. It's great. I think you'll be pleased.
Thank you so much for your quick reply! =). Keep up the good work ;). You have already made a lot of musicians very happy with your useful tips ! thanks a 1000 times!
Wow, I appreciate your kind words! I'm so happy that my videos are helpful. Cheers!!
Really? I have never had any problems. What issues have you had with NI plugins in Reaper?
Fair enough. Thanks!
How do I troubleshoot this:I have Guitar Rig 5 working and it will record into REAPER but can't get it to playback. When I look in PREFERENCES it says Output is not connected.
I have not had that problem or used that setup, so I can't give you an answer on that one. HOWEVER, the excellent folks at the Reaper Forum - forum.cockos.com/ - will almost certainly have you an answer within hours.
Hi, very usefull video!
Do you know if in Amplitube its possible to change between presets manually using a midi keyboard?? for jamming situations?
Thanks
Thanks Gus. Yes, you can use MIDI to change presets. I have not done it myself. But apparently it is pretty common to use a MIDI foot switch to do it when on stage. I hope that helps.
I tried vts distortion/overdriven guitar and i tried amplitube and guitar rig 5 player but its really really unrealistic and rarely works, any tips for that?
Like, what i want to do is, i have a song i wrote on my guitar pro 5.2 program, converted the file to midi, and i want it to sound it like a real song
Also i realised amplitube and guitar rig will both not work unless that ReaSynth is active, this is very weird
Hey, thx soo much for making this. You see, I've only just tried making songs and they've sounded terrible. Why?
Cause I was using the default sounds. I just can't thank you enough man.
That's awesome! So glad it helped. thanks for the kind comment:).
thanks man
You're welcome!
Hey can you please help me the only device it likes me enable is the lpk25 and everyone else's shows another one and I don't know how to fix it
Try going to Options/Preferences/Audio/MIDI Devices. If you have a device connected, it should show there. Then enable it there and exit out of Options. Then when you set a track to record MIDI, you should see your device.
That piano VST when is downloads has directions to tell you how to install. Doesnt work though. changed it to .vst and i also tried what you said it should be a .dll but when I go to the FX no piano. I am on a mac. Anyone else have this problem?
Really usefull video ! But I can't download the 4 Front Piano, is that normal ? When I get back on Reaper to add it (Preferences-VST), it doesn't appear on the list. What can I do ?
Pitou B You mention 2 different issues here. If you couldn't download the 4Front Piano, then reaper wouldn't be able to load it. If you were able to get the 4Front piano from the internet (free), you need to make sure you remember where you put the .dll file (what folder on your computer), then you need to tell Reaper to scan that folder for plugins. If you didn't do that last part, go to Options/Preferences/Plugins/VST. Then enter the the folder where you put the dll and either "rescan," or restart Reaper (which will rescan automatically upon opening). Hope that helps!
Home Brew Audio
Ok ! Thank you for your explanations ! I downloaded the ZIP file but I think it is not complete because Reaper can't recognize the file on my computer. Do you have any other links (for the Piano sound) that I could use for Reaper ?
If you don't mind, I have another question about Reaper : I wanted to record something but I haven't any mic, so the sound recorded is simply horrible. I heard that to get a good sound, you need a good sound card and a good mic, but it's pretty expensive. Is that true ? What advice would you give to have a better sound on Reaper or Audacity ?
Thank you so much (Sorry for all the mistakes that I've probably made, English is not my mother tongue) !
If you unzip the file, you will find a file called 4Front Piano.dll. Copy that file into any folder on your computer. Then follow the directions in my 1st reply (and in the video) so Reaper knows where to find it. About the mic - of course you need one, but it does NOT have to be expensive. Try to get a USB mic and see if that helps. You can get a Samson q1u (amzn.to/1RUkmTt ) for $49.99. Try not to get a headset kind. But if that's all you can afford, then by all means, try that. Hope that helps.
Thank you for all your answers ! It really helped me !
You're welcome!
I have a midi track (which I wrote in Guitar Pro) and a hardware synthetizer (Roland JP-08). I want to record the melody I have in the midi file using the JP-08 sound. Can you give me an advice how to do this?
Jiří - You should just be able to run the MIDI output from either Guitar Pro or Reaper into the MIDI input of the JP-08. Then since the JP-08 also actus as a USB interface, you should be able to Record the resulting JP-08 sound into Reaper. You'll need to select the JP-08 as your audio device input in Preferences first. But that should work. Hope that helps.
Thanks a lot! I tried to manage this in Audition and I didn't care about the Guitar Pro settings. You are THE man!
Thanks! So glad it helped:).
last week I got a roland jp08 and im struggling to find anywhere online that can tell me how to record directly into the laptop using a usb...any guidance?
Have you tried this? www.rolandus.com/support/knowledge_base/205935636 You should be able to use the "USB Audio Interface for Direct Recording into Your DAW." Hope that helps.
Thanks for your help! Stuck on the last step now...where on reaper do i enable the use of my jp08? Thank you for your speedy reply
Go to Options/Preferences. Then if you're using it as an audio interface, go to Audio/Device to select it from the drop-down. For MIDI, go down to MIDI Devices (right under Device in Preferences) and enable your jp08. That should work.
I want to use the Arturia Minilab in Reaper, any advice on where I can go to learn how to set this up?
Hi Ryan. Sure. I can tell you:). First, Plug the Arturia into a USB port on your computer. Make sure your computer recognizes it. I'm not sure if it comes with drivers you have to install, but if it does, you'll have to do that like you would with any USB device.. Then in Reaper, go to Options (menu at the top), Preferences. That brings up the Preferences menu. Then under "Audio," go to MIDI Devices. You should see the Arturia there. Enable it there. Then click OK and exit the menu. Now it's set up. Now on a track in Reaper, click on the Input window (right under the volume slider). It's a drop-down menu. Click on Input: MIDI. You should see the Arturia there. Select it. Now there are only 2 more things to do. First, arm track to record. And 2nd, turn Record Monitoring on. The Record Monitoring control is right underneath the FX button on the track's control panel (has a little triangular arrow). click it until the arrow turns green and it says Record "Monitoring: On." Now just load up a virtual instrument as in the above video, and you should be all set. Hit the keys on the Arturia and you should be playing whatever instrument you loaded up. Hope that helps!
Home Brew Audio Amazing response time, wow! Thank you. I can now use the minilab in reaper for the reaper plugins which is fantastic, thanks for the clear directions. Now however, I need to be able to use the presets that come with the Arturia Minilab program. I'm not sure if you are familiar with the Minilab, but would you have any lead on how to use those presets as needed in Reaper?
***** You're welcome, Ryan! Glad it helped:). I do not have the Arturia, so I don't have 1st-hand knowledge on how to use the presets you mention. But have you been here? - www.arturia.com/products/hybrid-synths/minilab/overview It looks like (just guessing here) you load up the Arturia by going to FX on a Reaper track and selecting Arturia as your VST instrument. That should allow you to view the Arturia software whenever you click the FX button on that track in Reaper. Once into the Arturia software, you should be able to select the different instruments via the presets. But that is just a guess. It's how I use Storm Drum and Omnisphere in Reaper, so I assumed it would be the same. Hope that helps.
+DarkLabProductions You're welcome!
I am worried about MIDI instrument latency using a 81-key midi controller. I need to be able to hear what im playing with Zero latency. What kind of coputer (or other hardware) do I need to be able to do this on Windows? Also are the best sites to find free VSTi, I want thousands of them.
Hi Vince. You'll probably want an audio interface with an ASIO driver (most interface units these days use ASIO), such as the Focusrite Scarlett 2i2. If your keyboard does not already have a way to connect via MIDI to your computer (a USB MIDI cable, etc.), then you might look into the Scarlett 2i4, which has MIDI in/out capability. Once you have that, you're latency will be mainly dependent on the power of your computer. RAM and CPU power come into play once you start placing a large demand on them with large, resource intensive plugins/VSTis. So the bottom line is: Use a low-latency audio interface with ASIO drivers and a computer with as much RAM and CPU processing power as you can get. As for free VSTis, there are a lot of them out there. Just putting "free vsti" into Google will yield several results. Personally, I use 4FrontPiano a lot, which is free. But if you are going to be serious about MIDI recording, you'll want to invest in better instruments than just the free ones. Hope that helps.
Home Brew Audio
Thanks for the reply! :) I subcribed for sure.
I guess my 2nd question is what kinds of coputer componets arent powerful enough and what would be overkill? Like I assume a dualcore processor with 2gbs of ram wont cut it. But is an i5 processor with 8gbs of ram overkill?
Also I plan on using the MIDI Out ports on the keyboard to the interface's MIDI In ports, but how can I tell if the interface has ASIO drivers? Is it just in the specs? Some MIDI keyboards just have usb out. Does this just go directly to your computer, or should I still use an interface?
Vince Brown Thanks:). To answer the 1st question, I hate to say it but ..."it depends:)." For example I have 8GBs of RAM in a Windows 7 machine. It's sufficient for running several virtual instruments at the same time. I thing you're right about 2GBs not being enough though. At least if you plan to run more than a couple of VIs at once. But I also think that 8GBs will NOT be overkill. In fact, it still might not be enough if you want to run a lot of resource-intensive plugins, but it's a good place to start. If you use Windows 7, Home Premiere can recognize up to 16GB. As for the ASIO driver, you can check that before buying the interface. But it isn't exaggerating to say that any new interface you can buy in 2014 that can be used with Windows (ASIO not an issue with Mac on OSX) will use an ASIO driver. And lastly, if a keyboard has a USB MIDI hookup, just plug it into your computer directly. Did that answer everything?
Home Brew Audio Yes! You are beyond amazing! Thank you! You'd be surprised how many mainstream music stores cant answer these basic questions for me! so annoying. I cant express my gratitude enough. Thanks!
You're welcome! My pleasure. I know what you mean though. It's very frustrating when folks who should know the answers can't give them to you. Good luck with setting up your rig!
Followed this tutorial, and exactly on 6:13 I hear no sound. :(
That is very strange. I am listening to it now and the sound goes all the way to the end. How about trying to watch the video here: homebrewaudio.wistia.com/medias/9loepvozxz
Do you know of any other free VST's I could use that are just .dll instead of actual applications. I bought my computer and it already had an admin password on it. No one knows it and we can't take it off without wiping the computer. So with applications I need an admin password that no one knows. With the 4Front piano, it is an application so it doesn't need an admin password to run.
Summary: Don't got no admin password. Need .dll not application, know any good ones? (That preferably aren't viruses)
+Jonathan Anthony Most VST plugins are just .dlls. I don't use any other free ones. But there are a lot out there. Try putting in "free VSTi" in Google, or "free virtual instruments." You'll probably find a bunch. Hope that helps.
I need your help.
I just exported a MIDI file from SIBELIUS, and I want to use it in REAPER for VSTs.
I know I'm doing something wrong, because it is not working. Can you help me, please?
Thanks.
OK, try this. Open a track. Then from the "Insert" dropdown menu, choose Media File (not "new MIDI item"). Then locate your MIDI file and select that. Once you have the MIDI file loaded, then you just need to attach a virtual instrument to the track and the MIDI file will play it:). Hope that helps.
Thanks, but I just figured out. For some reason I had no receivers, so I just choose "add receives from all tracks" and all my VST started to sound.
Interesting. Well I'm glad you got it figured out.
I think it isn't working as I suppoused. Now when I play, I can hear the vst I assigned for the MIDI, but it is playing the notes that are into another midi item. It has something to do with receivers and sends. Do you know something about this?
Aha. So your midi file has multiple parts? Like different voices or instrument parts? If so, when you imported it into Reaper, were you given the choice to expand the MIDI onto multiple tracks? That's usually how it works for me. If so, you should simply need to put the appropriate VSTi (virtual instrument) on each track. I know there are folks who do much more complex things with MIDI in Reaper, and most of them hang out on the Reaper forum at reaper.fm. They have one of the most active and helpful forums around. If what I have suggested doesn't help, your next visit should be there for sure. That's where I would go to get the question answered anyway:).
I've been trying to record my own acoustic drum set, turn the parts into samples and turn that into a MIDI file so I can effectively play my own drum set from my computer. Any suggestions how to go about that?
Yes. There is a lesson in the course about it:). But essentially you'd need to record single hits of each sample first, of course. Then use ReaDrums in Reaper. If you do a search for ReaDrums Reaper, you should find more information. It is a track and project template that allows you to load up your samples and play them using MIDI. Hope that helps.
can you do strings sounds on this?
+musicguy 101 You can do any sound if you have a virtual instrument plugin (VSTi, DXi for Windows and AUi for OS X). The synth that comes bundled - ReaSynth - is pretty basic and will only yield pretty electronic, computery type sounds. But there are hundreds (if not thousands) of 3rd party virtual instrument plugins for every instrument imaginable. I use strings fairly often in arrangements. the ones I use most often these days is part of Omnisphere (a large and pretty pricey soft-synth/sampler). But you can get strings from a lot of different sources. Does that answer your question?
Yes that answers it, thank you!
+musicguy 101 Excellent!
Can you get a real strings sound and a real Hammond Organ sound to download on here? Like Few Bows Here (Strings), and B3 (Hammond Organ)?
+musicguy 101 You can get just about any instrument sound known to man that will work with Reaper. The virtual instruments are available from many 3rd party sites. Does that answer your question?
yes it does.
+musicguy 101 Awesome:).
Also, what 3rd party sites do you recommend downloading from?
Try Sound On Sound, Sounds Online, KVR Audio, and dskmusic. Some instruments are only available on DVDs, but you can get VST downloads as well. You might want to get the Kontakt Player from Native Instruments (free). Lots of virtual instruments are made to be playable by Kontakt. Hope that helps.
if i where to use this for say, a guitar using an audio interface with a vst for it, can you play it live and hear it?
So if you're trying to create a guitar sound using a virtual instrument (a virtual guitar), then yes. You would hook up a MIDI keyboard to your computer, load up the virtual guitar instrument VST, and you're off to the races.
what about an audio interface, like this one:
www.amazon.com/Behringer-UMC22-BEHRINGER-U-PHORIA/dp/B00FFIGZF6/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1507583029&sr=8-3&keywords=Behringer+U-Phoria+UM2
because i'm thinking this, or buying an el cheapo pedal and plugging it in to my tascam dp 03sd. truth be told, this method is more expensive because i'd have to buy another cord, plus a power adapter.
Thomas - what you're talking about won't really take advantage of MIDI, per se. It sounds like you already have a guitar that plan to feed into Reaper. That interface should work fine for that. What you will want is a virtual guitar amp. Good news on that front! Reaper has a built-in (stock) plugin you can use for that (JS, not VST though). So first, add the FX (effect) of JS: Convolution Amp Modeler. Then enable that track to record and just play your guitar part directly through your USB interface (choose "Instrument" plugin). To hear it "live" as you play, be sure to click Record Monitoring On (it's off by default). Does that answer your question?
yes it does! thanks for the help!
You're welcome. You inspired me to do a video on this, which I'll post today:). So thank you for that!
hi hi, may i ask,
when i import a midi song into Reaper, before i can click PLAY button, do i need to manually link 1 VST to EACH Track, in order for me to hear the sound & music? ( unlike cakewalk or STUDIO 1, which AUTOMATICALLY allow me to hear every track immediately once i click playback)
many thanks
Hi. I'm not familiar with those other products, but the short answer is yes. A track cannot play instrument sounds unless you tell it what instrument to play. I'm kind of curious how Cakewalk or STUDIO1 work that out. Maybe they have some sor tof automation where a piano or something gets loaded whenever a MIDI track is loaded. Hmm, now you've got me thinking - I'll bet you could set Reaper to do that. Of course the problem there might be if a drum MIDI is loaded, it would sound VERY strange hearing a piano play that.
ahahah, actually, by default,
whenever i import a midi song into cakewalk, for eg, and when i click PLAYBACK, i can hear the whole song as it was played,,,ie, drums, piano, strings, bass guitar, etc,.,,but in reaper, apparently it cant!! i gotta manually link 1 vst instrument to each track!! this is utterly frustrating n time wasting
OK, it looks like Studio ONE and probably Cakewalk are loading MIDI files that contain GM (general MIDI) info (basic instruments like you mention). In most cases (in my experience, anyway) those sounds are OK for playback. But their quality is usually not what you'd be looking for if you wanted to produce high quality music for a CD project or something. Looking for how to do that in Reaper. I know you CAN. But it might require grabbing a couple of 3rd party plugins. do you use a Mac or Windows?
OK, here is how you can do this on a Mac in Reaper. Load two plugins. First, ReaControl MIDI (from the Cockos plugin folder) and load DLSMusicDevice (from the Instruments folder). Then in ReaControl MIDI, under "Bank," load the "GM.rebank." No if you put the MIDI file into that track without expanding across multiple tracks, it will play all the instruments. Not sure how to do it in Windows yet.
How do you control the length of the midi item you insert? Creating a new midi item for each measure seems very tedious.
Oh yeah. that was just for demo purposes. If you highlight the amount of space (duration)you want the MIDI Item to fill in the project, and then Insert New MIDI Item, you'll get a MIDI Item the length of the highlighted area. Hope that helps.
Where can i get free sound affectsss 😭😭😭
please help im stuck with this cheap electric keyboard plugin that came with reaper ;---;
If you google 'free VST plug-ins' you'll find lots that should work with Reaper.
The first midi I made was the creepiest thing I had ever heard
LOL.
There was no piano roll when i opened the Midi
After you opened the MIDI editor, did you go to View/Mode: Piano Roll?
wheres part 2?
It's available as part of our course. this video was an excerpt from that. the course is $47 and you can find out more about it (all the lessons in it, ect) here: www.homebrewaudio.com/audio-recording-awesomeness-2-sales-page-bb/ Hope that helps!
Oh God, Reaper seems so much easier to use than Cubase
I haven't used Cubase much. But I'm not at all surprised. It's an awesome piece of gear.
Thank you so much
You're welcome!
Thanks you so much.
You're quite welcome!