Ext. keyboard doesn't work with some VSTis?
Greetings. I want to play notes in Reaper using an external keyboard. I'm running Reaper 4.75 (I have both 32- and 64-bit versions) under Windows 7. I have ASIO4All as my audio driver.
I have a track set to receive on All Midi Devices | All Channels. I click on the track's "Record Monitoring" and "Record Armed" buttons. I enable my external device in Options | Preferences | MIDI, add RealSynth as an effect, and everything works great. I hear sound when I press the keys on the external controller, and of course I hear sound when I click keys on the Virtual Keyboard as well.
Now I add another VSTi, like sfz or Proteus, and disable ReaSynth. At this point pressing keys on the external keyboard produces no sound, but the Virtual Keyboard still works (that is, produces sound from these instruments). I'm 100% sure I've used these VSTis before with the external keyboard. Meanwhile, the external keyboard does work with some other non-Reaper VSTs, e.g. Oatmeal.
I thought it might be a 32- vs 64-bit issue, but I see this behaviour with both Reaper executables. Can anyone think of a setting that might be interrupting my ability to control certain VSTis from an external keyboard?
Thanks,
Confused Guy
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