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Originally Posted by JeffreyET
The question: Will we need to change settings in REAPER to allow MIDI pass-through? If so, which & how? (I haven't even tried yet because I still need a cable for the setup). I'm hoping its just a simple matter of arming record for the track, and the signal will automatically pass to the outboard recorder. I know the best solution is "DuH. Just record on REAPER!" but he's not gonna do that.
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Yes, and no.
No in that, you'll just have to make sure that for each MIDI track, the inputs and outputs are set correctly (i.e. coming in from the interface and going out to the interface).
But yes, after that, you can set it so arming the track passes MIDI through Reaper (in from a Keyboard I assume, and out to a MIDI synth/module).
You could set up a template of 16 MIDI tracks, each set to its own MIDI Channel, with the ins and outs correctly set, and then just as he picks a track, it automatically sends to that part.
Now, the question I have to ask is, will he want to change the sounds from Reaper?
If not, he can pick sounds on the synth, sound module, and he'll be fine.
If he does want to pick sounds from within Reaper, that gets a little tricky and I would hands down say it's not the best program for that (I'd go Cubase LE in a heartbeat for that, which is a free version that comes with hardware you buy, so unless you find a version online it might be hard to come by).
Picking sounds in reaper involves finding or creating a reascript file that will work (same as a Patch Script file in Cubase, which you'd have to do with that program as well) unless he's just using General MIDI sounds (probably not).
But it also involves putting a plug in on every channel and setting it up to call to that script. Once this is done it's not hard to do, but unlike Cubase, you always have to open an FX window. My fear would be since you'd have to do this on every track, it would mean a number of the same windows could be open simultaneously making things confusing.
Conversely, just one track could be used in this method, assuming he would want to work that way, but then you're really talking overkill for using a computer at all.
So whether Reaper will work well for him depends on exactly what he's going to be doing regarding selecting sounds.