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Originally Posted by Simple Please
Ive viewed lots of videos re: Midi but have not found my answer so I'm asking for a general consensus of opinion. Ive never delved into VST and at 60 yrs old have probably left it a little too late. Ive only ever used Midi sequencing software but my keyboard (Tyros 5) with its 2000+ voices has kind of made it redundant. I was only ever allowed access to 127 voices. I use it to program the music I am trying to learn to play from books so I can hear how it ought to be played and I saved the midi file to a USB stick. The midi stick connected directly to the keyboard and played it for me 9no need to have a computer tagged to it.
I still want to continue with this but because I can play a little bit better now I was wanting to save midi files to compliment and enhance and play along with what I am able to play to make it sound a bit more interesting.
The videos Ive seen focus really on VST's and I can see the advantage of them. However I want someone to confirm that I can save created files as midi on to a stick so as it plays my keyboard directly and all of its voices as opposed to VST voices. I assume it will but how do I map midi to my keyboards voices and drums ???
Would I do better with a less complicated program since much of what Reaper has I just wouldn't use. If I buy the program I might delve into VST's a bit but I am never going to be a Pro.
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Welcome to the Reaper Forums, Simple Please!
You should definitely give Reaper a try. It offers a lot of features but you can easily just concentrate on those few functions that you really need and simply ignore the rest.
You can use Reaper to record and playback MIDI data to/from your Tyros 5. What you should check:
- is the Yamaha USB MIDI driver for the Tyros installed?
- is the Tyros connected to the computer via USB?
- enter the FUNCTION -> MIDI -> System menu on the Tyros and set Local control to OFF everywhere.
- in the RECEIVE and TRANSMIT tabs, make sure to have reception and transmission of MIDI data enabled.
- in Reaper program prefs -> Audio -> MIDI device you have to enable the Tyros under MIDI input and output devices and also make sure to have the reception of MIDI controller data enabled for the MIDI input.
When all this has been set up correctly, do the following:
- create a new track in Reaper
- set the track's input to MIDI -> Tyros 5, all channels
- record-arm the track and enable monitoring
- select the Tyros as the track's output destination (MIDI hardware output)
- right-click into the track and set "MIDI track controls" -> "Link track volume/pan to MIDI channel" to MIDI channel 1
- load the ReaControlMIDI plugin into the track fx of the track
- select MIDI channel 1, enable the "Bank/Program select" area and type in the numbers corresponding to the sound the Tyros should play. You can look up these numbers in the Tyros' data sheet (not the user manual). For example, typing in MSB "0", LSB "0" and program "11" will select the sound "Vibraphone2".
Once a sound has been selected, the Tyros should play it when you hit the keyboard provided that the track is record-armed and you have the monitoring button in the track enabled.
You may wanna set the Tyros back to "Local On" again (MIDI menu -> System) when you wanna play with it while the computer is not running.
I hope you can get it to work. Please also download the Reaper user guide and read through it.
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