Old 01-16-2018, 01:51 PM   #1
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Hi
I have a vocal room in my studio which is over 20 feet away from my control
room and Reaper.
Does anyone use a remote control, via a laptop or tablet to control Reaper
using wifi to connect the laptop & pc.

I only want to record vocals, stop and start and maybe alter levels for better performance.

I have a TP-link usb wifi dongle in the main pc and built in wifi on tablet and laptop.

Thanks in advance for any help...

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Old 01-16-2018, 02:27 PM   #2
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I use a Numark Orbit...picked it up for $50 CDN
One option if you can find a used one...

https://www.numark.com/product/orbit
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Old 01-16-2018, 02:33 PM   #3
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REAPER now has a built-in feature for controlling it remotely with a browser.

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Old 01-16-2018, 02:44 PM   #4
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cfillion beat me to it, but the built-in web interface does exactly what you want.

And if you get really enthused you can look at this:-

https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=190003
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Old 01-16-2018, 03:21 PM   #5
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Thanks to everyone for the speedy reply
The Reaper web remote looks ideal.

Thanks cfillion for the heads up on that one, I will try it in the studio.

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Old 01-16-2018, 03:39 PM   #6
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I run a vnc server on my machine and a client on my phone and pretty much just have my desktop right in the palm of my hand. It's a little laggy, but fine for many things that would difficult - if possible - on the web interface.
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Old 01-18-2018, 02:30 AM   #7
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I sometimes use the browser interface, though it sucks down my phone battery quite quickly.

Most of the time I use a 2nd wireless keyboard and mouse that I got for 10 bucks at Wally-mart. No display, but using number keys to jump to start-of-take markers, ctrl-R, Stop, Undo are pretty much all that's needed for recording takes.
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Old 01-19-2018, 03:59 PM   #8
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Hi everyone, I also could use something like this web interface to self record in my studio. But, my DAW rig has no wifi, no internet.

So, is it possible to run this via mobile hotspot? Or, could I run an ethernet cable from DAW to a laptop?

Last resort I guess is to buy a wireless USB dongle for the DAW, but will it run in a closed network?
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Old 01-19-2018, 04:12 PM   #9
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You just need a cheap wireless router, plug your DAW machine in via ethernet, and connect to the REAPER server with your phone or tablet.
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Old 01-19-2018, 05:00 PM   #10
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ok thanks! I will try that tomorrow.
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Old 01-19-2018, 08:51 PM   #11
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also

google for Team Viewer

go get the correct free versions and put it on both machines

I'd set it up on the studio machine for 'unattended access' and also give it a custom password

then on the laptop, run it and connect to the studio machine...

it will be just like being at the studio machine
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Old 01-20-2018, 10:49 AM   #12
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You just need a cheap wireless router, plug your DAW machine in via ethernet, and connect to the REAPER server with your phone or tablet.
This only works if I have an internet connection. Otherwise the access URL just says requesting and never sets. I have no internet in my studio.

Does anybody have any other solution to set this up without an internet connection? I have a spare router.
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Old 01-20-2018, 11:01 AM   #13
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It works well without internet. Just don't enable the "Use rc.reaper.fm" box.
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I'm sorry, but I'm just not getting it to work. Maybe you can walk me through?

I have my a router setup, plugged into the computer. I removed the option for reaper.fm and get an IP address. I try to use that in my phone, nothing. I connect my phone to the same router, and still doesn't work. What am I doing wrong here?
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Old 01-20-2018, 01:45 PM   #15
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Looks like I got it to work. It is sometimes hard to connect, seems to take a very specific sequence between logging into the router, logging in from my phone, etc. If it interrupts then I have to start all over. Hmmm. When it works, its awesome though.
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Old 01-20-2018, 11:37 PM   #16
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I suppose you should set the PC running Reaper to use a fixed IP address (within the network IP range the Router is set to use on it'e Ethernet port) no DHCP, and on the phone use that IP address (Plus the port Reaper claims) to access Reaper.

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Old 01-21-2018, 12:50 AM   #17
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I think what was causing issue on the phone is being on the cell network. If I disable that and just use the wifi, I think it works better. If I had internet, I'd use the .fm server and probably wouldn't have this issue. That's ok, I don't want to be bothered when I record anyway, ha.
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Old 01-21-2018, 01:33 AM   #18
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Sorry to be late back to the thread poetnprophet, but glad you're sorted now

I usually have my data turned off, and haven't had any connection issues like you mention.

I have had very different performance on an LG phone and a lenovo tablet. The LG loads a page really fast, and the lenovo incredibly slow, like more than a minute. Once the page is loaded though it's quite responsive on either device. I have been working on monitor control setups, and I anticipate a lot of variation when I start using this with musicians bringing their own devices.

On my LG I found that the 'fancier' theme was too much, and took a long time to load.
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Old 01-21-2018, 03:17 PM   #19
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Yes, I think turning off data is the culprit.

Ok question: is it possible to setup 2 web remotes in preferences with two different addresses, two different page views, and login with two different devices for different page views at once?

I won't have time to try today, but that just occurred to me. Would be pretty cool if so.
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Old 01-22-2018, 01:50 PM   #20
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My guess is it should. You can set up two instances using different ports.

I used the default 8080 for monitor control (band members access this port, which sends more_me.html) and 8081 for transport control (which sends index.html for recording engineer).

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REAPER now has a built-in feature for controlling it remotely with a browser.

This is awesome! Thanks for posting, exactly what I was looking for. Good ole Kenny G.
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