Thank you for the great lecture! This is the explanation I was looking for. I've been trying to figure out how to control some parts of Reaper through a couple of M-audio midi keyboards.
I have a problem where my midi keyboard notes will trigger functions in my DAW (Reaper) like the pause button or the metronome, but I checked the actions and (while it looked like a few were there) not all of the things that the keyboard is triggering are in the list. I am quite confused. This hasn't happened to me before in my few years of owning Reaper.
Were you able to figure this out? I'm having a similar problem where my knobs are controlling pan function but i don't have any CC assigned to any of the pan functions
How to adjust an effect automation? Ex, a song that ends with a big reverb, the reverb only applies on the last 3 seconds of the song and gets bigger so the song "woush" into fade.
Nice thanks for very good tutorial! But do you need to repeat the process when you turned off the laptop and move into a new venue? I mean every time you restart the laptop you need to remap the MIDI controls?
Thanks for all the useful shortcut ideas! What I'm wondering is how you remember all these once you've created them. label your buttons? It seems like a controller with customizable screens per button would be ideal. More expensive though...
I think of shortcuts like learning an instrument. You need to 1) write it down somewhere handy like a desktop Tricks.txt notepad file/piece of paper, and 2) practice using it in a real work setting, so it becomes a neural pathway. Cant do too many at once. Just add them like this over time and you'll have dozens and dozens of epic shortcuts wired into your brain for fast work :)
kenny is there a way to make reaper ignore some specific note offs? i have a few transport buttons that are getting triggered twice so i can't asign it to play/pause for example cause it plays when i press it then pauses when i let go
I put midi input on channel 1 and assigned sliders as you demonstrated (assigned to channel 2 and set the midi controller to channel 2) but instead of track volume, the pitch of the track is changed when I move the slider
Kenny, this might be a ridiculous thing to ask, but would you consider a video on optimizing your desk space for all these great controller options available today? I wish I had some way to keep a few of my surfaces & stream deck closer to my hands on the keyboard, rather than all over the desk.
Hey. This was very helpful but i still got a question. Is there an action to turn on/off repeat on the transport? I only found a toggle option and i dont wanna hold down the button all the time when wanting to to have the project repeat.
Wow this is awesome thanks! When you set it up is it per project or can it be the default for any new/current projects? Is there no way to map your controller’s faders to 8 tracks, and then move left to right to the group of 8? Almost like octaves on a keyboard
Beware of the Arturia MIDI Center : the PADs and Knobs have to be set MIDI channel to "Global". If not, all channels are sending to the channel set in this param.
Hello Kenny ! Great tutorial ! Question to get the next level please. I have a M32 NI keyboard and because of how it is built, I use keys to « go to next/previous » track (and solo/mute selected track). Unfortunately, with this, I can’t play it (piano, drums…) without activating those actions. I tried something with Exclusive toggle, but doesn’t work. Any tips ?
This is mostly great, and mostly works, but for me, when I try to map the rotaries of a korg nano, no matter how I set it, it only goes on or off. Figuring on finding a used Nektar now
great video. is there a way to save that mapping configuration in order to be the default? so i dont have to map all that again in every new project thanks
Hi, Kenny! Firstly, thanks for the lessons! Question: I'm setting shortcuts for live-looping purposes. That said, I would like to mute the pads in a way they don't play notes when I press them... Is there any way I can mute the pads so that they just make the action I assigned, without hitting any notes?
Excellent tutorial. How does Reaper remember all the midi parameters that I taught it to learn. Does it remember every time that particular controller is hooked up?
Is there also a way to set up the pads on a controller to control the Transport functions? I want to to start & stop recording, eg, using a pad when I’m playing guitar.
This can get confusing real quick, for one, you have to remember all theses settings which is not possible , so less is best imho. Another thing is, youll never know what "action" word to look up (aside from pan,volume etc) ..not realistic but the idea can be usefull in a limited situation
Those problems not because of the OS but your hardware . And yeah I'm using several apps and external controllers and not noticing real issues with latency
@@morizanova which hardware are you referring to? I have run my Motif ES7 direct usb to my PC/DAW and through a focusrite 6i6 with midi i/o and they both have about the same latency regardless of any settings or offset I employ. THe CPU may be the problem beinga 2010 Dell quad core i5-3330 cpu.
I love this! But is there a way to program an action to move when I play a specific note on the controller? I'd love to program Reaper to play or move to a specific marker when I play a specific note. Right now, it just sets to "MIDI Chan 1 Pitch," and the action engages no matter what note I play.
You can assign midi commands to actions in the actions menu. The same way you would change a keyboard shortcut. There’s an option in that pop up for midi learn.
@@EricGoetzMusic perhaps, but it does not work very well, it only rewinds and does not stop until the end of the track or jumps 4 bars in one go. but thanks!
@@fishn2693 Ah bummer! Yeah, there's a lot about how actions and MIDI CC / Mouse gestures / Scroll wheels that I find very confusing. FWIW, I have a Komplete S88 the jogwheel on that moves my reaper edit cursor one grid division. It just worked out of the box (I don't even think I installed ReaKontrol), and I have no idea how. When I do "Find shortcut" in the actions window and then move the jog wheel, the edit cursor still moves, but "Find shortcut" dialog doesn't sense that I'm doing anything. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Sorry, I know that's not helpful.
@@EricGoetzMusic yeah it might be something on my system, the play/pause on my keyboard got F*ed up too by this for some reason. No worries bro, thanks for taking your time to answer.
@@EricGoetzMusic i just got a new keyboard and some buttons were like that but in the manual of my keyboard i found that they were in MMC Mode (idk what it is) and if i held the button shift and pressed those buttons they changed to CC Mode (and changed color) and were recognized by reaper then. if you don't have the manual of yours you'll probably find it online (is what i did)
hello , i struggle with the switch midi channel thing, i have a keylab essential mk3 and i know how to switch midi channel on the keyboard(midi ch button + keynote) but when i'm in the midi channel 3 on the keyboard and try to change my action list on reaper, it said midi chan 1 . So i don't know if it's my keyboard or my reaper but if someone can help me !
Some controllers need adjustment in their software editor . Not on the fly like arturia beatstep. Try and check if you can assign different midi channel for each bank in your editor
I must have been doing it all wrong cause litetally the next time I used it, it "forgot" all he "learned". I used it in vst. And I set it only when the vst is active. So, I exoected it to work, but I had to re-learn it. It must be a way to save it, right?
I just got my novation launchcontrolXL and am pretty happy with it. I was stuck until I added Device+Control in preferences and then everything worked as explained in this video.
Man, the things in these videos are good... but the breaks in sentences really fucks with my ability to understand what's being taught. Like. I don't need. You to pause. So much.
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I've watched almost 2 hours of tutorials but this is the first one that's shown me what I needed in less than 5 mins thanks!
1:45 for me! nice.
This is SO USEFUL. Thanks for making it seem so straightforward.
This is so useful. midi controls look confusing at first, but once you handle them, everything gets faster and easier.
The fact that you took the time to animate the reference graphics. Amazing.
Thank You for a clear, concise, accurate, no-filler-dialog tutorial!
Man, this video has just opened some serious doors to efficient workflow in Reaper for me. Much thanks.
i was confused about how to do this and u made it really clear thanks
This is amazing video also in that regard, that you show us what are actually important features to have an easy access to 🔥
Thank you for the great lecture! This is the explanation I was looking for. I've been trying to figure out how to control some parts of Reaper through a couple of M-audio midi keyboards.
Glad it was helpful!
Long overdue video imo. Needed to see this.
Man this is a really good video. You explain everything very well. This video is amazing. Thank you
I have a problem where my midi keyboard notes will trigger functions in my DAW (Reaper) like the pause button or the metronome, but I checked the actions and (while it looked like a few were there) not all of the things that the keyboard is triggering are in the list. I am quite confused. This hasn't happened to me before in my few years of owning Reaper.
Were you able to figure this out? I'm having a similar problem where my knobs are controlling pan function but i don't have any CC assigned to any of the pan functions
@@kevinmerino7432 I ended up having to go into the source reaper files and delete them. Pretty drastic, but it's all that would work.
@ okay I managed to figure it out as well. I just downloaded the klinke version of the mackie control and it worked for me.
Thank you so much for this!! I was looking around FOREVER for a tutorial on setting up the custom knob/pad functions.
Este video vale su peso en oro
This video worth a million!
Good one! Is there a way to map knobs to draw envelopes? That would be a game-changer for me.
Great video Kenny. How would I assign a knob on my midi keyboard to adjust (up and down) the volume of a selected item. Not the whole track.
Thank you for relieving me of my confusion time and time again. I have no idea what I'd do without you kenny!
How to adjust an effect automation? Ex, a song that ends with a big reverb, the reverb only applies on the last 3 seconds of the song and gets bigger so the song "woush" into fade.
Wow, I had no idea you could do this. This will change my workflow immensely! Thanks!!!!!!!!!
Thank you Kenny.
Nice thanks for very good tutorial! But do you need to repeat the process when you turned off the laptop and move into a new venue? I mean every time you restart the laptop you need to remap the MIDI controls?
Extremely useful, great lecture - thank you very much.
Thanks for all the useful shortcut ideas! What I'm wondering is how you remember all these once you've created them. label your buttons? It seems like a controller with customizable screens per button would be ideal. More expensive though...
I think of shortcuts like learning an instrument. You need to 1) write it down somewhere handy like a desktop Tricks.txt notepad file/piece of paper, and 2) practice using it in a real work setting, so it becomes a neural pathway. Cant do too many at once. Just add them like this over time and you'll have dozens and dozens of epic shortcuts wired into your brain for fast work :)
If you're using Beatstep's rotaries for Volume control, get ready for some really extreme volume jumps. Hope you have your earplugs on...
kenny is there a way to make reaper ignore some specific note offs? i have a few transport buttons that are getting triggered twice so i can't asign it to play/pause for example cause it plays when i press it then pauses when i let go
Thank you so much! Def the best explanation i´ve found! Clear and concise.
Rock and roll for everyone!!!
I put midi input on channel 1 and assigned sliders as you demonstrated (assigned to channel 2 and set the midi controller to channel 2) but instead of track volume, the pitch of the track is changed when I move the slider
This will be a life-saver! You're the best Kenny!
Hi, Kenny. Do you use this MIDI Controller now as time passes?
Thanks for a great lesson!
Kenny, this might be a ridiculous thing to ask, but would you consider a video on optimizing your desk space for all these great controller options available today? I wish I had some way to keep a few of my surfaces & stream deck closer to my hands on the keyboard, rather than all over the desk.
Music needs creativity, you need to be creative and find a way to set up your own desk. No one knows your equipment/desk better than you do.
Is there any way of controlling master send as well as Kenny does with mute and solo?
All this kills the fun of making music . I’m sure your work is appreciated.
Hey. This was very helpful but i still got a question. Is there an action to turn on/off repeat on the transport? I only found a toggle option and i dont wanna hold down the button all the time when wanting to to have the project repeat.
Very helpful - thanks. BTW - what theme/colours are you using?
Such a great video. Really huge thxs, it's clear, complete, perfect !
can you do track sends and can you set a send to a pad so say you hit a pad and it sends at 50% to a verb
Thanks a million!!!!
Wow this is awesome thanks! When you set it up is it per project or can it be the default for any new/current projects? Is there no way to map your controller’s faders to 8 tracks, and then move left to right to the group of 8? Almost like octaves on a keyboard
I am learning so much from your channel. Thank you !!! !
Excellent. Will most likely buy one.
Is there a way to Turn On/Off FX with the Midi Velo Pass?
Great share, learning by watching is the best - great way to show how to manipulate these controllers.
Why when I try to control the volume with the knobs it moves only a bit and the its all muted?
Beware of the Arturia MIDI Center : the PADs and Knobs have to be set MIDI channel to "Global". If not, all channels are sending to the channel set in this param.
Hello Kenny !
Great tutorial ! Question to get the next level please. I have a M32 NI keyboard and because of how it is built, I use keys to « go to next/previous » track (and solo/mute selected track). Unfortunately, with this, I can’t play it (piano, drums…) without activating those actions. I tried something with Exclusive toggle, but doesn’t work. Any tips ?
Thank you for the video Kenny, really useful. Now let me get a Beatstep….
This is mostly great, and mostly works, but for me, when I try to map the rotaries of a korg nano, no matter how I set it, it only goes on or off. Figuring on finding a used Nektar now
great video. is there a way to save that mapping configuration in order to be the default? so i dont have to map all that again in every new project
thanks
What about using Bluecat Control? How would it be possible to use such a plugin within Reaper?
Hi Kenny, just to be sure: There is no parameter feedback to the controller, right? Meaning, I have to tick "soft takeover"?
How would this work with switching tracks of ampsims with a footswitch midi
Hi, Kenny! Firstly, thanks for the lessons! Question: I'm setting shortcuts for live-looping purposes. That said, I would like to mute the pads in a way they don't play notes when I press them... Is there any way I can mute the pads so that they just make the action I assigned, without hitting any notes?
You should be able to either unmap or mute that control in whatever VST you're using.
Excellent tutorial. How does Reaper remember all the midi parameters that I taught it to learn. Does it remember every time that particular controller is hooked up?
It's saved with the Actions. It will be there even if you change controllers.
i believe it stores them in one of the .ini files in its resource directory, probably reaper-midihw.ini
Is there also a way to set up the pads on a controller to control the Transport functions? I want to to start & stop recording, eg, using a pad when I’m playing guitar.
yes, you can assign pads and even keys to any function in the program.
And to go even further.. Realearn !
Does this work with the Komplete M32 midi keyboard?
This can get confusing real quick, for one, you have to remember all theses settings which is not possible , so less is best imho. Another thing is, youll never know what "action" word to look up (aside from pan,volume etc) ..not realistic but the idea can be usefull in a limited situation
are you using a Mac? Is there a real PC solution for latency issues using external controller in Reaper?
For latency it's depends what you deal with it or spec.. For me on pc nothing problem
Those problems not because of the OS but your hardware . And yeah I'm using several apps and external controllers and not noticing real issues with latency
@@morizanova which hardware are you referring to? I have run my Motif ES7 direct usb to my PC/DAW and through a focusrite 6i6 with midi i/o and they both have about the same latency regardless of any settings or offset I employ. THe CPU may be the problem beinga 2010 Dell quad core i5-3330 cpu.
God, I bought beatstep for MIDI SERATO DJ and ended up use it for Reaper.
thank you🎉🎉
Will this work with Akai MPC Studio MK2? Mpc Software is trash
I love this! But is there a way to program an action to move when I play a specific note on the controller? I'd love to program Reaper to play or move to a specific marker when I play a specific note. Right now, it just sets to "MIDI Chan 1 Pitch," and the action engages no matter what note I play.
You can assign midi commands to actions in the actions menu. The same way you would change a keyboard shortcut. There’s an option in that pop up for midi learn.
Super useful video, thanks so much!
Is it posible to control say the cutoff of a synth with the knobs?
Check in first minute, he is demoing using Serum
Anyone know if there is any action that lets you fastforward and rewind using one knob?
I think maybe you're asking for
Transport: Scrub/jog (MIDI CC relative/absolute only)
(CommandID 992)
@@EricGoetzMusic perhaps, but it does not work very well, it only rewinds and does not stop until the end of the track or jumps 4 bars in one go. but thanks!
@@fishn2693 Ah bummer! Yeah, there's a lot about how actions and MIDI CC / Mouse gestures / Scroll wheels that I find very confusing. FWIW, I have a Komplete S88 the jogwheel on that moves my reaper edit cursor one grid division. It just worked out of the box (I don't even think I installed ReaKontrol), and I have no idea how. When I do "Find shortcut" in the actions window and then move the jog wheel, the edit cursor still moves, but "Find shortcut" dialog doesn't sense that I'm doing anything. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Sorry, I know that's not helpful.
@@EricGoetzMusic yeah it might be something on my system, the play/pause on my keyboard got F*ed up too by this for some reason. No worries bro, thanks for taking your time to answer.
@@EricGoetzMusic i just got a new keyboard and some buttons were like that but in the manual of my keyboard i found that they were in MMC Mode (idk what it is) and if i held the button shift and pressed those buttons they changed to CC Mode (and changed color) and were recognized by reaper then. if you don't have the manual of yours you'll probably find it online (is what i did)
hello , i struggle with the switch midi channel thing, i have a keylab essential mk3 and i know how to switch midi channel on the keyboard(midi ch button + keynote) but when i'm in the midi channel 3 on the keyboard and try to change my action list on reaper, it said midi chan 1 . So i don't know if it's my keyboard or my reaper but if someone can help me !
and also the drumpads are like in midi channel 10 whatever i do
Some controllers need adjustment in their software editor . Not on the fly like arturia beatstep. Try and check if you can assign different midi channel for each bank in your editor
This is good stuff, Thank you
Thank You Kenny! So Good
I must have been doing it all wrong cause litetally the next time I used it, it "forgot" all he "learned". I used it in vst. And I set it only when the vst is active. So, I exoected it to work, but I had to re-learn it. It must be a way to save it, right?
I can assign a knob but when I go to use it, reaper or the vst doesn't do anything.
might not have set your device to be controllable?
What is the best midi controller for reaper? I have heard nektar has good reaper integration but they look like they are made like crap. Ideas?
I just got my novation launchcontrolXL and am pretty happy with it. I was stuck until I added Device+Control in preferences and then everything worked as explained in this video.
Thanks!
Space Art
This makes me want a beatstep
Awesome.
really helpful! thank you 🙂
Great Bro ! Thanks!!!
Thank you bro
you are the fucking best, i will call my baby to your honor.
Man, the things in these videos are good... but the breaks in sentences really fucks with my ability to understand what's being taught. Like. I don't need. You to pause. So much.
Thank you Kenny