Multi Out MIDI Drums/VSTi Setup in REAPER (Rapid Fire REAPER tutorials Ep96)

[@srdiogorusso]

Thank you Arya. You pronounced well my name! Guys, buy this man a coffee!

[@IDDQDSound]

Thanks for the Coffee buddy :)

[@mariovaliquette5310]

Merci!

[@IDDQDSound]

Thank you so much Mario :)

[@andreasfranzmann9634]

Just great! And again learned some extra things on the side as a little bonus. Thanks man!!

[@IDDQDSound]

Glad I could help mate! Was hoping the timing of this to be eerily appropriate for you :)

[@andreasfranzmann9634]

@@IDDQDSound Yes, perfect timing as always. :-) Hey man, do you have any tipps on how to collapse all folders at one? One downside of Reaper is that the tracks are pretty high even in the smallest vertical zoom state so I find myself scrolling like crazy as in no other DAW. Using folders and just opening what's needed might be a solution, but I can't find an action for collapsing all folders at once. Having to click (twice) on the arrow of each parent track surely isn't the smoothest way to do it. Thanks for all you're doing buddy, you're the Reaper powerhorse!

[@Mixthelightintogray]

I always learn something, I liked a lot the gradient script! Thank you!

[@IDDQDSound]

Glad you liked it! It's pretty cool!

[@PanuAaltio]

1:57 You can route audio through tracks that have VSTis on them like this, but it just cannot create a feedback loop as it did here, so that's why REAPER disables the whole signal path. "Project Settings / Advanced / Allow feedback in routing" does allow some scenarios, e.g. when you want to receive audio from a VSTi on a MIDI track that sends to the same VSTi (REAPER considers it a feedback loop due to its track type agnosticism). But it's been really glitchy for me, so I would not recommend it. Thanks for another awesome video, your and Kenny's videos are the best tutorials for any DAW!

[@IDDQDSound]

Heyy! Yeah that's true but in the case of Play at least, it won't matter. If the wet knob is at 100 then the audio goes to the plugin and never comes out.

[@PanuAaltio]

@@IDDQDSound That’s actually very interesting, thanks for the clarification!

[@Tortuosit]

Yeah but Kenny finishes every word as. if a. sentence. ended. there. Kinda annoying to listen to.

[@aaronkeenmusiclessons66]

I was just looking for a way to simplify my midi drum workflow. Great timing!

[@IDDQDSound]

Good to hear :)

[@burneraccounthandle]

thank you for the guide, but i got lost around halfway through when you started panning. may i ask the reason why you are panning to begin with?

[@PremJHans]

Hey, new to reaper. When i record midi from my midi keyboard. At places there are two notes generated and its audible while recording as well. Also input quantize is off still some notes after recording moves to grid.

[@IDDQDSound]

Hello! Sorry for the late reply! Just make sure I understood you correctly, when you record the notes can be off-grid and then they go on grid after you hit stop? As for two notes, could also be related to your keyboard. Look for ReaMIDIControl in your FX Browser, and when it happens see if two midi note on messages were sent or not?

[@PremJHans]

@@IDDQDSound two notes prob! its in case of overdub option for recording. For regular takes recording there's no problem. So its not keyboard. Thanks 🙏

[@crazydougthewolf]

Great information, thank you very much!

[@TristanBaldi]

You're a legend thanks man!

[@IDDQDSound]

Thank you! You're a legend :)

[@jsohi0082]

Hey question - but I am wondering what is the best workflow for creating drum ideas? I am using sitala but the idea of using multiple tracks and routing and all that intimidates me a bit because i am new to reaper. i am kind of wondering the best way to learn.

[@IDDQDSound]

Hey! That's okay. Take it slow. For now don't worry about multiple tracks and a all of that. Just focus on making a beat you like. Start with placing your snares, then kicks then fill in with hihat. Work on that for a while and slowly evolve your setup. I'll make a video about this soon as I can!

[@jsohi0082]

​@@IDDQDSound Thanks yeah i would love to see that. Maybe an explanation on when and why to use the following: 1. Why and how to use multiple tracks for drums, best practices for sketching (best plugins that accommodate this) 2. Method 1: Using drum racks like sitala (and why) 3. Method 2: Using plugins like MT power drum kit (which from what I know is more of a plugin for just dragging and dropping in fills than a sampler 4. Method 3: Finding and using audio files of drum loops etc. Some personal recommendations for each part could help create a "roadmap for learning" how to produce drums like a pro. Bcuz for me im at a loss.

[@instantdismissal]

How do you do this with a kontact instrument? I am using Kurt Ballou drums, but writing them in the Maschine2 software using the piano roll. I guess I am probably doing this wrong. I would like to have everything routed to separate tracks in reaper instead of dragging in one stereo track for the drums. Should I be using kontact instead of Maschine to write my drums tracks? Help 😂

[@IDDQDSound]

hmmm this is a good question! With kontakt, not all the libraries have that capability, but you do the routing on the sound layers stage, you can have them send out to different channels, and then receive them on new tracks. I don't think you're doing anything wrong though. I don't use Maschine myself but should integrate easily with the rest of the NI suite. I no longer own it myself otherwise I'd do a demo for ya :)

[@instantdismissal]

@@IDDQDSound cheers for the reply appreciate it

[@mariovaliquette5310]

Hi Arya Great tutorial!!! Where can I get the scripts you’re using in this video??? Thx so much

[@IDDQDSound]

Hey Mario! It's part of ReaTeam Scripts. If you have ReaPack you can search for it :)

[@mariovaliquette5310]

@@IDDQDSound thx Arya🙏

[@bobcabrera3080]

Another great one! I've been using a different "folder in a folder" type structure for drums, and it may be wrong. The only addition to your tracks that I use is a "Drum Bus" under the parent as a folder (it's for adding a little EQ, tape sat, and glue comp to the entire kit). The structure is DRUMS (Parent) - DRUM VERB (Child...Kick, Snare, Toms routed here) - DRUM CRUSH (Child...entire kit routed here) - DRUM BUS (Folder...inside the Parent, after the verb and crush child tracks) - All individual drum/cymbal/etc. follow as child tracks. This way, the Drum Bus folder track FX do not effect the verb and crush tracks that come before it. Does this make any sense or am I misunderstanding folders or am I simply insane?

[@IDDQDSound]

Thanks man! I may be misunderstanding your setup but is your reverb on the drum parent? If yes, that is a bit strange to me, though I'm assuming you don't have it at 100 percent wet? Overall, if you're getting the sound/control you want you're good! :)

[@bobcabrera3080]

@@IDDQDSound The Drum Verb is the first child track under the parent. The verb is set 100% wet, and I route any drum tracks I want to have reverb to it.

[@jetclipsAU]

subbed! Where can i get that track color gradient script?

[@IDDQDSound]

Thanks for the sub! It's part of ReaTeam Scripts. If you have ReaPack, just copy this to your reapack>import repositories: github.com/ReaTeam/ReaScripts/raw/master/index.xml

[@DrMurdercock]

I do not have "Play" in my Instrument slist

[@IDDQDSound]

yeah I'm just using it as an example. Works with any plugin you do have

[@GuitarGlimpse]

Another really helpful video. Cheers!! Reaper mania has a video on recording MID drums to separate outputs kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5qUi5SFbqiFbKs I was wondering if it's possible to combine your method and Kenny's for even more control? Thanks so much for all the great content. You keep me going.

[@IDDQDSound]

I mean yeah sure. You can make new tracks and send midi from them to the Write that, and then audio out from there. For me personally it doesn't make much sense since I want to edit everything on the same midi item. But yeah if you need your midi on separate tracks you can make new tracks and send them to the original track housing the vsti. In my method all the midi is in one place and all the audio is on separate tracks. Kenny's method has midi on separate tracks and audio on the same track.

[@danielpringle4315]

@@IDDQDSound Makes sense. Thank you. Your channel has been a great discovery!!😊

[@beyondfacts930]

This video will never get more than 5k views.

[@IDDQDSound]

Is that Beyond a fact?