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Axisential · 10-10-2019, 03:50 AM

Hi Moss, love your work here - have used it with Bitwig already, so know what it's capable of!

I'm running Reaper 5.983 on Linux, with a Novation Launchpad Mk2 via JACK. Reaper recognises DrivenByMoss extension and the Launchpad itself, and allows me to configure etc. I can also see MIDI messages being sent to Reaper when I hit any buttons on the Launchpad. However, nothing lights up on the Launchpad, and it doesn't control any functionality.

Any thoughts on which direction I can head in for troubleshooting?

[edit: found the debugging toggle - here's what looks to be the critical line: "javax.sound.midi.MidiUnavailableException: Device or resource busy"
So, given that Reaper is definitely receiving MIDI messages from the Launchpad (I can see the triggers when I hit a key), what could cause this?]

OK, so have gotten the controller working - was a JACK issue in the end. Couple of questions vs. the Bitwig version I've used...
1- I can't get as many input modes as I could in Bitwig (can only get the grid, piano and Drum64. Should there be others I should be able to access here?
2- Should I be able to get the sequencer going? I thought I was this in one of your Reaper vids. No sign of it - Shift+User1 gives me the same options as vs. User1 by itself
3- I'm missing the excellent colours of the Bitwig version in the piano setting - everything is white, with the tonic/key buttons in a very similar greyish colour. Should this be as per the Bitwig colours? Figured this one out when I went to Bitwig - the buttons inherit the colour from the track colour. Clever!

10-10-2019, 03:50 AM	#668
Axisential Human being with feelings Join Date: Oct 2019 Posts: 1	Hi Moss, love your work here - have used it with Bitwig already, so know what it's capable of! I'm running Reaper 5.983 on Linux, with a Novation Launchpad Mk2 via JACK. Reaper recognises DrivenByMoss extension and the Launchpad itself, and allows me to configure etc. I can also see MIDI messages being sent to Reaper when I hit any buttons on the Launchpad. However, nothing lights up on the Launchpad, and it doesn't control any functionality. Any thoughts on which direction I can head in for troubleshooting? [edit: found the debugging toggle - here's what looks to be the critical line: "javax.sound.midi.MidiUnavailableException: Device or resource busy" So, given that Reaper is definitely receiving MIDI messages from the Launchpad (I can see the triggers when I hit a key), what could cause this?] OK, so have gotten the controller working - was a JACK issue in the end. Couple of questions vs. the Bitwig version I've used... 1- I can't get as many input modes as I could in Bitwig (can only get the grid, piano and Drum64. Should there be others I should be able to access here? 2- Should I be able to get the sequencer going? I thought I was this in one of your Reaper vids. No sign of it - Shift+User1 gives me the same options as vs. User1 by itself 3- I'm missing the excellent colours of the Bitwig version in the piano setting - everything is white, with the tonic/key buttons in a very similar greyish colour. Should this be as per the Bitwig colours? Figured this one out when I went to Bitwig - the buttons inherit the colour from the track colour. Clever! Last edited by Axisential; 10-10-2019 at 05:59 AM.