Midi info being shown while tracking...?

[snatchman]

Hello.Question if I may: When using VSTi plugs native or 3rd party, when I track in Reaper, shouldn't I see the midi info as it's being tracked and not just see it after it's been recorded..?

[snatchman]

[ivansc]

If you can see a red line jumping up and down to one side of the MIDI track`s meter, that indicates that you have MIDI data being entered into the track as you play. Does tht help?

[SonicAxiom]

there's a MIDI monitoring plugin in the PizMIDI plugin collection which you may put into the input fx section to analyze incoming MIDI data:

https://code.google.com/archive/p/pizmidi/downloads

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[snatchman]

Originally Posted by ivansc

If you can see a red line jumping up and down to one side of the MIDI track`s meter, that indicates that you have MIDI data being entered into the track as you play. Does tht help?

Hello..I can see the red meter jumping up and down but I see no midi info being recorded on the track in real time. Only afterwards on playback..

[ivansc]

Mind if I ask WHY you want to see it while you are playing it in?
Unless of course you are talking about when you are in step mode. Never used that to be honest.

[lunker]

I think (?) that @snatchman is talking about MIDI item(s) in the TCP.

On occasion I have run into what I think the OP is describing. I start recording MIDI, and the new MIDI item in the TCP is blank (no little dots for notes and CC events). I start to freak out and say "Why isn't it recording the MIDI???" Then after I press stop, the dots for notes and CC events suddenly show up in the just-recorded TCP MIDI item.

It only happens rarely, and I can't remember how I resolve it (did I forget to turn on input monitoring? something else?) It seems like that problem mostly happened when I was a new Reaper user, because I don't recall having that problem in years -- but I do remember it happening. I would test a few things to see how to create the problem, but I'm not at my Reaper PC right now

If it is done correctly, you definitely should see the MIDI notes/CC in the TCP MIDI item as you are recording them.

Question for @snatchman : Does this always happen? Or do you sometimes see the MIDI notes being recorded, and sometimes not? If you sometimes see them being recorded, try to see what is different about the two situations. Are all the record/monitoring options the same? Any differences in routing? etc. What happens if you take the VSTi off the track? (Or perhaps just disable it?) Do the MIDI notes show up when recording?

[hopi]

I don't care why... I do see it while I'm recording... so you should also

in pref's\Audio\Recording
is /build peaks for recorded files On the fly selected?

I don't know that that is what does it but mine is selected

[Tod]

If it hasn't been mentioned yet, right click on the Arm button and select.

Record: MIDI overdub/replace > Record: MIDI overdub

You have to be in the midi editor to make it affective.

[snatchman]

Originally Posted by ivansc

Mind if I ask WHY you want to see it while you are playing it in?
Unless of course you are talking about when you are in step mode. Never used that to be honest.

Well, so that when I'm recording a take, I can be sure I'm actually recording something and not playing that " perfect track" for nothing.....All I see is an empty track as it records..Same when you record audio, you'd expect to see the waves form as it's being recorded..( unless, you are in a situation where you are not the engineer,only the artist..)..Thanks....

[snatchman]

Originally Posted by lunker

I think (?) that @snatchman is talking about MIDI item(s) in the TCP.

On occasion I have run into what I think the OP is describing. I start recording MIDI, and the new MIDI item in the TCP is blank (no little dots for notes and CC events). I start to freak out and say "Why isn't it recording the MIDI???" Then after I press stop, the dots for notes and CC events suddenly show up in the just-recorded TCP MIDI item.

It only happens rarely, and I can't remember how I resolve it (did I forget to turn on input monitoring? something else?) It seems like that problem mostly happened when I was a new Reaper user, because I don't recall having that problem in years -- but I do remember it happening. I would test a few things to see how to create the problem, but I'm not at my Reaper PC right now

If it is done correctly, you definitely should see the MIDI notes/CC in the TCP MIDI item as you are recording them.

Question for @snatchman : Does this always happen? Or do you sometimes see the MIDI notes being recorded, and sometimes not? If you sometimes see them being recorded, try to see what is different about the two situations. Are all the record/monitoring options the same? Any differences in routing? etc. What happens if you take the VSTi off the track? (Or perhaps just disable it?) Do the MIDI notes show up when recording?

Hello..Always..It's just an empty track in record mode, so until I stop, I don't know if it actually recorded or not until playback..Not real comforting not knowing whether you just missed the best performance of the night..!

[snatchman]

Originally Posted by hopi

I don't care why... I do see it while I'm recording... so you should also

in pref's\Audio\Recording
is /build peaks for recorded files On the fly selected?

I don't know that that is what does it but mine is selected

Hello..Thanks..I checked and it is checked..Good thought tho.Glad you can see what I'm talking about tho'...

[snatchman]

Originally Posted by lunker

I think (?) that @snatchman is talking about MIDI item(s) in the TCP.

On occasion I have run into what I think the OP is describing. I start recording MIDI, and the new MIDI item in the TCP is blank (no little dots for notes and CC events). I start to freak out and say "Why isn't it recording the MIDI???" Then after I press stop, the dots for notes and CC events suddenly show up in the just-recorded TCP MIDI item.

It only happens rarely, and I can't remember how I resolve it (did I forget to turn on input monitoring? something else?) It seems like that problem mostly happened when I was a new Reaper user, because I don't recall having that problem in years -- but I do remember it happening. I would test a few things to see how to create the problem, but I'm not at my Reaper PC right now

If it is done correctly, you definitely should see the MIDI notes/CC in the TCP MIDI item as you are recording them.

Question for @snatchman : Does this always happen? Or do you sometimes see the MIDI notes being recorded, and sometimes not? If you sometimes see them being recorded, try to see what is different about the two situations. Are all the record/monitoring options the same? Any differences in routing? etc. What happens if you take the VSTi off the track? (Or perhaps just disable it?) Do the MIDI notes show up when recording?

Hello..Thanks..I'm sure it's just something simple like not checking a box or something..I'm not new at using Reaper but I use it basically as a recorder with very few editing. So I'm not well versed in the actual power Reaper offers....( just yet )..

[solger]

Enabling the Display while recording option at the top of Prefererences > Appearance > Peaks/Waveforms should do the trick.

[ivansc]

Originally Posted by snatchman

Well, so that when I'm recording a take, I can be sure I'm actually recording something and not playing that " perfect track" for nothing.....All I see is an empty track as it records..Same when you record audio, you'd expect to see the waves form as it's being recorded..( unless, you are in a situation where you are not the engineer,only the artist..)..Thanks....

Aha! Makes sense. I am such a crap keyboard player I bang something in and then edit out the klunkers, so I don`t even usually look at the MIDI info within the track till I am done recording it.

And I agree with Solger.

[uncleswede]

Just in case this provides a clue I do know a specific scenario (pre-roll) which fits your description ....

If I have a time selection from bars 20-30, with record mode set to Time Selection Auto Punch and I start recording MIDI at bar 1 and stop recording at bar 15 (i.e. before the time selection starts), no MIDI notes appear whilst recording but when I press STOP, they appear.

This is all connected to Reaper's 'pre-roll' settings so this might be an area for you to investigate...

[hexSPA]

Just want to mention that this happened to me yesterday when I was playing around with MIDI overdub options. Never happened before that I can remember. I'm pretty sure I set everything back to normal but it also could be an issue with v5.979.

[sqkychair]

I am using auto punch time selection. I dont see anything until I play the first note and then the actual item and notes appear in the tcp.
However, i am too busy to actually watch the notes while playing.

[snatchman]

Originally Posted by sqkychair

I am using auto punch time selection. I dont see anything until I play the first note and then the actual item and notes appear in the tcp.
However, i am too busy to actually watch the notes while playing.

Yeah, after I see the first couple of notes actually showing up on the track, I then get busy trying to concentrate on the performance..Before I had to be the artist AND the engineer, I could just play and let the engineer worry about waveforms....Thanks..!

[snatchman]

Originally Posted by solger

Enabling the Display while recording option at the top of Prefererences > Appearance > Peaks/Waveforms should do the trick.

Hello..I'll give this a try...Thanks...!

[hexSPA]

Just wanted to add that I just recreated this behavior.

Time selection auto punch was enabled. I was recording outside of the time selection. The MIDI was recorded but didn't appear until after the playback and recording had stopped.