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08-02-2019, 09:57 AM
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Making megababy work
So, I'm trying to start learning some basic stuff on reaper and music creation in general and that lead to trying to learn to use a sequencer, I watched a tutorial were they used some samples with samplomatic, then when they setted up megababy it played the samples no problem. After replicating it I didn't manage to make it work, and after some quick searchs I wasn't able to find a solution to the problem I was having.
I did put megababy at the top of all the fx's, before all the samples, but I did set up the samples in samplomatic through some audio files I imported and not directly through midi files, so the question is, do the samples need to be created through a drum software for example or is it not working for other reason.
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08-02-2019, 10:52 PM
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Welcome to the Reaper forums!
Are you referring to this video?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtNOJsAEjPE
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I did put megababy at the top of all the fx's, before all the samples,...
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Since you mention 'at the top of all the fx', do you have any other fx loaded on the track besides megababy and samplomatic ?
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... but I did set up the samples in samplomatic through some audio files I imported and not directly through midi files, so the question is, do the samples need to be created through a drum software for example or is it not working for other reason.
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Megababy basically sends out MIDI notes triggering the audio samples loaded in Samplomatic which are assigned to the same MIDI notes (see 'Note start/end' and 'MIDI Chan' parameters in Samplomatic).
So first thing to check would be if the MIDI channel and MIDI notes between Megababy and Samplomatic are matching.
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Looks like there might be an octave offset between these two by default (like Megababy C3 triggers Samplomatic C4).
To adjust for that, you can for instance change the octave_offset=-1 parameter inside the Megababy code (line 97) - accessible via the [EDIT] button at the top right in the Megababy plugin window.
Or have a look at the MIDI octave name display offset option under Preferences > Media > MIDI.
Last edited by solger; 08-02-2019 at 11:46 PM.
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08-03-2019, 06:50 PM
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Hey sorry for the late reply, thought I did check the email notifications but seems I didn't, thanks for the help though
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Originally Posted by solger
Are you referring to this video?
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Yeah, that's the one
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Originally Posted by solger
do you have any other fx loaded on the track besides megababy and samplomatic ?
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Only those two
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Originally Posted by solger
So first thing to check would be if the MIDI channel and MIDI notes between Megababy and Samplomatic are matching.
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I think I did check that, will do another check as soon as posible and see if those didn't match
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Originally Posted by solger
Looks like there might be an octave offset between these two by default
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I checked several of the octaves just in case, nothing at all
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Did a quick check with a single sample and megababy, the sample was set to channel 0 automatically, so the first try was probably on all channels it seems, changed it to channel 1 to test and didn't work neither, couldn't find what channel megababy was on.
Here are some images of how the fx are setted up in case it helps https://imgur.com/a/2DUETD7
Last edited by Heantrad; 08-03-2019 at 07:30 PM.
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08-04-2019, 01:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Heantrad
Edit:
Did a quick check with a single sample and megababy, the sample was set to channel 0 automatically, so the first try was probably on all channels it seems, changed it to channel 1 to test and didn't work neither, couldn't find what channel megababy was on.
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By default the midi channels on all grid rows in Megababy are set to MIDI Channel 1 - indicated by the channel numbers shown in the first column with blue background below the [DM] button (these can be changed via click & drag up/down)
Some other things to double-check: - Is audio output working in general (for instance when importing & playing back audio samples or files directly on a track)?
- Did you insert a pattern in the Megababy grid via mouse click? (I can't see any in the grid area the screenshot is showing)
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08-06-2019, 05:33 PM
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So, I got some time to try it out again and it seems the problem was the octave difference between the samples and megababy, seems I didn't check hard enough on that, but now a pair of problems have showed up.
Everytime I stop the sequencer it starts again at exactly where it left off, with no way of resetting it so it starts in the beginning (first column), the closest way to a reset I've reached is the sequence starting on the fifth column instead of the first.
And when I try to record the sequencer, nothing shows in the preview, although if I render the project, the sequencer does seems to play all thorough the track, is that just how it works or megababy getting recorded is supossed to do show a preview.
I've included this image https://imgur.com/a/8QHs7ns where it's shown that the track is armed and that if I use the virtual midi keyboard (right part of the track) a preview is shown, while the one where I just let the sequencer play is totally blank (left part)
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08-07-2019, 09:30 AM
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Everytime I stop the sequencer it starts again at exactly where it left off, with no way of resetting it so it starts in the beginning (first column), the closest way to a reset I've reached is the sequence starting on the fifth column instead of the first.
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In general, there are two different play toggle Actions: - Transport: Play/stop
- Transport: Play/pause
The first one (Play/stop) stops playback and moves the play cursor back to the last edit cursor position (to where the playback started). The second one (Play/pause) pauses at the current position and then continues from there.
The shortcut assignments of these and other Actions can be swapped or changed in the Action List: https://www.reaper.fm/videos.php#tzg9fifza0s
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And when I try to record the sequencer, nothing shows in the preview, although if I render the project, the sequencer does seems to play all thorough the track, is that just how it works or megababy getting recorded is supossed to do show a preview.
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For recording the Audio or MIDI output of a Track, you'll need to set the (same or a receiving) Track to an Audio or MIDI Record: Output option: https://www.reaper.fm/videos.php#nVbGhnS_sQM
In case you haven't already found them, I'll highly recommend to check out the User Guide ( https://www.reaper.fm/userguide.php) and Videos section ( https://www.reaper.fm/videos.php) in general. Lots of useful info there for getting started.
Last edited by solger; 08-07-2019 at 09:42 AM.
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08-09-2019, 05:28 PM
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Alright, then that's it I think, thank you so much for your help
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