Old 09-29-2019, 02:16 PM   #1
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Hi,
I run REAPER v5.980/64 and I have a problem with setting up a midi controller!

I followed every step exactly as told in the REAPER tutorial but it doesīnt work.

I did activate the midi controller as an input device. Did check the use as controller field.
Then I tried to assign a key of the controller to an action parameter, but reaper doesīnt read any midi data.
I checked if midi data is received in the computer with a midi monitor. Everything works fine, only REAPER doesīnt read the midi data at all.

What can I do?

Thanks for help here…

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Old 09-29-2019, 02:38 PM   #2
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Did you properly set up your audio device and turn it on? Reaper won't use MIDI without an audio device being selected and active.
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Old 09-29-2019, 02:41 PM   #3
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Yes I did. everything else worked, also the sound...
The sound device is also the midi interface.
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Old 09-29-2019, 02:52 PM   #4
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You can try the following:
re-install the MIDI device
reboot your computer
use a different USB port
install Reaper with the portable option and see if it works there (in this case it's a problem with your Reaper config)

What exactly is the audio device?
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Old 09-29-2019, 02:59 PM   #5
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The device is an AxeFx II.
As far as I can see, the midi signal comes in on all midi channels.

How do I install REAPER with the portable option?
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Old 09-29-2019, 03:05 PM   #6
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Re-run the installer, click the portable option. It will be a new, separate install and won't change your current one.
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Old 09-29-2019, 03:25 PM   #7
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I did the following but REAPER opened with all the old settings when I clicked it.
Itīs on a mac.
- If you wish to make a portable installation of REAPER, copy REAPER.app to a folder, and move the contents of your
Library/Application Support/REAPER folder to that same folder (so that REAPER.app and reaper.ini are in the same
place). -

And I have still the same issue.
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Old 09-29-2019, 03:34 PM   #8
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O.K. now I managed to make a portable installation but it didīnt change a thing.
What about the midi ports. Donīt know how to change that.
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Old 09-29-2019, 03:35 PM   #9
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I meant physically plug the usb cable into a different usb port. Don't know why I said MIDI port. Do you have any other DAWs you can test with? Or other MIDI devices you can test in Reaper?
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O.K. now I tried my midi piano as a controller and it worked.
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Old 09-29-2019, 03:51 PM   #11
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Ok so probably not Reaper then. Did you try reinstalling the AxeFx software? Could be some better info on their forums as well. Sorry if none of that helps. I'm out of ideas.
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Well it shouldīnt be a problem with the AxeFx. A midi monitoring program on my computer gets all the signals. But maybe itīs a problem with the midi messages theme-self they are SYSEX messages. Canīt reaper read SYSEX?
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Um no. Sysex can only be read by the hardware or software it's intended for. I'm no expert, but I guess that's why it's called System Exclusive. Is that all your MIDI monitor picks up?

Check the docs for your Axe and find out how to send MIDI CC or Program Change messages, if that's even possible. If not, then the MIDI feature is only intended to do system dumps for backup purposes, or perhaps to communicate with some AxeFx software.
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Well I use the AxeFx just as the midi-interface. The messages come from an audio workstation with motorfaders and everything. And that seems to send only SYSEX messages. SYSEX should be readable by REAPER. ReaControll midi has a SYSEX monitor, so it should be able to read it.

But after a closer look on the midi-monitoring software, I found out that REAPER seems to mix up in- and output of the AxeFx midi.

I already contacted the AxeFx support.

Thanks for the Help so far.
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Old 09-29-2019, 06:02 PM   #15
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ReaControll midi has a SYSEX monitor, so it should be able to read it.
Maybe (and I don't know what the purpose of that would be), but you definitely can't trigger actions with Sysex.

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But after a closer look on the midi-monitoring software, I found out that REAPER seems to mix up in- and output of the AxeFx midi.
I don't believe that's possible. MIDI is a one way street, or we wouldn't need two cables to send it back and forth. I don't want to insult your intelligence, but did you hook it up correctly? Cables should go from Outputs to Inputs.

And what's this "audio workstation with motor faders and everything?" Maybe it's supported by Reaper directly if you can find it in prefs/Control/osc/web. It might be the case that control surfaces use SysEx, I'm not sure. But then it needs to be set up there as a Control Surface and not a MIDI device.

At any rate, if your controller is only sending SysEx, that's your problem, not the Axe nor Reaper.
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I don't believe that's possible. MIDI is a one way street, or we wouldn't need two cables to send it back and forth. I don't want to insult your intelligence, but did you hook it up correctly? Cables should go from Outputs to Inputs.
Yes itīs a one way street. Thats the reason why there is a "Fractal Audio Systems - AXE-FX II - MIDI In“ and a "Fractal Audio Systems - AXE-FX II - MIDI Out“ shown in REAPER. The midi-in can be found, where you can a-sign devices as controllers but the AxeFx is, according to my midi-monitor software, sending the signals from "AxeFx II - MIDI Out“. That is why I think that in- and out-ports might be mixed up in REAPER.

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And what's this "audio workstation with motor faders and everything?" Maybe it's supported by Reaper directly if you can find it in prefs/Control/osc/web. It might be the case that control surfaces use SysEx, I'm not sure. But then it needs to be set up there as a Control Surface and not a MIDI device.
The Workstation is old and has no USB-port. Itīs an AW 4416. But I am able to controll the AxeFx with itīs SYSEX messages, why shouldīnt it be possible to control a DAW that way.
And itīs also sending start and stop messages wich also do not show up in REAPER. And they are common MISC transport messages.
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Found this on the internet:
"REAPER can send and receive (and record) SysEx"
So at least the SysEx messages should show up in REAPER. If not, there is something wrong with the connection between REAPER and the AxeFX!

It has nothing to do with cables outside the computer, because my midi-monitor-software sees the messages coming in from AxeFx Midi Out.
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Yea sorry I can't help you more. Hopefully Axe support will know what's up. There's enough info here at least for someone more knowledgeable to get some ideas about it though. Good luck.
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Old 09-29-2019, 07:58 PM   #19
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Thank You.
I found a solution that works.
Itīs called Bome MIDI Translator Pro!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ri4VC3Z1i0U
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A Control Surface sending nothing but SysEx ? That is weird !

Bome is great !

(There are cost free ways to do this by programing scripts internally in Reaper or by using Cocos' free OSCIIBot program together with LoopMidi, but this would be a lot of
work to set up.)

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Old 09-30-2019, 03:41 AM   #21
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A Control Surface sending nothing but SysEx ? That is weird !
Well itīs very old and in the SysEx information is everything you need!
Would be great if REAPER would send information of the faders and panning wheels back, so it could trigger the motorfaders in my AW4416.

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The CSI Reaper extension should be able to do this.

See the appropriate thread here.

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See the appropriate thread here.
There is no link...
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Well, I installed the csi extension but I doīnt know how to use it at all!!!
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The first message in the said thread (with "CSI" in the header ) provides a link to the wiki that is starting do be a documentation. -> https://github.com/malcolmgroves/reaper_csi/wiki
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Well I did set it all up, but the only midi message I get from REAPER is a note on and of when hitting Play and Stop.
No midi gets out of REAPER when I move a fader.
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Out of curiosity, did you actually figure out how to get this working properly?

Arrived here after reading your newer thread & got interested in this one.
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Out of curiosity, did you actually figure out how to get this working properly?

Arrived here after reading your newer thread & got interested in this one.
Yes, I got it done...

Itīs a little bit complicated but works well. But I would have to check for I doīnt remember it. Itīs quite some time ago.
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Cool. Glad you got it working.. I am seriously considering resurrecting my old Mac Mini server & running reaper as well as logic on it, so information as to what works and what doesnt is very handy. Already got my Focusrite Liquidmix 32 working with it no problem.
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