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Originally Posted by Jason Brian Merrill
So, I have a few controllers with a bunch of programmable knobs to use with reaper.
It would be neat if I could use these controllers right out of the bat w/midi -
what are peoples workflow for this?
Are there commonly used Midi CCs for midi?
My one controller has 8 knobs and a mod/pitch bend thingy. My others have at least that if not much more.
What 8 CC's should I assign to have the greatest likelyhood of just loading up a vsti and having some programmable parameters?
Or is it simply just easier to let it be and assign in reaper and have default mappings?
thanks
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I would suggest either Fergler's method or reason mode (cc 8..48 mainly) or anything else you like. If you have multiple controllers, my tip would be assigning similar or equal values on them, especially if you have an easy way of changing the midi channel, if not via the hardware, you could do it via software (inside or outside Reaper). Based on midi channel their meanings could change. Also switching not all parameters but a partial set to another channel can be useful, parameters you want to access always, you could keep, e.g. for bass and kick and master or whatever is very important, the rest you could switch.
Hopefully soonish Reaper will be midi mapping heaven, with community shared midi_mappings.txt, which can be saved, shared, loaded into Reaper. The idea is mapping the Reaper project to your hardware, not the opposite. The parameters will come to your controls, automatically, based on rule definitions inside midi_mappings.txt