Never say never @John_E
Look at @PamPurrs she is on her third one in the last 2 months
Are your Midi outputs on the digital piano Din or USB?
Back when Midi first became a thing, that would be before man discovered fire, Midi was a real PITA at times to hook up. Now with the USB connection things are a lot simpler, as far as getting connected.
I have a Yamaha PortaSound PSS-680 that I purchase back in the 1980s.
It has the old Midi In, Out and Thru round. 5 pin DIn output connectors on it for Midi.
I considered getting an adapter cable to go from DIN to USB, they are about $30, but when I was offered a new, 4 octave, stand alone controller for $100 I chose to go that route.
For home studio EDM (Electronic Dance Music) production they are great. I also find that a lot of things in music theory are easier to understand because you have a more visual representation of note layouts.
I said keyboard as I have two midi controller footswitches that do different things and an electronic sax midi controller that is an electronic sax as well as midi controller, so the term keyboard was used for a reason. Sorry for the lack of clarity.
I tried to run Reaper now with all the devices I have connected on, and everything worked like a charm.
Just a note, if you have some issues with Virtual instruments and their playback, you have to check both the Input and Output of the device and enable Input/Output from the device.
As most USB MIDI Controllers are class compliant, they somehow work as PlugâNâPlay, but without setting up the communication it doesnât always route from default to input channel for instruments.
With a USB connector all you need is a a cable Typically USB (B) on the keyboard to USB (A) on the computer. A lot of printer cables have this configuration so you might already have a cable to connect if you ever want to try Midi out. So your initial cost would be $0.
By the way, donât get the idea I am trying to talk you into trying Midi.
You have already seen how involved and time consuming it can be.
Oh Iâve connected it before way before my bass days, downloaded the drivers etc and set up all the MIDI, etcâŚâŚthen I picked up my sax and just kept playing it.
Where I had issues at first was the paths in the VST section of the preferences.
Sometimes the virtual instrument installer would put it on an existing path and sometime it wouldnât.
I havenât had a problem getting instruments to work with Reaper and any of the keyboards Iâve had. Itâs been pretty much plug n play. Itâs all the other stuff thatâs been giving me fits.
Ok, UVI UltraMini. Installed, inserted as VST3 version to a track, arming the track and playing Essential worked right from the get go without any issue.
I am sorry, Pam, but it seems really that you are simply missing some little tickbox or something along those lines.
Yep. Something isnât configured correctly. I am betting it is outside the SAW as the standalone app isnât working correctly for her either.
I am betting itâs either the midi input settings or the audio out settings for the UVI Model D. I am also guessing the UVI Model D âappâ is actually UVI Workstation but I am not 100% sure on that
âVI Model D âappâ is actually UVI Workstationâ ⌠yep, as I understand UVI software, everything is built on their proprietary sample engine (UVI workstation) in the same way as Sampletank, Kontakt, etc.
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