This step is essential for the editing phase of the drum. From the options portrayed, you can check the two options, ‘Diamonds (drum mode)’, or click Alt + 7, and the ‘Show velocity handles on notes’ or click Alt + 9. Then, hover your mouse over the option that says ‘Piano roll notes’. You must make sure that the ‘Mode: named notes’ is selected. This is the point where you should choose the ‘View’ option from the menu bar. Step 10Īt this stage, you must double click on the track, after you have recorded some of the events in order to open up the piano roll view. Follow this by clicking on the keyboard in order to focus on this part of the transport during the 2-bar count-in phase. Next, you need to press the record button or just choose to opt for the option of CTRL + R. You can do this by clicking the button to highlight it to green. In this step, you should ensure that the repeat button is pressed. You have to click and drag in order to select the 4- bar section. Next, you have to select a 4- bar section. Try to check if the virtual background is working by pressing a few keys. In this step, select the option that reads, ‘Record: MIDI overdub’. This will provide you with some more options. You, following this, need to hover your mouse to the option ‘Record MIDI overdub/ replace’. The following options must be ticked or checked: ‘Monitor input’, ‘Record input’ and ‘Input MIDI’. You can then click right to reach the menu below. The red button in this option should be lit up. Close the box by clicking the ‘Ok’ button below. Go to ‘Instruments’ among the menus in the window that pops up and select ‘DXi: Cakewalk TTS- 1’. Next, you should move on to the ‘Insert’ tab in the Menu bar and select ‘Virtual Instrument on New Track’. You must remember to unselect all the other checkboxes. These boxes are: ‘Run metronome during recording’ and ‘Court-in before recording’. For setting up, you need to check some of the checkboxes. In this window, you should enable the metronome and set up, by right clicking on the metronome button. Upon doing so, a new window pops up called the Metronome and pre-roll settings. Alternatively you can also use the option of Alt + B to access this virtual MIDI keyboard. Hover to the option of Virtual MIDI Keyboard. Move on to the ‘View’ tab in the Menu bar. Step 1īegin your project starting with a new blank project in the Reaper. Let us begin with the step wise description of each of the parts in the journey of being able to program drums using the reaper.
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