Once you have done this you need to set the ASIO configuration.Ĭlick on the button and you will hopefully see whatever ASIO window your Lexi uses to set up the ASIO parameters. Your output range is probably going to be something like Lexi 1 and Lexi 2, or Lexi Left and Lexi Right. To enable the inputs and outputs, you have to select them in the next two windows.
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If you don't see this as an option you have NOT installed the correct drivers yet. I see loads of people slavishly adopting ASIO4all, when in practice it is at best a poor solution for people whose audio kit doesn't have ASIO drivers or has ASIO drivers that are not very good.Īnd yes yes yes disable all that MicroSloth rubbish and the built-in sound card.Īssuming you have actually installed the drivers that came with the Lexi, go to options/preferences and select ASIO in the top window, then whatever the Lexi has installed itself as in the next window down. Why use this when the Lexicon comes with it 's own, presumably better, ASIO drivers? Start > Control Panel > Sound > Sounds tab > Sound scheme = No sounds Microsoft GS Wavetable synth isn't going to play nicely with Reaper. then you can probably listen to Reaper and WMP and YouTube at the same time, but you'll want to revert to ASIO if (when) you have problems with panning, latency, or whatever. Or, at a pinch, you can use WaveOut instead of ASIO, for now. Windows Media Player, or any other media player, should be closed. You don't need to close Firefox, but you might need to close some tabs. It might be because you have another media player open, or maybe there's a video or something open in Firefox.ĪSIO won't handle more than one audio stream at a time.Ĭlose any other processes which demand audio resources, even if they're not demanding them right now. I don't know about the rest of your settings, but you're not going to hear anything until you fix that. Then recording midi input from the keyboard. First confirm that you can at least get playback with the Lexicon. Under the midi devices, when you right click on any of them, do they say "enable for control?" I think at least the Lexicon should not, maybe all of them.Ĭould you post a screen shot of the Reaper Prefs/Midi Device page?Įdit - actually, I think you need to back up a step, and do as Fex suggested - one step at a time. This is what happens when you jump into a hobby without any regard lol. The tracks are set to stereo left/right at the moment. When I test for audio I DO see the MASTER volume meter and also individual track volume meters jump so I know its getting through.just silence though. I went into Preferences within Reaper and as soon as I leave the devices area to test whether its working it will say "The following MIDI device could not be opened: Waldorf Blofeld". Ok, plugged everything in and trying to play with it to get it to work.īlofeld Left/Stereo and right(instrument cables) to Lexicon Alpha Line In left/right Unless you're going to be using very old synths, you won't be needing MIDI cables. How long does it take to transfer a megabyte via USB2? The Atari ST was unable to compete with the Commodore Amiga as a games machine, but it became the music industry standard sequencer in the 1980s and through the 90s because it had MIDI ports and a whopping 512 kB of RAM or more! I was using an Atari STE 1040 - that's a whole megabyte of RAM, enough to handle the MIDI for an entire album! The correct configuration of ports and cables is part of that protocol, but it's an increasingly redundant part. not what it does (sequencing) or what it's not (audio), but what it actually is. You'll have two tracks minimum - one will record the midi data, input from the Oxygen, and the other will record the audio, input from the Blofeld.Ĭonsider what MIDI actually is. (Options/Preferences/Midi devices)į) In Reaper, add tracks. YMMV.ĭ) connect the Audio Outputs of the Blofeld to the Line Inputs on the AlphaĮ) In Reaper, tell it what all this stuff is, and that it should enable the various midi devices.
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I use its big brother, the Omega, on WinXP and have found that the generic ASIO4ALL driver works better for me than Lexicon's native driver. Yeah ultimate noob question I don't care, it goes without saying I'm learning.Ī) connect the Alpha via usb to computer (it would help if you told us what OS you're on)I'll assume you have the Alpha properly installed, and have the right drivers. How the hell do I put all this together to get Reaper working correctly and have a proper waveform? I have a Waldorf Blofeld hardware synth, a M-Audio Oxygen 49-key MIDI controller and a Lexicon Alpha recording box. I just got Reaper(great program) and having issues getting my MIDI hooked up.