AboutVijay Expertise Setting up a midi studio,hardware issues, software support,studiogear help.setting up a midi interface
Experience more than 4 years experience.have my own recording gig at home. composed for many events. lots of experience in digital music including drum machines,synths etc.
Question QUESTION: i can't find a sole with this same question or problem!! i got reason 4 not too long ago and i been using the piano role to make my beats.i want that real sound though so i have a midi keyboard plugged in and can set the channel i want it to play, the noise comes out fine through the reason instruments BUT i can't record for some reason. its weird cuz on cubase the midi input records fine but in reason the midi will work so i can hear the noise but it won't record the noise. if i go to preferences and go to keyboard or devieces and press auto detect it doesn't detect anything. i use a triton extreme to make beats as well and also for my midi input. i use vista as well. what else.... im also selecting what device i want to record with on my layout screen and hitting the little red record button. im very frustrated and can't come to a conclusion someone please help me!!!!
ANSWER: Hi,
There's no need for you to record,since you have the piano roll, you are basically constructing the sequence note by note, there's no need to seperately record because it's all in the software. If you are using Cubase or Cakewalk then yes, you'll have to record, \
If you want to take this recording elsewhere (like an MP3 or an audio CD) just export your track to that.
hth
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QUESTION: thank you for the quick reply but im not tryin to record audio, when i think of a melody on reason you shouldn't have to plug in each note one by one. I mean like i said i been doing that but its really only good for very quick patterns. i need to be able to use my surface device (keyboard) and play in my notes using the midi connection. thats how any other reason user does it. i just dont get that real effect clicking the notes in. if u go on youtube and look up someone giving a demo they always play the notes in using their midi control. it takes forever making a beat drawing it in. I think you misunderstood my question so if u could help me out on how to get it recording when i press record that would be much help. if you reference to my first question it explains my problem. If i pick the thor and pick my thor noise, set my midi channel to the thor and play the thor noise plays using my surface device so it seems everythings working properly but then when i press record and play i can still hear it but its not laying the pattern/melody that i played its just a blank colored group that runs down the thor lane. do you understand what i saying now? thanks
Answer Hi,
Sorry for the misunderstanding. What keyboard are u using ?, do you use a desktop or a laptop ?, you might be suffering from latency, but you can't blame anything yet....
So please tell me the setup you have, the hardware and the connections that your setup is currently running on... also check to see if your midi input/output settings on reason are correct. A blank colored box usually means that there was some event registered by reason, but nothing beyond it.
