Hardware MIDI Sends the better way – REAPER tutorial

When you have hardware MIDI devices like a synth or drum machine, there are a few ways to set it up to work with REAPER. From the routing window of a track you can create a send to a MIDI output. You can pick up the sound of the instrument from a record armed track with an audio input. One thing I don't like about this way is that hardware MIDI sends can't be bypassed/muted, only deleted. An alternative way to set it up is to use the ReaInsert plugin, sending only MIDI. With this you can see the plugin in the TCP and just shift-click to bypass the send to the hardware. For me this is much quicker to work with. All this and more is shown in the video 00:00 - In the begininning 00:18 - Track setup 01:08 - Capturing MIDI 01:31 - Why can't we hear it? 01:48 - Option 1 - Routing Window MIDI Hardware Output 02:33 - Changing the sound after recording 03:55 - A warning 04:30 - Option 2 - ReaInsert Plugin 05:54 - Major benefit of option 2 06:51 - This also works with drum machines Thanks for watching! Visit The REAPER Blog for many more tips, tricks and tutorials. 🌐 Website - https://reaper.blog 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/reaperblog 📘 Facebook Page - https://facebook.com/thereaperblog 🤷 Facebook Group - https://facebook.com/groups/reaperblogcommunity 👏 Patreon - https://patreon.com/thereaperblog 📷 Gear I use - https://kit.co/reaperblog 👕 Merch Store - https://reaper.blog/merch ＄Affiliate Links ＄ Amazon - https://reaper.blog/amazon Distrokid - https://reaper.blog/distrokid PluginBoutique - https://reaper.blog/pluginboutique LoopCloud - https://reaper.blog/loopcloud Loopmasters - https://reaper.blog/loopmasters Meterplugs - https://reaper.blog/meterplugs Pro Mix Academy - https://reaper.blog/pma Skillshare - https://reaper.blog/skillshare Backblaze - https://reaper.blog/backblaze