Just opened Reaper for the 1st time in forever - no connect

[mortatone]

There was an error opening the audio hardware:

Error initializing ASIO driver




*opens beer*



I'm a total dumbass with this stuff so beer probably isn't the best idea so I made sure to have plenty on hand.



HALP

[TurboPablo]

Find your way to preferences and figure out what driver is selected.

[mortatone]

Yamaha Steinberg USB ASIO

[TurboPablo]

You can try to update the driver. Also, reboot the interface or try to select ASIO in preferences and see if that works.

[mortatone]

Gah! Forgot to plug the usb into the laptop. See how dumb I am at this?


Now it seems to be connecting but I'm not getting signal from the mic into Reaper.

[TurboPablo]

Arm the track to record and the meter should show it.

[mortatone]

I remember the arming of the track....


So now I have connection and can record and play back through the Steinberg headphone out. Can I make playback happen through the laptop speakers?

[TurboPablo]

As long as they are all running the same driver. Should work fine.

[mortatone]

output options are Steinberg L and R and Steinberg FX L & R.

Does that mean I'm stuck with headphones? Oh wait I can just plug the laptop speakers into the Steinberg. Duh!

[BroSlinger]

Reaper becomes very frustrating when you leave it sitting for a few months or years. They update everything, then nothing works. I had to redo all of my focusrite drivers.

[mortatone]

Tonight I’mma try to figgur out how to record with 2 mics into 2 separate tracks. It’s time to up my game a little

[TurboPablo]

Reaper becomes very frustrating when you leave it sitting for a few months or years. They update everything, then nothing works. I had to redo all of my focusrite drivers.

Reaper prompts me for updates all the time. I almost always do them because the prompt annoys me and I don't want to see it.

[Ostinato Rubato]

Reach out to our resident Reaper expert Jive Turkey.

[Ostinato Rubato]

Tonight I’mma try to figgur out how to record with 2 mics into 2 separate tracks. It’s time to up my game a little

On each track you are able to set the input it's receiving. You will want to pick Analog 1 for one mic and Analog 2 for the other on the second track. It should default to Analog 1 so on the second track you will need to change it.

[Ostinato Rubato]

Reaper becomes very frustrating when you leave it sitting for a few months or years. They update everything, then nothing works. I had to redo all of my focusrite drivers.

Reaper prompts me for updates all the time. I almost always do them because the prompt annoys me and I don't want to see it.

Yeah. It really sucks that they're continuously making improvements and handing out free updates every other day. Fuckin' Reaper.

[TurboPablo]

Reaper becomes very frustrating when you leave it sitting for a few months or years. They update everything, then nothing works. I had to redo all of my focusrite drivers.

Reaper prompts me for updates all the time. I almost always do them because the prompt annoys me and I don't want to see it.

Yeah. It really sucks that they're continuously making improvements and handing out free updates every other day. Fuckin' Reaper.

I love Reaper.

[Ostinato Rubato]

Reaper becomes very frustrating when you leave it sitting for a few months or years. They update everything, then nothing works. I had to redo all of my focusrite drivers.

Reaper prompts me for updates all the time. I almost always do them because the prompt annoys me and I don't want to see it.

Yeah. It really sucks that they're continuously making improvements and handing out free updates every other day. Fuckin' Reaper.

I love Reaper.

I've learned to love it. But I do actually love it now. It does virtually everything any other DAW does.

But when Jive and I finished the current Neon Fortress project I am very likely to make the move to Ableton Live.

[JiveTurkey]

Reaper=pile of unintuitive garbage. But FREE!

[Ostinato Rubato]

Reaper=pile of unintuitive garbage. But FREE!

It's $60!!!

[BroSlinger]

I gladly paid the $60 a few years ago.

Now, they tell me, "hey, we improved it so much, you need to pay $60 again. sorry, we lied when we implied you were forever paid up. Welcome to this little countdown timer every time you open your software."

[JiveTurkey]

Reaper=pile of unintuitive garbage. But FREE!

It's $60!!!

I've gotten thiiiiiiiiis much better with it as of late

[ibenhad]

Mort you are too damn funny I about pissed myself reading your obviously DAW challenged posts. And Broslinger they say the $60 covers 2 major full releases I believe. So say 4.5 to 6.0 and all the .X releases in between but not more than 2 full 4 - 6 revs. I seriously have tried nearly every DAW out there and it doesn't get better than this for the coin. Also the Kenny Gioia videos are like gold to learn Reaper. Mort no more spliffs or beers till you are setup ready to record and then you can partake, OK?

[mortatone]

It’s been set up and making the most basic of clips since shortly after this thread