Oscar Myer
New member
Hi all...
So once again I've found myself wasting hours and getting totally frustrated trying to set up my MIDI gear - this time in Reaper - and getting it all to work. I usually manage to stumble on it somehow, but this time I give up. I hit a wall. I have no more time to sit here covered in wires trying everything under the sun to get it running.
I'm thinking about putting out some money on a half decent library of VST plugins. I've never worked with any plugins before except for a few FX - reverb, chorus and such. But from what I see, working with these plugins would make my life a lot easier. I also see that the sounds that are out there today are nothing short of spectacular.
My question is: Do most quality VST plugin bundles work with most DAWs? I want to start using Reaper. Will a quality library of VST work with it?
Is it really as easy as it looks to work with VST? Would it be the same as the way I work with my MIDI modules... pick a patch to use and then go with it?
My MIDI keyboard controller is old, meaning that it isn't USB. I have an M-Audio UNO USB MIDI interface. Will I still be able to use it with plugins? Or will I have to buy a new MIDI controller as well?
I am very serious about trashing all the stuff I have and going in a new direction. I just want to sit down in front of my computer, turn on the controller, spark up Reaper and make music. Am I going down the right path that will take me to that place where I want to be? So many questions to be asked but after all, this is a Newbie forum so I'm pretty sure I'm asking these questions in the right place and to the right people.
All help and guidance is very much appreciated!!!
Bobby
So once again I've found myself wasting hours and getting totally frustrated trying to set up my MIDI gear - this time in Reaper - and getting it all to work. I usually manage to stumble on it somehow, but this time I give up. I hit a wall. I have no more time to sit here covered in wires trying everything under the sun to get it running.
I'm thinking about putting out some money on a half decent library of VST plugins. I've never worked with any plugins before except for a few FX - reverb, chorus and such. But from what I see, working with these plugins would make my life a lot easier. I also see that the sounds that are out there today are nothing short of spectacular.
My question is: Do most quality VST plugin bundles work with most DAWs? I want to start using Reaper. Will a quality library of VST work with it?
Is it really as easy as it looks to work with VST? Would it be the same as the way I work with my MIDI modules... pick a patch to use and then go with it?
My MIDI keyboard controller is old, meaning that it isn't USB. I have an M-Audio UNO USB MIDI interface. Will I still be able to use it with plugins? Or will I have to buy a new MIDI controller as well?
I am very serious about trashing all the stuff I have and going in a new direction. I just want to sit down in front of my computer, turn on the controller, spark up Reaper and make music. Am I going down the right path that will take me to that place where I want to be? So many questions to be asked but after all, this is a Newbie forum so I'm pretty sure I'm asking these questions in the right place and to the right people.
All help and guidance is very much appreciated!!!
Bobby