Waiting for MIDI….

[M4R71N 88]

I have a problem.

I have connected my Yamaha DTX 452K into REAPER but SD3 says that it is waiting for MIDI…

I have enabled DTX as my MIDI device in REAPER Options/Preferences/Midi Devices

 

Any ideas?

 

Thanks in advance

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.2.5
Operating system: Windows 10

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[José Sanguino]

There’s something missing in your picture. You have your track header layout (see in the menu toolbar: “Options>Layout>Master Track Panel” set to a size/letter (A, B or C) where I can’t see the input source you have selected. If you have started by adding a “New Track” (by double-clicking on the left area of the Master Track Panel), then Reaper automatically will assign it to the first input of your AUDIO DEVICE, that is to say, it’s expecting to record AUDIO from the first input of your device. Not MIDI from your MIDI device. It doesn’t matter if you have afterwards clicked on “FX” and added “Superior Drummer 3”. If you create your tracks straightaway as “Add new track” or by double-clicking on the left side of your Master Track Panel, you’ll get a track which will be waiting for audio input by default. You have the option to change the layout of your Master Track Panel header (or widening it by click+drag) to see if the input is set to MIDI. If not, it is probably expecting for Audio. (Check my attached image).

In order to avoid this, try adding SD3 into a new track NOT by opening a new track straightaway, but from the menu bar option: “Insert>Virtual instrument on new track…” – When you ask Reaper to add a VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT, you select which one from the list (in your case, search for VSTi Superior Drummer 3) and click OK. Reaper will then ask you if you’d like to add 16 stereo audio tracks as output for SD3. That’s normal. If you’re planning to export your beats to individual tracks for each instrument mic, bus FXs, Overheads, Room mics, etc… you must say “yes” and then set up the outputs within SD3 to export each output individually, so that you can mix your song from within your DAW.  If you’re just planning to jam & drum a little, you don’t need all the stereo audio tracks SD3 offers, only one. Then, click “No”, and the whole drumkit sound will come from the instrument track. No new audio output tracks will be added in your Reaper project.

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.2.5
Operating system: Windows 10

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