Hi and good evening, I am new to all this stuff so please forgive me for asking what might be a stupid questoin. I am a synth player in a band. We are just about to record in a studio and have decided to record synths in my home studio. How do I get to use Reason within Reaper? I use a midi controller with Reason and want to record directly from that in Reaper using Reason 4 synths. Thanks in advance. Shaun

Hi Shaun and welcome to the forums! First off: My experience in these forums is that there are rarely stupid questions, but sometimes dumb answers. Assuming that you have already installed Reaper and Reason, do the following (I hope I don't forget anything - it's easier to do than to write down, what to do): - If Reason already is running, close it. - If Reaper isn't running, start it. - Create a track (either by right-clicking and selecting "Insert new track" from the menu or by pressing ctrl-t. - Right-click on the button, marked "ar" and choose "MIDI Input" from the menu and your MIDI interface from the sub-menu and the MIDI-channel from the sub-menu of that. - Right-click on the "ar"-button again and choose "Record: MIDI overdub in existing items" - Left-click on the "ar"-button (it lights up) - Left-click on the "fx"-button. Two windows come up "FX chain: track.." and "Add FX to track .. """ - On the left side of the window, choose "ReWire" from the list. - On the right side of the window, choose Reason by clicking and then clicking "OK" or by doubleclicking. The window will probably close then, but the first window is still there. Now you have to wait until Reason is up and you can load your reason project or create a new one. - In the FX chain window of Reaper you can now determine to which instrument of Reason MIDI should go. These are the first steps (and I probably forgot something as I predicted). You can use the internal mixer of Reason or route multiple outputs directly to Reaper. You can't route MIDI from Reason to Reaper, because Reason has no MIDI out. If you have Projects you have done with the Reason sequencer and want to work with them in Reaper (MIDI editing), you have to export them as MIDI files that you can import into Reaper afterwards. HTH -Data

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Nice one! I will let you know how I get on. Thanks, Shaun

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Hi Dont understand this bit you said Right-click on the button, marked "ar" and choose "MIDI Input" from the menu and your MIDI interface from the sub-menu and the MIDI-channel from the sub-menu of that. Do I have to label or search to find the interface? All I can see is a list of m=numbered channels.