23.5 Using REAPER With a Synth Workstation
ReaRoute can be used to make the functionality of a stand-alone synthesizer available to you when you are working with REAPER.
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ReaRoute can be used to make the functionality of a stand-alone synthesizer available to you when you are working with REAPER. To be able to work thru this example, you will need to already posses a good working knowledge of how to use the synthesizer. Before proceeding, you will need to ensure that your ReaRoute ASIO drivers have been installed and that the Synth Workstation program has been set up to use them.
- Open REAPER. Open an existing project file, or create a new one and insert a track. 2. Arm this track for recording. Turn on input monitoring and set the track input to stereo. Assign a pair
of ReaRoute channels (probably 1 and 2) to this input. 3. Open the synth program and take whatever steps are needed by way of preparation. 4. Direct audio output to the same pair of ReaRoute channels that you selected at step 2. (above). 5. In REAPER, make sure the play cursor is positioned where you want it. Press Record. 6. Within the synth program, play the instrument(s) to compose a track to accompany your REAPER
song. As you do so, REAPER will record it as a wave file. 7. When finished, save your work.