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Hi gang.
I love Reaper for the flexibility but... whenever I load a Midi track, I get no sound and need to find an extension to play.
Reaper has so many extensions but I can't find one to play Midi (incl drums).
Can someone point me to a solution. Or.. where I can get a Reaper (free) Midi playback extension?
Thanks in advance.
DE
Win 10, 64 bit, love my Lenovo T420, BIAB 2019 (613), RB 2019 (2)
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I move all my BIAB midi eventually into Reaper. Works great.
Do you have Sampletank or something equivalent? Or how about EZDrummer or something like it? You need a sound synth.
BIAB – 2026, Reaper (current), i7-12700F Processor, 32GB DDR4-3200MHz RAM, Motu Audio Express 6x6 - My SoundCloud.
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Music Student:
I do have Sampletank but I find it to be a headache (it always manages to hassle me). And so I don't use / like it. I can't afford EZDrummer (small pension).
Open to more suggestions, but reluctantly willing to use Sampletank if that's all there is.
Thanks for responding.
DE
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Music Student:
I do have Sampletank but I find it to be a headache (it always manages to hassle me). And so I don't use / like it. I can't afford EZDrummer (small pension).
Open to more suggestions, but reluctantly willing to use Sampletank if that's all there is.
Thanks for responding.
DE There are many options which we can recommend and many will be free, however, Is BIAB your only experience with ST?. SampleTank in Reaper is not like SampleTank in BIAB! It is much much more user friendly. I will point you in a few directions this weekend when I have some time on my system.
BIAB – 2026, Reaper (current), i7-12700F Processor, 32GB DDR4-3200MHz RAM, Motu Audio Express 6x6 - My SoundCloud.
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Music Student:
"Is BIAB your only experience with ST?" Yes to that.
I'll gladly wait for your further reply ... thanks.
DE
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Music Student:
Found a solution: Coyote WT showed up in Reaper as a DXi and it is working for me. Tried Sampletank -- still don't like it. Also ST only showes PG Music's files.
PS: had to re-install Coyote today in BIAB, it went missing. Guess that's how Reaper found it.
For the type of music / work I do, Coyote WT will do for me.
Thanks (again) for responding. Much appreciated.
DE
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For the type of music / work I do, Coyote WT will do for me.
Thanks (again) for responding. Much appreciated.
DE OK, but Coyote WT uses the original limited MS sounds which many would agree is what gave midi a bad name. If it works for you, fine. But when you finish a piece in Reaper please send it to me and I will substitute the synth so you can at least see if it sounds different. Hey, I personally like cheap beer. I don't pay for the expensive stuff cause it just tastes the same to me. Maybe your hearing is a bit of the same.
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Music Student:
Found a solution: Tried Sampletank -- still don't like it. Also ST only showes PG Music's files.
Do you only have the free ST2 which came with BIAB and the limited library of sounds?
BIAB – 2026, Reaper (current), i7-12700F Processor, 32GB DDR4-3200MHz RAM, Motu Audio Express 6x6 - My SoundCloud.
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Do you only have the free ST2 which came with BIAB and the limited library of sounds?
Yes, I did have a full range of ST instruments but have had to delete them due to a shortage of disk space. As for a better sound - I really am an "old" fart with some hearing loss in both ears so I would not likely appreciate the difference. I appreciate the correspondence, I'm going to leave it with Coyote WT. Whatever music I make / play with, is to keep me busy in my retirement years and something to do during the day. Thanks and take care. DE
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i use saverunet. it's working just fine Hi fanbrits johnson and welcome to the forum. I haven't heard of saverunet so I did a quick search of the term and came up with nothing relative to music. Can you provide more detail on your answer?
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DEddy, Just a thought. A daw called ++ MultiTrack Studio ++ has modeled instruments built-in. While it adheres to the 128 instrument general midi (GM) standard for the most part it does replace the 16 sound effect instruments with more traditional instruments like guitar or bass. It's nice to be able to call up a nice sounding midi instrument that's built into the daw instead of an add on. I don't have the program yet but plan on getting it. There are a few forum members that use it as I first discovered the program here.
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Thanks Jim for the info.
MultiTrack Studio is $69. Reaper 5 is $60 (I have ver 4) but it's "very" flexible; easiest DAW I've ever used. Reaper now has a video / tutorial web page.
Always like hearing about music software.
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DE I worked last weekend putting together a video for you to show how nice ST3 works in Reaper... Well all hell broke lose on my computer as I tried to tweak setting to get the video. Computer is now down until I figure out how to reconfigure sounds (I have another thread here in the forum on this). ST3 was also giving me fits as some of the midi routing got messed up with a current Reaper update and I had to redo all the routing. Just letting you know your tread has had a big impact here... 
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Music Student: always nice to hear from you. Sorry to hear about your computer problems.
I've got an older (not as old as me) Lenovo ThinkPad computer with only 13GB left on my hard drive. I'll need a lottery before I can upgrade.
Still ... looking forward to seeing the video you mentioned.
Take care.
DE
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