Gordon.
(ps RHARV...good stuff...respect.)
re expression/midi.

1..IMPORTANT >>>set a rb track to midi.
2..on the left hand side of rb tracks view pull down on a track bottom with mouse.
and youll find various midi settings includeing expression.

does this help ?

note...be carefull of a GOTCHA when bringing some midi songs from somewhere you didnt create. often they have front end embedded commands that will override your midi settings...SO you make a setting but the embeds override your settings. so its important if this occurs...and let me emphasise its not an rb issue as rb has no control over what other people set as embedded commands...that...you delete these front end commands in order for your own control settings to work. so you need to strip these out. as you prolly know now but i'll repeat for any lurkers rb will seperate a midi to seperate tracks...bam...done.

let me emphasise i keep on coming back to rb after my yearly sojourn testing various daws precisely for the reason that rb does things i havent seen in other daws. for example i have been an avid reaper user and avid contributor early on of feature ideas to reaps since it came out...but simply put rb has many of its own unique features. so its the old horses for courses. i use reaps for its neat things and rb for its neat things...thus its not one versus the other but a synergy of useing both mate. for example as your obviously a very experienced engineer if one considers op amps in electronics and lets say one is designing a mic pre...the designer will prolly say...
'well what components should i use to give studios the vintage sound picture they crave ? transistors ? cheap op amps ? tubes ? a combo ?
can i keep price down by useing ten a penny op amps ?'
as we all know sometimes its a synergy of various components that produce the optimum result according to product objectives.
same with songs and useing the right apps or combo for the job.
so simply put...people who never use rb are missing a heck of a lot of things that could help them.
the above is just in case there are any lurkers thinking of looking at rb.

the problem re rb is lots of people dont give it a fair shake imho.
i suspect some first time users open it up and possibly get bedazzled at the fact its choc full of a zillion features...and groan with the idea of going through a new learning cycle. same happened to me when i started out with rb...but i'm a stubborn SOB...lol...and the more i got into rb and the more i developed work methods specific to rb the more i realised it was a blinkin goldmine of features. in summary rb rewards the person willing to stick with it, and experiment...cos its sooo deep.
lol...probably pg are sick of hearing from me re rb suggestions like other daw makers ive made suggestions to over the years.


btw...that ry mini pc i got is still a star and just works day in/out.
fast win/bb/rb boots. love m.2 and no bloatware etc etc.
i show friends this hold in your hand pc and what it can do re music production and it blows their blinkin minds. so i got a second one for the net.
thanks for suggesting that i look at mini pc's. so i left laptops and too big towers behind.

ps i miss your lovely county of hampshire.

happiness and respect.

om.

Last edited by justanoldmuso; 09/03/25 05:38 AM.
my songs....mixed for good earbuds...(fyi..my vocs on all songs..)
https://soundcloud.com/alfsongs
(90 songs created useing bb/rb)
(lots of tips of mine in pg tips forum.)