IndioBlanco wrote: Sat Jun 14, 2025 7:03 am
For those who use Reaper and are having the same problem assigning MIDI controls, I've found this method, although it will take me a while to learn how to use it and configure it correctly
Realearn is indeed pretty awesome. We currently have a 126 pages deep thread on it at the REAPER forums, from the last 8-9 years or so
, see here:
https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php ... 5&page=126 ... I have a couple of suggestions and comments: you are completely new to this, and to get the best bang for your buck (in a figurative sense at least, heh), you might want to start by reading the actual REAPER manual (
https://www.reaper.fm/userguide.php), and taking your time with other areas of it, too - but regarding MIDI learn, first see how basic MIDI learn works without such an extensive addon.
REAPER has absolutely stellar addons at this point, and it's become a de facto standard in the gaming industry, so I'm not discouraging the use of quality extensions like this. By all means use Realearn when you know why and how to use it. I'm just saying, things can get somewhat overwhelming if you aren't even sure how things are supposed to work at the moment, and have never before used MIDI on any instrument/tool/software. That's perfectly okay, and you
will get the hang of all this if you're interested in this stuff, trust me :)
So yeah, my tip would be, start with the basics, and remember that actual MIDI learn is often also implemented on the
plugin level depending on what instrument/effect plugins you use! For a single example, if you happen to use u-he stuff at some point (paid or free,
https://u-he.com/products/), you will have MIDI learn editable and learnable right in the GUI of the instrument itself. Take your time and experiment, it's a really, really interesting field, and very versatile and deep on Linux these days, too.
Also, as you are now diving into REAPER and its addons and stuff like that, quite specialized knowledge, I recommend joining the REAPER forum and asking specific questions on this functionality there. You'll find that there are plenty of people willing to help with the specifics, and if there is a problem, you can often get responses from the programmers themselves who made these tools. (Edit: Argh, I just have to add, Helgoboss who wrote Realearn did express his preference for actual Realearn support communications taking place on Github, "If possible, please use GitHub Discussions instead of this REAPER forum thread. Thanks" :) ... I just have to edit this in and point this out, as I just mentioned the forums and linked to that thread above, *facepalm* hahh. But in general, definitely join the forum and ask questions on REAPER related specifics there!)
