A friend of mine put it very well: 'playing drums is like sex.

Have fun man! I really suck at the drums but I've really loved my e-kit. Even if you're not very good at it, it's still a lot of fun!'

This is a list of great free trap drum kits for making beats and consists. And when you get to actually recording, look a little further back in the Reaper forum here and find my post on adjusting the Input/Output latency offset so your drum recordings will be in time with the rest of your project. C:VST64MIDI Mapping and drum mapDrum-Map for REAPERMTPowerDrumKit 2 DrumMap. I did end up adjusting my interface's ASIO buffer to help the latency. Load up EZD as a VSTi on that track, arm for recording, turn on monitoring, and I can tap away. I usually just insert a new track, go to the Input button, select MIDI Devices, then select my e-kit. As long as I turn on my kit (or keyboard, or whatever MIDI device) before I start Reaper, it'll be listed under the MIDI inputs on the track input list, and it shows up under the MIDI Devices dialog box in Options. I think I've read everything and watched everything, pretty sure I even know how to map each drum to an individual track if I can just get Reaper to recognize SD.I don't recall having to activate or turn on any MIDI inputs in Reaper when I started using my e-kit. That SD(or any VST software) should just be recognized.īetween learning SD2 and Reaper at the same time, Im probably missing some important early steps. I've watchedĪ ton of youtube vids and when I go to the VST/VSTi section, SD2 isn't showing up in the list. Sounds no problem.(all drums on one Track of course) I can't find where I would get Superior to load. I downloaded Reaper(full trial version for 2 months) Reaper can see my TD15 and I can record the internal Play great(before buying this I was worried about the Hi Hats, but not anymore) So I have it working great. Add the new plugin, ReWIre: CrispyReWireDevice to that track, and nothing else.

Once you're done, launch REAPER and create a blank track, i like to call mine Rewire Guide. Had to make one setting change for CC on hi hats. Uncheck everything in the installer except for the last entry, which is the CrispyTuner ReWire Device, and allow it to install. Much)everything was mapped right where it should be. No latency issue, all drums mapped the way I wanted(didn't have to do So simple, I just loaded SD2 onto my HP pc, Plugged my TD15 directly into a USB slot. I bought Superior Drummer 2.4 and started running it thru Toontrack Solo. My reason is to record each drum on a separate track with my TD15.

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