You're right, using midi cables, I've learned to find the manufacturer list and model list; with winize 6.1 in XP; and maybe I could find the port assignments also. My problem with using the USB cable previously was that my XP repeatedly lost the Edirol USB driver, so USB connection never worked, but, hopefully, I've now got XP to hold on to it. Reason 6's auto detection of midi keyboard works slick as magic if it finds the USB midi driver, as you say.
Edirol claims their USB midi driver is faster than generic midi, and has less miti jitter, and maybe they're right. With USB, Reason preferences immediately saw the sound card's asio driver, and input latency was reduced to 7ms. Reason advises using the USB cable with the Edirol PCR series, but I'm a retro type and don't always listen to good advice. Has anyone experimented to learn if using the USB cable leaves 2 empty midi ports that can be use for other gear, and does that give you 32 midi channels, or do you still have only 16?
Indigo L On 11/29/2011 11:02 PM, Chris Belle wrote:
It probably identifies the driver, because with midi cables it's a more generic interface. but you sure can use a generic midi cable set-up because that's exactly what I did. I bet that dialogue speaks better with window-eyes in xp. At 11:29 AM 11/29/2011, you wrote:Hi Roy, You're right, the USB cable is a better way to connect a control surface to Reason 6. It's apparently looking at the USB port to auto detect, because with the USB cable connected it immediately detected and configured my Edirol PCR-300. I will try services.msc. Thanks, Indigo L On 11/29/2011 10:08 AM, Roy Shtupler wrote:connected via usb; try pressing the AutoDetect button and see what it finds. the services.msc app is the way to go; just set CodeMeter to the manual state if it's in automatic mode. cheers Roy. http://elephant-dolphin.bandcamp.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Indigo" <33indigo@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <realmusicians@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 4:25 AM Subject: [realmusicians] Re: Code Meter and Reason 6Using run/msconfig, I unchecked Code Meter in startup, and afterward, looking at services with msconfig, I find Code Meter as stopped, and , yet after rebooting; there it is in the Task Manager processes, 2 instances, 1 called Codemeter.exe and another called code meter cc.exe; and they do not respond to end process in task manager. I can look in administration/ services, to learn what its status is there. I believe administration/services is more powerful than msconfig. I'm having a difficult time getting the right configuration for Reason 6 for my Edirol PCR-300. I had it playing and controlling devices, then it seems to have lost those settings. Did you keep any notes on your Input 1 input 2 and output port settings? Are you connecting with midi cables or a USB cable from keyboard. Thanks, Indigo On 11/28/2011 5:26 PM, Roy Shtupler wrote:no crashes with Reason after removing CodeMeter from the startup group and *changing the service status to manual*. note: I didn't disable the service , just made it manual so it could start whenever required. hope this clears things up Roy. http://elephant-dolphin.bandcamp.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Indigo" <33indigo@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <realmusicians@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 7:00 PM Subject: [realmusicians] Code Meter and Reason 6Hey Chris and DJX, Roy says, I've removed the CodeMeter program from the startup group , and changed its services to start manually , not automatically , so it doesn't automatically load everytime the system boots.Unquote. I've got to learn to try more of these experiments, and not just sit back and let myself be victimized by software. What's the worse that could have happened, if that wasn't successful, Reason might crash after bootup, like I seem to remember happening to Hypersonic 2 if its SynchroSoft isn't present. Wow, this could make a real difference to me, not to have little odd behaveors while Code Meter is running. I'll remove Code Meter from the Win7 64 machine's startup first, maybe it'll return to its original quickness. I still want Reason 6 on a drive by itself, though, just in case. Indigo LFor all your audio production needs and technology training, visit us at www.affordablestudioservices.com or contact Chris Belle cb1963@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or Stephie Belle stephieb1961@xxxxxxxxxxxxx for customized web design
