Using Reaper to play large media (audio/video) files synchronized to Renoise

Using Renoise to master Reaper and enable the power of playing large audiofiles or videofiles(!!) along the song. Here are the basic instructions how to get this done.

A few things not really splendid explained:

• The bpm of the mediafile that you want to synchronize is leading no matter if Renoise is master or slaved to Reaper.
• The ReaRoute 1/2 output is automatically set in Renoise if the ReaRoute Asio driver is being selected.
• It is possible to route other tracks back into Renoise using other ReaRoute channel combinations and then use a line-in device inside Renoise and you can mute the external track from inside Renoise during mixing. Uncheck the “Send master” option of that particular track in Reaper to disable double output or echo effects.

Tools required:

• Renoise 1.5 or higher: http://www.renoise.com
• Reaper 2.030 or higher: http://www.reaper.fm
• Midi Yoke: http://www.midiox.com/myoke.htm (more information about the use of Midi Yoke)

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8 Responses to “Using Reaper to play large media (audio/video) files synchronized to Renoise”

1. Looza Says:
   January 24th, 2008 at 9:27 am

   The Sweetness … Exactly what I will need very soon. Thanx alot for this so I won’t have to find this out all on my own.

2. Bantai Says:
   January 24th, 2008 at 3:32 pm

   Cool, might do this because I work with long samples a lot.

3. Cyril Says:
   January 25th, 2008 at 10:56 pm

   I´m using EnergyXT2 as VSTi inside Renoise for this job. It´s simply and works nice.

4. Bantai Says:
   January 26th, 2008 at 12:39 pm

   Contrary to EnergyXT, EnergyXT2 always causes my long samples to glitch. So unfortunately, I cannot really recommend EnergyXT2.

5. vV Says:
   January 28th, 2008 at 10:07 pm

   How does Ext2 performs with video files then?

6. Dan Fascia Says:
   July 5th, 2008 at 2:13 pm

   I like the Reaper setup, that will work well for my music

   Does it also synchronise position for recording long audio takes into Reaper?

7. vV Says:
   August 29th, 2008 at 9:33 am

   Recording position for long audio takes may work for Renoise to synchronise, but it will probably not be easy for you to time your actions.
   Delay is always a culprit in these matters.
   But i have not tried this option myself yet, so you can give it a shot.
   Best is probably to make Renoise a slave in those cases.

8. elfh Says:
   September 17th, 2008 at 8:17 pm

   when i try to play video in reaper, having speed=16 and bpm=128 in renoise, video just doesn’t starts. if i set speed to a lower value, 4, for example – everything works. how to deal with this? any good ideas?

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