Anyone here using Melda MRhythmizer?

[BennyG]

All I'm doing is going into the preset browser and loading the "TEMPLATES AND STARTING POINTS" preset from the "Bass, Beats and Instruments" folder inside Factory Banks.

Then hover over "Basic Stutter Creator" on the A2 key,

Than again for your efforts! Yes I have set the quality to 1080 so can see it clearly now.

Problem, When I click on "Templates and Starting Points", nothing happens in the right pane as it does in your video...

You just need to double-click on it, and then it will load all those presets into the keyboard on the right-hand side.

[BennyG]

Alternatively, you might want to use the 'Clear' button to initialise the keyboard first, then drag in the individual keys from the desired preset bank, and then edit to taste. Like this:



More than one way to skin a cat, and all that

[mikehende]

Gosh, so very sorry to say after all of your efforts, it does not work with my actual project too just like instalooper. I created 3 different loops as in your video but no effect when I click on any of them.

Tomorrow I will try the other one but I don't hold out much hope if this one does not work. Will report back.

So frustrating that Augustus Loop and primal Tap loop effects works with my project meaning you can get the loops when you lick on it but not in the way I want like this. Instalooper and this Stutter software's layout and options would have done it but...... Sighhhhhhhhh

[BennyG]

Did you press play in Reaper before you tried to engage the effect? These type of plugins often don't do anything unless the sequencer is actually running.

[mikehende]

If I were to use Reaper in the normal way and play a track in it then yes, all VST plugins work fine. To clarify, there is no track loaded in "my" project. My project is using Reaper only to Host and apply VST fx over the music being played in my MP3 players and something with Installooper and now this plugin we are trying is not working with the way my project is setup and no one knows why.

[Held]

Why not press play and keep REAPER running?

[BennyG]

If I were to use Reaper in the normal way and play a track in it then yes, all VST plugins work fine. To clarify, there is no track loaded in "my" project. My project is using Reaper only to Host and apply VST fx over the music being played in my MP3 players...

OK, so you're routing audio into Reaper from an external source, therefore streaming it directly through Reaper's ins/outs, and with no need to engage the Reaper transport? Just out of interest does anything happen to the audio when you press play in Reaper anyway, so that the transport is running? All these buffer-style plugins are synced to the transport of the host, so if you're not running the Reaper transport, then that is precisely why they are not working. No mystery there.

The trouble with this approach, however, is that even if you did get Stutter Edit (or InstaLooper) to work, it still wouldn't have the desired effect. Reason being that Reaper won't know the tempo of the incoming audio stream, so unless you set it manually and somehow manage to sync Reaper's playback exactly with the track that's coming in from your mp3 player, then your 1/4-note, 8th-note, 16th-note repeats are all going to be out of whack.

The way I see it, there are probably two or three possible solutions to your conundrum, either:

• Find an alternative mp3/DJ software that is able to host VST plugins, and run all of your effects directly inside that program.
• Cue up your mp3s/playlist/whatever inside Reaper, and run all your effects in Reaper. This really shouldn't be too tricky, Reaper is an incredibly flexible bit of software.
• Use a different way to link the two programs together. I guess you're using some kind of virtual cable to get audio into Reaper? I run Reaper and Ableton Live side-by-side using ReWire, and everything syncs up perfectly (Live's transport is running as a slave, so just follows whatever I do in Reaper). That approach might work, but as I understand it ReWire is no longer officially supported, so you may run into problems depending on your specific system set up.

Out of interest, what mp3 software are you using, and what specific features does it have that you couldn't find elsewhere?

[mikehende]

OK, so you're routing audio into Reaper from an external source, therefore streaming it directly through Reaper's ins/outs, and with no need to engage the Reaper transport?

Just out of interest does anything happen to the audio when you press play in Reaper anyway, so that the transport is running?

The trouble with this approach, however, is that even if you did get Stutter Edit (or InstaLooper) to work, it still wouldn't have the desired effect.

The way I see it, there are probably two or three possible solutions to your conundrum, either:

• Find an alternative mp3/DJ software that is able to host VST plugins, and run all of your effects directly inside that program.
• Cue up your mp3s/playlist/whatever inside Reaper, and run all your effects in Reaper. This really shouldn't be too tricky, Reaper is an incredibly flexible bit of software.
• Use a different way to link the two programs together. I guess you're using some kind of virtual cable to get audio into Reaper?
  
  Out of interest, what mp3 software are you using, and what specific features does it have that you couldn't find elsewhere?

Thanks for helping. My Reaper project was setup by someone who is far more technically sound than I, I am accustomed to DJ/mp3 softwares so DAW's and anything related to it is like a foreign language for me.

I had wanted to find a way to play mp3's from any source on my pc [DJ, MP3 players, Youtube, Spotify e.t.c] and be able to apply VST fx to the playing music, that is how the guy setup my system. He used VB-Audio VAC together with Reaper to do this.

When I press PLAY in my project all you see is the line moving left to right and no the Stutter fx is not heard. So yes, no need to engage the Transport in Reaper.

Since Primal Tap and Augustus Loop works fine with the stutter/loop fx in my project it's strange why these others don't.

No, there isn't an alternative since I play mp3's from all of the different sources mentioned.

I wouldn't know how to use a different program to do what my project is doing since I am not that technically sound with the workings of DAWs. I had offered to pay someone a fee I can afford on this forum and on Reaper's forum and on Fiverr and everywhere else to solve this problem for me to get instalooper to work but could not find a single person willing to take on this task.

[BennyG]

I had wanted to find a way to play mp3's from any source on my pc [DJ, MP3 players, Youtube, Spotify e.t.c] and be able to apply VST fx to the playing music, that is how the guy setup my system. He used VB-Audio VAC together with Reaper to do this.

When I press PLAY in my project all you see is the line moving left to right and no the Stutter fx is not heard....

Ah, I'm afraid I don't really know how to advise then, unless I can see your specific setup. There's no reason why this shouldn't work though. I happen to have VCA installed on my machine, as I used to do exactly the same thing, running audio through Reaper so I could do acoustic room correction on everything I listened to through my browser, mp3 player, etc.

Just setup a quick test project and it seems to work as expected:



Here I'm using VAC to run audio from Winamp and then Firebox directly into Reaper, where Stutter Edit is loaded on the VAC input track. You can see that it does nothing when the transport isn't running, but as soon as I press play in Reaper the stutters start working.

Send me a DM and maybe I can help troubleshoot your system...

[mikehende]

Whoa! Hard to imagine that I would find anyone else who has a similar setup, thank you very much for the kind offer, will PM you the details. The only thing I had not mentioned about my project is it's done to run the fx only to my Top speaker, not the bass.

I have a 2-way mono system and did not want the fx on the bass speakers as sometimes some fx cause distortion.

[mikehende]

I just sent PM.

[Dirk Diggler]

Benny G is correct, all loopers need forward motion (play or record) from the DAW.
You'll need to sync your MP3 software to Reaper.
Or just play your MP3's within Reaper.

[mikehende]

So I am very happy to report that we got this all settled guys, Benny with his many efforts was able to get Instalooper working with my project. As you all know I am still not clear on every step so if anyone might have any questions you can post, I am sure Benny will answer.

Benny, you're a lifesaver man, you are a stand up guy and a man of your word. I especially admire your patience and kindness and being relentless going that distance to help me with this, thank you very much!

Now I finally have both Hardware and software fx options for my music, appreciate the help guys, blessings all.