I'm guessing there might be big coding hurdles around achieving good quality audio recording and playback while slaving to MIDI clock, which might mean a complete rewrite of some core Reaper code.
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Reaper slaves perfectly to Ableton as a software Rewire device, but Reaper can't record audio as a Rewire device.
I'm guessing this is a question that has been asked countless times before and people are tired of answering "No, you can't do that" -"Why?." Is anyone using E-RM Midiclock as a master clock to slave Reaper to?ĭoes anyone know why Reaper might struggle in this area? I am looking at getting the E-RM Midiclock+ to hopefully solve the sync issue and allow me to work solely in Reaper. It looks like to solve the sync issue with Reaper I need to buy another piece of gear. Unfortunately I don't then also get the MIDI recording which is good for working with harmony, melody, etc after recording. My current workaround then is to record my playing into Ableton, then export the audio and import that into Reaper, where I find the tempo lines up perfectly. I don't think Ableton is as good as Reaper when it comes to mixing and producing, it's designed best for live performance.
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I have invested a good amount of time learning and becoming familiar with Reaper, bought the non-commercial license and I find it great to use so I don't want to move my entire workflow to Ableton. It's also perfect when using external sync from an Arturia Keystep sending clock to both Ableton and Prologue separately. However, I have tried the same setup with Ableton Live Lite and found it syncs perfectly when slaving to the Prologue clock. I understand there are always issues with USB, MIDI jitter, latency. This is the same no matter if Reaper is the sync master or slave. Over 2 minutes they become noticeably out of sync. I have tried many different configurations but I cannot get Reaper and the Prologue to stay in sync. I am recording into Reaper using Korg Prologue 16's arpeggiator and BPM-LFO. Having said that I wonder if someone can clarify something for me.
I find Reaper great and I understand no piece of software can do everything.