Input/output section

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Use this section to connect ReaLearn to a specific controller.

Also see Best practices for setting input and output.

Input menu

Allows you to select the Input port to which this ReaLearn unit listens. ReaLearn works with MIDI or OSC input. In addition, it can listen to keyboard input.

MIDI: <FX input>

When selected, ReaLearn captures all MIDI events that flow into this ReaLearn VSTi FX instance (= track MIDI path). This is the default selection.

MIDI: Some input device

When selected, ReaLearn captures events from the given MIDI device directly, before it reaches REAPER’s tracks.

This will only work if Enable input from this device is checked for the selected MIDI input device in REAPER’s preferences (Options Settings MIDI Inputs). The device name is prefixed with the device ID, which also shows up in the REAPER preferences.

Unavailable MIDI input devices

This submenu contains MIDI input devices which are currently disconnected or not enabled in the REAPER preferences.

OSC: Some device

When selected, ReaLearn captures events from the given OSC device. Before any device shows up here, you need to add it via Manage OSC devices.

Unavailable OSC devices

This submenu contains OSC devices for which control is currently disabled.

Manage OSC devices

Allows one to display and modify the list of OSC devices (globally).

<New>

Opens a dialog window for adding a new OSC device. See OSC device dialog.

Some OSC device

Edit: Lets you edit an existing device. See OSC device dialog.
Remove: Removes the device. This is a global action. If you remove a device, all existing ReaLearn instances which use this device will point to a device that doesn’t exist anymore.
Enabled for control: If you disable this, ReaLearn will stop listening to this device. This can save resources, so you should do this with each device that is not in use (as an alternative for removing it forever).
Enabled for feedback: If you disable this, ReaLearn won’t send anything to this device.
Can deal with bundles: By default, ReaLearn aggregates multiple OSC messages into so-called OSC bundles. Some devices (e.g. from Behringer) can’t deal with OSC bundles. Untick the checkbox in this case and ReaLearn will send single OSC messages.

Computer keyboard

This is a checkbox. If enabled, this ReaLearn instance will additionally listen to key press and release events.

Output menu

Here you can choose to which Output port ReaLearn should send MIDI/OSC Feedback.

<None>: This means, no feedback will be sent at all. This is the default.
MIDI: <FX output>: This makes feedback MIDI events stream down to the next FX in the chain or to the track’s hardware MIDI output.
MIDI: Some output device: If selected, ReaLearn will send feedback to the given MIDI output device. This only works if Enable output to this device is checked in REAPER’s preferences (Options Settings MIDI Outputs).
OSC: Some device: When selected, ReaLearn will send feedback to the given OSC device. Before any device shows up here, you need to add it via Manage OSC devices.
Unavailable OSC devices: This submenu contains OSC devices for which feedback is currently disabled.
Manage OSC devices: See Manage OSC devices in the input section of the menu.

OSC device dialog

The OSC device dialog lets you edit the settings of a ReaLearn OSC device and can be opened via Manage OSC devices.

Name: A descriptive name of the device, e.g. "TouchOSC on my Android phone".
Local port: Required for control. The UDP port on which ReaLearn should listen for OSC control messages.

This port must be reserved exclusively for ReaLearn! If you already use this port in another application (e.g. in REAPER’s own OSC control surface) it won’t work and ReaLearn will bless you with an "unable to connect" message in the "Input" dropdown.
Device host: Required for feedback only. It’s the IP address of the OSC device to which ReaLearn should send feedback messages. This address is usually displayed on your OSC device (e.g. as "Local IP address"). When targeting an OSC software that runs on the same computer as REAPER and ReaLearn, enter the special IP address 127.0.0.1 (or localhost).

When you configure your OSC connection on the device side, you must provide a host as well. There you should enter the IP address of the computer which runs REAPER and ReaLearn. You can easily find it by pressing the Projection button in ReaLearn, choosing the old browser-based projection and scrolling down a bit. It’s the value next to Host and should start with 192.168..
Device port: Required for feedback only. The UDP port on which the OSC device listens for OSC feedback messages.

All OSC device configurations will be saved in the REAPER resource directory (Options Show REAPER resource path in explorer/finder) in the file Helgoboss/ReaLearn/osc.json.