First off did you try the suggestions out?
1. you don't use reason. 2. you don't use a midi controller. that right there accounts for 66.6% of my setup. this being said, it could very well be that the problem i'm encountering is something that you very well may never have encountered and therefore are not familiar enough with it to really give me a good answer.
While this is true, midi connections are basically
the same across the board.
How the software interfaces with hardware is usually the same. What is different is
WHERE the settings are located,
HOW to access them and
HOW to change them. The only thing I can't specifically tell you is
WHERE to look or
HOW to change it (because I don't use the app.)
at the same time, i don't have a swollen ego that causes me to over represent myself. i am 100% new to this kind of shit.
No one said you did.
know i'm hearing the shit play through in reason, so that indicates to me that the signal is indeed getting through and that the connections must be working.
Midi has to transmit in BOTH directions. In some devices the THRU is reserved and operational
ONLY when other devices are using the IN/OUT. The problem is you
DON'T have a "midi thru", I explained this
twice, and you came back asking me more questions about midi pass thru. That lead me to believe that you didn't read anything I typed.
What would be best for you is to connect your device to the computer via USB. Connect the midi in of the controller to the midi out of the device. Connect the midi out of the controller to the midi in of the device. Go inside reason and select the device (not the controller.) DON'T use the usb port to transmit midi date thru data. Use the usb port to connect to the computer so it can see the device and act as master when its time to sync and record. This is the SAME way they have it set up on company website, and this is the same way I have my gear setup for pro tools and cubase.
just can't figure out why it won't record.
One way or the other you are going to get this to work. The main thing to remember is to have the proper connections.
again, i wish you no disrespect or hard feelings man, i appreciate any help that anyone tries to give. but i don't like being talked down to. i'm an intelligent person, but i'm limited by my experience. i simply wish to draw from the experience of others to help expand upon my own knowledge. that, i believe, is what these type of forums are for.
Bro, 90% of my posts in this forum are devoted to help. I'm not feeling disrespected or anything like that because I understand your situation. You spent your money on gear, you are new to this and you want your shit to work right. All that is understandable, I was in your shoes before. However, one of the problems we are facing is the use of terminology, how I just explained that you don't have a certain midi connect, yet you keep asking about it. The way you wrote your question had me (and several others who I showed the thread to) thinking your devices were connected as, midi out from axiom to midi in on device, and the device to computer via usb to transmit midi pass thru data. You said reason has a bus A and bus B. Do these busses BOTH have the ability to send
and recieve midi data?
First make sure you have UPDATED DRIVERS for BOTH devices. Make sure you have an updated ReMote file (you probably do since it is seeing the axiom)
1. MIDI IN from the axiom to MIDI OUT on the fast track pro.
2. MIDI OUT from the axiom to MIDI IN on the fast track pro.
3. USB from fast track pro to usb on the computer.
4. Control Panel -- >Sound and Audio Devices -->Audio--> Midi Playback--Select the fast track pro. Make sure you have a check mark by the use default devices box.
5. Go inside reason and select the fast track pro on bus a AND b. Make the appropriate rewire connections (IF APPLICABLE.)
6. Try to record something. If 1-5 do not work you need to make changes within step 5. Change the device to the axiom (on a and b) and see what happens.
I called a friend who uses Reason in his studio, and I left a message on his machine. When he gets back with me, I'll pass everything on to you, but for now it looks like a connection problem and a problem within reason.
In the meantime hit this site:
http://www.grooveboxmusic.com/forum/showthread.php?t=170
Don't forget to hit the links provided in that thread.